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Look ma! No tables! (well... almost)

If you haven't noticed, I just completed a complete site redesign. I have incorporated a more universal look and feel compared to the old design. The header of each page is now the same throughout the site (except of course for the name and by-line), and the consistent menu should allow for easier navigation.

For the main part of the site (ie the entire site excluding the blog and the gallery), I stopped using tables for page layout and completely replaced them with divs, with the layout controlled by a CSS style sheet. If … Read more →

Although i've had the time recently, i haven't been in the mood for blogging.

Went for a haircut on Thursday, which of recent times has been a depressing experience. Why?: I am losing my hair. Not happy at all about it either. Over the past 6-12 months my hair has been steadily disappearing.

It's happening to my older brother as well. What makes it even more of an injustice, is that in my immediate family there is no history of early hair-loss. Dad didn't lose his hair till he was at least in his late 30s/early 40s, dad's father still … Read more →

databases databases everywhere so let's all have a ... query?

Lame i know.

In the past few weeks I have installed a fair few more RDMSs (Relational DataBase Management Systems) on my computer. I already had Oracle 9i that I had used for some previous uni assignments, but recently I have installed MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and also today Oracle 10g.

Why so many RDMSs? I like to play and muck around with them and the more I have experience using the better. Mostly it is so I don't forget how to use them. In my … Read more →

Very strange night at fustal last night. I'm not one to often get into arguments over playing a game, but last night it so happened that i got very irritated, and ended up making an enemy in the process.

This was in the mixed competition I play every week with Despina, and we ended up losing the game 3-2, me scoring both our goals. I generally played pretty well, often running circles around the opposition team. Obviously this young guy on the opposing team didn't really like that.

In the second half, as I broke free, once again bearing down … Read more →

These past few days I have attended my last ever uni classes (again assuming I pass all my courses this semester). I had my last ever tute yesterday, and this morning I had my last ever lecture.

To be honest, as with handing in my last assignment last week, it has made me a little sad. The 'uni routine' that has been my lifestyle for the past 4 1/2 years of my life is passing away. Honestly, the lifestyle really was, I would say, comfortable. I would not go as far as saying it was utterly enjoyable, although at times … Read more →

Haven't blogged in a while, been quite busy and haven't had enough time to sit and type out an entry until now.

A few eventful things have happened in the past few days. First of all, I've got a new mobile phone: the Samsung D500. Quite a nifty little phone. I really wanted a new phone to replace my old Nokia 8310, and i wanted one with at least a VGA camera, bluetooth, good battery life, not a flip open or clamshell one (just personal preference), and not be any larger than the 8310, which is really quite small. … Read more →

Went into uni as normal today to attend my HIST2602 lecture and tutorial. What was not normal was that after the tut finished at 1, I went straight to the labs to complete my COMP3501 (HCI) assignment with my partner for that assignment. After about 2 1/2 hours of working we finally finished it and submitted it.

It was then that i dawned upon me: 'hey, this is my last ever assignment'. Having already submitted all other in-semester assessment this was my last assignment this semester, and thus assuming that I pass all my courses, my last ever assignment of … Read more →

Played mixed futsal on Monday night with Despina playing only her thrid game after missing a few sick. She played absolutely awesome, her running and getting into scoring positions was great, and in this game she actually got in the way of opposing players and tackled them quite well.

Me on the other hand, played absolutely terrible. The disparity in performance was adequately shown by Despina who scored her first ever goal (and the first female goal that our team has scored) having one goal, and me scoring none. Rhys played really well and bagged the other three goals as … Read more →

I'm not really in the mood to blog right now, so excuse this really lethargic effort.

Saw Star Wars again on Friday night, although that one wasn't really planned: Despina's brothers wanted to see it so i tagged along.

Last night Arsenal won the FA Cup by beating Manchester United on a penalty shoot-out 5-4 after the game finished 0-0. To be honest Arsenal played atrociously for the entire match, and only managed 1 shot on goal in all the 120 minutes of play, while Man U ran riot the whole game and were desperately unlucky not to have at … Read more →

I know the title is a little clich? now, but what are ya gonna do?

Of course last night was the big night, the release of Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Had a really good time overall.

Got to the Garden City Megaplex at just before 9pm to get in line for the movie to start at midnight. I thought getting there at that time would put us near the start of the line. I was mistaken however, as there were already quite a few people there before us, but i still think that we were … Read more →