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The rantings of a First Year Computer Science student
April 07, 2006
It's been a long time...
I've got my Linux properly working this time, so I'm going to try and write something worth talking about. I'm going to get a fully working SDL Pong clone up and running if it kills me, working AI and everything.
I've been a little bogged down with Uni life, but my coding's …
I've got my Linux properly working this time, so I'm going to try and write something worth talking about. I'm going to get a fully working SDL Pong clone up and running if it kills me, working AI and everything.
I've been a little bogged down with Uni life, but my coding's …
March 02, 2006
OK, so I've been experimenting with CSS and PHP, and so far so good.
I just managed to get my custom font class to work with IE7.
Basically, I had a set of custom tags before:
Except IE didn't like that. At all. My white text, with IP n…
I just managed to get my custom font class to work with IE7.
Basically, I had a set of custom tags before:
mytext.standard { //blah blah; }
mytext.standout { //blah blah; }
Except IE didn't like that. At all. My white text, with IP n…
February 10, 2006
OK, so I've been experimenting with Ubuntu "Breezy Badger" Linux. It was pretty good, for about the 4 hours it worked out of the 4 days I've had it installed. I'm writing this from Windows.
If Ubuntu is so magi-tastic, why have I had to reinstall it 3 times in 48 hours, only for it to corrupt agai…
If Ubuntu is so magi-tastic, why have I had to reinstall it 3 times in 48 hours, only for it to corrupt agai…
January 01, 2006
... here be 2006. Went to the Edinburgh Street Party last night, and then out drinking with old friends, had a great time.
But I've got other things to say.
Firstly, I managed to finally perservere and finish HL2, but as I've already said in my previous entry, I hated it. To recap, here's a list of…
But I've got other things to say.
Firstly, I managed to finally perservere and finish HL2, but as I've already said in my previous entry, I hated it. To recap, here's a list of…
December 03, 2005
Hello again, I've not been updating my Journal for a while now, simply because there wasn't anything interesting to put here.
But now there is, because I've been seriously playing Half Life 2.
I don't really like it.
IMHO it's just a dull, repetitive tech demo. I'm sick of the following:
-> Getting…
But now there is, because I've been seriously playing Half Life 2.
I don't really like it.
IMHO it's just a dull, repetitive tech demo. I'm sick of the following:
-> Getting…
October 30, 2005
Well I'm angry. I'm angry at myself for my own stupidity.
Mathematics - I was a retard in school, so I need to do one module of University level maths to continue to second year CS. But the same thoughts still hit me - what is the point in Mathematics? Is it any use?
Well, I'm tempted to say both …
Mathematics - I was a retard in school, so I need to do one module of University level maths to continue to second year CS. But the same thoughts still hit me - what is the point in Mathematics? Is it any use?
Well, I'm tempted to say both …
October 29, 2005
Ramsay didn't win. Despite my vote, he came in a not-so-close second.
The new Rector at the University of St Andrews is therefore Simon Pepper, OBE. Never heard of him? Neither have I. It seems he used to be the head of the Scottish WWF (not wrestling, wildlife [grin]).
I haven't been up to the U…
The new Rector at the University of St Andrews is therefore Simon Pepper, OBE. Never heard of him? Neither have I. It seems he used to be the head of the Scottish WWF (not wrestling, wildlife [grin]).
I haven't been up to the U…
October 26, 2005
Can't remember when I last wrote something here, and I can't be bothered looking it up.
So, I'm still up here in St Andrews studying CS. So far, it's pretty straightforward - take a few concepts from C++ that I already knew damn well, and apply them to Java.
I might even take one of my practical ass…
So, I'm still up here in St Andrews studying CS. So far, it's pretty straightforward - take a few concepts from C++ that I already knew damn well, and apply them to Java.
I might even take one of my practical ass…
October 14, 2005
Hello, I decided seeing as I've paid for this here Journal, I might as well update it.
I'm still learning Java, and actually rather liking it. It's so nice for a change, I haven't touched C++ in weeks. The only problem I have is Eclipse, I find it to be pretty poor given the hype it gets. I'm sti…
I'm still learning Java, and actually rather liking it. It's so nice for a change, I haven't touched C++ in weeks. The only problem I have is Eclipse, I find it to be pretty poor given the hype it gets. I'm sti…
October 03, 2005
You know something? As bloated, slow and generally not-all-that-useful people say Java is, I'm actually beginning to like it. Then again, I felt the same about C++, but we'll see how things go.
I'm still getting my head round the import keyword, and how everything seems to be inside a class, but I…
I'm still getting my head round the import keyword, and how everything seems to be inside a class, but I…
October 02, 2005
Friday night was great fun, but last night was a bit rubbish.
On Friday night, I got my first taste of "Turbo Diesel" - a mixture of (I think) vodka, cider, lager, and blackcurrant juice. A pint of it. Apparently the mixing involved makes it illegal, but they sell us it anyway. Tastes wonderful, …
On Friday night, I got my first taste of "Turbo Diesel" - a mixture of (I think) vodka, cider, lager, and blackcurrant juice. A pint of it. Apparently the mixing involved makes it illegal, but they sell us it anyway. Tastes wonderful, …
September 27, 2005
First real day of lectures today (enrolment was yesterday). I have to say, from what I've seen so far, that the first year Computer Science course doesn't look particularly challenging. I'm also doing a pretty basic maths module, as well as an economics module in my first semester - they look a g…
September 23, 2005
Well, I've decided it's to be a lame two player racing sim, in SDL. I've already got a reusable framework in place, just a few function calls. I'm still struggling with calculating the frame-rate and regulating it as well, but I'm sure if I fiddle with it it'll all fit together finestyle.
I'll com…
I'll com…
September 22, 2005
Well, folks, I've been here since last November.
Today I had a rush of blood to the head, and took out a year's GDNet+. It's a little hard to take in the fact that I actually have it. Journal Land has always seemed like very good fun [grin]
I chose the title "Golden Years" because I was listening t…
Today I had a rush of blood to the head, and took out a year's GDNet+. It's a little hard to take in the fact that I actually have it. Journal Land has always seemed like very good fun [grin]
I chose the title "Golden Years" because I was listening t…
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