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As much fun as the laser kitty was, it's time to revert back to my minifig persona. And what better time to do so that with a sig rule overhaul? Honestly, at first I tried the full 800x300, but I felt like I was pushing the limits too much by meeting them exactly, so I re sized to 90% of the original size. But my custom drawn Power-Point vector art minifig head still seemed too large, so I scaled that down, and now my banner is 720x175, which is well within the limits but still larger than stuff used to be. So... yay, progress! While I can't say I'm a fan of the new 800x300 sig images that are popping up everywhere, I can get used to it. My understanding is, they want to limit the size of the whole sig, with text, images, links, and all. But if they do that, then why keep image restraints? Those are just an extra set of rules that members have to learn and will undoubtedly break (and then those responsible staffies have to find said sigs and go all staff crazy on 'em) Why not just make things simpler and give them only one set of restrictive dimensions? And if we keep with the file size limitations, we're not going to increase the sever load too much. (Sure, it might be a bit slower, because people will start pushing the limit, but the World Wide Web is faster nowadays than it was when the sig rules were initially written, so let's go with some progress) I said about the same thing in my post in the talkback topic. Additionally, I have to respond to a comment from there. Just because the general populace has misconceptions about the differences between the World Wide Web and the Internet does not mean I share them. It is called the World Wide Web, that is what we view websites on, and it is part of the Internet. I know, I have taken classes on it. So I refuse to adhere to your commonplace slang and will continue to refer to it as the "World Wide Web." Also, I have been informed that one Chocolate Frogs has finally viewed the classic movie Jurassic Park. Let us all congratulate him on catching up on the sci-fi movie list (even if he is 17 years late) and let us celebrate by remembering the dangers of velociraptors.
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At Sisen's suggestion, I started watching Burn Notice, a show from the USA Network that is not currently airing (summer premier is coming soon tho) Luckily, I have the INTERNET, and I used it to find roughly all the episodes so I could watch them. (You know, between homework) Overall, I like the show. Sure, it has lots of explosives, but there always seems to be enough reasoning behind it, and you clearly see them preparing for the stuff, so it's not as bad as other shows. The main cast of character is great, and I like the voice overs and the snazzy titles that introduce the new characters. Additionally, there's a good mix of long term and short term plot. Most episodes have some sort of "side project" but they always manage to move the overall plot forward in some meaningful way. Other shows may move the big plot by a intro scene and an ending scene, where most of the rest of the show was about that episode's problem. But Burn Notice did a good job of mixing them together. At one point, he's working to find the people who burned him, and the next scene he's fight drug dealers, and then it switches back again. It is a totally worthwhile show, and now I have something else to watch this summer when Season 4 kicks off. Woot!
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As the stupid reporter. We all need 'em. I also do "Sore BBC Contest Loser."
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It was totally epic. Some of the episodes this season have been a little off, but it ended with an amazing 2 hour finale that was just explosive! I can't wait for next season!! ...and thus my spring TV shows have all ended. Luckily, Sci Fi and USA Network are airing all their new episodes this summer. So more Warehouse 13, White Collar, Psych, and Royal Pains. Sadly, most don't begin until July.
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So they didn't have the collectable figs at the Toys-R-Us near me. Which is a shame, since I happened to be over there to visit my doctor, and I don't plan on returning any time soon. On the other hand, one of the store employees was really nice and tried to look them up on the store's website (and ultimately failed, because TRU hasn't updated their site yet) And we talked a bit about Lego in general... she liked the architecture sets. And when she was scrolling through the images, she also said, "And these are the Bionicles..." But yeah, no minifigs. She said that I should probably come back in a week or two. So all you other people that snagged some up at TRUs (I'm looking at you, CF)... You guys got lucky. Also saw some Megablocks Halo stuff on display. They looked as ugly as some Lego prototypes we've seen. Can't believe those are the final products.
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So, I'm taking this web development class. We're like learning how to use PHP, Javascript, AJAX, JSON (which I have come to find to be quite an annoying acronyms) and stuff. And there's weakly homework assignments. Now, I've taken programming courses before. And that's where they decide not to flunk you if if your code works, and then determine your grade by how good your code looks. (Seriously, I used to lose more points on commenting in those classes) So I thought I was in trouble last week. I had been working on the code, but for whatever reason I couldn't get the page to work correctly (I was working with Ajax, and it turns out I was messing up some of my parameters. Bleh) And it was almost time for me to turn in the assignment online. So I rationalized. We get our lowest lab score dropped, and I'd done well in my other labs, so I figured I'd turn in what I had and hope for some partial credit, and hope it gets dropped at the end of the quarter (assuming I don't bomb another week) So, what, I was expecting 30%-40% on the assignment, because, in short, I couldn't get the blasted thing to work. ... I got 80%. Sure, it's my lowest lab grade so far in this class... but really? The page didn't do what it was supposed to! The setup wasn't even that great! And now I realize that I wasted two years of college trying to get by in the freakin' hard engineering school (with computer science) when I should've gone straight into web development. My GPA would've liked me better then.
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Go to Google right now. Play Pac Man. Profit. ... Well, my prof just dropped today's lab, and instead said we should play Pac Man today. So I follow his instructions. ...Oh, we're also supposed to work on our final project... yeah.
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... well, to be fair, it is about time. Yes, that one show that I tend to blog about when it's on, Heroes, has apparently been canceled by NBC. Which is a shame... kinda. But really, it has been going on too long, and it has resolved so much. Nathan is dead, and is staying that way. Sylar has gone bad, good, bad again, switch bad sides, gone bad on his own, did some more good / bad switching, and is now... good? Matt has gotten over some of his problems... and has settled down with his family. Peter is... well, he's doing okay, I think. All the other major villains have been subdued. And Clair... well, I really wish they would kill her off, and they've tried nearly every episode, but with her powers, that does work. Case in point, there's not much conflict left to work on, and if they went into a fifth season, they'd just be forcing new problems on this all. So yeah, the story was excelent for the first season, and okay to bleh in the last three seasons, so I can see why it would be a good time to end things. But there's one thing that hasn't been resolved... Ando kills Hiro in Tokyo during a tsunami in a future sequence. COME ON, we NEED that explained! All the other future glimpses have been explained away, but never this. I really hope they plan to resolve that, and that they didn't just forget about it. (And they did mention it once in the last season, so there's hope) So there's rumor that NBC might give Heroes a 2 hour movie to wrap things up, so I'm hoping they do and we get to see Hiro and Ando's future. And, you know, what happens to the world now that everybody knows about the specials. And stuff.
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On this day, 30 years ago, Mount St Helens has its famous eruption. Today, it is still an active volcano, although not nearly as explosive. I was able to watch some of the eruptions earlier this decade from my school, where the lava dome began to regrow. And I've been able to visit the areas around it, and study the causes and effects of volcanic activity. And it's just a reminder of how powerful volcanoes are. So cool.
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Woot. It has been confirmed that Arpy will be on the same flight as me... at least the Long Beach to DC flights... for my trip to BrickFair! Woo! Of course, we aren't seated together. There aren't any seats opened next to Arpy, and he refuses to give up his window seat to sit next to me... where I also have a window seat. But I might move to the seat directly behind his, so that I can kick his seat. Otherwise, we'll just communicate via Morse code by flickering our lights and summoning the stewardesses. Additionally, when we crash on an abandoned south pacific island, and all this drama starts happening around the survivors, I will have enough dirt on Arpy to sway over him. "I know what you did last BrickCon!" (Let's just hope he doesn't remember all he did was spill his bricks... I'm pretty sure the event was traumatic enough for him to block it out, but in the end it's really not blackmail worthy) (Also, how does a flight from Long Beach, California to DC go over the Pacific? Pilots, you're doing it wrong.) And that is the only exciting thing I have to talk about today.
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"Hey, what happened to your toe?" "Oh, I had a ingrown toenail that kept coming back, so I had surgery to remove the root and..." "ZZzzzz... wha, sorry, what were you saying?" "I actually just lost my toe in a horrible accident last weekend that had to do with a great white shark and a malfunctioning harpoon. I had to get it amputated, so I just got a prosthetic attached. The left one comes with a built in machine gun and lock pick. The right one has a flamethrower in it." "Cool." *this was not an actual conversation but it might be one in the near future*
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So I might've complained about my feet in this blog, because I have ingrown toenails. I finally went to a specialist about it... a podiatrist, as they're called over here. (Strange name, must mean something in some language) Anyway, it turns out that my past operations on removing part of the nail weren't working, because the nail would grow right back, so I had a surgery where they didn't just cut off the annoying part of the nail, but also removed the root, thus making the nail less wide and preventing future ingrown nails. Woot. And the operation went smoothly. Much better than when I went to regular clinic doctors. Those guys would numb up my toe for a bit (which made me queasy to the point that the nurses would remark how pale I was) and in the end it was still painful when they started clipping away. But for whatever reason, this doctor did it better, and I hardly felt a thing! (Which is good, because I heard alot of snipping) Now I have my toes in giant bandages, and get to keep them there for at least a week. And it makes walking around quite awkward... and probably painful too, once the anesthetics wear off. But I'm glad I got this done now, because it was probably going to be a life long problem. Turns out, my grandparents had ingrown toenails, and so did one of my great grandfathers. And apparently he dealt with his ingrown toenail using an axe. Because that's how they did stuff back then.
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Eh, this toe sugery I had isn't even that painful. *numbing stuff wears off* AHH! MY FEET MY FEET! OH THE PAIN! *takes painkiller medicine* Okay, now it's still sore but not as bad... *a few hours later* ARG THE PAIN!! ... and I have to walk further tomorrow.
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Oh yeah, they had a blog contest going, didn't they. I thought for sure I was out of the running since I left out any mention of Oregon and Nukaya was a judge. Well, thanks, I guess, and congrads to the other winners. Now I might have to reorganize my blog again...
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I'm sorry for ruining all of BZPower with my last review. This is the third time I've done it.
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Here is why I hate my University's Housing a Food Service. I won't know if I'm accepted into my major at the school until mid July. If I'm accepted, I'm staying in school. If I'm not, I'm leaving. SO I have to make preparations for both scenarios. That means I've applied for housing here for next year. And I have to know exactly where I'll be living by next week, or else I'll have to pay heavy cancellation fees. Yes, I have to decide by May on whether I'll be living on campus in October. :annoyed2: What I really should do is just find an apartment, but in terms of convenience, the University places are still cheapest. Also I wrote a lengthy and humorous entry about a grade I got, but the server eated it.
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Here's my plan for next week. On Wednesday, I'm gonna go to a doctor and get my toe all cut up. (Turns out ingrown toenails grown back ) and so while I'm there with a sore foot afterwards, I'm thinking about hitting up the local movie theater. (I actually have a free ticket there, so yeah) But the question is, what movie do I see? So I'll ask you for advice. How to Train Your Dragon 3D (I saw it in 2D, but would like to see it again) Kick ###### Clash of the Titans (maaaybe) Death at a Funeral Date Night Iron Man II (oh wait, that premiers on Thursday. Bugger!) SO what do ya thing?
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I'm still going to Brickfair, since I bought all my tickets and stuff... But apparently the airline I'm going with didn't like my selection. See, I'm flying Jet Blue and I have a layover in Long Beach, CA. When I originally signed up, I had two flight options; get to CA just before my flight to DC leaves, or show up a couple hours earlier and have some time to chill, get on the Internet, ext. I chose the latter. Jet Blue for some reason decided to cancel that flight, and now I'm on rush-rush-rush scedule again. What irks me most is how they contacted me. I gave them my email address and cell phone, but they instead used my secondary contact number (aka my parent's home phone) to deliver a complicated message that wasn't even very clear with what the change was. I had to do some extra searching myself to find out what the deal was. ... :annoyed2: On the other hand, recieved new pieces for the Sea Duck MOC, it'll look pretty cool.
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B-Fair is still a few months away, but it never hurts to be prepared, especially if you're a scout (its hard wired in my brain now) Other people may wait until the last minute to figure things out, but I meticulously plan my trip down so I'll know exactly what I'll be doing. (And then something happens at the last minute and I'll have to improvise) Anyway, here are a few thingies I'd thought I'd blog about. 1st: Save the EW Project. As some of you may know, the species of BrickFair-attending-EWs is now endangered, and we must make all our effort to save them. You can learn more about what's going on in this convenient blog post. And it's crucial that we have an EW at Brickfair, because they taste good when barbecued are cool. 2nd: The BrickFair mosaic project is still going strong. The Kopaka mosaic is accounted for, but I've heard that CF and Nukaya are getting a second image ready (AKA they just have yet to decide which pic to choose) Check out Nukaya's blog for more information and stuffs. And of course, I've already done my part: I have my mosaic piece all made up. Check it out! Woot! 3rd: I'll be bringing a few MOCs with me, such as my Metus Snake, XR mode (maybe), and perhaps a laser cat, among others. [Note, all pictures provided are WIPS] Another WIP that I'm in the progress of working on is this: The Sea Duck. For you non-90s-cartoon buffs, this is the airplane from that old Disney show TaleSpin (it has Baloo in it!) I recently found the show online and rewatched some of it, and I was reminded that Disney used to make good Saturday morning cartoons. (All you kids nowadays don't know the quality of Saturday morning cartoons from the 90s!) Anyway, this is what I've built with the pieces I've bought so far... but both my orders were missing pieces, so it's incomplete. Hopefully, I'll have everything by August. (If I don't, then some sellers will be getting an earful from me) ... and that's all for now. But I'm paid and registered to go. And if you're at the Dulles airport on BrickFair Thursday morning at, say, 5 AM... come on by and give me a lift to the convention. Please.
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I've seen it. Okay, I've seen the first hour anyway, at a pre screening done at my university. According to the director guy, they aren't even finished with it yet. (And a few of the scenes we saw could've used some work, although I don't know if that was Pixar's fault or the university projector. (Last year, at a showing of Star Trek on the same projector, the film got ripped in half right as they were shoving the ear leech in, and then there was an hour's wait while they tried to patch it up. Basically, crummy projector) I don't know if I can give spoilers... I didn't exactly sign an agreement saying I won't. They did confiscate all camera and phones (well, they held onto them and gave them back at the end) so don't expect any new pictures or videos coming up. But I can say that the scenes in the preview are great, totally make sense, and are only a few of the highlights, leaving plenty more. I think it'll easily be a Pixar hit, equal or greater than the first and second Toy Story movies. (I actually was emotionally moved by one particular scene, which happened to me when I was a kid) Oh, and although I saw it in 2D, I think it'll be killer to watch in 3D! Can't wait til it comes out in theaters. Because I still didn't see how it ends.
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Ha, I finally got around to putting this together. Anyway, now my blog is all themed up for the latest blog contest. This time, you get to travel to the many mountains of Washington State... or at least the ones I've been to and taken photos of. In addition to some great pictures, I've added some fun facts about the geologic marvels, so maybe you can learn something. Additionally, I have a Map of the State up for viewing, which includes all the landmarks I've pictured in the blog, as well as lists of BZPers from Washington. So check them out... and if you're a judge, make sure to give me high marks in the contest. (Why? Well, because I'm from Washington!) ... not that I'm in any way telling you my location...
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For Pimp My Blog #2. Comments appreciated.
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Wow. I wish I'd learned about the Lego Universe version of Lego Digital Designer. Can finally make accurate mini figs of the characters since I can change the color of any piece. These four turned out nicely.
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bionicleMakeYear (var toaTeam) { ... // recurring characters ... var matoranVillage; ... var makuta = evil; ... //storyline ... matoranVillage.inTrouble(); ... heroes.arrival(toaTeam); ... toaTeam.fight(makuta); ... winOutcome(good); ... //next year ...Boolean funding = hasMoneys(); ... if (funding) { ...... toaTeam++;...... //transform Toa ...... bionicleMakeYear (toaTeam); ... } else { ...... quickEnd (toaTahu); ... } } signOff (Boolean isBlogEntryOver) { ... if (!isBlogEntryOver){ ...... rant(popularTopic); ... } else { ...... ... } } //code has not been verified.
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For Pimp My Blog #2. Anyway, Washington is a great place, and there are plenty of BZPers from this great state. To celebrate thus, I shall create lists of BZPers I know who are associated with Washington State in some way. I only know a handful off the top of my head, but if you want to be added to the list, reply and I'll add you up as soon as possible! List of BZPers From Washington Me (Xccj)ArpyHahli HuskySwertDorekList of BZPers Who Have Visited WashingtonBinkyLetagiRazlakKopakaNuiTufiRoaC.FrogsNukayaLewa KromBCiiPeople Who Wish Their Washington Was as Cool as MineChocolate Froggy[insert Your Member Name Here]
