Wednesday, 25 July 2007 – 10:59, pm
I have recently rejoined the world of the mobile phone user with my purchase of a Sony Ericsson k800i from three, and have to say that I am fairly happy with it as the call quality is very good and three offer the best data plan that I could find. The camera is also quite nice- but I’ll have to see how good the photos come out to really judge that properly- and I’ll be posting a brief review of the phone when I’ve used it for a bit longer.
The first two episodes of Heroes was broadcast on BBC 2 tonight, and I must say that I’m very glad that the BBC have acquired it, as it would be a shame to have it hidden away behind either adverts or a subscription to BSkyB. No spoilers here please. I know we’re amongst the last to get it here.
Last off, I’ll be away from the 29th for a fortnight in Leeds taking a Summer course in East Asian languages (Japanese and East Thai) which I’m really looking forward to.
Sunday, 22 July 2007 – 10:37, pm
For the past few days, I’ve been away from my primary development machine and I’ve been unable to work on the code behind the new version of my blog so I’ve been thinking about the design that I’ve been working on for it.
It sucked.
With a starting point of the css tinderbox I came up with this.
I can say that this one is most certainly better.At least I think so, which is why I plan on releasing a version of this theme as CC in thanks for the cc resources that I used.
Sunday, 15 July 2007 – 9:14, pm
Friday, 13 July 2007 – 6:48, pm
Themak.org is now (mostly) happy on it’s new host and Wordpress is now running at 2.2.1.
All links from alex.palgn.co.uk should now point to themak.org.
Wednesday, 11 July 2007 – 4:25, pm
Mac Heist has been at it again with another heist which is listed as a skunk works heist in partnership with Mac Update, and as usual they are generously offering free stuffs in the way of the excellent IRC client Linkinus and have bolstered the programs in the bundle by including private beta access to Flow and Pixelmator, (albeit I haven’t received their email yet though).
In almost equally exciting news (for you perhaps, but personally I find this much more exciting) my electric guitar has recently arrived. And it is awesome. Unfortunately it did arrive a few days later than originally hoped- but otherwise Thomann have been exceptionally good value and lots of help when I ordered.
Saturday, 7 July 2007 – 5:59, pm
Yesterday marked the end of the final act in the final part of my compulsory schooling, my education within the many walls of Truro School and my GCSEs. One of the most stressful times of my life so far has ended and the next is about to begin.
As I move away from Cornwall, yesterday provided one last chance to say a few final goodbyes and thank-yous; and I suppose that this post is really a final goodbye to Cornwall and all my friends here, and invite them to stay in contact. As the school year ended yesterday with the traditional speech day and prize-giving, and it was truly an honour to receive the prize for fifth form Religious Education and the joint prize for Public Speaking with Frances.
The teachers that have guided me over the past 5 years have been exceptional for me and the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme has truly helped me to grow as a person and I must offer my unreserved thanks to Mr. Moncaster and all the other staff involved with this amazing scheme. The Christian Union under the leadership of Rev. de Gruchy has helped me grow spiritually, and for which I am very grateful.
I must also wish the schools Debating Society the best of luck in the upcoming debating competitions, and I hope to meet you at one of these as part of my new sixth form. I must also thank Mr. Mac-Donald for all his pastoral leadership as form tutor.
I also thank Dr. Allen for providing a constant supply of interesting lessons in physics, and Dr. Flood for igniting an interest in History which has caused me to choose History in an otherwise unrelated curriculum of Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry.
Thursday, 5 July 2007 – 12:14, pm
Yesterday, after spending the prior three days walking on the great expanse of barbed wire and knee-to-waist-depth mud and the not so delightful wet marsh land, and I have to say that I found it immensely challenging and rewarding when my team walked into the Jamaica Inn- I was however completely exhausted.
In other completely unrelated news my guitar has been shipped and should be arriving within a matter of days which is quite frankly, a very exciting prospect for me- and should take up a large amount of time over the coming weeks. Also I have acquired an old Powermac G4 tower which is fueling a newfound use of powerpc linux (which is a bit like a Tolkein world, with much nerd-value and a sprinkling of magic), unfortunately it also spontaneously shuts down and refuses to boot. Fun.
In other good news my iBook has been repaired and has ceased kernal-panicking- which is awesome, and I’ll be setting up my computers within days and should have the next version of this blog working fairly soon- although things are still in the air due to the move and I now have a grand total of 7000 unread items in NewsFire.
Saturday, 30 June 2007 – 7:56, pm
The move has gone pretty well and it should only be a few days of working things out before all my computers get onto the internet and back up and running; by which time my guitar should have arrived (Yamaha RGX-A2). But meanwhile I’ve got to complete the Duke of Edinburgh silver expedition, which should see me offline for a few more days- but after that I should be able to get the new version of this blog up and running in a few days.
In other news: while at the local supermarket I used the green-lane which was launched as to have no bags, and reached over to take a bag from the next lane.
Does this make me a bad person?
Sunday, 24 June 2007 – 6:48, pm
I’m moving home tomorrow and will most probably be offline until early july. I’ve currently got very limited access to the internet as I’m about to box this computer up for the move. I’ll probably not be able to check my email etc. for a few days, and I’ll be leaving very shortly after my physics exam tomorrow, so until then:
Later.
Saturday, 16 June 2007 – 4:27, pm
Here’s a preview of what’s soon going to be the new look of themak.org:
All critisism welcome for the new design.
The new theme is also going to mark a whole new version of themak.org, the move from the brilliant PALGN free hosting to an ASO shared hosting plan where I will also move this blog from Wordpress to a hand made django weblog platform.
I now only have 4 exams left until I’ve finished with my GCSEs, and I feel fairly confident about how I’ve done (which is good) and I’m now only a few short days away from purchasing my guitar and hosting package.
Sunday, 10 June 2007 – 12:25, pm
I was tagged by Takumi a week or so ago:
- Players start with 8 random facts about themselves.
- Those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts.
- Players should tag eight other people and notify them that they have been tagged.
And my facts:
- I don’t watch Big Brother, nor any other reality television. (Nor Soaps, they’re exceptionally boring.)
- I lament for the loss of Firefly.
- When I read, I read prolifically and you’ll be hard pushed to stop me, but otherwise I can go months without reading a book- and then I’ll read a dozen in a few weeks.
- I used to play the guitar (badly) but then gave up, I fully intend to pick it back up again this summer by means of a Yamaha RGX-A2
- I’m a Christian.
- I’m currently attempting to learn python, although currently lack the required free time due to exams.
- I have 2 cats.
- I have a Wii and a black DSPhat, and that suffices for my videogaming needs.
I’m going to tag:
