tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78641792011-04-22T10:03:38.501+12:00Random ranting, news, and whatnots...Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-82333869960107584082008-09-09T13:15:00.003+12:002008-09-09T13:46:01.519+12:00

Firstly, if you are reading this in Facebook, click on "View Original Post" at the bottom to get to the full article. You're in for a ride.Secondly: for all those complaining about the new Facebook, scroll up and see if there's a link on the top right corner that says "Back to old Facebook". *sigh*NOW, onto my slightly controversial (but by no mean targeting anyone) commentary on the whole New

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-62924952131777573222008-07-30T19:06:00.001+12:002008-07-30T19:07:12.295+12:00

Yes: I've officially submitted now!Now I can rest and bum around and do nothing.

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-41122880400621490412008-07-17T15:12:00.000+12:002008-07-17T15:13:08.022+12:00

Today is exactly two weeks from my thesis deadline (if I still want to get the completion award: basically they give us money to try make us finish our PhD within 4 years)I'm now armed with my 1st draft, as commented by my supervisor, and about a week's worth of corrections/improvement.It's surreal, but very very exciting. Finally, for the first time in 8.5 years (oh gosh...) I will no longer be

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-26155229219257092842008-07-03T12:18:00.001+12:002008-07-03T12:20:15.740+12:00

Ah... real world.Those who don't know: I've been in university for 9 years now, ever since I left high school. It's been good to me, but alas: my thesis is coming to an end, and it's time to look for a job.Now, go back one month, when I was still slaving on the last chapters of my thesis. I was browsing around and came across this job that's advertising for a researcher. The description was

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-25265364398375977792008-06-01T22:08:00.002+12:002008-06-01T22:14:37.160+12:00

Yes I got married! I thought I'd be able to actually document the planning but between the thesis and the wedding it was amazing enough that I had time to check my email! (well, most days I didn't). So things quiet down a little: photos are all sorted and put online, and I can go back to slave over my thesis, which is almost done (or so I hope) and only need the hard part written now (yay...)So,

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-32929676818610044252008-01-23T23:42:00.000+13:002008-01-23T23:49:45.867+13:00

Sometimes I'm feeling like preparing for 2 weddings at the same time. At least I'm not the chief bridesmaid for Rhiannon's wedding, so plannign wise it's not too bad. I did my bit in picking bridesmaid dress colours and helping peopel get dress done. Stress level is high enough as it is.FINALLY got to the point when it's less than 100 days to my own wedding. I got a rubber stamp made for the

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-91026422135023209212007-11-13T15:45:00.000+13:002007-11-13T15:53:33.450+13:00

It's been a good few free food days. As most of you know free food is the fuel for all postgraduate students, so when I get two free meals in 3 days, it must be a good start of the week.One of them, of course, is much more meaningful and grand than the other. One of our mates from high school got hitched after going out with her boy for 9 years. As if that's not happy enough they decided to have

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-80211279878797546372007-11-05T13:24:00.000+13:002007-11-05T13:31:48.688+13:00

Yes! I managed to make my supervisor goes "Wow... that's VERY good. This is what we want to see!" So who knows, maybe after this week I might be able to just start my thesis. Yay!!It's a bit scary, thinking about finishing the thesis. It's been a part of my life. It's almost my default excuse of not doing much. I think I'll miss my flexible hours, and fact that I can get up at 10am and then work

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-2567569151814426272007-10-25T13:53:00.000+13:002007-10-25T14:37:00.320+13:00

I'm going to submit my final report for my funding soon, which means I get 3 years worth of my holiday pay soon. (Yay!) Pete agreed I can buy ONE Wii game (I know. ONE?!) So below is my wish list... I just need to make my decision sometimes...Guitar Hero III: Legend of Rock (link)Pros: THE music game on Wii at the moment. Cool guitar controller. And I get to pretend to play the guitar

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-12277732353216193452007-09-19T15:52:00.000+12:002007-09-19T16:10:23.340+12:00

I got my inspiration from this:xkcd is FAAAAN-tastic.Anyway, after much pissing off and whatnot, I've figured out the main problem of my thesis, being that I'm trying to solve the clinical AND engineering problem at the same time. Solution would be to be slightly so selfish and so something on the engineering side to solve something that the clinician already knows, and build a classifier from

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-35041994475651440422007-09-05T17:09:00.000+12:002007-09-05T17:20:44.834+12:00

I was reading my old blog (believe me it's actually the best time waster) and reading this entry... in particular about how I'll stop dwelling in the past and come back to "2004" and listen to Dark of Matinee again... and I was reading that while Dark of Matinee was playing. It's surreal.I've been really frustrated with my research lately. Gosh the stupid f*cking theory won't work and that means

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-59030102030283827302007-09-03T15:02:00.000+12:002007-09-03T15:10:43.850+12:00

Gosh, would you believe it almost everyone in the cafe ordered flat whites. Being the cheap uni cafe it is they just call out what the drink is and you go up and claim it. So there I was, reading old magazines (I was bored. It was there) when they called out large flat white. I looked, and another girl was reaching for it already. Fine, back to reading. Then it's large flat white again... no one

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-44304787340318381122007-08-27T12:33:00.000+12:002007-08-27T12:40:33.773+12:00

It's a Monday and my brain still hasn't started. I found myself day dreaming all sort of random stuff that I can't quite get rid of. So I'll just jot all this down and get back to work.By end of this month, I really should be finishing my research.Need to take a week off for painting and stuff. Possibly do a few big ones for the fair again. Who knows, maybe I can sell something.Oh yeah, planning

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-28134764952814133732007-08-12T12:36:00.000+12:002007-08-12T12:42:51.288+12:00

Yeah I know. I've kinda neglecting this blog thing.Nothing much happened at all. Research is crawling slowly, and I haven't done much at all besides research these days. Tired? Why yes. I have a million ideas brewing at the back of my head and I can't do jack all about it until I can hand in my thesis. Although I'm thinking that I might take a week off in October, just to chill and paint and

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-37817730817861090242007-07-12T13:56:00.000+12:002007-07-12T14:24:29.379+12:00

Right, let's face it: I'm a casual gamer who happens to also be a Nintendo fangirl.I mean, I ACTUALLY wanted Cooking Mama for my Wii. (Well, until I saw the review, which pretty much say if I have the DS version, I shouldn't bother.)So, after seeing the guys at 1up.com bitching about Nintendo's annoucement at E3, I feel like I have a duty to speak out as a casual gamer.Firstly, you guys get your

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-76226342768752244072007-06-25T13:29:00.000+12:002007-06-25T13:38:58.938+12:00

Nick has ever so kindly offered us free Ceroc lessons (I'm too cheap to pay, and Pete doesn't really want to commit to a weekly thign, even though you can pick which night to go... ANYWAY) To be honest after the wedding and when I actually have this thing called income I really won't mind picking that up as a hobby. Okay so I did hurt my shoulder (I injure myself A LOT, in case you haven't notice

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-57527626085041279892007-06-19T14:39:00.000+12:002007-06-19T14:44:36.097+12:00

I was going to work on merging the company's classfier with my own to see what would happen or if anything interesting will turn up... and I left my keys, which has my USB pen drive attached, at home. What's on my USB drive you might ask? Why it's the said classifer from the company. D'oh.Not to mention that means the key for my laptop lock is also at home. Unfortunately I found that out AFTER I

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-83933899175903205962007-06-17T15:03:00.000+12:002007-06-17T15:36:57.412+12:00

These few weeks had been kinda weird. Had a really bad bug and then I had to force myself into thinking positively just to make sure I can actually pull myself out of it. Now that I have... my progress is slowed again. How typical is that?Anyway, today I'll post a few things that I thought about in my (very VERY little) spare time and got confused about in the past week:TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-24286663864634836182007-05-30T13:09:00.000+12:002007-05-30T13:47:55.808+12:00

Since I don't think I'm ready to have a real pet... not to mention the fact that I just really want another DS game, I finally gave in to Nintendog. It's actually surprisingly good. And I've been training my little Hagau (It's Chinese for "shrimp dumpling". Don't ask) doing tricks and all... It's actually strangely entertaining. Although I do have to remember to check on her every now and then to

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-82849268213940416532007-05-25T14:10:00.000+12:002007-05-25T14:28:58.446+12:00

It's towel day today, and instead of carrying a towel everywhere to celebrate and remember the life of the ever so amazing Douglas Adams, I'm not going anywhere because I'm home, sick. I have a weekend to get better, and during that time hopefully to get some work done too. BUT: I'm doing my bit. I'm wearing my dressing gown all day long, just like Arthur. (Fine. It might have something to do

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-64728584525869820702007-05-23T16:42:00.000+12:002007-05-23T16:46:41.774+12:00

(Go on, click it)Go visit my brand spanking new comic blog.

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-47610809771379514912007-05-23T12:02:00.000+12:002007-05-23T12:24:09.619+12:00

I've already had my shock last night when I heard Campbell Live will be talking to a "no-nonsense influential Art critic" about modern (read "post-modern") art. I mean, seriously. The art critics themselves can't tell apart "art" by postmodern artist and those by 4-year olds. If you need a narrative or years of training to understand and appreciate the artwork, there's something fundamentally

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-47221082804224719672007-05-21T12:33:00.001+12:002007-05-21T12:58:58.268+12:00

3D cube workspaceLook at that pretty, pretty cube! To go from one workspace to another (All you Windows infidel: Workspace is a wonderful idea where you have put different windows in different workspace, and have them "separated" so you don't have about a million windows opened at the same time. Think about one space for your email, one for your spreadsheet and whatnot, and one where your IM is

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-73860446776999671642007-05-21T12:18:00.000+12:002007-05-21T18:17:34.932+12:00

Sweet Mother of God! Optimus Maxiums - the Ultimate keyboard (Even cooler than Das Keyboard, which I didn't have the guts to try) is finally accepting pre-order! For those who hasn't heard about it: Optimus Maximus is a keyboard where every freaking key is a tiny LCD display! Here, straight from their website:Ok Probably doesn't do it justice since I have to make the picture smaller to fit my

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-32798582193539007562007-05-19T15:00:00.000+12:002007-05-21T12:32:24.720+12:00

Yay!!! More bunnies coming our way!For the uninitiated, there's a video for the launch of the first game:Aww... bunnies!!Very excited about the sequeal. Apparently it's going to be released on the DS too. Hopefully it's not going to be a platform like the first DS game is.Speaking of Wii games, Cooking Mama Cook Off is coming out soon too :DCan't wait til I saved up enough money again to buy new

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-77227879585358771202007-05-13T22:55:00.000+12:002007-05-13T23:09:12.620+12:00

Yup, I got my new computer finally! AMD64, PCI-e graphics card, and 320Gb of HDD goodness. :) Only problem is I didn't quite realise how annoying it is to get stuff working on 64bit Ubuntu. It's not too bad though: the boys were here last night to watch a DVD and Toby decided to help me get flash running... by running Firefox on 32 bit again. *sigh* Next up I'll probably need FS drive installed

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-55312852399713197392007-05-08T12:18:00.000+12:002007-05-08T12:43:18.773+12:00

Pink Room No More!We no longer have a pink study! It's now nice and white, and ready for the top coat anytime now. I'm thinking maybe a nice latte... just so it's a bit less clinical. There are still hints of pink where and there which we'll hopefully get rid of with the second coat of ceiling paint... fingers crossed.The return of the PhD Blues...Yup. Deepest pit of Hell again. I'm having fun.

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-19761857618142789612007-05-04T14:29:00.000+12:002007-05-04T15:00:43.097+12:00

I should be working, I know. But it's been a particularly bad week: nasty bugs and silly mistake cost A LOT of time. :(Anyway, to distract myself...Did anyone else noticed the Google personalised homepage is now called iGoogle? and now you can make your own gadget? Including this one called Daily Me, which allows you to put in what you're listening and eating and what not... it's like micro

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-73938528195819385472007-05-02T11:40:00.000+12:002007-05-02T11:50:24.723+12:00

Score one for Ubuntu! After Dell decided to go back to XP after Vista proved to be less than perfect (or at least offer that option), they now offer desktop and laptop with Ubuntu pre-loaded. Hooray! Seriously given the choice of going to Vista vs moving to Feisty Fawn, I think majority of people would probably prefer Ubuntu... what's not to like. It's free, you have a whole community of people

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-6928520113951942892007-04-26T12:14:00.000+12:002007-04-26T12:29:17.644+12:00

And that's pretty sad news considering I have a David and Goliath PJ that I LOVE (mainly because it's got a penguin on in.)Then Penny Arcade brought the subject into attention that a lot of his artwork is way too similar to other work to be a coincident... more proof here.I was going to say that the "Goodbye Kitty" T-shirt with the Frogger (about 3/4 down the second link) is probably just done in

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-58898340792774294072007-04-24T11:27:00.000+12:002007-04-24T11:38:24.214+12:00

This morning when I finally dragged myself out of bed (I was coding/making sure the code's working until 12... more on that later.), I've decided that enough is enough: if I could do that much work in St Louis, I should be able to do more back here. So I've decided to set my alarm on my phone to 12:30, and before then there will be no slashdot, no fark, no bash.org, and no Cyanide and Happiness

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-78730191383140045722007-04-23T14:39:00.000+12:002007-05-02T11:51:08.144+12:00

The Wii party I had with the girls went very well, and even those who claimed to be completely un-co managed to played tennis. :) That just goes to prove how intuitive the wiimote is. Although it took a while for one to figure out she has to point at the screen, everyone still had fun. :)Bought Carcassonne because we needed a board game. It's actually very cool, and I seem to be kicking Pete's

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-28804177234709612952007-04-20T14:45:00.000+12:002007-04-20T15:13:26.423+12:00

Read in /. that Michael Dell actually uses Ubuntu on his laptop at home. And why the hell not? To be honest from what I've heard about Vista I'd be sooner upgraded to the new Ubuntu release than coughing up that much money to get Vista. It's hell of a lot more secured, and a lot less annoying.I'm a bit slow on what stuff I can get on my Ubuntu, mostly because the Linux Matlab has a bug in it

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-47045329198906418762007-04-16T16:25:00.000+12:002007-04-16T16:54:37.674+12:00

Seriously, looking at the sales data of the Wii in NZ sickens me somewhat. Sure us geeks in the land of the long white clouds have long joked about how backward we are... but when I heard that PS3 is out selling the Wii here in NZ, you got to ask "What the hell is wrong with us?"I went to a party this saturday where this girl told me she wants a pink PS2. I just casually said that the real thing

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-79737875674054151132007-04-13T16:03:00.000+12:002007-04-13T16:05:00.398+12:00

A new layout, and added a music player.Been busy with work, Wii, house work, and the DS version of AoK. :)Will update when I can be bothered...

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-5083265273291867882007-02-22T11:08:00.000+13:002007-02-22T11:09:17.560+13:00

It's a week before the O-week (Orientation week) here in my university, and all sort of introductory courses started. So the university is filled with 1st year students again. Argh!Just a look at all those young enthusiastic faces, all so excited about starting university, and here I am, in my... (hang on.. counting...) 8th year in uni, and I get to sit around in my office while they go around,

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-75071032793084116902007-01-12T15:42:00.000+13:002007-01-12T15:50:43.959+13:00

Just a quick update on what I did and what I got for my birthday :)Went to the beach for a picnic and kayaking. Except I didn't realise I could actually get seasick on a kayak. That wasn't so good. But other than that we had a great day. :)Now, pressie: Mum managed to find a very nice cake plate with Happy Birthday written on it.. which means I can use it about once a year, twice if Pete's using

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-47790384914544248352007-01-10T16:43:00.000+13:002007-01-10T16:58:42.272+13:00

On this last day of me being 25 my supervisor has to send me an email saying he wants a meeting first thing monday morning where I can summarise what I've done in 2006 and what I'm going to do in 2007. Heck as Einstein said, "If we know what we're doing, they wouldn't call it research would they?". So there. I don't know. Remember when you were young and you just can't wait til your birthday? I

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-27001535638325364212007-01-04T13:38:00.000+13:002007-01-04T13:39:11.488+13:00

Yes, I've finally got enough time to finish my Jon Stewart Sketch. I'm staying at Pete's place this week though (which is the only reason why I finished that sketch. I don't really have a flat drawing surface in my room... hehe) so I won't be scanning that one in until... err... next few days.Been trying to finish my report this Christmas for my research. Bloody hard to do so when it's so nice

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-12910707014980213692006-12-12T15:07:00.000+13:002006-12-12T15:17:29.811+13:00

Okay, personally I never liked the idea of MMO. I think it's a big time waster, not to mention I just don't see the point to pretend to be someone online when I have a life in this thing called Real Life. Then I heard the news via Penny Arcade (I'm slow, I know) .Seriosuly, that is very tempting. Especially if it's free. Heh. (I'm dead broke, see my previous post. :))I wonder how it'd be set up

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-2510116853649752862006-12-07T16:38:00.000+13:002006-12-07T16:54:33.142+13:00

And yes, Pete and I have purchased a house!! :D So this is the outside of the place. Nothing too fancy. It's a 3 bedroom bungalow, more than enough for the two of us. But we got the place for a good price, not to mention we also just fell in love with that place! We've been through a few other place before we came ot this one.At first when we drove passed, we didn't think much of it. We just

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-46515822353807438892006-11-02T13:58:00.000+13:002006-11-02T14:01:55.520+13:00

Yup, theory didn't work, back in square one. Yadda yadda.Just kinda down again, especially since I have just another 2 weeks here to try to get as much done as I can... and I was hoping I can finish the meat of my research here. No such luck...At least by process of elimination I now know what doesn't work and just focus on the rest of the gizillian possible solution.Hopefully something will

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1161879571815781442006-10-27T05:12:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:32.906+13:00

Okay, yesterday I was all hyper because of my brilliant idea... which work to SOME extent but not really... but it's all good: it also proves that time frequency is more flexible that Gabor logons in matching pursuit... kinda. :P So, this week (today and tomorrow really) I'm trying my best to try to get as much coding done as I can... I think I'll stick with my idea of actually using the blobs,

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1161123299376824112006-10-18T11:01:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:32.780+13:00

Sorry for not updating for a while... heck I haven't even written in my personal journal since I left NY. That's how busy I've been lately. Either that or by the time I finish watching the Daily Show on TV I just get too tired...Nothing much, swarmed by work, done some shopping and touristy things. Finished reading Thud! (the latest Pratchett) and Making History (by the ever so brilliant Stephen

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1157294619252883482006-09-04T02:39:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:28.760+13:00

This is my last day here in NY, and I'm actaully having fun.Now, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from the NYC. :PThe GOOD:- Wireless access everywhere. I'm staying a one of the really budget hotel even THAT provide free wireless in the lobby. Compare that to NZ...anyway.- Subway gets me everywhere.- The shopping! (Engineers may want to skip this point and read the next) If I'm richer I might

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1156666262924575662006-08-27T20:07:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:28.669+13:00

Am I stressed? Hell yes. But yup, I'm finally flying out tomorrow. I've kept every type of liquid out of my carry on, even gave up my beloved minty eye drops. (Those are great.) Apparently I'm allowed up to 4oz of essential non-prescription liquid medications, which apparently include KY jelly.Dude, seriously. I don't want to know. Alright, I'll update this when I'm in the Big Apple. :)

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1155090635773181212006-08-09T14:22:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:28.579+13:00

I had a grand total of 4 hours of sleep, thanks to the guy from Telecom coming over to fix the land line (and I was told that he'd come around sometimes between 8am to 11am...), and I've been waking up at noon for so long my internal clock is pretty much in another time zone.I thought I'll get some decent research done. Well, when I say research I really meant just picking bugs in my code and

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1154568984301992152006-08-03T13:21:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:28.485+13:00

25 days til the trip.I still haven't decided what books to bring. Although I thought re-reading Sophie's World might actually be a good choice. Am I excited? Somewhat. I'm still very nervous about the trip though. I'm hoping that this will ease soon. It's probably because it IS the first time I'm travelling alone. But then again, it's not like I can't speak English, and people are generally

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1154258018427093212006-07-30T23:06:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:28.393+13:00

Okay, I havne't update for a while coz I was kinda busy with getting things done with the trip. Now that the ticket and accommodation (and things like insurance) are sorted, I need to REAL issue sorted out. How to survive ona trip for 2.5 months on my own.What books should I bring?I need a book that'd entertain me perferrably for about a month. I usually only read at night but seeing I don't

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1152762887465158972006-07-13T15:52:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:28.307+13:00

Okay... MORE battle with bureaucracy.... I just found out I need to get the US university to write a petition to get me into the country.WHY is it so difficult really? *sigh*Anyway, please pray for all this to go smoothly and that everything will be sorted before I'm off to US. This stress thing really isn't helping my health.*sigh*

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1152595599585459302006-07-11T17:22:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:28.223+13:00

Baking cookiesBaking a marble cakeMake that a RICH marble cakeUpdating my blogPractise my CalligraphyPlan my weddingPlan my funeral, evenReading about maths not involved with my researchBake more cookiesEATING the cookies I bakedHmmm... cookiesAh well, look at the time, I think I'll give up working for the day.../and another unproductive day gone by...

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1151997782243759342006-07-04T19:17:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:28.133+13:00

Yup, I've just submitted a "final" version of my paper, and if all goes well that's pretty much all I REALLY have to do before the end of this week. (There will always be other things to be done, of course.) The I can take Friday off and head down to Pete's bach for the weekend again. Yay me!In other news, planning for a long trip is majorly stressful. But it's getting there now. So again, yay

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1151537715801560062006-06-29T11:30:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:28.043+13:00

Yes, I actually had a few productive days for the past few days. Although I still get my sleep in, I actually did some decent work. (If you have to know: I added an algo to detech multiple ridges in a 2D distribution, as well as, in theory, finding the BW of a given ridge.) Once I plug all these in my GUI, I can start the SOM part.Baggy: I was complaining to Geoff about my PhD (as I do always)

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1151040339507036252006-06-23T17:24:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:27.958+13:00

I spent a whole day writing this algorithm that I've been putting off for a while. Thought I finally got it all sorted. And THEN it dawns on me, after writing the whole damned thing out, that there's a MAJOR logical flaw in it.I hate thinking on Friday afternoon. *sob*

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1150770518366839982006-06-20T14:26:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:27.874+13:00

Yup, after all the excitment about plannign the trip to US and whatnot, I'm back to battling with Kalman Filter. And I'm just getting really sleepy reading about maths really.Also wondering whether I have asthma. Been having shortness of breaths A LOT lately.Ah well, green tea is all good at the moment. I'llmuck around a bit longer than back to reading about maths. *sigh*

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1150351064553370222006-06-15T17:13:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:27.787+13:00

Psuedo, becasue I'm not crazy enough to do a maths degree. :P (No I'm not bitter about not being able to make it to Maths Olympic when I was in high school)Now, I stopped watching LOST (along with most engineers) because it's fallen as a victim of "Americanitis". It's dragging on without resolving plot, although Geoff did mention the finale for season 2 wasn't half bad, I'll have to see it to

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1149137506076457332006-06-01T16:37:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:27.698+13:00

Interesting things you can learn from wiki . I was having yet another research block, so I've decided to "surf" on wiki (an activity I made up which involve clicking on links after links on wiki. Great fun.) I was reading on Black Hole Sun, and then found out it's been put on the "list of possibly inappropriate songs" after 9/11.Interesting. I can see how some song might be a wee bit

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1148952985414482832006-05-30T13:34:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:27.603+13:00

After all these times, I have my laptop back! At the end I have to deal with the IT manager. But he was actually really nice about it. So hey!I also finally decided to buy the Calligrapher's bible using my 20% off Borders voucher. Yay me!Anyway, Now I can install various things and try to get everything to work. wish me luck :P

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1147838368341853872006-05-17T15:54:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:27.492+13:00

I'm slowing getting all my working bits and pieces together :) Yay! Hopefully before the end of the month I can start looking at the data from the database. :)I'm actaully being semi-productive. That's very scary. :PShort entry again I know. But not much happening in life for me to write much. I might update my cheesecake blog sometimes soonish...

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1146545519048221252006-05-02T16:42:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:27.403+13:00

Gosh if I smoke I'd be smoking right now and writing this, and be all Film Noir like. I'm in that kinda mood.Didn't really do too mcuh today. Last night I couldn't sleep so I started the GUI and today I'm just filling up the code and debugged it. That's about it. It's the inretia. I just can't really get going. Once I do it'd be good, but right now, I just really can't start anything

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1146462034153603052006-05-01T17:34:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:27.314+13:00

I didn't sleep til around 2am this mroning. Didn't want to sleep. I was in bed, almost absolute darkness around me, and just try not to sleep. I think I was afraid of the fact that once I wake up, I'll ahve to face the day worth of work, and trying to actually achieve something. That stress me out.I woke up at 12:45pm this afternoon, when dad's back from his English classes and charge into my

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1146107388835421272006-04-27T15:03:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:27.203+13:00

This one is odd...I was dreaming I was lying in bed, in my room, and I'm trying to get up. Only I found that there are hundreds of bugs (spiders, giant ants, and the lot) on the ceiling, right by where the door is. They fill up this neat square around the top frame of the door and on the ceiling. I couldn't move (since I'm scared of bugs), and hope to get the courage to jsut rush out.And then, I

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1146014839847349162006-04-26T13:23:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:27.114+13:00

It hasn't been easy, but I'll damn well try.So far I've made a few goals that I would like to achive by end of this week. It doesn't look TOO difficult yet.I might just take the rest of the day easy and try to make some sense of the Kalman filter. I have to do it sometime anyway...

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1145479391388296362006-04-20T08:34:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:27.026+13:00

Okay, one more sleep to go and I'll be heading to Pete's bach. I'm kinda looking forward to it. Well, I would LOVE a holiday away with Pete. But knowing how friggin' stressed out I am at the moment, I'm just not too sure whether it'd be a holiday at all.I don't really know... I mean, I know it's silly to be that stressed out because of something that's not really my fault (I would've been close

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1145232144171327042006-04-17T11:35:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:26.938+13:00

I have to be really bored to do this (or just stalling coz I can't really work... :P)Not only does this rather pointless exercise gives me (and hopefully you) some laughs, it also gives you a peek of my music collection that is my current playlist...Instructions: Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play.Use the song titles that

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1144875686719048422006-04-13T08:54:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:26.848+13:00

The amount of paper work has made me realise that bureacracy is the system's way to make sure we're not over working ourselves. Think about it: each time you need someting to be done, you'll have to wait for about 3 days, at least, to make sure the paper works are all done and everything's sorted, sent, and waited to be signed by various people. Sometimes, before that piece of paper is signed by

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1144637676402229442006-04-10T14:45:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:26.761+13:00

Applying for funding is an absolute pain in the butt. (More about that in my Lucifer's Cheesecake blog today. I'll update that later). Not only do I have to jump through hoops to defend my rights to have some funding to go to a conference, I also have to get some quotes for the travel, from the uni's preferred supplier.Except I can't find just exactly WHO this "preferred supplier" is.After

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1144367094351940662006-04-07T11:39:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:26.673+13:00

I don't know how my brother does it. 3 days with just 5 hrs sleep a day and I'm already wasted. He does it 5 days a week... mind you as he pointed out I was no better when I was in 4th year.I'm not too sure how I'm going to survive this week really. I've got movie tonight, a birthday for tomorrow, flat warming tomorrow night, I'm supposed to go through my old harddisc, read the text book (I have

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1144280798696396572006-04-06T11:44:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:26.576+13:00

Grrr...This morning dad had a go at me for drinking Earl Grey and he was hoping we can stop buying Earl Grey... It's not liek we don't have other tea you know... I was like "err... you know i do liek my earl Grey every now and then. Why can't we have both of them at home?" He went on saying that I don't know what I'm talking about and refuse to talk about it. WTF? Apparently mum bought some more

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1144099087834722222006-04-04T09:06:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:26.480+13:00

Gosh... I thought I like Tori Amos' version of Smells like teen spirit... I was channel surfing, and hear Paul Anka's version of Smells like Teen Spirit in swing! After the intially "WTF?!" reaction, I actually thought it's quite cool, especially the fact that there is absolutely no point whatsoever in doing a swing cover of the song. It's a lot better than the disco verison I heard before though

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1143065709290093842006-03-23T09:56:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:26.395+13:00

We woke up at a quarter to 7 today, got into Mt Eden at 8am, and NO CARPARK!! Honestly! How early does one have to get out to get some free carpark?? And we got into city at 8:30 and got one of the back parks.Honestly, taking out the parks out doesn't solve the traffic problem. What it does is just forcing everyone to get out at the same time (bloody early) and create more traffic jam. People who

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1142903519681816652006-03-21T13:07:00.001+12:002006-10-27T05:17:26.304+13:00

Woke up WAY too early today... or maybe I went to bed too late last night. Tried to help my brother to debug this program but alas... I couldn't figure out what's wrong with it. Not to mention it was 12 at night...Meeting with my supervisor today. I don't know WHY I'm so stressed out about meeting with him. At least I got it figured out what need to be done for the next two months.Speaking of

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1142820334272718292006-03-20T13:55:00.000+12:002006-10-27T05:17:26.123+13:00

Yup. It's back.I don't know... I think it's just that now I've just gone past the whole stress and depression, what's left is just this elusive sense of melancholy, nagging me and sucking all life essence out of me...Bob (my car) passed the WOF today though. So he's good to go for at least another 6 months. I bet he's happy. For an old car he's aging very gracefully. It helps, of course, that I

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1142473592401506082006-03-16T14:36:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:26.038+13:00

Stupid cat. I bet she's the reason why I'm covered with flea bites. And why just ME?! Of all people in the house I'm the only one that's covered with flea bites!!I'll write something once I stopped scratching and stressing o_O

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1142210672953407212006-03-13T13:34:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:25.945+13:00

I honestly don't knwo WHERE all these insects came from. Pete thinks that most likely they're from my cat. And well, I think so too. Maybe besides the mossies, which I doubt has anything to do with the cat...Other than that, I'm still stressing about everything. And not being able to sleep doesn't help either. You try sleeping while both of your feet are itching. Grr.Stupid insects! I'm tempted

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1141952975242391512006-03-10T14:04:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:25.824+13:00

I haven't update my blog for a while, mainly because life has been absolutely chaotic for the past week or so.I've decided not to go on any page that would distract me today, just so I can get some work done. Even THAT isn't looking too hopeful. :PAnyway, I've figured out why I'm getting headaches more often, and why I've been dizzy a lot lately. The former was because I'm cutting down caffeine,

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1141351152084521022006-03-03T14:56:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:25.732+13:00

Boil Lemon Ginger CokeTake one lemon, sliced, put in a pot. Pour in coke (Doesn't have to be flat). Add a lice or two of ginger. Before you put in the pot, smack the ginger slices with the flat part of the knife, to let out the flavor. Put in the pot. Bring to boil. Serve while hot.Yup I'ms till sick. But I'm having lemon honey at the moment. Too lazy to boil anything you see. But I'm slowly

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1141265459288910292006-03-02T15:06:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:25.647+13:00

Again? Why yes. I KNEW I should be wearing a jacket on Saturday. But did I? No. *sigh*Yes I'll try my best not to stress and get better soon without trying to force myself to work and stress about it. *sigh*stupid cold. :(

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1141008620567499432006-02-27T14:32:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:25.559+13:00

The party was a blast! And we got so many presents that I was almost embarrassed. :P But there are some very cool stuff there. And now, the awards for the presents:The most personalised award goes to the Baradene girls for their towels with "Lisa" and "Pete" embroidered on it. :) They're VERY cool, and I can be sure Pete doesn't use my towel... teheheh.The they must be in it together award goes

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1140779690244840182006-02-25T00:11:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:25.462+13:00

I'm at Pete's place at the moment. Spent the night setting up lights for the engagement party tomorrow. It's actually looking pretty good. :) I'm quite happy with it. Probably hard to capture it on photos but we'll try our best. :) Anyway, work wise: I'm slowly getting all the things back by actually codinh them again. I got one file back, still need to debug it later, and supervisor wants me to

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1140389513251346492006-02-20T11:35:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:25.349+13:00

Baggy, here are the details for the laptop rescue.The Beginning of the EndFriday night, I thought I'll turn on the laptop to watch a DVD. Windows refused to boot up. Restart in save mode: nothing. Restart in save mode with command promt: nothing. Try to reinstall windows: the windows install disc doesn't recognise any preexisting windows install.Something is VERY wrong...Day 1: Roller CoasterIt's

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1140140999901094312006-02-17T14:39:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:25.243+13:00

It's happening again: I'm getting axiety attacks, again. Which means going back to rescue remedy and try to calm myself down. *sigh*. I think the past few weeks have really taken a toll on me, What will all thoe socialising and whatnots. I barely have a day to just sit and chill and do nothing. It's kinda bad, and somewhere along the line all the stuff that needs doing just builds up and I'm

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1139977627607102482006-02-15T17:23:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:25.159+13:00

I've done nothing today, again. :( I've looked at my graphs, and decided that that the algo is actualyl go enough as it is. But it's still hard to justify the lack of progress. *sigh*Geoff told me that I should just accept that some days there WILL be no progress. 'Tis true I know, but it's just kinda... discouraging.I might do something with the feature extraction tomorrow or so.:| I'll get

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1139883101210239402006-02-14T15:06:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:25.072+13:00

Sorry, all through this morning it's basically Katamari time over here. My brother's absolutely hooked. :PAnyway, I hate to admit it, but I think I've just realised the algorithm I've decided to base my work on isn't actualyl the one I shoudl've picked. Back to square one. Weeeeeeeeeeeeee *sigh*And while I'm trying to start a new investigation, here, have a snow shaker:http://www.pixelthis.co.nz/

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1139799731576157492006-02-13T15:46:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:24.992+13:00

Came across these beauties: Polish poster for Hollywood films. They're so wonderfully wierd and beautiful at the same time.. I wish we had these posters here. :PI was gonna upload some but brother's downloading... *Sigh*. Personal favourites are the Gandhi one, the Aeroplane one, and the muppets. :)More polish poster goodness here. There's a link on that site for shopping too. :)In other news: my

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1139363033762938132006-02-08T14:41:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:24.892+13:00

All of a sudden Baggy said he has to leave the country in as little as a day's time. :( I do hope it's nothing bad bro!Today's been spent changing my paper to be more about biomedical signal. It's not going too bad so far.Been walking a lot lately too. That's also good. I think if I keep walking and moving I should be able to loss some weight. Fingers crossed.

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1139271885213605062006-02-07T13:11:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:24.791+13:00

I was reading this piece written about the riot of the Islamic community in Demmark. What got me is that it was saying how Hindus don't cause a riot when we sell beef on a sale, and how other religions don't use violence to push their belief onto others, so muslim is the only religion that use violence on people who are different.Wow wow wow hang on there! I thought Bush went into war to "free"

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1138924591323349732006-02-03T12:53:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:24.700+13:00

I've finally bought the book and read it last night. It's actually really good. I've started doing part of it (the early part)... will let you guys know if I lose any weight. :PLunch was good though. I was going to ask my friend Ursh to have lunch with me, but then she slept in and couldn't make it. I went by myself and just and a nice lunch trying to be french :P It's pretty cool. Quite relaxing

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1138841495436853072006-02-02T13:47:00.001+13:002006-10-27T05:17:24.618+13:00

ARGH! I was just getting productive, now I'm sick again. :(Today's blog update was brought to you by the HOPE of revisiting code and a lot of "relaxing" (Pete's order)...Stomach still feels funny :(

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Task: summarising books on pattern recognition and features extraction.Progress: Not too bad. :) Could be better but not too bad either. :)Considering it's still way too hot to be working, I think I'm doing pretty well that I'm working at all :P So I'll call this a productive morning.I'll see whether I can stretch this to being a productive DAY. :DNote to self: Need COLD drinks!!!

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A quick list of things I need to do, and would be commenting on in this blog from now on until I finish them:Revisit code for segmentation, varified that it's correctStart reading on feature extractionEngagement party guest listEngagement party InvitesWine and Cheese for the partyRELAX. (Don't knwo HOW I'm supposed to do that)Eventually: write a paper on segementationToday's special is Revisiting

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Yesterday was Chinese New Year. I ate A LOT. :P So that's a step back from my weight loss plan... *sigh*Anyway, year of the Dog... now I'm no astrologist, so I'll just guess what it'd like.Dogs like meat, so I assume year of the dog would be one with lots of meat. I assume that also means the vegetarian fad will be phase out too. Atkins will be back in.They like digging bones as well, so I

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Spent this morning lookign at translation of the game Cageling. It's a Japanese flash game that really reminded me of Myst. It's a bloody good game, go play with it if you have time. (Pete lost my saved game)After this I should be looking at how to extract features from those nasty distribution I was working on. I might even update my other blog. :PHopefully I won't be feeling as "stuck" as I was

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1138238466253189242006-01-26T14:20:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:24.100+13:00

My brain refuse to think todaySo far I've stared at a few papers and none of the words are making sense. If it does make sense, I can't see how it's relevant to my project.Then again, if it's relevant to my project, it's already been done. I can, of course, try to replicate that and try to get something out of it. But it's so different from my idea that it's almost pointless to do it.Just don't

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Okie, look, I've just realised I don't fit into a dress I wore 2 years ago, and it's raining outside, AND I'm listening to jazz... you can't possibly expect me to work!I'ms till having problem trying to wake up my brain and work. Having a VERY slightly headache, but if it get worse I can always take a panadol I guess.*yawn*... I hate rainy days... just makes me sooooooooooooooo sleepy... Yeah I

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1138062223412937972006-01-24T13:16:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:23.935+13:00

Dr Phil isn't on, and I thought I need to watch SOMETHING when I wait for my noodles to cook, and I ended up watching the Bachelor.ARGH!!! How could that thing be showing when they cancelled Firefly!!!! *outraged*If they want to see the worst of human nature, just look around. WHY make it into a TV series and deprive me of good series like Firefly?The world's goign insane. That much I know...

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Those who travels from my side of town (Pakuranga/Howick, even) to town would no doubt be familiar with the rooster on the on-ramp. It's almost like a mascot for the Pakuranga on ramp. Every morning, when you're stuck on the on ramp trying to get onto the motorway, the rooster would be on the bit of grass between the on ramp and the motorway, sometime it'll seem that it's trying to get food.This

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Yay Big Day Out is tomorrow!! Yay yay yay yay yay!! :DSo far looking at the list of acts, here's what I'd most likely be seeing:11:30 - 12:15 - Steriogram ('Coz I like them)1:00 - 1:50 - Pluto (YAY!!!)3:30 - 4:20 - Blindspott (Maybe)4:20 - 5:15 - Elemeno P (Pete likes them...)5:15 - 6:15 - Kings of Leon (They rock!!)6:15 - 7:15 - Shihad (Need I say more? :D)7:15 - 8:15 - Franz Ferdinand (and the

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1137543159804186442006-01-18T13:08:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:23.601+13:00

I like my new toy!! :D I can listen to music anywhere! :D The only problem is I still haven't got a protector there to stop the screen being scratched. But other than that (which is the only reason why right now i have that ugly stik-on thing there) it's all good. :DProductivity has reach a record low. *sigh* But I'll try to force myself to work this afternoon. I hope.I'm just going to enjoy the

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282092116038145340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864179.post-1137470912553602492006-01-17T16:57:00.000+13:002006-10-27T05:17:23.520+13:00

I've finally got the PS2 modding photos from Geoff. :)Debugging the PS2: Wanna see the inside of a PS2?Here, we've pulled the PS2 apart, and connected the thing without the case, so we can check the voltage on the chip. As you can see here, we actually need to wire the power supply to the motherboard, because where the power supply is normally plugged into the board is directly on top of the

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