Devoid of Anything Useful

So, Endless Eight (Part IV) next week.

I'm ok with repeating. Just that a) 15,500? where did the light novel go? and b) Kyon did not even let Nagato get to the point where she said how many times they found out about the loop.

Koizumi saying the same thing 3 times saved it a little, though I thought it was something wrong with my comp.

Anyway, those who desperately wanted time loop in ep2, you got it. Many times too btw.

In other news, I have somehow lacked the urge to edit r9k already, so I shall package it nicely and hopefully send it off as version 1.beta soon (yes, anything before this was a pre-alpha).

With E-learning over, the loads on my HDD, RAM and clogged tubes are eased. For now.

Chromium alpha update - taskman added.


shall do post on can't create some other time then.

Nothing much this year, except for a finding a printer that uses waterproof ink AND can print on CDs. If you thought this is nothing, then show me some older (before this year) models (regardless of brand) that can do the above...

Oh, and before going in, I stopped by the BlueMax somewhere in the Tropics part and saw DVDs of Makoto Shinkai's Voices of a Distant Star and The Place Promised in Our Early Days. If not for the fact that they were Code 3 (I prefer Code 1, but then again I don't think they were released in that format) I would have grabbed them.

I need to hunt for a Terabyte storage drive for my stashes...arrgh...

I got this a while ago but it took me a while to reproduce it:

And that was after I accidentally tabbombed. Related links always catch me.


I must thank gnome-screenshot for not screwing up when my comp was lagging pretty badly.

Also, I realized something. I totally needed to defrag my life, but I definitely do not have enough contiguous free space nor time to do so.

I would really like to find someone who is having the same multi-life as me. Stepmania, Juggling, Programming, DIY-ing (electronic/mechanical type), Inline-skating, Yo-yo-ing, Animu-ing, and RC flying.
Those are the key things I am looking for at least for now. If anyone knows anyone other than me who shares at least 50% of the above, tag. That is all.

I consider myself to have been a hikki for most of my younger years, not going out except for schoolwork/family. It's not very much different now except that I do go and socialize a bit with my previous classmates and there are competitions and other stuffs. Also there is the ironical part of which I go out for anime stuffs like Cosfest and Latendo.

Of which speaking I just went to a while ago. I made a transit at Sunshine Plaza to check out the prices at KKnM before going to Kallang. I thought I would have learnt from my previous time on the same route that I chose; but apparently I got off at the stop which I did last time which was much further than the stop just before. Nevermind, a bit of exercise never killed anyone. Then I went to cross an overhead bridge and I soon found out that I didn't need to, as the bus stop was on the same side. Stupid mistake #2.

I wanted to get the baseball ver of Haruhi and Mikuru, but seeing that there was 3 sets of each I deduced that it was not too popular and I should wait for the price to drop first. The Tsuruya Maid ver and Mikuru Battle Waitress ver has 1 each, so I got them first.

I also preordered the Toradora Gashapon for some old friends. I said 3 sets and those guys lifted an eyebrow slightly lol.

(101th post)

I think I told some before, but I think a community effort would be better.

I don't regret not learning the piano, but sometimes I really wish I could play some pieces past "Mary Had a Little Lamb", especially OPs and EDs. Decoding by ear isn't very fun either. Rather than lament, I'm going to make use of that piano Dr. Hon left in the OTH Hall...

I want to print out the scores that I can get off http://josh.agarrado.net/music/anime/ and just "place" them there. Hopefully they don't get blown/thrown away and someone who is playing bothers to pick them up to give a try...

And by my wishful thinking people studying there would be doing their work with HHY in the background...

Also, after listening to the K-On! songs I still can hold off watching it, but most likely not for long. CoalGuys subs seem to stand out.

Planning a trip to Latendo tmr, most likely to preorder stuff and get figmas.

I met a 知音 at YDSP today. Irony that he is from RI, but he doesn't seem like the snobbish type.

I was playing stepmania, then he came over. Quite obviously he saw my OS and the song that I was playing.

He asked if I was a geek, but I daoded him a bit first. My troll filter was set on high just in case.

Then a while later while I was choosing a song he whistled one of the songs from Shana. I carried on from where he left off, then we lolled. After that he also did Imperial March.

Then he saw my taskbar, with "Gendou's Ani...". He said something about "illegal dls" I told him my house won't have enough space to put the cds. He also saw my wallpaper with Kona and I spun it around to show him the rest.

Slightly later on when I was playing motteke! sailor fuku he asked me if I knew the typing game, the I went "oh-yeah-typingmania". That totally hit the mark.

He doesn't seem to have FB (yet), so I shall get his contact or something. It also suddenly dawned on me that I forgot to get his name.

Danbooru (だんボール, from だんボールばこ or cardboard box) Imageboards are win. However, browsing through them is a nightmare. RSS feeds can help a bit. I did a bit of poking when getting them, and found that you can actually subscribe to multiple tags...and I dun have an account for nuts.

1) Grab the main url (For a list of Danbooru-like boards, see here)
e.g. http://danbooru.donmai.us/ or http://moe.imouto.org/

2) attach "post/atom?tags=" at the end
e.g. http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/atom?tags= or http://moe.imouto.org/post/atom?tags=

3) Find what tag combo you want, via the cheatsheet searching guide (Its available for the other boards too but its the same anyway)

4) Add a "+" between each tag
e.g. rating:safe+~shakugan_no_shana+~zero_no_tsukaima+~toradora (for the tsundere freak, sfw)
e.g. suzumiya_haruhi*+-kyon+rating:explicit (for haruhi H without Kyon)

5) whack the string from step 4 to the end of step 2
e.g http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/atom?tags=rating:safe+~shakugan_no_shana+~zero_no_tsukaima+~toradora
e.g. http://moe.imouto.org/post/atom?tags=suzumiya_haruhi*+-kyon+rating:explicit
(they actually work ok...)

6) Put that url in your RSS reader. Then you are done! Unless you want further mashup via Yahoo! Pipes (that was how I found out about the ?tags= hack anyway).

Another oxymoronic productivity tip brought to you by randName();

...and so, I let 25/5/2009 slip past me just like that.

Recollecting the past year, I did a lot of firsts.

First time I went to an animu event (Cosfest'08), of which would mark my frequent trips to such events (STCC'08, AFA'08, SOYA'09).

First time I queued up for very long (STCC'08) to get a free gift.

First time I went Pulau Ubin (OBS).

First time I installed Ubuntu on a Laptop.

First time I joined a Line Control competiton, got a 3rd for Gas.

First time I queued up for very long (AFA'08) to get tickets.

First time I got a figma (Kyon), which was at AFA'08, which would mark my growing collection.

First time I used NXT for a robotics competition (FLL).

First time I chased an Anime on TV (ZnT3) and on teh Netz (Clannad AS).

First time I juggled in front of a crowd I didn't know (CIP).

First time I took a plane (BSC), gone over 900km/h ground speed etc.

First time I lived in dorms for an extended period of time (BSC).

First time I had school on my Birthday, and that I was relatively well (I still had slight flu)

Back from BSC for 2 weeks, fit in with SGLife...

3 days before my tanjoubi and I get a long overdue gift from Kadokawa/KyoAni

Watching raws with Light Novel translation is fun.

Reviving this instead of posting on s--n--s was for the lulz

Lets see if I get to do more later

I have been thinking a little about what I do that I consider myself "semi-pro", and what is crippling me from becoming "pro" in that area. Here is a list:

Hobbies:

Rubik's cube - OLL, PLLs and the fact that I still cannot Sub-60
Yo-yo - String tricks
Juggling - 2-in-one-hand needs more practice.
RC flying - plane orientation
Inline Skating - T-Stops
Stepmania - Jumpstreams
Math - Calculus, and all the stuff in MOP
Jappy - Jap grammar, Animu nubness + long backlog, Shitted opinions
Language - English spelling, Chinese hanzi, expression in both.
Webpage layout - CSS
Electronics - I still can't do the Ohm/Amps/Volts in my head.
"Hacking" - I am still using low-tech methods
Google searching - I still need a few tries to find errors
IRC - Still can't remember all the flags
Programming:
Javascript - I'm still refering to stock code.
Perl, Python - I'm still at editing variables/flow operators
C++, Actionscript, PHP - Still need to refer for functions

Then, there are communities I am involved in but do not do/know a shit:

Touhou (#fantasia_gensokyo on irc.rizon.net)
DSLRs
Photoshoppers (those who edit photos)
Media designers (Those who create digital art)
ROM dumpers
Fansubbers
OSS (haven't created any)
Council (I'm not even in it)
Debating

So there, a screwed up number of lives, enough to last for very long

Nevermind that I din't put this in the previous post.

For them to have slashed the price from 70 to 20, something is not right. Yes, maybe it was big "members only" sale day, and that it was most likely already on discount before this. Actually, there is a perfectly logical explanation. No one buys them, or even better, no one expects them to be there. Apparently I found the stack beside some gundams going at 35++. wtf. They must be like, what-the-shit-is-this-no-one-buys-these-anymore-lets-sell-them-f**king-cheaply-so-we-can-look-perfectly-normal. But they were definitely repackaged, as the Rei was uber dirty...I had to scrub it with dishwashing liquid and a sponge.

Also, since I would not be appreciating Lunamaria too much except for the fact that her voice is not bad, I may want to sell it off. Obviously I will want to make some shit out of it, so starting price is $35. If anyone is interested... Nevermind. Yesterday there were at least 5 more, today I would expect that they would still be there. Go grab them yerselves.

They are not too bad, the highlight is the voices. Asuka doesn't say "kimochi warui" though, which actually pisses me off slightly. The voulme can't be controlled, but it is rather loud. Not unlike those other noisemaking toys you have seen.

w00t yeah 600th post. I'm supposed to be doing my biography but I spent the whole morning taking pics...

Here is a little clue:


I however, lament at my ability (or lack thereof) to operate a DSLR properly.
As we will see...

The story:
It was 9+pm. I have got to get a luggage for EFZ immersion stay. There is wan offer at OG for 20%+10% discount on Luggages and it closes at 11pm. Rushed down to get. Chosen, to wait in queue. While waiting, go to toy department. Feel like antique. Observe gashapon. Find they have NGE. Curse that coin compartment was recently emptied. Check to top to see F/SN, but none of the machines have it anyway. Turn around to see Lunamaria Hawke staring at the floor. Find 5 more. Find Rei and Asuka hidden below, one each. Find both to be dirty, but ignore. Check price, almost fainted. ????. PROFIT!!!

The Loot:

Ayanami Rei

Sohryu Asuka Langley

Lunamaria Hawke, who I have only known because this is at Latendo




No pantsu. Sorry!

They come with a switch so they don't drain the battery.Its 2 AA batteries


Bottom of boxes:


Of course, this is only some of the pics. I have pics of Koizumi figma and Rei Revoltech, but too lazy to upload nao.

1) When you find out that an offer for luggage (20%+10%) ends at 11pm and its already 9.30pm, rush down no matter what

2) If you have not been to a departmental store's toy section for a long time, you will feel like an antique

3) Stop to look and smell the flowers. Be observant.

Hopefully I will have time to provide details, and if I will it will appear on S--n--S

Bilingual post :-p

我从3月30日到5月8日会在北京，就是我们的”卫星校园“（其实只是从北京师范大学第二附属中学借来的几间课室与设施罢了）。
我选择去是因为:
1) 我在这个时期没有任何重要的比赛
2）这个时候北京的气候不会太冷太热
3）在 Robotics 的几位重要人物都在忙着 SLC （Student Leaders Convention)， 就趁机在他们忙的时候走开；不然我出国他们也出国，课外活动就没人在了。

就因为这些原因碰巧符合，我就去好了。这也会是我第一次乘搭飞机，真刺激。

我看我在那里的几个大问题是：
1）上网可能有些困难（The Great Firewall of China)
2）找电插头给我膝上电脑充电
3）心理上接受那里的食品
4）冷天气
5）空气的素质
6) Clannad After Story 的最后几篇我可能下载不了

就那么几个罢了，也不是什么大问题。

Back to my normal life (or lack thereof), I have found Yahoo! Pipes (which helps me filter and combine feeds so that Liferea actually functions well), and TinEye, an image search engine. For the most extreme example I can offer of its ability, search for this image (source) gave me this.

My rundown...
The scene was rather good. Was damn lol that the place was where I had my SMP briefing. Had to register as photographer lol...


Arrows indicate highlights. From the left edge, its a) HALF of a huge (think shiehls) C.C. b) Its some Michael Jackson style trap. c) Carillus and his cap drawing SDM

Note that the C.C. is most likely what will happen if she really eats too much pizza. The RL one was really eating loads. Lucky for people who didn't go, you saved yourself some scarring.


财神到！ Its in season but ombwtfbbq. I have no idea who is that beside the fortune god.


It was fun to see this. Except for the Mikuru...


We were about to leave when I saw umbrella. Then like WTF.

All my other pics were fail. There was Miku but not that malaysian one who was at Cosfest'08 and AFA'08. There was the kagamines and they looked damn shota/loli.

SDC was fail except for SWS so I not gonna go any further than this.

Hmm. It seems like the weekends are free-ish. Let me rumble more then.

Last week's FLL failure was partly my fault. Had I started work earlier I could have perfected the design of that cargo-thing that can lift the house (and I should have gotten the full points). Of course, I can actually have peaceful slumber because I know Tribal was too imba (and in this case it actually really means imbalanced).

Of course, not one to brood over matters (actually, I don't brood. Bad things come back to haunt me in short bursts, like my realization that I have not been ordering student meals for the last 2 years (of which when there was that option (means not weekend) I think there were less than 50 times, so its not that zibei)) (And yes that's a lot of brackets)

My imageboard feed backlog has been cleared (at least the accumulated ones), and I dunno how long I can keep it under 200 each (Konachan.com is not that much of a problem. Its Danbooru and Sankaku Channel that is constantly bombarded).

If some know I have been doing research on dolphin waxing, and results have shown its not that horrible thing like drugs or cigarettes that the higher beings call it to be.

Word has been spreading that I watch H3N741. Yes, I did Bible Black (all except for the sequel) and Discipline: A record blah blah etc; but seriously, I don't have much time now that school started. And yes, I dislike 3d that much.

Currently I am only actively watching Clannad After Story, and even that is like what, weekly? If I actually have free time I actually want to do homework, but by the time I'm done it will be the next slot on my unwritten schedule. even if I'm done I feel guilty sitting there doing nothing so I end up clearing my feed backlog.

In the time I've written this, I guess at least 2 cycles have passed. The thing is that you will feel compelled to read the feeds. I guess it can provide something for you to live for, but I guess I should let it decelerate for a while.

Well, this is a pretty long post for the current state of events. I think I should reserve some time to do this in the weekends. Somehow I feel slightly better.

On a lighter note, I guess feeds have brought me something.
(http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2007/mariogravity.shtml)
Of course, while I'm posting links: Invisible Tetris.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo)
And finally, don't worry. All the links that I post on this blog are SFW unless otherwise stated. I am, however, not responsible for you getting caught slacking off reading this while you were supposed to do something important.

We will redirect to /dev/null on your behalf

[Insert form here]

Device Daemon appears.

"We will redirect your hatred into /dev/null immediatley

(Replacement of his soul with /dev/urandom or /dev/random on request)"

[Wants to hit enter]

"However, when a soul is cursed, 2 links are made.

Your soul will be replaced by /dev/zero

And will soon resemble /dev/full

After that you will still go into /dev/null all the same.

That's after you die of course.

The rest is up to you."

The RP (RolePlay, as in RPG that type of RP) going on at fantasia_gensokyo was keeping me busy for the past few days.

Go there if you haven't already done so lol: http://fantasiagensokyo.proboards.com

My character Bio:

Name: fixedName
Age: 15 (his organic portion)
Gender: Male
Species: Integrated Data Entity Interface

Stats: 60 hp 40 mp

Abilities:
Environmental Interaction (Environmental Data Processing) [Level 1]
Environmental Interaction (Data Manipulation) [Level 1]

Appearance:
Looks like a lively, charming young lad. Not too tall or short when he stands beside other people (since he can adjust his shoes slightly anyway), he sports brown hair of colour #663300 and a fringe of which has dye so he can change the colour anytime (luckily, he only adopts HTML web-safe colours). He dislikes putting anything into his eyes, so it is of a natural black/brown combo.

Personality:
Adaptive, Changing to fit crowd. He mingles around for a bit staying silent, taking in verbal and body language from everyone. Then he gets the average and outputs it. Therefore everyone would describe him differently, but most often as a "very likeable" person, and one who is easy to open your heart to (that's how he collects more data)

History:
Attached to a living organism by the Integrated Data Entity because of a need to use its huge amounts of data more effectively than simple SQL statements. There are many others like him all around, but they rarely need to meet as there is an active database for communication (like a message board). They age less quickly compared to humans, and for them "true" ageing is simply the fragmentation of Interface data. Without proper TLC and maintenance, the organic component of the Interface may suffer from wear and tear which will make the it appear to age as quickly as humans. When the life span of the cells in the organic component are nearing their end, the Interface can request for a renewal, and it will be attached to another organic being. The record for the longest life of the organic component was 143 years.

Given the bare minimum amounts of information needed to survive, fixedName lived alone for the first few years of his life. He then moved around and started roaming "through a sudden bout of boredom", and has helped the Entity gather substantial amounts of new data, like who all the bases belong to.

Such wanderlust would certainly lead to something big. Finding the Roundtable was certainly that. Finding it interesting, he stayed there for a while, observing conflicts that happen there frequently.

Others: [TBA]

Changelog:
v0.1 (12/17:20:31) - Added Age, Species, Personality, Abilites and Stats
v0.2 (12/17:21:38) - Added Name, Appearence and Updated Personality
v0.3 (12/17:22:08) - Finetuning (Carillus)
v1.0 (12/18:19:20) - Updated Age, Personality, added History.
v1.1 (12/18:19:43) - Updated History, modded look

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Level 1
EXP to Level 2: 100
EXP: 35

Nagato Yuki type reality warping, huh. Well, what the heck.
At the first level, you can only transform small objects into other objects of similar ability/function. Low level non-contact alchemy, basically. Kitchen knives into daggers, wooden swords into metallic ones, tables into little baby cots, things like that.

Yay i fail at drawing


freehand drawn with reference to http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/365564


freehand drawn with reference to http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/365319

And yay there is a visual novel that runs on wine on ubuntu: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=6888

Lol