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LiveJournal for kaiza b00g.
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| Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 |
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http://kaiza.wordpress.com/ won't be updating this anymore, unless i find some nasty surprise over in the ui at wordpress. happy blogging! |
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| Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 |
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so my assignment is coming along slowly, a little too slowly seeing as it was due yesterday - at which point it was looking like i'd be done today, but right now i have pretty much bupkiss to hand in. i have plenty of "stuff" but none of it makes sense without what i've still got to do. with so many variables in the air, like what marks i already have (somewhere between 20 and 25% of the required 50) and the late penalty incurred each day (somewhere between 5 and 10%) i am REALLY stressing out. worst case scenario is that i need at least 65% once late marks have been deducted to safely pass. best case scenario is that i just need to pass the assignment. if i hand it in tomorrow that means for the worst case scenario i need to at least achieve a distinction, wheras if it was today i would merely need a mid to high credit. i am reasonably confident that the work im doing is worthy of a distinction, but that wouldnt help if i end up failing the subject by one mark. doesnt help that i'm kicking myself over spending all weekend on furniture (was due on monday, went down well, which was more than i was meant to be aiming for), and stressing out about the other two subjects i still have assignments for (one late, one indefinite extension), but they do pale in comparison to the threat of being kicked out of the course. anyway, my ethical dilemma is this - i could potentially get my dad to write me a medical certificate. on the pro side, it would buy me time and almost guarantee a pass; i've never asked for one before; he wants me to pass all of my subjects (and not get booted out of the course - havent decided if i should tell him or not). on the other hand it's my father (which may also be sus to the teacher), i feel its wrong (but desperate times...), and i am quite sure he would feel its wrong - if he was to do it i am quite sure he would lose some amount of faith and respect for me. fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck |
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| Friday, November 3rd, 2006 |
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got accepted for THE EDGE, which means i'm exhibiting my work january 7-9 as part of the edge, which is part of the autralian furniture fair (which is co-located with some other design-related exhibition for the first time). :D makes all of the effort seem worth it, and in a way it also puts my course work in perspective (in a good way, theres always room for improvement). speaking of which i woulndt say i'm on top of my work, but at least i have my priorities rightish. problem solving, which is the subject i NEED to pass, is due last but i need at least a credit in this assignment to pass (the assignment is worth 50%). i finally got access to the site to see my previous assignment's marks, which is a story in its own right, but it looks like i was marked down at least 10% a day. the site doesnt give specific marks but it does have a slider showing pass, credit, d and hd (think: the bands from school cert and HSC). because my shit was late (apart from the 10% presentation which i got a credit for - whoo 6.5 marks), the first assignment went from credit to pass, and the second went from distinction(!) down to somewhere in the 40% fail range - all because i couldnt slip it under his door friday evening and had to wait til monday to give it to him. both of those assignments were worth 20%. so adding up the marks i have a total of somewhere between 20 and 25% of the needed 50% to pass. anyway, at least i sorta know what level of presentation and work he's expecting - im surprised i scored so well (discounting late pentalties of course) seeing as all of the work i've turned in has been later-than-late can't-be-fucked efforts. hopefully this assignment should kick it. |
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| Saturday, October 28th, 2006 |
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arggh eyes have felt shit all day, woke up and could barely open them, despite having a full 8 hours sleep. had some breakfast, went back to bed and got up at 1030, feeling marginally less tired, and had a coffee but ive felt tired and my eyes have felt dry/tired all day - hardly geat conditions for getting lots of work done, which coincidentally i havent done much of. ah well. theres always tomorrow. gonna get hold of some eyedrops if pain persists. |
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| Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 |
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... well apart from thrusday nights ch7 - family guy (2 episodes!) and stargate (need my weekly dose of sci-fi) anyway, at 830 theres Spicks and Specks, which is always good for impormptu humour and obscure musical trivia. the other week tim minchin was on (hes a comedian of the musical variety). you can watch his tribute to the host Adam Hill here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=RrqLG2Sxsmw subtly witty, filled with innuendo - i love it ;) after that theres The IT crowd - essentially a sitcom (british - that would make it a britcom) about 2 IT guys and their computer-illiterate manager. it doesnt break any new ground for sitcoms, but in The Guide (the one true tv guide!) the creator specifically said he set out to do the opposite of what everyone else was doing, which at the time was to create a normal sitcom. while it purports to be about IT, for it to appeal to a wider audience dont expect it to be jokes all about teh interbutt (i think 4chan would make for a much more pythonesque show) anyway, its funny - i wasnt all that impressed with the pilot but its definitely gotten better. you can find a slew of clips at youtube (including whole episodes), but this link is for the titles, which i really like (witty, pixel art style, good music): http://youtube.com/watch?v=gJ7rCQXdgmk peace out, dont miss this stuff next wednesday! |
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| Saturday, October 21st, 2006 |
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Truth in Advertising 70mb short film. also, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxFrsDxa lol, im in ur /b/ arresting ur dudez |
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| Friday, October 20th, 2006 |
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i was somewhat distraught to see that my submission arrived not on wednesday, but thursday according to the Australia air Express website, but pat convinced me to email the curator immediately to explain the situation - seeing as AAE told me it would be there before the 5pm wed deadline. and thankfully she replied that it would be accepted, in fact she seemed quite nice and relaxed about it. anyway, now all that remains is to actually be selected ;) ah well you gotta be in it to win it. if youre a fan of DansData (as i am), you may enjoy his blog ( http://dansdata.blogsome.com/ ) which is essentially more of the same, just updated on a very regular basis. one of his many links pointed to this site: http://www.teachersource.com/ which has a whole bunch of totally awesome toys/curios. ive been wanting to make a hovercraft puck for quite some time, but they sell a whole variety: http://www.teachersource.com/catalog/pa the rubber edge is a nice touch which allows for more rugged play. might take a look into making one in the holidays - which incidentally are coming up real quick. i really need to get cracking with my assignments, with 3 weeks to go and 4 and a half huge assignments. after that i'm going to sit down and make a list of all the things i want to do over the holidays, and in the longer term. having a list of things to do is one of the things ive been meaning to do ;) |
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| Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 |
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| ( no big rants today (i can hear all of you breathe a sigh of relief), just a long winded story ;) ) | ||||
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| Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 |
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before i rant: http://www.myspace.com/kaiza96 yes, i signed up - it seems that all of my uni buddies have a page, and i always miss out on seeing hot pics that get posted to /b/ or /s/ because i cant sign in. feel free to use the account if you want. sign in name is kaiza (someone had already taken kaiza as a url - WTF?) and password is the initals of the school we graduated from and the last two digits of our graduation year. make posts on other peoples pages, or on mine if you want - i dont care ;) ****************** ( *sigh* back to the drawing board ) ********** theres a competition i want to enter, entries close on sunday i think. thank god they accept computer renders from students. being a furniture fair they want a real final piece for the exhibition, and professional designers need to submit photos of their products. i still need to tweak my CAD model, since im not that happy about its accuracy, but i suppose that it doesnt matter all that much in the long run. what i really want to do is change the design, but i don't know how to get the parts i want manufactured, or if there are off the shelf parts i can use instead. ************ tmimeh, when you get back you gotta show me how to export all this LJ stuff to wordpress, i have this sense of impending doom regarding LJ for some reason. |
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| Friday, September 29th, 2006 |
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while we were up in port stephens neil and i were talking about the availability of bacardi 151 this is the original page i read (scroll down to "zero to drunk in...") which explains why its so hard to get - yes ok neil you are right ;) its just gonna be hella expensive of course wikipedia has something to say on the matter (really wanna try that dr pepper mix - jt this sounds like our kinda thing ;) and the everclear page has more "interesting" mixes. in other news this little indian dude is awesome, as is shaun micallef |
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| Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 |
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but before i say anything - lj changed their menus again? edit: hahah the update journal button is now "update captains log" ( the rant of a tired man. bedtime ETA 10pm EST ) |
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| Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 |
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so i ranted about "world views" the other day. stuff has been banging round my head on it, in a meta sense - thinking about how my world view is JUST a view, etc. and not what that view actually is, since its familiar territory (although im always thinking about ways to better articulate it - hence this post) anyway, the most fundamental aspect of my world view would be apathy - an apparent distance between my self and "The world" or essentially people and entities beyond my physical and social contact. beyond that idea of pure interaction is the, dare i say it, belief that i have little or no way of influencing events in the world outside that personal sphere and that to a lesser extent the outside world would have little affect on myself. my point is that apathy is often viewed or mistaken for laziness, where the individual simply cannot be bothered to interact in a meaningful way with "the world". One important difference is that you can be apathetic while staying informed. laziness really requires some sort of ignorance - an at least subconcious level of rejection of information about "the world" - the "don't know don't care" attitude people take about politics or science or business or whatever. im not saying you can stay on top of it all - with the amount of information coming our way (let alone generated) thats an impossible task, but when VALID, IMPORTANT information comes your way i think people should at least attempt to make sense of it. i'll cut it off there. all i wanted to say was that i like to think that my belief system is informed apathy. |
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| Sunday, September 10th, 2006 |
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neil msned me about pinky and the brain, which got me wikiing (sp?) starting with tiny tunes and animaniacs and progressing onto orson welles (whom the brains voice is based on) and and eventually the tick and The Adventures of Seinfeld and Superman i recommend the videos from that page, as well as visiting the page for Frozen Peas. go and download the original mp3 from the first site, then watch the parodies on youtube. i was literally in tears. so next on my hitlist of downloads will be animaniacs, pinky and the brain and then possibly the critic ************ something random that gets on my nerves a little: google australia results are weighted for australia whether you search the web or australian sites only. i originally thought australian sites were unusually popular but over time ive realised thats not the case. Searching for institutions, government orgs, etc has revealed this. while on one hand its handy having the results up the top, on the other it means for me, google is less objective. i can search Australia only if i want just by checking the radio box, and subconciously and occassionaly conciously i probably use the rankings to sort information for myself. |
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| Friday, September 8th, 2006 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushis ok, despite ending up in tears by the end of the page, i do feel kinda sorry for the guy. i agree with the psychoanalysts theory that he suffers from some kind of dyslexia or something. ah well. things are starting to roll at uni, and im not talking about assignments. ive got a bit of an itch to start putting up stencils, ive already cut a few out on my books, which really sorta fingers me as the culprit - so ive been looking at ways of doing it without getting kicked out of uni. chalk is probably the best option - i just need to get hold of some buckets of the stuff and crush it up. there are a few otehr guys i know who would probably get in on it and im hoping that if i do then more people will be inspired to do it too. strangely enough someone began chalking "Who cares?" around the building entrances, and then posters appeared too. i thought it may have been a pretentious vis com student, but my friend guessed it was a christian thing and was smack bang on the money when we found a small description on the cafe door later. it is purporting to offer direction and faith for apathetic youth, and if you turn up on the day you can get a STICKER that proclaims your world view. awesome. anyway, ive started writing subversive messages on the posters, it was tough before, but now that i know its a crappy "viral" christian campaign i have someone to aim for :p |
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| Saturday, September 2nd, 2006 |
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( SUPAR RANT ) ************ oh yeah, myspace account – will sign up tomorrow ^^ |
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| Thursday, August 31st, 2006 |
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you heard it first here folks: http://www.dosky.info/?f=hippiegrou go back to the download page to get the song. as of now googling "caramell" comes up with squat but my prediction is that like numa numa this is going to suddenly go apeshit and get played on tv and radio and bullshit. anyhoo, still doing my assignment - should be done tonight, i only need to type some shit up, and im copying most of it from my previous assignment. |
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| Tuesday, August 29th, 2006 |
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i begin a lot of LJ topics with so - thought i'd mix it up and add a coupla ooooo's to the end. anyway, wasted all my time on the 40% assignment. looks pretty schmick but considering i had planned to finish it at 5 (or at least before dinner) last night i actuall finished it around 5 this morning. that was with a whole lot of time wasted between about 1am and 4am doing such things as boning up on my knowledge of east and west coast hip hop/rap and fueds between members of said cliques, crips, scratching and b-boying. NO, i will not provide trendy links in writing for you. you know how the magical webbernets works, figure it out yosef foo. mind you - i recommend the wikipedia+google search engine plugin thing, it works much faster than wikipedias own search thing. anyway i emailed that assignment to a mate to print off and hand in which is awesome. as for the other assignment... i have barely started on the mind maps which sucks ass, essentially i just want SOMETHING to hand in, looks like it'll be a day late or so. i actually looked up how much i wrote for the last one - i had about 6 A3 pages of mind maps with an accompanying 6 pages A3 of text - thats over 6000 words. fuck me, thats more than we need to write for a thesis, and it was for a lousy 20% assignment. no wonder i have all of theses false expectations of what i need to achieve. i guess im just a very verbose sorta person. the fucking annoying thing now is that im looking for some decent mind mapping software so it wont take a fuckload of time arrangeing all the little bubbles and arrows. ive downloaded about 8 programs, installed 5, none of which have the BASIC features i want. all the important things like making links between bubbles requires some contortion-like keyboard shortcut or constantly dragging items from menus - not to mention the pain that is formatting hundreds of little bubbles - "format style presets"? never heard of them?! there was a free java based program which could customise keys, but the formatting sux and you need to restart the program every time you change the format of something. of course the program i end up using probably wont allow you to export to a vector format either, leaving me with a shitty artefacted .jpg blown up to fit an A3 page. but itll be a while before i get to that stage, i gotta go to class regardless of whether i have something to hand in - we have a 10% assessment we start today - i missed out on that last time which is part of the reason im repeating in the first place... its times like this i wish i knew some hardcore programming - i need to attend some kind of C++ training boot camp over the holidays - i know i could make an awesome Illustrator mind-mapping plugin if i had the freakin skillz. |
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| Monday, August 28th, 2006 |
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...which must mean i have assignments due! 2 on tuesday asamatteroffactthanksforaskingpleasecome the conundrum is this - the one im working on is worth 40%, the other is worth 20%. as i just said, the 20% one requires more work, and/but its the subject ive already failed twice. my only hope is that having done the assignment previously will make it go just that bit faster this time round. the other secret i have up my sleeve is that i have at least four hours after i hand in the first assignment before the second one is due. the other thing is that last time i got a HD for the assigngment (downgraded to a D for being 2 days late :) so i have a somewhat inflated comparison of what i need to achieve. to be honest i think that i should really just be aiming for somewhere between a D and a C - after all, it's only worth 20% heres hoping.... im thinking it'll be an all-nighter tomorrow night =( also have something due thrusday, but that should only take a couple of hours (so im budgeting a lot more). the good thing is that i don't have anything due next week, which gives me a chance to catch up on upcoming stuff. |
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| Thursday, August 17th, 2006 |
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havent started on concepts due tomorrow arvo :( have been working on stuff not related to uni in any way am getting braces put on one back molar tomorrow morning am feeling tired and sick and dont feel like sitting down to come up with concepts >:( i am enjoying having the computer out of my room though - its just so much less of a distraction from anything that i want to do thats not computer related. having said that, i need to tear myself away from the computer to actually get back into my room to not be distracted, which i am obviously not doing at the moment. time to go ;) |
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LiveJournal for kaiza b00g.
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