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FINALLY!
This semester is over.
The hardest thing was my physics 2 test. Which all of us in the class got together before class and it still took 5 hours to complete. (It was a take-home test)
I also got the highest grade in the class on my Circuits II Exam.
Second highest in Electronics, and i don't care in Calculus so long as i passed.
Now i can party all weekend, then i start working at the power company on Tuesday!
Woot woot.
This semester is over.
The hardest thing was my physics 2 test. Which all of us in the class got together before class and it still took 5 hours to complete. (It was a take-home test)
I also got the highest grade in the class on my Circuits II Exam.
Second highest in Electronics, and i don't care in Calculus so long as i passed.
Now i can party all weekend, then i start working at the power company on Tuesday!
Woot woot.
Goldeneye fail.
Today I was playing runway with the basic cheats, invincibility, all weapons, infinite ammo, and I was on runway, for the sole purpose of racking up the kills. I decided to run into the builing where you get the plane key, and hide there to wait for soldiers to spawn. When I opened the door again, there was a good crowd waiting for me, so I tried it again after killing them all, but the soldiers started coming in the building, so I had the bright idea of blocking the door with the tank. The first time it blocked my entry from the top of the tank, so I backed it up ever so slightly and crouched in. It kept all but one of the soldiers out, but the tank made it so I could just wedge the door open enough to barely see out, and I could'nt get out. Needless to say, I was trapped and had to abort mission. Try it yourself, there's no way out.
Today I was playing runway with the basic cheats, invincibility, all weapons, infinite ammo, and I was on runway, for the sole purpose of racking up the kills. I decided to run into the builing where you get the plane key, and hide there to wait for soldiers to spawn. When I opened the door again, there was a good crowd waiting for me, so I tried it again after killing them all, but the soldiers started coming in the building, so I had the bright idea of blocking the door with the tank. The first time it blocked my entry from the top of the tank, so I backed it up ever so slightly and crouched in. It kept all but one of the soldiers out, but the tank made it so I could just wedge the door open enough to barely see out, and I could'nt get out. Needless to say, I was trapped and had to abort mission. Try it yourself, there's no way out.
I translated my grandmother's biography from Chinese to English last night:
A Brief Biography of Chang Yu-Ming Yuan
Mrs. Chang Yu-Ming Yuan was born on July 24th, 1919 in the district of Yong Nan, in the city of Wu Hu, in the province of An Hui. She was the third child in the family. Both of her older brothers died from measles, so her mother went back to her hometown and the entire family focused their attention on her during the birth and postnatal period. Being the center of attention of her doting family, she thrived and grew up to be a healthy child. She had three younger brother and two younger sisters.
Her maternal grandfather was a high-ranking official in the court, and her grandmother was the matriarch of a large and prominent family. Influenced by the compassion and fairness of her grandmother's attitude, the family became a role model household.
As she grew older, she returned to her parents, who owned the Heng Tai Sheng bakery with seven satellite stores in town. She learned respect for the elders in this large family.
She demonstrated her quick wit and physical fitness early in her academic career. She was the girl scout leader in high school. She was the foundation of the human pyramid during the scout convention, and she also carried the heavy camping equipment for her troop. Such tough training during the school years allowed her to tolerate the difficulties of the war-torn China.
When the Japanese invaded, she left her hometown with her cousins and became refugees. As she parted with her grief-stricken mother, she comforted her mother by saying "I will study hard, and I will return to take care of you." Her mother told her "Wherever you go, you must treat everyone with respect. When people praise your character, I would feel comforted."
Unexpectedly, this farewell was forever. She never saw her mother again. Her mother's parting words became her mantra. She excelled academically and later received her degree in education.
As the war continued, General Sun Li Ren recruited her to become the teacher for the troop's family. It was there where she met her future husband, Mr. Yuan Zi Lin, who was the general's personal secretary. They were married on March 10th, 1941 in the city of Dou Yun. The general himself officiated the wedding.
Beside teaching, she handled all the house chores. As the battle front swept through the city of Kung Ming, Cheng Dou, Chang Chun, and Song Hua Jian, she migrated with her family cross country, until the family moved to Taiwan in the winter of 1947.
To better focus on parenting her four children, she quit her job as a teacher. A few years later, she gave birth to two more daughters. The hectic family life was made harder by the harsh living condition of early Taiwan. Life without refrigeration and natural gas for cooking meant waking up before dawn to prepare the day's meals for the entire family. While taking care of the infants, dropping off older children at school, and shopping for groceries, she never complained and she raised her children into successful adults.
In 1985, she immigrated to the United States to be with her children, most of whom already reside in Southern California. Her favorite job was taking care of her grandchildren. Her greatest reward was seeing her grandchildren becoming adults and starting their own families.
Even in her senior years, her drive for self-improvement continued to motivate her. Despite her advanced age, her memory remained sharp. In 2004, when she was already 85 years old, she passed the citizenship exam and became an American citizen.
In her golden years, she continued to have a busy social life at her senior apartment complex. She attended Christian fellowship twice a week, and she helped countless new immigrants to ease their transition into their new country.
She returned to God's embrace on May 10th, 2009, Mother's Day. She awaits another family reunion and enjoys eternal bliss.
A Brief Biography of Chang Yu-Ming Yuan
Mrs. Chang Yu-Ming Yuan was born on July 24th, 1919 in the district of Yong Nan, in the city of Wu Hu, in the province of An Hui. She was the third child in the family. Both of her older brothers died from measles, so her mother went back to her hometown and the entire family focused their attention on her during the birth and postnatal period. Being the center of attention of her doting family, she thrived and grew up to be a healthy child. She had three younger brother and two younger sisters.
Her maternal grandfather was a high-ranking official in the court, and her grandmother was the matriarch of a large and prominent family. Influenced by the compassion and fairness of her grandmother's attitude, the family became a role model household.
As she grew older, she returned to her parents, who owned the Heng Tai Sheng bakery with seven satellite stores in town. She learned respect for the elders in this large family.
She demonstrated her quick wit and physical fitness early in her academic career. She was the girl scout leader in high school. She was the foundation of the human pyramid during the scout convention, and she also carried the heavy camping equipment for her troop. Such tough training during the school years allowed her to tolerate the difficulties of the war-torn China.
When the Japanese invaded, she left her hometown with her cousins and became refugees. As she parted with her grief-stricken mother, she comforted her mother by saying "I will study hard, and I will return to take care of you." Her mother told her "Wherever you go, you must treat everyone with respect. When people praise your character, I would feel comforted."
Unexpectedly, this farewell was forever. She never saw her mother again. Her mother's parting words became her mantra. She excelled academically and later received her degree in education.
As the war continued, General Sun Li Ren recruited her to become the teacher for the troop's family. It was there where she met her future husband, Mr. Yuan Zi Lin, who was the general's personal secretary. They were married on March 10th, 1941 in the city of Dou Yun. The general himself officiated the wedding.
Beside teaching, she handled all the house chores. As the battle front swept through the city of Kung Ming, Cheng Dou, Chang Chun, and Song Hua Jian, she migrated with her family cross country, until the family moved to Taiwan in the winter of 1947.
To better focus on parenting her four children, she quit her job as a teacher. A few years later, she gave birth to two more daughters. The hectic family life was made harder by the harsh living condition of early Taiwan. Life without refrigeration and natural gas for cooking meant waking up before dawn to prepare the day's meals for the entire family. While taking care of the infants, dropping off older children at school, and shopping for groceries, she never complained and she raised her children into successful adults.
In 1985, she immigrated to the United States to be with her children, most of whom already reside in Southern California. Her favorite job was taking care of her grandchildren. Her greatest reward was seeing her grandchildren becoming adults and starting their own families.
Even in her senior years, her drive for self-improvement continued to motivate her. Despite her advanced age, her memory remained sharp. In 2004, when she was already 85 years old, she passed the citizenship exam and became an American citizen.
In her golden years, she continued to have a busy social life at her senior apartment complex. She attended Christian fellowship twice a week, and she helped countless new immigrants to ease their transition into their new country.
She returned to God's embrace on May 10th, 2009, Mother's Day. She awaits another family reunion and enjoys eternal bliss.
My exploration in the electic Universe is on-going.
But I dislike theory, I only learn it when it helps me do practical things, because I love DIY and practice.
I made a speaker, and it turned out I put too few wires in the coil, so this is a prototype. Also, the magnets were kinda weak, so if I find somewhere some neodymium magnets I'll buy some and use those, they're very strong.
Here's the link : http://sjackm.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/home-made-speaker-test-1/
But I dislike theory, I only learn it when it helps me do practical things, because I love DIY and practice.
I made a speaker, and it turned out I put too few wires in the coil, so this is a prototype. Also, the magnets were kinda weak, so if I find somewhere some neodymium magnets I'll buy some and use those, they're very strong.
Here's the link : http://sjackm.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/home-made-speaker-test-1/
Neutron Stars: Astonishing Facts!
I will make it no secrete, I like all things Space. If that makes me a Space Cadet geek, then so be it....I have been called worse, and there's worse things to be anyway. Let's talk about Neutron Stars. I just finished reading this pretty damn good article on them on Yahoo! - I am going to give a quick recap on the main points about Neutron Stars from the Yahoo! story:
Neutron stars are dead relics that have collapsed into very small, dense spheres with tough crusts.
A new study suggests how strong they are: The crust of neutron stars could be 10 billion times stronger than steel, based on an innovative model of elements compressed as tightly as they would be on the surface of a neutron star.
To find out how strong the crusts of neutron stars really are, Horowitz and a colleague created a computer simulation of a star's surface. Though the interior of the star is a kind of fluid mass of mostly neutrons, the crust is composed of broken-up atoms, the nuclei of unknown elements. To simulate this, Horowitz used the computer program to squeeze together virtual selenium atoms, pressing them into tiny cubes. He determined that the crust is billions of times stronger than even the hardiest metal alloys here on Earth.
Not just any old relics, neutron stars are the leftover cores of huge stars that exploded in supernovae. In a massive star's death throes, it can blast most of its outer material into space.
The stars are usually tiny, about 15 miles in diameter. But within that small ball, there is the mass of about one and a half suns. A black hole is the only thing denser.
Neutron stars are so dense that if you could dip a teaspoon into one of them and scoop out some of its neutrons the spoon would weigh 100 million tons. If you were to hold that empty teaspoon just one yard above the star's surface and drop it, it would strike the surface at 4.3 million mph.
Some incredible stuff, right? You can read the full article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/neutronstarcrustisstrongerthansteel
I will make it no secrete, I like all things Space. If that makes me a Space Cadet geek, then so be it....I have been called worse, and there's worse things to be anyway. Let's talk about Neutron Stars. I just finished reading this pretty damn good article on them on Yahoo! - I am going to give a quick recap on the main points about Neutron Stars from the Yahoo! story:
Neutron stars are dead relics that have collapsed into very small, dense spheres with tough crusts.
A new study suggests how strong they are: The crust of neutron stars could be 10 billion times stronger than steel, based on an innovative model of elements compressed as tightly as they would be on the surface of a neutron star.
To find out how strong the crusts of neutron stars really are, Horowitz and a colleague created a computer simulation of a star's surface. Though the interior of the star is a kind of fluid mass of mostly neutrons, the crust is composed of broken-up atoms, the nuclei of unknown elements. To simulate this, Horowitz used the computer program to squeeze together virtual selenium atoms, pressing them into tiny cubes. He determined that the crust is billions of times stronger than even the hardiest metal alloys here on Earth.
Not just any old relics, neutron stars are the leftover cores of huge stars that exploded in supernovae. In a massive star's death throes, it can blast most of its outer material into space.
The stars are usually tiny, about 15 miles in diameter. But within that small ball, there is the mass of about one and a half suns. A black hole is the only thing denser.
Neutron stars are so dense that if you could dip a teaspoon into one of them and scoop out some of its neutrons the spoon would weigh 100 million tons. If you were to hold that empty teaspoon just one yard above the star's surface and drop it, it would strike the surface at 4.3 million mph.
Some incredible stuff, right? You can read the full article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/neutronstarcrustisstrongerthansteel
Who likes LEGOS?
I certainly did when I was a kid. It is what got me into the 3d arts. Well, I stumbled upon the Lego Digital Designer! A FREE virtual lego building environment with almost all the pieces that have ever existed at an unlimited ammount.
Its a real toy, I challenge you to make something! Maybe even contest this stuff... I dunno, I'm having fun with it. I would not recommend it if it sucks either.
EDIT: Ok, maybe not EVERY Piece, but a fuck ton of them. I found the Technic Lego parts that have motors and shit. I'll have to mess with this a bit more.
EDIT2: Ok, it updates while your in the program, I now just got the lego people parts as well as some window-like parts I didn't find before. This is awesomeness.
Here's a small ship I plopped together.
The test chamber from Half Life.
Its not shutting down.
I certainly did when I was a kid. It is what got me into the 3d arts. Well, I stumbled upon the Lego Digital Designer! A FREE virtual lego building environment with almost all the pieces that have ever existed at an unlimited ammount.
Its a real toy, I challenge you to make something! Maybe even contest this stuff... I dunno, I'm having fun with it. I would not recommend it if it sucks either.
EDIT: Ok, maybe not EVERY Piece, but a fuck ton of them. I found the Technic Lego parts that have motors and shit. I'll have to mess with this a bit more.
EDIT2: Ok, it updates while your in the program, I now just got the lego people parts as well as some window-like parts I didn't find before. This is awesomeness.
Here's a small ship I plopped together.
So, I guess I'm 18 today. Still feel no different.
I kept forgetting my birthday was either coming up, or that it was today, too. I don't know, I've been too busy lately to care.
In order to keep from feeling this was a waste of a journal, I'll post some news on my TF2 map: cp_plowshare.
I got bored, therefore I stopped working on it. I would post pictures but I can't be bothered to compile the latest version.
So much for news, eh?
I kept forgetting my birthday was either coming up, or that it was today, too. I don't know, I've been too busy lately to care.
In order to keep from feeling this was a waste of a journal, I'll post some news on my TF2 map: cp_plowshare.
I got bored, therefore I stopped working on it. I would post pictures but I can't be bothered to compile the latest version.
So much for news, eh?
Some Necromancy?
I guess, It's time to revive this mod. I finished 5 more levels/maps. I only took 3 screenshots though. Well, here they are. Tell me what you think.
I guess, It's time to revive this mod. I finished 5 more levels/maps. I only took 3 screenshots though. Well, here they are. Tell me what you think.
HDD ACTIVITY LEDS !
I was totally bored so I modded my case. I had to make some circuitry for the fading light effect to be present.
Anyway here's the link to my blog, it's the last article posted :
http://sjackm.wordpress.com/
You may need to refresh the link, sometimes when you first access the link it will say it doesn't find the page ... or at least that's what Firefox is doing with most of the sites on my PC.
I was totally bored so I modded my case. I had to make some circuitry for the fading light effect to be present.
Anyway here's the link to my blog, it's the last article posted :
http://sjackm.wordpress.com/
You may need to refresh the link, sometimes when you first access the link it will say it doesn't find the page ... or at least that's what Firefox is doing with most of the sites on my PC.
It's a good thing FGD files are so easy to work with...
You know how the default HL FGD for Hammer 3.5 has model support for most things, exept monster_barney_dead and monster_hevsuit_dead?
I fixed barney in my HL FGD, Spirit FGD, and the one for my next, secret, project. Here's the code for HL:
@PointClass base(RenderFields,Appearflags, Angles, Sequence) size(-16 -16 0, 16 16 72) studio("models/barney.mdl") = monster_barney_dead : "Dead Barney"
[
Just copy and paste that sucker over the entry for monster_barney_dead and save! Now you can pose your dead barneys accuratley and with other objects, such as guns.
(If you haven't done this already) It's very useful, and HEVsuit_dead is next... If you want, I could post that as well...
EDIT: On an unrelated note, I just got my USB mic working!
You know how the default HL FGD for Hammer 3.5 has model support for most things, exept monster_barney_dead and monster_hevsuit_dead?
I fixed barney in my HL FGD, Spirit FGD, and the one for my next, secret, project. Here's the code for HL:
@PointClass base(RenderFields,Appearflags, Angles, Sequence) size(-16 -16 0, 16 16 72) studio("models/barney.mdl") = monster_barney_dead : "Dead Barney"
[
pose(Choices) : "Pose" : 0 =[
0 : "On back"
1 : "On side"
2 : "On stomach"
][
35 : "On back"
36 : "On side"
37 : "On stomach"
]Just copy and paste that sucker over the entry for monster_barney_dead and save! Now you can pose your dead barneys accuratley and with other objects, such as guns.
(If you haven't done this already) It's very useful, and HEVsuit_dead is next... If you want, I could post that as well...
EDIT: On an unrelated note, I just got my USB mic working!
More 3D time!
A new project, a tunnel animation, google it, there usually rather boring but the loop thingy is a interesting concept.
So, i made a a short story and based the animation around that. So far i got the locomotive from the beginning, it will be a TRAXX 140. Here is what i got so far:
A new project, a tunnel animation, google it, there usually rather boring but the loop thingy is a interesting concept.
So, i made a a short story and based the animation around that. So far i got the locomotive from the beginning, it will be a TRAXX 140. Here is what i got so far:
Silly day
A souffl? is a light, fluffy, baked dish made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with various other ingredients and served as a savory main dish or sweetened as a dessert. The word souffl? is the past participle of the French verb souffler which means "to blow up" or more loosely "puff up" ? an apt description of what happens to this combination of custard and egg whites.
A souffl? is a light, fluffy, baked dish made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with various other ingredients and served as a savory main dish or sweetened as a dessert. The word souffl? is the past participle of the French verb souffler which means "to blow up" or more loosely "puff up" ? an apt description of what happens to this combination of custard and egg whites.
Postal 3.
ha ha, i watched the trailer and it basically involved gameplay footage of TPD ('the postal dude') shooting people.
its probably going to be worse then postal 2 though...
putting cats on shotguns, pissing on people and setting people on fire with petrol cans.
creating games just for contraversy... you gotta take your hats off to RWS
ha ha, i watched the trailer and it basically involved gameplay footage of TPD ('the postal dude') shooting people.
its probably going to be worse then postal 2 though...
putting cats on shotguns, pissing on people and setting people on fire with petrol cans.
creating games just for contraversy... you gotta take your hats off to RWS
My son was accepted by the University daycare.
His first school teachers will be professors in child education and development.
The goal is that he'll be reading before age three.
His first school teachers will be professors in child education and development.
The goal is that he'll be reading before age three.