ii aapplogggiizze iff myy fingersss aare sttickking to the keyboard...its just TOO HOT
Here, i am sitting in my bedroom...two fans on me...still rather hot and still rather damp from my own sweat...
At some point now i need to keep working on this English assignment. I have already been to library to get some news articles for it this morning (on my bike). I had then coincidentally decided to go home at theoretically the hottest hour of the day...!
So i think now ive recovered from that trip after drying myself with a towell and about an hour of sitting in front of these two fans...and now its 4 o'clock i think the worst of the day is over...
I made it...
doug.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Fan's check
hello loyal blog fans!
if you are reading this then you are loyal enough to tune into my blog for a month now...
the purpose of this post is just to see how many people are actually still tuning into this
in order to notify me just reply with some random comment just below...
cya round
doug.
if you are reading this then you are loyal enough to tune into my blog for a month now...
the purpose of this post is just to see how many people are actually still tuning into this
in order to notify me just reply with some random comment just below...
cya round
doug.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Gaming through the ages & The Wii
Recently ive been playing (or researching) retro 80's games and some slightly newer SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) games.
Space Impact and Donkey Kong Classic are my favourites for the retro games, and ive been playing some Super Mario All Stars and The Lion King on the SNES.
I happen to be playing these old skool games around about the time that the milestone in gaming known as Crysis has been released. It occured to me, how Space invaders is so incredibly simple compared to the games we have today. I considered the number in which you would have to times the simplicity of Space Invaders to equal the complexity of Crysis. That is one big number.
In other news, I have been looking into the concept of getting a Wii. The major set back is obviously the money, but at the moment it seems theres a slight lack of games available that i would like. Wii Sports appeals to me for its social aspects, something fun for guests, and Mario Galaxy seems like fun being someone who grew up with mario (but not Mario 64).
My main interest would be Virtual Console. On the Wii, for those with wireless connectivity, you can buy classic console games like Zelda: OOT, Mario 64, Sonic and Donkey Kong Country. This feature appeals to me.
What i would really like, though, is to see the old Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie come back. Although, Microsoft bought Rareware (the company that made these games) so Nintendo probally can't do anything with them any more. It's annoying that Microsoft havent done anything with the games either.
and thanks for dropping in, even though its been a while since i posted.
d.
Space Impact and Donkey Kong Classic are my favourites for the retro games, and ive been playing some Super Mario All Stars and The Lion King on the SNES.
I happen to be playing these old skool games around about the time that the milestone in gaming known as Crysis has been released. It occured to me, how Space invaders is so incredibly simple compared to the games we have today. I considered the number in which you would have to times the simplicity of Space Invaders to equal the complexity of Crysis. That is one big number.
In other news, I have been looking into the concept of getting a Wii. The major set back is obviously the money, but at the moment it seems theres a slight lack of games available that i would like. Wii Sports appeals to me for its social aspects, something fun for guests, and Mario Galaxy seems like fun being someone who grew up with mario (but not Mario 64).
My main interest would be Virtual Console. On the Wii, for those with wireless connectivity, you can buy classic console games like Zelda: OOT, Mario 64, Sonic and Donkey Kong Country. This feature appeals to me.
What i would really like, though, is to see the old Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie come back. Although, Microsoft bought Rareware (the company that made these games) so Nintendo probally can't do anything with them any more. It's annoying that Microsoft havent done anything with the games either.
and thanks for dropping in, even though its been a while since i posted.
d.
Monday, November 26, 2007
A video
hey guys, if you're bored and interested in watching a YouTube video i made earlier this year...check it out...
Kids and Football
As some of you may know, I am a leader at my church's junior youth group...
Every Friday afternoon we do something different, but almost everytime, before the night starts, there will be a small game of soccer for the kids.
Now these kids are from primary school so they love to play soccer...that being an overstatement. It's rather, they love to kick a soccer ball, not so much the rest of the game.
Instead of working as a team by passing and setting up points, the kids' goal is to generally kick the ball. They are are instantly satisfied with themselves if they can be so nimble enough to mosh through the crowd and touch that ball. Although, this satisfaction is short. If possible, they will whip their feet in and out of the area where the ball is until they can hit it again. This tactic wouldn't go to much further until a proximity to the goals are reached and then MAYBE the kids would consider some CONTROL in their kicking. Other than this the kids have no direction, they are scalar, and do not think about hitting the ball in another direction besides the direction their foot's position makes with the ball's position...
And unlike soccer, they don't seem to able to fully grasp the concept of spreading out over the field. Because their goal isn't to pass and work as a team, but rather a personal achievement of kicking something, they don't quite know why spreading out would have some kind of advantage over the other team. The field ends up being bare except for this one large clump of kids hovering up and down.
So moving on, last friday was Sporty Sports night at Junior Underground (thats the name of the youth group). I had the priviledge to be the Referee for a match of "Three legged soccer". So if you can imagine the chaos that is a soccer game of primary schoolers, that i briefly explained earlier, tying the the legs of two kids together, and making them play soccer is like wrapping a stack of small dogs together in pairs and chucking Shmacko's at them...craziness....
So, theres my observations of primary school soccer...until kids reach high school (or join a soccer club), some kids don't seem to fully grasp what the GOAL of soccer is, that is, getting the ball into the goals...
cya
doug.
Every Friday afternoon we do something different, but almost everytime, before the night starts, there will be a small game of soccer for the kids.
Now these kids are from primary school so they love to play soccer...that being an overstatement. It's rather, they love to kick a soccer ball, not so much the rest of the game.
Instead of working as a team by passing and setting up points, the kids' goal is to generally kick the ball. They are are instantly satisfied with themselves if they can be so nimble enough to mosh through the crowd and touch that ball. Although, this satisfaction is short. If possible, they will whip their feet in and out of the area where the ball is until they can hit it again. This tactic wouldn't go to much further until a proximity to the goals are reached and then MAYBE the kids would consider some CONTROL in their kicking. Other than this the kids have no direction, they are scalar, and do not think about hitting the ball in another direction besides the direction their foot's position makes with the ball's position...
And unlike soccer, they don't seem to able to fully grasp the concept of spreading out over the field. Because their goal isn't to pass and work as a team, but rather a personal achievement of kicking something, they don't quite know why spreading out would have some kind of advantage over the other team. The field ends up being bare except for this one large clump of kids hovering up and down.
So moving on, last friday was Sporty Sports night at Junior Underground (thats the name of the youth group). I had the priviledge to be the Referee for a match of "Three legged soccer". So if you can imagine the chaos that is a soccer game of primary schoolers, that i briefly explained earlier, tying the the legs of two kids together, and making them play soccer is like wrapping a stack of small dogs together in pairs and chucking Shmacko's at them...craziness....
So, theres my observations of primary school soccer...until kids reach high school (or join a soccer club), some kids don't seem to fully grasp what the GOAL of soccer is, that is, getting the ball into the goals...
cya
doug.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Election Result
Well, it looks like Kevin Rudd is the Prime Minister of Australia...
personally, i didn't quite want Labour to win it...but i guess thats how democracy works...I guess we will see over the next few years how Labour can handle the economy this time around.
It MIGHT be a good thing if Kevin Rudd actually removes troops from Iraq like he said he would, but who knows, that might be too high a standard...
Another part that I didnt like about last night was Channel Nine's coverage of the election. At the beginning of the night there, on their screen, was a big banner saying how many electorates Labour had to take to win the election, as if it were the GOAL for labour to win, as if that was what everybody wanted...
Then, about 2 hours into the show, Channel 9 had a big banner saying KEVIN RUDD WINS ELECTION, even though no other stations were sure that he had. Sigh
This just goes down well with Channel Nine's use of The Worm on their Great Debate. I'm pretty sure the next time i have a choice between a station and channel 9, it wont be the latter...
Although, i wasnt fully impressed with Channel Seven's plans, who gave Joe Hockey a hard time. They kept probing him with unproffesional questions like "How are you feeling" etc. Then some other guy was trying to cheer him up saying things like "Mate, you'll wake up tomorrow morning", "you'll be right"...probally making it worse for the guy.
Then, the smiling Peter Beattie, who made a joke about how he'll have to pay Joe Hockey money now that he's not a minister....Ha...Joe forced a smile.
AAaanyway, i guess i shouldnt be this upset...life goes on...
doug.
personally, i didn't quite want Labour to win it...but i guess thats how democracy works...I guess we will see over the next few years how Labour can handle the economy this time around.
It MIGHT be a good thing if Kevin Rudd actually removes troops from Iraq like he said he would, but who knows, that might be too high a standard...
Another part that I didnt like about last night was Channel Nine's coverage of the election. At the beginning of the night there, on their screen, was a big banner saying how many electorates Labour had to take to win the election, as if it were the GOAL for labour to win, as if that was what everybody wanted...
Then, about 2 hours into the show, Channel 9 had a big banner saying KEVIN RUDD WINS ELECTION, even though no other stations were sure that he had. Sigh
This just goes down well with Channel Nine's use of The Worm on their Great Debate. I'm pretty sure the next time i have a choice between a station and channel 9, it wont be the latter...
Although, i wasnt fully impressed with Channel Seven's plans, who gave Joe Hockey a hard time. They kept probing him with unproffesional questions like "How are you feeling" etc. Then some other guy was trying to cheer him up saying things like "Mate, you'll wake up tomorrow morning", "you'll be right"...probally making it worse for the guy.
Then, the smiling Peter Beattie, who made a joke about how he'll have to pay Joe Hockey money now that he's not a minister....Ha...Joe forced a smile.
AAaanyway, i guess i shouldnt be this upset...life goes on...
doug.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
My Household's Black Hole
My household has a blackhole.
Every now and then i suddenly remember that i once had a shirt, or a jumper...then i wonder why I havent seen it for ages. Matter that was once in this dimension, is now gone. The Result: there is a black hole.
Okay so MOST of the time, i will allow some room to think that PERHAPS i may have just misplaced the item of clothing, but a few days ago, i was led to believe that there IS a gravitation field in my household, and the event horizon is somewhere around my 3rd-from-the-top cupboard.
So I come home wearing my school uniform, and naturally i take off my socks. Later in the day a friend was coming around so i mindlessly collected all the clothes littered on my floor and chucked them into this said cupboard (i.e. the event horizon). Next day i have to get ready for school and one of my socks is GONE.
No, its not missing, no it hasnt been misplaced....it's GONE. It has entered the black hole, gravity too strong for it to resist, and was sucked into it, perhaps in another dimension at this point.
Does anyone else suffer from this undesired household feature? I'm interested to know...
doug.
Every now and then i suddenly remember that i once had a shirt, or a jumper...then i wonder why I havent seen it for ages. Matter that was once in this dimension, is now gone. The Result: there is a black hole.
Okay so MOST of the time, i will allow some room to think that PERHAPS i may have just misplaced the item of clothing, but a few days ago, i was led to believe that there IS a gravitation field in my household, and the event horizon is somewhere around my 3rd-from-the-top cupboard.
So I come home wearing my school uniform, and naturally i take off my socks. Later in the day a friend was coming around so i mindlessly collected all the clothes littered on my floor and chucked them into this said cupboard (i.e. the event horizon). Next day i have to get ready for school and one of my socks is GONE.
No, its not missing, no it hasnt been misplaced....it's GONE. It has entered the black hole, gravity too strong for it to resist, and was sucked into it, perhaps in another dimension at this point.
Does anyone else suffer from this undesired household feature? I'm interested to know...
doug.
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