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On Thursday night, I ordered the HTC Legend, and it shipped yesterday (Friday). So I'll get it by (hopefully before) Friday! I can't wait, the postage said 3-5 business days from ship date, which puts it Wed-Fri, but I'm not sure if the weekend would knock a day off. I hope so, because I want it by Tuesday, so I can get some apps, and try to customise it, and, hopefully, make a LED flashlight app (Because the Legend has an LED camera flash), which is something I want, but nobody seems to have made (for the Legend, at least. As far as I know the LED flash is activated in the API via the camera, and the location would need to be the same on all models, but all the apps I've seen say "only works with Nexus One", or "Only works for Moto Droid", or things like that. The Droid has a dual-flash, so I can sorta get why it would be exclusive. Maybe the Nexus ones, with their single flash and HTC build, would work with the Legend? I'll have to look in to how the app works first.) Also it'll give me a chance to test all the Twitter, Facebook, and Web clients, to see which ones I want to go with. Also, I'm on exam leave right now. Basically, I don't have school, because I have exams. I have my last exam on Monday, and then I get a day off. It's only IST, which is quite easy, and we're doing databases, which is easy, and there's a prac component, which should be easy. So pretty much, two days off! Yay! I briefly referenced my plan to build a Dalek. With the new series Daleks, it'll be heaps easier, because, well, they're bigger (almost big enough to stand in!). Webcam eyestalk, speaker grill neck, voice modulating microphone, motorised wheels, hopefully all controlled by a netbook or smartphone or iPad or something =D Rav
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Not just any old language, no. A computer language. Java. I'm learning Java so that I can make apps for Android, because it looks like fun. Also, apparently if you get more than 5000 downloads on an app Google sends you a Nexus One, which would save me money. Hello World worked, and it was slightly more complex than in QuickBasic, which I can also write. Hello World in QuickBasic: PRINT "Hello World!" Hello World in Android/Java: package com.example.helloandroid; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; public class HelloAndroid extends Activity { @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); } } <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <string name="hello">Hello Android, I\'m a string resource!</string> <string name="app_name">Hello, Yay Android</string> </resources> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:text="@string/hello"/> (Yeah, it's 3 files) So, QuickBasic is probably the easier language. Java isn't exactly hard, though, and once I start understanding everything, it's probably going to be a lot easier. I'm not sure what kind of app to make, but hey, I'm sure I'll find a demand to meet. And even if I don't, there's around 100000 apps I could port from the iPhone Also keen to learn Latin and Esperanto, because those look useful fun interesting. And I'm pretty much set on the Milestone as the phone I want. It's just so cool-looking! Also, useful, what with all it's awesome specs. Rav
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Game of the year. Definitely.
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It was my birthday on the 28th, and Stephen Fry wished me a happy birthday! I was so happy! Also the board's back up. Yay.
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And possibly my last entry in a year with two 0's in it, how exciting! Well, I had better make it of some substance. I'm not going to do a recap, or anything like that, no, no. I'm going to make this good. .... 2010 was fun, but 2011 will be better. There's a novel idea. .... If anything, I think 2011 will be one higher than 2010. .... Predictions: Death and taxes, and possibly other things as well. .... I'm going to be the first person on BZP to post a blog entry from 2011. Until then (2 hours and 5 minutes), Rav
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One of the options in a question was "The internet is busy". That is all.
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Oh boy! I'm doing the school certificate! The school certificate, for those unaware, is a series of 2-hour exams on English, Science, Maths, History/Geography, and Computing Skills. In my school, we do History/Geography in year 9 and not 10, so I did that last year, but I'm doing the other 4 this week. I've done the first three now, they were easy. These tests are designed so that the lowest mark ought to be around 70-something, I think. I doubt I'll get under 80 in any of them. Computing Skills tomorrow especially. Shouldn't be too hard at all, especially if the last three are anything to go by. Well, as soon as I get good results I can submit my application to be in a first-year university course next year. Just thought I'd boast for a minute there Ah, school. Such fun! (no, not sarcasm) Rav
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See what I did there? It's some tweets! And a button! Clicking the button takes you to my Twitter page! Oh how exciting! I do so love Twitter! Feel free to follow me, because I might be interesting! Rav
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Was fantastic. Loved it. Moffat wins again. Brilliant. Can't wait for the second one. Fortunately that's on tonight, and the third tomorrow. Unfortunately, because it's on a commercial channel, it goes on half an hour too long, so I can't watch it all. I'll have to watch it tomorrow then, I suppose. And the next day. Because if the first one's anything to go by, they'll be magnificent. In other things, Angry Birds full version was released! Hoorah! I shall spend hours trying to beat it! I only have the School Certificate coming up, so it's not like I need to study for anything. (That is a double bluff... I actually don't, it's really easy) Rav
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As I lie here, having just watched the first of two shows (the second of which I attended live) by the immensely wonderful Stephen Fry on the ABC, at around 10pm, I remember my weekend, with caves and animals galore, The magnificent, wonderful Jenolan Caves yesterday and today the Taronga Western Plains Zoo, both so easily entire weekends themselves, Jenolan especially and perhaps more. That was fantastic, both locations. But what I wanted to express today was not my joy at going to these places, but instead one of the let features and prominent parts if my weekend, that most hated of things - travel. Travel. Travel is to adventure what bad parents are to young children - necessary, inevitable, boring repetitive, and only sometimes fun and interesting. I estimate that of this weekend, around 12 hours was/will be travel time - driving to the Caves from Sydney, from the caves to Dubbo, and from Dubbo to Sydney. We did traveling using many methods - cars, bicycles, walking, and so on. The mode of transport I want to focus in on is bikes. I hadn't ridden a bike in years, and I somehow remembered. I suppose its like riding a bicycle - you never forget. We rode in the zoo a lot, because it was the best way around, to see all the exhibits (oh how I loathe that word) and visit the kiosk. Because of the zoo riding, we rode to the zoo too. It was more exciting, certainly, than my previous car trips, which were quite simply boring. That, however is for later. For now I am concerned, mainly, with my trips to and from the zoo, that is, arrival and departure, which were, as short bicycle rides go, quite exciting. Apart from having not cycled prior in years, I hadn't been warned but fleetingly of the magpie. The magpie, as you may know, is a bird renowned for its fierceness at attacking people who go near its young. This particular magpie had, unfortunately, built its roost in a tree beside a pathway, and it was this pathway that I found myself cycling on today. Fortunately, helmet use on bicycles is mandatory in Australia, and it was this wearing a helmet, and that alone, that stopped me from being rather nastily injured. It was, frankly, shocking. I was, four or five times, hit on the back of the head by a rather sharp and fast-moving beak. The feeling of being chased by a ferocious and fiercely offensive animal is one of essentially pure fear. We were attacked both ways, but on the way back dad grabbed a stick and the rest of us essentially legged it. That time it hit me and almost knocked me over, the previous time it just hit me a lot, and chased us for ages. . Well then, one hour of my time and hopefully significantly less of yours has passed, and I think this entry is fated here to end. I how you enjoyed this, I haven't really done a well-written entry before, let alone on my phone. Do tell me if you like my writinStepheng style in this entry. I have much more to write about, but I'm tired and whatnot, so that must wait. Bye!
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Hello. I'm sending this from my phone, on the way to Jenolan Caves, which is a pretty cool cave system where you can go adventure caving and on guided tours. I went for school some years ago, and it was the best excursion I've had. this probably won't be as fun because we're not adventure caving and that was probably the best part. I remember we called it Time Lord Cave, because the opening was tiny but the cave inside was massive. I digress. After the caves, I think, we're going to the massive zoo in Dubbo. I've been there before, but I was small, so I don't remember it The soundtrack, I think, will be the Proms, or some of the other 500 songs on this thing... O how I enjoyed the caves... Such a fantastic excursion. Rav
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www.bom.gov.au PROOF! Rav
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In one there is tea. In one there is soup. WHICH WILL TASTE BETTER... ...Probably the tea. I've never had soup in a mug before! Rav
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How do I get feeds for individual blogs on Google Reader? I could only find one! (Greg's)
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I was going to make an entry about Google Instant and Google Scribe, the cool new stuff. But then I saw this DOUBLE RAINBOW outside. Took some photos on my phone: One Two Three Four So yeah. I'm on exam leave again. Got lucky this time, the rainbow heralds my 6-day weekend. =D EDIT: The funny thing is, the weatherman had said there'd be 'strange weather', and my mum said "What sort of strange weather?", to which I replied "A double rainbow, of course!", and I was RIGHT! I must be a psychic! Rav
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Recently I've been playing mobile games more. Mainly a Tetris game on the Android Market called Tetronimo, and also Angry Birds, which my sister has on iTouch and I have in beta on Android. I also play solitare a bit. I love Tetris, it's addictive and fun. I'm OK at it, but not terribly good. Angry Birds is REALLY good, but I can't play much, because the beta is buggy and I don't have an iTouch. If I did, It'd be mainly for Angry Birds I'm not what you'd call a gamer, I'm a casual gamer if anything, I just play to pass the time when commuting, mainly. I would be happy to switch my mouse with a decent trackpad (Magic Trackpad, for example), or switch to a Mac. The only games on the computer I play are occasional flash games and perhaps a little Steam gaming. I usually play non-competitive games, or if I do play competitive games, I play them non-competitively, for example, SSBB or TF2. I play SSBB at parties only, just for fun, and I really only play TF2 if there's an update. Hm. Anyway. Exam time now, I ought to be studying. Nah. Rav
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Give the Wii Swype. Just an idea. It'd help, seriously. Rav
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In the title, I was, of course, making a pun about high-5s and the current state of politics in Australia. Hung Parliament, which at this point looks like it'll mean a Labor minority government or a House of Reps re-vote. But enough about that. Things have happened recently! I got an injection (triple antigen) yesterday. It was fine, I had an anaesthetic patch to prevent pain, but all day since it's really been hurting. I had to come home from school because it hurt too much. Stupid tetanus. Why does your vaccine need to be so painful? I also just lost my only set of headphones, leaving me without audio. Which is very annoying, because I got a new MicroSD card and now I have music. I put a screen protector on my phone using my gibberish skills and a boxcutter knife and an iPod Touch screen protector - now it won't get those annoying smudges, and it seems to fit fine, no bubbles. Rex learned the other day how to ascend to the upper levels of the house, by which I mean climb onto the roof. But he didn't learn to get down until 4 days later. He needed to get pulled down by dad twice, but he still went up again. Dog wouldn't do that. They're no fun. I spent a lot of this week checking the seat count for the House of Reps. I found a fantastic website, doesaustraliahaveagovernmentyet.com. It's not a rickroll, promise. I've also been on Twitter a lot more than usual, tweeting and reading tweets. #bobkatterfacts was great, and I like how #ausvotes became #auswaits after it became clear we wouldn't get a gov. for a while. The Chaser finished again this week, I really enjoyed this series, it's a shame. The intro was great, I think. Uhh... What else? Nope, I think that's pretty much everything. If I think of anything else I'll say later. Rav
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This week is work experience week! Oh boy! I've spent my week helping at a library. I'm writing this, on fact, on the bus, listening to I am the Doctor from the proms on loop. Its the only music I can fit on my phone until my new microSD card arrives. The good thing about Work Experience is that I get a basically stress-free week and I don't have any homework. So I can pretty much spend my free time however I like without any hassle. And on top of that, I get much higher chances of employment in a job I wouldn't hate doing during university. Yay. I've spent almost all my free time watching old episodes of QI, actually. I started with B series and now I'm on to F series. And A is on tv on Tuesdays. Well, this is my stop! See you guys later. Rav
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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
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HOLIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYS! Just thought I'd get that out there. In other things, the Pandorica Opens on Sunday night here, and I have friends over for it. But I've seen it. So I mustn't give spoilers. This is a challenge Also I only want to format my text in blog posts and topic starting posts. Speaking of topic-starting, I started a topic =O Is about Android, everyone's favourite small green dessert-loving robot Operating System. Also, I use "So" far to much now. So, that's all I have to say. So bye, I guess. Dinner time (=D REAL pizza, not fastfood pizza!) Rav
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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 rumoured Nexus Two), I won't make any commitments, and I'll just save up until there's enough for a phone. I do like the look of the Droid, and it's Android, so that's awesome. And with MultiTouch, too! Rav
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I've had quite a bit to do lately, mainly in the form of homework. My procrastination says I ought to blog them instead of actually doing them: Maths homeworkEnglish assignmentScience homeworkSociety and Culture homework (done =D)Study for Visual DesignVisual Design homeworkIST assignment (in-school)Study for half-yearly exams next termEngineering project (in-school)Various other, extra-curricular projects, like MOCing, making things, etc.Now that I list it it looks like a lot. Rav
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Somehow, I'm STILL sick. I've had a massive headache since yesterday morning. And on top of that, I'm not allowed to have medicine, so my acne is getting really bad. D= But hey, I get out of my vaccinations today (can't have them while you're sick), so that's a sort of plus, considering my fear of needles.
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I have it. I found that out yesterday, unfortunately. If you don't know, trypanophobia is an irrational fear of needles. I always knew I was afraid of needles, but I didn't quite realise how bad I had it until yesterday. Yesterday, you see, I had something of an episode. Breathing became hard, my heart went heavy and fast, and my body weak, mainly my appendages. So my parents took me to hospital. There wasn't much in the way of people there, so we didn't have to wait too long to see the nurse-practitioner. He gave me a short check-up and then decided that I needed a blood test. This would have been fine, I wasn't watching, after all. I did shake profusely, however, insisting they didn't draw blood, and that I didn't need a blood test. So the blood test was over pretty quickly. That wasn't the problem. The problem was that they kept the needle in. They took the pipe or syringe or whatever (I didn't see) out, and left the needle in, in case I needed to be administered with any medicines quickly. This was the bad part. After the blood test, I was still shaking. They injected some saline water to clear the needle out, which is one of the strangest feelings I've ever experienced. They took me down for the fun part (or would-have-been fun), the X-Ray. I like X-Rays. It's awesome that we can see inside our own bodies like that. Unfortunately, there was still the problem of the needle. While I was waiting for the X-Ray, I fainted. This had nothing at all to do with my episode, or what I had at all. It was out of fear. I knew consciously that there was nothing wrong with the needle being in, and that all it was doing was just sitting there, but I still fainted. I was shaking in my chair, and muttering something like "Get it out... Get it out...", and I fainted. When I came too, I wasn't feeling great, but not terrible either. I was still shaking, and muttering, but at least I could think and see and hear properly. So the hospital staff decided the best thing was for me to be put in a wheelchair, so that I didn't fall over if I fainted again. I was taken in, and I got my X-Ray in the wheelchair. They said nothing was wrong, and took me back to the waiting room to see a doctor. In the waiting room, I fainted again. I felt very bad on the way to the waiting room, my vision was blurred and my hearing was bad. When I arrived, I thought I was going to throw up, so I asked for a sick bag. I didn't throw up, but while I was waiting, I did faint again. The next thing I can remember was being wheeled off to a little room, where I was supposed to see the doctor. When I was put on the bed, I felt much better. It's weird, how I can feel so bad sitting down and then almost totally fine lying down. And all this time, or for a lot of it, I was muttering "Get it out... Take it out... I don't want the needle... take out the needle" or something like that. I had to wait a further hour, in a cold room, for the blood test results to come back. It was a cold room, and I didn't move my arm at all in fear of the needle piercing my vein and causing a bad bruise or something. It's like when you tie a string around your finger and it goes purple, only it didn't go purple, it just went white. So, basically, the results came in, and they were fine. I had a needle in me for 3 hours and fainted twice for nothing. I still don't know what's wrong, all I know is that I don't have pneumonia, and that I have a massive fear of needles. Hopefully I can get better soon, and I might eventually get over my trypanophobia. Well, that's a rather boring explanation of what I did yesterday. I hope you enjoyed it, because my arm's going weak just thinking about what happened. Rav
