I'm going to learn coding for Android. A good first step is a simple, easy, app. So I'm going to make one.
I need ideas, though. I'm currently thinking of making a mobile version of BZPower. But are there really that many BZPers with Android?
It'd be free, and ad-free. Well, BZP has ads, so I might need to include theirs, but we'll see. It'd basically be a mobile-friendly BZPower, with the news, forums, blogs, and all that.
I'd assume permission would be necessary, so if I get enough requ
Apparantly I took out the user template from my page. Well, that's my page gone.
With only Bing (*shudder*) Cache saving my page, I am attempting to get it back. But since the cache didn't save the "Activate Akaku" page, I need to remake the templates myself. Oh well, I guess it's a chance to improve...
Rav
EDIT: Oh, and I forgot... I trashed the Ignika project, it's been much too hard to measure, I was too inaccurate in the past. So I decided to paint it gold straight on the mask, to s
Well, today, the 28th, is my birthday. I'm 15, yay!
But I'm also sick. And on top of that, there was a massive (8.8 on the Richter scale, which, by the way, has been long superseded by the MMS) earthquake in Chile, where a lot of my extended family live.
Also Sydney's on tsunami alert, and it's probably going to hit at quarter to 9 (about 3 hours from post time, because apparantly it's 1 hour off). The wave ought to be small, but it might get bigger on it's way over (it was 2.34m in Chile
So, BIONICLE sets are ending. And here's my obligatory opinion: I don't like that the sets are going. I am a collector (sorta), so it's not good that I won't be able to anymore.It is awesome that the story's going to continue. I'm looking forward to the story without the restrictions sets brought.I think that, now that the sets are gone, BZPower will be the majority of the fanbase, which means more story influence! That's a good thing.I fully support Tilius in his effort for a Great Spirit set.
So apparently the width of my band just isn't wide enough. I'm out of it! (I have 20GB a month) My internet speed is currently sitting at around 15 KB per second.
And the Sniper VS Spy Update came out today. First I checked, at 4:20, it'd been going for 20 mins, at 5%. Now, at 9:20, it's been going for 320 mins (5 hours 20 mins), at 75%.
If you do the maths, it will go for approx 400-415 mins (that's 7 hours) and that means it's around 370MB.
Seriously, 7 hours. On my normal internet it
I think it turned out quite well. I spent at least 10 minutes on it in GIMP. It's just things that I like in a 750*268 rectangle. I like the crack, especially. I traced a path from the crack in Amy's bedroom from the finale, and told GIMP to stroke it with heaps of jitter and opacity/size variation thrice, then I tilted it to make stuff fit better. I found a white-on-black DW logo online, inverted it, shrunk it, and put it in. I took the Android, moved his arm up, tilted him, cut his legs off an
Now this is simply unfair. The HTC Aria just got the new Sense, so now pretty much every HTC phone ever has a decent Froyo ROM except the Legend. Meanwhile I have a slow and dying phone with 2.1 and practically no developer support. Ugh. If only I could afford a new phone >.>
Rav
I notice the board has star ratings for users. I don't think this is a good idea.
What can one possibly gain out of being given a bad rating, with no reason. If you do leave a rating on a person's page, what are the chances, really, that you'll leave a comment explaining why you gave them that rating? With other things, such as artwork, or blogs, or videos, the chances are much higher. I would not 'one-star' a person, because that is just plain mean. Imagine how degrading it must feel to be a
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The head is only half-done, neck is obviously not even close. I'm amazed at how tall he is. He doesn't even have legs yet.
Also the two halves of his torso are not connected.
Rav
Hello.
I'm sure you've heard of Tilius' fantastic effort to get TLG to produce a Great Spirit set. If you haven't, the link to the poll is here, and his blog is here.
Anyway, here's my idea: If the effort fails, we build a Great Spirit TO SCALE with the sets. As I said in the poll topic, that's 1275.90698 kilometres tall.
I propose we build it in the Pacific or the Atlantic, whichever works best for BZPower's members. Having around 40000 members, we will be able to ration 318 metres (meas
I love seeing how wrong people were back in 'the old days', ie. the 90's. So you could imagine how fun it was for me when I found this ancient website telling people all about screens. I find it hilarious that there was a time when a 1600x1200 resolution was "Terrible" on a 14-inch monitor. I mean, a DPI of 142 is nothing compared to say, the Retina display on the iPhone 4S, or the 720p HD screens on the upcoming Galaxy Nexus and HTC Rezound, but it's pretty good for a (albeit tiny) monitor. It'
In the Official Elements Topic recently, I've been trying to push my theory of Gravity in BIONICLE. It's based on Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model of physics.
Here are the facts we have:
-Toa of Gravity can, on a small scale within the MU, change gravity using elemental energy
-When all gravity in an area in the MU is absorbed, the result is anti-gravity.
-Mata Nui can control gravity on a much larger scale than a Toa.
-Mata Nui standing on Aqua Magna was not seen to have an
I have sorta gotten into amateur astronomy. I've been tracking the Galilean Moons. It's very exciting. I only have two days of it (18/10/09 and 20/10/09), but I think I've figured out which moon is which, so maybe I can predict tonight's positions! It'd be awesome if I got it right.
So, adding astronomy to my list of interests (or was it already there?)
In other news:
I missed QI. I know, terrible. But now I have it set to record at the correct time, instead of the incorrect time, which I
So that's the holidays over. My last school holidays. What did I do? I got a new phone. I wrote and published an Android app. I had several ideas for hardware that I have no way to act upon. Studied a bit. Went out for dinner with friends. And tomorrow, school. Two weeks, then exams. Eight more weeks, then more exams. Then, university applications, freelance work, real life. My eighteenth birthday. University. Then what? It's all happening so fast. The final year of school is designed to str
My dad bought me an 8GB Home Brand USB stick (a USB from Woolworths, the food shop). Since it was encased in a loose plastic box, I decided to rip it apart and make a new case. I used a grey 2x6 brick and a grey 2x6 plate, superglue, and a dremel. I'll get some pics up soon, it's a bit messy.
Also, I've settled on which phone to start saving up for. A Motorola Milestone (Droid in USA). It looks like the best Android phone right now. Since there's probably going to be another one like it (the
As I said I would (right on schedule, too, it's exactly later), here's the pictures of my LEGO flash drive.
Front View
Side View
Back View
Plugged In
I think it's quite good. The circuitry's only come out twice in the half a day I've had it!
But now all the holes are superglued shut. Shouldn't get any more problems. Bit delicate though, I'll need to keep it on something that doesn't get things crushed easily. A lanyard, perhaps? Or my keyring?
Both of those means it'll need a ring
I got some hands-on time for the 3DS today.
IT IS AMAZING.
AMAZING.
Also, some info from my conversation with the staff guy at the event:
- He told me to expect an 8th-Gen Nintendo home console at E3 2012
- He also said that 2012 will be a "big year in gaming" (emphasised on Nintendo)
- The 3DS has a 200MHz GPU (I think it was GPU) underclocked at 133MHz
- It's also got a (I think he said "low power", maybe dual-core) CPU, which is for MULTITASKING (YAY!)
- 64MB of RAM
- Browser
Last night I was witness to an exceedingly fascinating speech by Stephen Fry on the subject of his life. It was very interesting and very funny, and it was one of the best nights I've yet experienced.
And he said when asked if he wanted to be the next doctor, "If I was offered the part of Doctor Who I'd certainly consider it".
I think the petition begins now.
Rav
