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Grrr… network slowness!
Filed under: — orudge @ 23/02/2005 3:17 pm
Hmm, either tt-forums or the orkneyschools network or something is being very slow and very annoying. Grr. Well, I had nothing today, as my last exam was yesterday, and we only go back to school “properly” tomorrow. So, that’s what I’ll do.
Grr, annoyed.
Alexander
Filed under: — orudge @ 22/02/2005 4:25 pm
Well, Alexander was an excellent film, quite an epic, as these things often are. Good entertainment for a few hours, anyway… Kirsty is writing an essay to Nick, which is rather twisted, bizarre and amusing. Had History today, didn’t seem to go too badly, didn’t remember all that many quotations though. Apart from that, not a lot, I’m going now, ta ta for now.
Shizzle Ma Bizzle
Filed under: — orudge @ 21/02/2005 4:15 pm
Yep, it’s Monday, and this Monday I present Gizoogle, one of those online translators… but it translates a bit differently. Seen similar things in the past, this one is quite fun too.
Had Biology today – wasn’t excellent, but could have been worse. Am probably going to see Alexander tonight at the cinema, not been in a while and it’s good to keep the old yearly pass well polished!
Well, I’ll say goodbye now. Goodbye.
MGI VideoWave anyone?
Filed under: — orudge @ 20/02/2005 2:04 pm
Anyone want a copy of MGI VideoWave, an excellent video editing program? Clickity-click. 🙂
Mucho to bloggo
Filed under: — orudge @ 19/02/2005 10:30 pm
Hmm, well, this is the part now where I forget what I wanted to say for the past couple of days, due to server problems (not with Zernebok, but with the old Adiungo server, which the blog is still on).
Well, for a start, Microsoft has decided that it IS going to make Internet Explorer 7 after all… here. Shame I switched to Firefox, eh?
Ehm, what else… ah yes, Microsoft again. Now they’re trying to teach parents 1337 speak, so watch out next time you’re pwn3d in a game, as it might indicate possible illegal activity! I must say, I do quite like The Register’s report on this, though.
Hmm. Other random stuff… there was stuff, but I can’t remember what it is. Oh well. See you all soon.
Français!
Filed under: — orudge @ 16/02/2005 5:56 pm
Hmm, well, the French listening this morning was a bit of a disaster… everyone found it very difficult, and I don’t think anyone’s passed it. The writing wasn’t so bad, and the reading paper seemed to go fairly well for me. English yesterday was reasonable too… the essay question on Alasdair Gray was rather complicated, but I don’t think I did too badly, and I actually quite enjoyed the Textual Analysis passage on “A Piece of Chalk“, which possibly sounds insane, but, well, maybe I am. 😉
Back at home now until Sunday night, not got any exams until next Monday (Biology), with History on Tuesday. Wish me luck! 😉
Gah, gah, and triple-gah
Filed under: — orudge @ 15/02/2005 5:37 pm
Well, if you can see this, you’re lucky. The delightful JervHost server has gone and, well, gone again, and therefore owenrudge.net, etc, is Not Working™, which is excellent. That also means that my main e-mail account is Not Working™ – if you urgently need to get in touch with me, use my owenrudge.com address (owen@). Hopefully JervHost will be back relatively soon… that’s the theory, anyway. *sigh*
Experiments
Filed under: — orudge @ 14/02/2005 6:08 pm
Well, experiments (Pete and Rich know what I’m talking about) aren’t going too well… however, I’ve got English exams tomorrow, so that’ll be more fun, I’m sure! Hmm, I’m tired, and still ill.
Ill!
Filed under: — orudge @ 13/02/2005 3:52 pm
Isn’t life great? Today, I woke up with a blocked nose and a headache… and I have exams on Tuesday. Wonderful. 🙂
Oh well, could be worse, I suppose.
Wow, the floor!
Filed under: — orudge @ 11/02/2005 8:23 pm
Now that’s something! Today, I tidied (most of) my room. This new thing called the floor is fascinating… it’s been many years since I’ve seen it, and it’s actually quite nice. Now to keep this floor clean until we sell the house in May/June… perhaps more challenging!
My brother Tom is in France on a school trip (just like I was some 4 years ago today), so it’s just myself and Dad at home, therefore, things are quite quiet. Hmm, I’m hungry.
OS creation!
Filed under: — orudge @ 10/02/2005 8:07 pm
Well, I just wrote my first, extremely basic OS kernel. It does very little, but it’s something… fun stuff, eh?
Ehm, what else? Not tidied my room up further yet, must do that sometime. Got prelims next week too, which will be fun! Oh, I have to go and e-mail something for Effigy to The Orcadian… end of exciting blog.
Weird Al…
Filed under: — orudge @ 09/02/2005 11:32 am
… is getting on Abigail’s nerves, as I’m listening to (and singing along to) Albuquerque. It’s a classic song, some eleven minutes and twenty three seconds long.
So we broke up and I never saw her again, but that’s just the way things go, in Albuquerque…
Well, best get back to work, eh?
G’day
Filed under: — orudge @ 08/02/2005 8:32 pm
In response to recent customer feedback, I have decided to make this place exciting. Yes.
*starts singing*
Right, that’s livened the place up a bit. Actually, Abigail’s uncle is very funny… he’ll probably not read this, but if he ever does (hint hint, Abigail ;)), then hello to you, and keep up the good work. 😉
Ehm… did another 50 lengths at the pool today. Tomorrow it’s home time until next Monday, as it’s half term… three out of four periods I don’t have teachers for as they’re either on courses or on paternity leave – so tomorrow should be a fairly easy day.
*stops singing*
And on that note, I’ll say goodbye.
PS: David, your cheque is in the post. (To South Africa.)
And another update…
Filed under: — orudge @ 07/02/2005 4:13 pm
And it’s another one of those Really Exciting Updates™ by none other than Owen Rudge, yes indeed. Today was an exciting day… plants in Biology, American economic crisis in History, poetry in English and general political stuff in French! Followed by the purchase of two lottery tickets and a tin of acryllic eggshell paint. What a day, eh?
Sunday night
Filed under: — orudge @ 06/02/2005 8:14 pm
It’s Sunday night again, but this three hour boat journey didn’t seem quite as long as the other ones because it was full of little Sanday children, who are going to France… it was 4 years now since I went, doesn’t time fly!
Got my History essay plan doneish, still got a French essay to do. Will do it after supper, or so the theory is…
News migrated to blog
Filed under: — orudge @ 05/02/2005 8:20 pm
To make things easier for me to administrate, I’ve integrated the site news system with the blog. The archives are now part of the blog – hence the huge increase in the number of months listed on the right of the blog page – and it all seems to work quite nicely. Let me know if you find any problems with it! In theory, this should mean that news on the main page at least is updated more often.
Magical Trevor 2!
Filed under: — orudge @ 04/02/2005 9:38 pm
Finally, it’s here! 😀
Enjoy, learn, and spread religiously. I’m wondering if this’ll have the same effect on the school/hostel as the original did? Remember, kids, you saw it here first! 😉
Random sites
Filed under: — orudge @ 9:04 am
Hmm, this whole “post every day within a single month” thing isn’t that easy, you know. I’ve been trying since September and still not managed it…
Oh well, was looking through some old e-mails today and found this, from the US Department of Laughs. A bit old, but still really funny. 😉
Talking about funny things… this isn’t so much funny as totally bizarre. Have a look at the Salad Fingers animations at gprime.net (in the Flash section). It’s rather weird and yet strangely funny and addictive.
On another totally unrelated subject, Apple is taking over Microsoft. Not quite “taking over”, as such, but apparently Microsoft’s employees are buying too much Apple stuff (in particular, iPods), and Microsoft is constantly having to remind employees that it doesn’t look too good. Kind of funny, and ironic, really.
Well, that’ll do for one day… pretend I posted this yesterday or Wednesday, if you like.
Churchill
Filed under: — orudge @ 01/02/2005 8:17 pm
Film last night was actually very funny… the plot was basically centred around the “fact” that Churchill wasn’t the old British man he seemed to be (actually Roy Bubbles)… he was in fact an American! Hitler was rather funny too… more details at the IMDB.
Zernebok.com is now mine, and another, interesting, domain now belongs to Ken: it’s proved very useful already.
The History essay seemed to go OK. Not sure about my English personal/reflective piece yesterday though, guess I’ll have to wait until I get it back, probably tomorrow. Oh well, must go and help a damsel in distress, so that’s what I’ll do…
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Filed under: — orudge @ 31/01/2005 6:55 pm
Hmm, should I or shouldn’t I go to the cinema tonight to see “Churchill: The Hollywood Years”? I have no idea what it’s going to be like, but it might be fun… hmm, I’d better go soon in fact if I want to do that. The old free cinema pass hasn’t been used in a while, so might as well make the most of it while I have it!
Talking about Churchill, I had the final 2 hour History extended essay to do today, and it seemed to go reasonably well, probably about as well as it did last year. Whether it’s better or worse, I couldn’t tell, and probably will never know, as you don’t get the specific mark back at the end of the year, just the overall grade for History, which can be a good and a bad thing, depending on your mark, I guess. 😉
Got a French speaking test tomorrow, and got to finish my English writing, so these are two reasons why I probably shouldn’t go to the cinema. I’ll see how long the film is…