Hmm, it seems like I'm betraying Firefox, and Google is too. Google Chrome, their new browser, is AWESOME. In fact, I used Chrome to update this blog posting. Its really ergonomic. No annoying title bar or anything else to clutter the screen, just a clean, streamlined interface.
In other news, school has started for me. Time to prepare for a year of work.
My exam results were great. Eight distinctions for the following subjects: Bio,Mathematics,Chemistry,Physics,English Language,English Literature,Infotech and Spanish. I got a B for GCE Add Maths. Thanks to all my well wishers.
This morning, I tried to access my Blogger account using Firefox. I got a message about invalid certificate. As you might know, Blogger is owned by Google. I went to Google and typed in the error.
I got a LOT of results. One said that I should download some tool(avoid these sorts of advice at all costs, many of them are spyware). Another pointed out the problem didn't only exist with Google's sub sites, but other sub sites, like some belonging to Microsoft. It was a security certificate problem.
None of the suggestions really helped, so I decided to forget about it and go back to sleep. I checked the time. May 13,2003, 8:00 AM according to my computer clock. That was wrong, so I decided to fix the time. On a hunch, I decided to try my luck at accessing Blogger again. Viola!! It worked.
Well, if anyone is having that problem, and you reached here by googling for it, welcome to Happy Desolation!!
Anyway, I don't really have anything special to say apart from that. I was just planning to update my blog posting, to show my latest attempt at art. Yup, that's right. More Questionable Content characters. I love the art style. Its not as good as last time though. Amir is barely recognizable, and Tai doesn't look right. Only Winslow came out properly. Oh well, practice makes perfect.
Speaking of webcomics, I can't believe I forgot to mention Applegeeks and Dr.McNinja in my last blog post. While I'm a big fan of Jeph Jacques art style, those 2 are the best drawn webcomics I've seen so far.
Going to get a haircut today. Going to the movies next week Tuesday. Going to have a poem for you guys by tomorrow. I think that's about all there is. Its going to be a pretty uneventful life for a while.
Oh yeah, CXC results come out on the 18th of August. Wish me luck.
Later, Gavin
P.S. Yeah, I haven't made a programming post for a while. I'm just not in the mood. I think I'll be back on my feet soon though. Sorry.
The title of this post probably says it all. Thats right. I'm free. No more exams. I was free from yesterday, but i was too lazy to post on my blog.
Now you have officially been informed. My first order of business is to download Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2008 and the Windows 32 SDK, because lately DevC++ has been pissing me off, crashing every minute.
You'll probably get the skeletal animation tutorial a month or so from now, because I'm still a little brainblocked. Sorry.
I've been practicing a bit of SS as I told you, this is the summer of pimp.
Remember how a few months back, I did an April Fools joke about switching to DirectX?
Well I'm still joking. I'm actually going to keep on using openGL, but since I'm going to have to switch to Vista sooner or later, I'm going to start learning up on how to use DirectX 10.
Maybe if Mac had decent graphics libraries, I would be programming games for it. lol.
As for Irrlicht, I really don't know. I sorta developed this preference towards doing things myself lately. I'll probably stop using it. I'll leave the tutorials up though.
I'm also trying to track down Shogo. (You know, the game, very old, anime style, done by Monolith?) If you're still clueless:
That aside, by next week this time, I'll only have one more exam to worry about. Yup, thats right, the Add Maths Paper 2. I feel really good about the CXC. I mean, Physics and Chemistry were just amazing.I THINK Bio was good too, but I might have mentioned my track record with Bio earlier...
Oh well, I did a little bit of work on LunaGFX, only now, I've changed the name.
That's right kids, LunaGFX is now known as the X-LAX Graphics Library, the crappiest graphics library known to man or monkey.
I'm serious.
About the name change that is, not about the crappy part.
In a week kids!!
P.S. I might be getting a summer job. More about that some other time.
Well, I decided to post this just to remind Planet Earth that I'm still alive. I just handed in my IT SBA today, and I have some more lab reports due on Monday.
Still, I feel pretty prepared for the exams. I have English first on Monday(piece of cake), then on Thursday, I have the long papers for Chemistry and Biology. In between I have a lot of free time to swat :).
Anyway yeah, thats about it, nothing particularly new or interesting.
I love that damn video!!!! Most people say Soulja Boy sucks, and I (sorta) agree. But this song is just so positive, and its one of the funniest music videos I've seen for a long time. This time, you just can't hate on Soulja Boy. The part with throw some D's on it was pretty clever, and shows that even if he can't rap, he at least knows his puns :).
I really wouldn't have known about it, if a friend of mine hadn't started saying YAA BITCH YAA! as a response to every question. A typical conversation between us now looks like:
Me : Hey man, whats up? You ok? Him : YAAAH BITCH YAAAH! Me : Okay then. Have you seen Clive around? Him : NAAH BITCH NAAH! Me : Right. Umm, I'm going to eat lunch now, what do you want on your chicken? Him : THROW SOME D'S ON THAT!!! Me : Uh-huh, ketchup it is. Him : YAAAH BITCH YAAAH! Me : Someone, please kill me. Him : YAAAH BITCH YAAAH! Me : GET OUTTA MY FACE!!!
As for mock exams, the studying isn't going badly. I think I've done a lot of Biology, so now I've just got to get in some Chemistry and English Literature. As usual, Physics and Add Maths are not a problem.
I haven't started work on LunaScene though. Go cry in a dark corner somewhere.
On a more serious note, it seems like Lupe Fiasco might take over Talib's place in the rap game. Check this:
I love the way the vocals of Matthew and Lupe contrast. I want Matthew's voice. It would be so cool...but screw it, you can't always get what you want.
No, this post has nothing to do with the title. In fact, this post is actually a programming post.
You see, yesterday, I finished LunaLib's basic math routines. Yup, you heard that right. Matrix multiplication, matrix inversion, vector cross products, basic point in polygon tests, EVERYTHING!!!
So now, I have to work on LunaScene, which I have a gut feeling I forgot to mention. LunaScene is a scenegraph with a built in physics engine, which as you all might guess, needs more work. Advanced collision detection, collision response, etc... I have my work cut out for me. But still, it's going to actually be fun.
After I finish LunaScene and have a working demo, I'll probably work on optimization of LunaLib.
I'm going to have hell learning all the physics I need. But still, no knowledge is useless. It might come in handy if I ever drop out of school and decide to make nuclear bombs for a living. lol.
Now, in a completely unrelated side note, look at this. I almost pissed myself. You will too.
See how easy it is to go to jail now, Clive?
Still...they do say, if you dress like you want it, you're gonna get it.
The studying for mock exams is coming along great though. I feel really energized as of late. I guess Pepsi really is addictive, because I've been taking it in by the gallon to stay awake. Lets hope all this pays off in the long run.
Mock exams are on their way. All programming work has stopped. All my energy is being focused on studying and picking up girls. Need to relieve stress. Can't keep coherent thoughts....
A long time ago, I made this video. Yes, I'm KirbzXXX. Hope you like it:
I also made Boondocks and Samurai Champloo AMVs, but youtube removed them. Oh well.
The first set of games I ever played was a bunch of burnt DOS games on an old CD that my father got me for Christmas when I was 6 years old. It was a disk from Apogee. I got lots of games. I'm trying to construct this list from memory, so I'm not guaranteeing its 100% correct, but I believe the games were:
1) Duke Nukem 1 (second game I ever beat) 2) Duke Nukem 2 (first game I ever beat) 3) Duke Nukem 3D (a game I have yet to beat) 4) Realms of Chaos 5) Raptor : Call Of The Shadows 6) Rise of the Triad
There's one I can't remember. Oh well.
So, where does this come in? Well its, nothing but a bit of reminiscing, and thinking about how things were different back then. How I used to be so scared of the pigcops in Duke Nukem 3D that I was afraid to go past the second level in Episode One or play anything else. Also thinking about how Duke taught me how to be a good, gentlemanly citizen - "Aaah, much better...*flush*" :).
So anyway, next year is going to be packed. I have CXC exams, so this blog will have significantly less postings. Oh well, gotta live it up while it lasts, you know?
Speaking of Duke, all you Duke lovers might like this video. Start the new year laughing. It'll be a barrel of laughs *shotgun cocks* :).
THAT WAS HILARIOUS.
Anyway, I'm staying up until the new year comes around so I can make my super-secret-ultra-cool-pimpriffic new year's resolution. What is it?
I can't tell you, or else it wouldn't be a secret now, would it?
What sucks is that I only have 8 free days after the New Year starts, because I have to go back to school on the 9th of January. Oh well, welcome to The Suck.
Happy New Year Everyone!
P.S. If anyone can find the full version of any of the above games, I would really appreciate it if you could get it to me one way or the other. That would be so cool. Remember you can add me at www.myspace.com/gavin468.
