Uni marks for semester 2 2004 were just put up on SI-net. (The results do not become 'official' till the 1st)

Well this semester I surprised even myself. I've always said that I get the best marks when i'm convinced that i have a significant chance of failing a course, and this semester was no exception.

Below are my marks for each course this semester (and for COMP3804, the whole year):

COMP3804 Advanced Information Technology Project
Grade: 6
For regular readers of this blog, this was the penultimate year-long IT course that I have been whining about for … Read more →

I'm a bit nervously waiting for the release of my uni marks for this semester. Although they are due to be released on the 1st of December, they are usually available to view at least a few days prior to the official release date (although the uni states that the results do not become "official" until the release date, but they never change).

Had a lazy day so far: got up fiddled around with the Foxtel so it gives out a proper digital sound output, and then watched Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring on DVD. The … Read more →

Apparently Telstra printed some ads in the papers on Monday congratulating Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan, including a link to her official website.

The thing is, is that Telstra printed the wrong link:

They printed the incorrect link of http://www.caseydonovan.com, whereas the correct link was: http://www.caseydonovan.com.au (note the '.au').

What was funny is that they incorrect link they printed was actually a gay porn site!

I believe Telstra had temporarily negotiated with the owners of the porn site to display a Telstra splash page that will redirect most people to the correct Casey Donovan site for at least … Read more →

I am typing this blog entry from in front of the tv in the living room, far far away from the closest cabled network port.

I got the router i ordered delivered just before I left for work last night, and after getting back from work I did the required reading needed for setting up the router.

Got up this morning and spent the last few hours setting up the router. It was a bit complicated because of the way we currently have our house wired up (everything changed dramatically after we did the renovations): the cable modem is all … Read more →

The last few days have been a little interesting and a little strange. Saturday night went to Church, and afterwards we went and ate at the kebab place in West End with the guys from Church, where we had some in depth conversations about break-ups, divorce, relationships, God, and really a lot of things.

Afterwards after driving around around I noticed a loud clicking/knocking noise in the car. After a bit more driving it seemed to be rather rhythmical with the pace determined by how fast the car was going. I thought: great, either the tire is flat or there's … Read more →

Went and saw The Forgotten last night. I've really got to say that i wish i could forget having seen that movie. What started off as a very promising psychological thriller turned out to be a piece of garbage! As you might be able to tell, i'm holding back saying why it turned out to be a piece of crap, because if i did tell you I would spoil the how the movie turns out for all those who actually want to go see it.
My recommendation is: don't see it, it's not worth the time or money.

I also … Read more →

I've updated the site once again. The major new thing is that i've added, after reading Andrew's blog entry, is another game: asteroids.

Other stuff i also have done, is that for people with resolutions other than 1024x768, I have changed all the flash intros and most of the games to be set in percentages of the screen rather than in pixels. For visitors with resolution of 1024x768 there shouldn't be that much of a visible difference, but for viewers with higher (and probably lower too (i haven't tested that yet)) the intros and the games will be … Read more →

Just updated a few things that are on my site. A new layout on the homepage is one thing, which just briefly explains what the site is a quick overview of things that it contains. I've also added a favicon to all the pages of the site. This icon will be shown in the address bar of Firefox and other browsers (not IE though), and if you add the site to your favorites or bookmarks, the icon will appear next to the title of the bookmark or favourite (in nearly all browsers, including IE).

After just finishing uni for the … Read more →

Just got home after completing my last exam for the year. This morning was the COMP2502 (Algorithms and Data Structures) exam which I have been (not so silently) dreading over the past month or two.

It was a bit easier than i had expected. Out of the 32 multi-choice questions I was mostly positive that i answered at least 18 correctly, and the rest i made an educated stab at.

Here's my calculations for what i think my result for exam is, assuming that i was 80% correct with the ones that i'm pretty sure i got right, and say … Read more →

Just had my second exam this morning. Saturday exams suck, because they take a perfectly good weekend day and turn it into a weekday one by making you do work on it. Ah well, at least it is better than the Saturday 5:45 exams.

I think i did ok in the exam today. It was much harder than I was anticipating, but I'm pretty sure that i at least passed. But i don't think that i will be getting my top-of-the-class result that i got in the mid-semester.

Still got one more: COMP2502 at 8:00am on Monday.… Read more →