They say insanity is doing the same thing multiple times and expecting different results.
And yet, computers, devices of pure logic, are proving to me that insanity kind of works.
Introduction to programming is very low end, simple things. I'm basically relearning shit I learnt in highscool, but it's good because it's been a few years since highschool.
However, having attempted a solution to a simple syntax error and getting a different syntax error was starting to get on my nerves, eventually calling the teacher-guy over and asking him what's up with this, at which point he dd the same thing I attempted, but it worked.
This seems to be a pattern, given this one time in highschool;
I got a second videocard, put it in my computer and the entire thing died.
Of course, my first thought was to remove the new videocard and test, and it still did nothing.
I spent two weeks fucking around with it to no avail, eventually having to give the PC to professionals to see what they can make of it.
After two more weeks of being computerless, the professionals called me to say there was nothing they could do, the entire computer is fucked, every test they ran showed the whole machine was dead.
At which point, I got it back and complained to my friend who happened to be over at the time.
He pulls out the second videocard and turns it on.
At which point, the computer booted without issue, as if nothing had ever been wrong.
WHAT?!
Computers work of a binary decision making system, either yes or no, for it to give different feedback for the same action is something that bothers me.
But consider insanity in the real world. Have you ever heard of a story of someone bothering someone over and over until they do something?
"Wash up your dishes"
"No"
"Wash up your dishes"
"Fiiiiiine..."
Which makes me think that insanity is the right way to go.
Of course, the washing the dishes example is flawed as we can't account for humans.
In the same way we can't account for human error.
Basically, if anyone tells you that you're insane, chances are that just means you're good at getting shit done.
i'm procrastinating at university currently and decided to write this. I'm trying over and over to read these lecture slides, expecting at some point to get the result of actually reading them :P
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Scattagories
Although the name of a board game (I think?) this post is actually nothing about the game (that may or may not exist?).
People, or rather I, categorise everything.
These categories can dictate how I feel about something right off the bat.
People always say to not judge a book by it's cover, but evolutionarily speaking, it's how humans have survived long enough to become the dominant species on Earth.
Everyone and everything can fit into categories, usually under a single defining term. Each term has similarities and each term can be judged upfront.
If I see somebody wearing a cap backwards, or to the side, straight away I know they can fit a certain number of categories, if their pants are low, that narrows it down more. If they're wearing a top that is referencing a sports team, narrower. If that team isn't local, narrower. And so on until a single glance can tell you everything you need to know about a person.
Sure, there are a lot of variables, so nothing is certain when it comes to categorising people, but you can very easily determine the one thing that really matters with general social interaction; Is this person worth my time?
Typically, the answer is no. Not because I'm a snob, but simply because I hate people. I hate everyone I meet. Literally.
Obviously, this isn't a permanent state (Because I would be very lonely), and obviously people like my family are exempt from the rule given extraordinary circumstances.
The trick is finding people who you don't hate very much about.
The harder trick is finding people who can accept you for your downfalls too.
There was a purpose and direction to this post, but I thought of it when I was on the train, so I lost said train of thought after leaving the actual train. For the same reason that people enter a room and forget why they entered it.
(This is completely off topic)
People's minds form associations, if I'm sitting at my computer and decide I could use a cup of tea, I will take my cup to the kitchen and sometimes, I will forget why I was in the kitchen. It happens to everyone, and research has shown it's because people tend to form associations with everything down to the room around them.
I might associate the cup with coffee, but sometimes my mind will skip a step and associate it with sitting at the computer, thus I won't remember why I entered the kitchen again until I return back to my start position.
The human mind is fucking weird.
Where was I?
Categories and association, yeah, that was it.
This is why it bothers me, because not everyone is like this, some people don't like to lock down something with a category. Some people will love the title of "metalhead", whereas others who fit all the criteria to fit that 'social genre' will fight to not be called it.
For someone like me who needs to categorise, it bothers me that others don't. I don't even know why at the moment.
THIS IS A TERRIBLE POST AND IT SHOULD FEEL BAD BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE NOBODY ACTUALLY READS THIS BLOG ANYWAY.
On a mental scale of 1-10, 1 being depressed enough that a train passing the station seems like an escape route from consciousness, to 10 being unstoppable smiling at the mere thought of everything, I can only write blog posts when I'm at about a 3 or a 4. Which is slightly above cutting myself.
I've been at a 2 for the last month. And for the 6 months prior, I was jumping between a 2 and a 9.
So if there is anyone that actually reads this and is interested in the psychological theory I post, I'll continue it eventually.
Just gotta get over this downturn including;
Eviction from a house I just moved to
Family member at death's door
Unshakable illness that interrupts every other aspect of my life
Stress of starting at university and not being able to keep up
Telling my (now ex) girlfriend that I loved her, resulting in her breaking up with me (The former caused the latter)
Same aforementioned female going out of her way to re-establish my trust issues and my inadequacy complex that I've spent the last 5 years working on rectifying
AND SO ON AND SO FOURTH
It's not been a good month, kids.
People, or rather I, categorise everything.
These categories can dictate how I feel about something right off the bat.
People always say to not judge a book by it's cover, but evolutionarily speaking, it's how humans have survived long enough to become the dominant species on Earth.
Everyone and everything can fit into categories, usually under a single defining term. Each term has similarities and each term can be judged upfront.
If I see somebody wearing a cap backwards, or to the side, straight away I know they can fit a certain number of categories, if their pants are low, that narrows it down more. If they're wearing a top that is referencing a sports team, narrower. If that team isn't local, narrower. And so on until a single glance can tell you everything you need to know about a person.
Sure, there are a lot of variables, so nothing is certain when it comes to categorising people, but you can very easily determine the one thing that really matters with general social interaction; Is this person worth my time?
Typically, the answer is no. Not because I'm a snob, but simply because I hate people. I hate everyone I meet. Literally.
Obviously, this isn't a permanent state (Because I would be very lonely), and obviously people like my family are exempt from the rule given extraordinary circumstances.
The trick is finding people who you don't hate very much about.
The harder trick is finding people who can accept you for your downfalls too.
There was a purpose and direction to this post, but I thought of it when I was on the train, so I lost said train of thought after leaving the actual train. For the same reason that people enter a room and forget why they entered it.
(This is completely off topic)
People's minds form associations, if I'm sitting at my computer and decide I could use a cup of tea, I will take my cup to the kitchen and sometimes, I will forget why I was in the kitchen. It happens to everyone, and research has shown it's because people tend to form associations with everything down to the room around them.
I might associate the cup with coffee, but sometimes my mind will skip a step and associate it with sitting at the computer, thus I won't remember why I entered the kitchen again until I return back to my start position.
The human mind is fucking weird.
Where was I?
Categories and association, yeah, that was it.
This is why it bothers me, because not everyone is like this, some people don't like to lock down something with a category. Some people will love the title of "metalhead", whereas others who fit all the criteria to fit that 'social genre' will fight to not be called it.
For someone like me who needs to categorise, it bothers me that others don't. I don't even know why at the moment.
THIS IS A TERRIBLE POST AND IT SHOULD FEEL BAD BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE NOBODY ACTUALLY READS THIS BLOG ANYWAY.
On a mental scale of 1-10, 1 being depressed enough that a train passing the station seems like an escape route from consciousness, to 10 being unstoppable smiling at the mere thought of everything, I can only write blog posts when I'm at about a 3 or a 4. Which is slightly above cutting myself.
I've been at a 2 for the last month. And for the 6 months prior, I was jumping between a 2 and a 9.
So if there is anyone that actually reads this and is interested in the psychological theory I post, I'll continue it eventually.
Just gotta get over this downturn including;
Eviction from a house I just moved to
Family member at death's door
Unshakable illness that interrupts every other aspect of my life
Stress of starting at university and not being able to keep up
Telling my (now ex) girlfriend that I loved her, resulting in her breaking up with me (The former caused the latter)
Same aforementioned female going out of her way to re-establish my trust issues and my inadequacy complex that I've spent the last 5 years working on rectifying
AND SO ON AND SO FOURTH
It's not been a good month, kids.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Reverse Music Video Production
Standard music video production goes as follows;
1. Song is created
2. Production team is chosen
3. Team starts production on music video
4. Music video is completed for the world to see!
However, my current TAFE project, of which I am the director has thus far gone like this;
1. Song is selected from a list
2. Single person formulates concept for a music video
3. A team is formed to work on said concept
4. Part way through pre-production, the original musician decides to be a jerk about his intellectual property
5. Production team approaches a dubstep artist and says "If we give you an animatic, can you make a song that matches the action?"
6. Dubstep artist wows the group with a beautiful dubstep track and says "I can alter this to fit your film."
7. Production continues with original idea and completely different song.
I mean, seriously, that's just awesome.
The track is simply superb and will be easily manipulated into perfectly fitting our song, of which the artist is willing to do for us for free.
I seriously love this guy's music and have ever since I first heard it.
If you're into dubstep at all, check this badboy out;
Alex Waters: http://soundcloud.com/awaters
In the meantime, I'm going to continue rocking out to the track he sent me, it will be on his Soundcloud at a later date.
1. Song is created
2. Production team is chosen
3. Team starts production on music video
4. Music video is completed for the world to see!
However, my current TAFE project, of which I am the director has thus far gone like this;
1. Song is selected from a list
2. Single person formulates concept for a music video
3. A team is formed to work on said concept
4. Part way through pre-production, the original musician decides to be a jerk about his intellectual property
5. Production team approaches a dubstep artist and says "If we give you an animatic, can you make a song that matches the action?"
6. Dubstep artist wows the group with a beautiful dubstep track and says "I can alter this to fit your film."
7. Production continues with original idea and completely different song.
I mean, seriously, that's just awesome.
The track is simply superb and will be easily manipulated into perfectly fitting our song, of which the artist is willing to do for us for free.
I seriously love this guy's music and have ever since I first heard it.
If you're into dubstep at all, check this badboy out;
Alex Waters: http://soundcloud.com/awaters
In the meantime, I'm going to continue rocking out to the track he sent me, it will be on his Soundcloud at a later date.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
TMI?
As we're all aware, information is easy to come by these days.
The internet's constant expansion and has resulted in basically unlimited information that almost anybody can acquire. But is this a good thing?
I'll need you to bare with me, as I'm going to be a while before I get to my point.
One example is medicine. If something is wrong with you, you might go to a doctor, but a lot of people will instead go to the internet.
"Well, I have these symptoms, so I must have this disease."
The only issue with that is, you're probably wrong.
There has been a noticeable increase in hypochondria in recent years, and it's largely due to this infinite information pool that we have access to on a daily basis.
If I were to Google all 'symptoms' I have currently, I would have the following;
RSI
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Tinnitus
Fungal infections
And probably much more if I thought about it.
In the past, I too have been victim to this 'The Internet is a Doctor' syndrome, and have self-diagnosed myself with an STD or two.
After much confusion and problems with my partner, I eventually went to a doctor to find out it was an issue with ingrown hairs and a poor diet.
When I was younger, if I was ill, my mother would take me to the doctor right away.
These days, I'll research my symptoms and determine for myself whether or not I'm in any real danger before even considering a doctor.
It makes me wonder how often people doing just as I do have their symptoms worsen, resulting in permanent injury or worse. But hey, if I wanted to know that, I could just Google it, couldn't I?
It's more than jut about medicine though, consider the social implications of this much information.
Learn someone's full name and there is a good chance you'll be able to find them on a social networking site. Get an email address as well and you've got a one-way ticket to all information you could ever want on them.
With that information, you can very easily get yourself logged on to their Facebook account (Technically not illegal, although still not cool) using a system that Facebook creators implemented for password retrieval.
Not to mention websites that allow you to enter an email address and then search social networking sites, blogging sites and misc other sites (Like Deviant Art, Etsy, etc) for public accounts with that address, then links you to their pages/accounts.
Wanted to know more about someone? Their secrets? Their past? It's entirely possible to find that out with very little effort.
I, for one, don't want some of the things I've said on the internet available.
Yes, there are privacy settings for a reason, but not all are as secure as you think.
The point I'm getting it is this;
Would we be better off without this information?
No.
Should there be limitations on the amount of information any one person can get?
No.
It has become part of our daily lives and it would make life slightly harder for us.
But we, as a society, need to stop taking things at face value.
That's what the internet has done to humanity, made us too accepting of new information.
Maybe those symptoms are unrelated to an illness?
Maybe the person said those things out of anger?
Maybe the trip to the shoe store will allow you to find something better?
Anyone can put information on the internet. For what you know, it's wrong.
This blog is a perfect example of that. How do you know I'm right?
In retrospect, I didn't think this post through as much as I should have. I mean, how do we know the experts are correct either? People make mistakes.
Disregard this post, as it lacks direction and a decent writing style.
I promise whatever I post next will have some actual quality to it.
The internet's constant expansion and has resulted in basically unlimited information that almost anybody can acquire. But is this a good thing?
I'll need you to bare with me, as I'm going to be a while before I get to my point.
One example is medicine. If something is wrong with you, you might go to a doctor, but a lot of people will instead go to the internet.
"Well, I have these symptoms, so I must have this disease."
The only issue with that is, you're probably wrong.
There has been a noticeable increase in hypochondria in recent years, and it's largely due to this infinite information pool that we have access to on a daily basis.
If I were to Google all 'symptoms' I have currently, I would have the following;
RSI
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Tinnitus
Fungal infections
And probably much more if I thought about it.
In the past, I too have been victim to this 'The Internet is a Doctor' syndrome, and have self-diagnosed myself with an STD or two.
After much confusion and problems with my partner, I eventually went to a doctor to find out it was an issue with ingrown hairs and a poor diet.
When I was younger, if I was ill, my mother would take me to the doctor right away.
These days, I'll research my symptoms and determine for myself whether or not I'm in any real danger before even considering a doctor.
It makes me wonder how often people doing just as I do have their symptoms worsen, resulting in permanent injury or worse. But hey, if I wanted to know that, I could just Google it, couldn't I?
It's more than jut about medicine though, consider the social implications of this much information.
Learn someone's full name and there is a good chance you'll be able to find them on a social networking site. Get an email address as well and you've got a one-way ticket to all information you could ever want on them.
With that information, you can very easily get yourself logged on to their Facebook account (Technically not illegal, although still not cool) using a system that Facebook creators implemented for password retrieval.
Not to mention websites that allow you to enter an email address and then search social networking sites, blogging sites and misc other sites (Like Deviant Art, Etsy, etc) for public accounts with that address, then links you to their pages/accounts.
Wanted to know more about someone? Their secrets? Their past? It's entirely possible to find that out with very little effort.
I, for one, don't want some of the things I've said on the internet available.
Yes, there are privacy settings for a reason, but not all are as secure as you think.
The point I'm getting it is this;
Would we be better off without this information?
No.
Should there be limitations on the amount of information any one person can get?
No.
It has become part of our daily lives and it would make life slightly harder for us.
But we, as a society, need to stop taking things at face value.
That's what the internet has done to humanity, made us too accepting of new information.
Maybe those symptoms are unrelated to an illness?
Maybe the person said those things out of anger?
Maybe the trip to the shoe store will allow you to find something better?
Anyone can put information on the internet. For what you know, it's wrong.
This blog is a perfect example of that. How do you know I'm right?
In retrospect, I didn't think this post through as much as I should have. I mean, how do we know the experts are correct either? People make mistakes.
Disregard this post, as it lacks direction and a decent writing style.
I promise whatever I post next will have some actual quality to it.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
The Problem with Facebook, as I see it.
Not so long ago, you were an unsocial cretin if you stayed at home and spent all your time on the internet.
You were socially impaired and intellectually advanced. Well, within reason.
Nowadays, one has no ability to be social without spending a decent amount of time on the internet.
I'll send texts, I'll make phonecalls and I won't ever get a response. If I leave someone a wall post on Facebook, I'll get a response within the hour. If not from the person, then from someone else who knows what they are doing at what times.
For those of us with addictive personalities, this is not a good thing.
I can have a major assignment that I desperately need to complete before the end of the day, and instead of doing it, I will spend 70% of my time at the computer staring at the Facebook news feed.
So what is the next step? To stop using Facebook.
But it's not that simple, is it?
Facebook is not only the only way I can contact most people I talk to, but it's also become our calendar and our open channel of news.
Without going on Facebook, I wouldn't know about Steve Job's death.
(Which, as an outspoken gamer and Windows supporter, I still respected Jobs and everything he and his company has accomplished)
Not only that, I wouldn't know that my friend crashed her car the other day, I wouldn't know about my friend's crumbling relationship, nor about another friend's started one.
But who cares about that, right?
Sadly, we have to.
If I were to see this person at TAFE, at their work, something like that, something of social importance like that would come up. At which point, my lack of knowledge about such an event would become evident, and the "Well, I posted it on Facebook." would arise.
It wasn't that long ago that heavy internet use branded someone as a nerd.
Now, you're not social unless you're doing it too.
I have experienced this many times first hand, a friend of mine doesn't attend a party or gathering I host, at which point I inform them that they would have known about it were they on Facebook.
So for someone like me, with this addictive personality of mine, what option do I have but to remain on the site?
I'm a social creature, I'll miss out on social occasions, nobody will ever be able to get ahold of me and nobody will be able to critique my thoughts or jokes.
I wish we, as a society, would go back about five years. It's not long ago, but it's just long enough for people to respond to text messages again.
Please excuse the long rant that everyone has heard a dozen times before, but sadly, I'm really behind on assignments and am forcing myself away from Facebook, so I had to find a new way to procrastinate.
EDIT:
I forgot to add, and now can no longer find the article I'm referencing here, but it's also been theorised (Or was it proven?.. I need to find that article) that the intake of new information from any source (Newspaper, the news, a non-fiction book or, in this case, Facebook) releases a chemical in the brain that causes pleasure.
Was it serotonin? I don't remember...
But that is a more scientific reason as to why Facebook is addictive, instead of just ramblings.
You were socially impaired and intellectually advanced. Well, within reason.
Nowadays, one has no ability to be social without spending a decent amount of time on the internet.
I'll send texts, I'll make phonecalls and I won't ever get a response. If I leave someone a wall post on Facebook, I'll get a response within the hour. If not from the person, then from someone else who knows what they are doing at what times.
For those of us with addictive personalities, this is not a good thing.
I can have a major assignment that I desperately need to complete before the end of the day, and instead of doing it, I will spend 70% of my time at the computer staring at the Facebook news feed.
So what is the next step? To stop using Facebook.
But it's not that simple, is it?
Facebook is not only the only way I can contact most people I talk to, but it's also become our calendar and our open channel of news.
Without going on Facebook, I wouldn't know about Steve Job's death.
(Which, as an outspoken gamer and Windows supporter, I still respected Jobs and everything he and his company has accomplished)
Not only that, I wouldn't know that my friend crashed her car the other day, I wouldn't know about my friend's crumbling relationship, nor about another friend's started one.
But who cares about that, right?
Sadly, we have to.
If I were to see this person at TAFE, at their work, something like that, something of social importance like that would come up. At which point, my lack of knowledge about such an event would become evident, and the "Well, I posted it on Facebook." would arise.
It wasn't that long ago that heavy internet use branded someone as a nerd.
Now, you're not social unless you're doing it too.
I have experienced this many times first hand, a friend of mine doesn't attend a party or gathering I host, at which point I inform them that they would have known about it were they on Facebook.
So for someone like me, with this addictive personality of mine, what option do I have but to remain on the site?
I'm a social creature, I'll miss out on social occasions, nobody will ever be able to get ahold of me and nobody will be able to critique my thoughts or jokes.
I wish we, as a society, would go back about five years. It's not long ago, but it's just long enough for people to respond to text messages again.
Please excuse the long rant that everyone has heard a dozen times before, but sadly, I'm really behind on assignments and am forcing myself away from Facebook, so I had to find a new way to procrastinate.
EDIT:
I forgot to add, and now can no longer find the article I'm referencing here, but it's also been theorised (Or was it proven?.. I need to find that article) that the intake of new information from any source (Newspaper, the news, a non-fiction book or, in this case, Facebook) releases a chemical in the brain that causes pleasure.
Was it serotonin? I don't remember...
But that is a more scientific reason as to why Facebook is addictive, instead of just ramblings.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Rose tinted glasses
You kind of need to think sometimes, when I reminisce about something, how much fun was it, *really*?
Nostalgia can be a wonderful thing, you can sit and think of old times for hours, talk about it with old friends for days, or focus on it for years.
But was it really all that good?
Just how much does nostalgia block out the bad?
I'm a nostalgic guy, I love talking about times gone by and sit and think about how things used to be. But just this morning, I was looking through old pictures and I saw a photo of my friends.
At a friends birthday party.
That I wasn't invited to.
It reminded me 'Hold on, I was depressed through most of highschool, wasn't I?'. I couldn't think why I would so often look back on those days as fondly as I do, I couldn't stand them. There was one up point in my schooling, which was getting a girlfriend, but to a 14-17 year old, what more could you want? Hah!
Being fond of nostalgia basically comes down to experience.
We don't pass judgement on something without comparing it to something else.
For example, in highschool, you may have bought an album and loved it to bits because compared to the other albums you had bought, it was amazing.
You would then look fondly back on to the songs from that album and remember get the sense of joy you originally had, even though nowadays you wouldn't have touched the band with a ten-foot-pole.
So is nostalgia a good thing or a bad thing? Should we be fighting to remember the truth in it's actual context instead of our own thoughts?
On one hand, nostalgia can give you a sense of comfort, and there is nothing like catching up with friends and talking about the 'good old days'.
Or should we think about everything from our past not in the context in which it happened, but rather the context of us as we are now?
It would give us a better sense of perspective if we ignored the context of the past, we wouldn't spend our time thinking back and saying "I remember when things were better...", but on the other hand, how much of those warm memories are the reason to push you forward? "It was good back then, it will get better again."
It's down to personal choice, really.
Nostalgia can be a wonderful thing, you can sit and think of old times for hours, talk about it with old friends for days, or focus on it for years.
But was it really all that good?
Just how much does nostalgia block out the bad?
I'm a nostalgic guy, I love talking about times gone by and sit and think about how things used to be. But just this morning, I was looking through old pictures and I saw a photo of my friends.
At a friends birthday party.
That I wasn't invited to.
It reminded me 'Hold on, I was depressed through most of highschool, wasn't I?'. I couldn't think why I would so often look back on those days as fondly as I do, I couldn't stand them. There was one up point in my schooling, which was getting a girlfriend, but to a 14-17 year old, what more could you want? Hah!
Being fond of nostalgia basically comes down to experience.
We don't pass judgement on something without comparing it to something else.
For example, in highschool, you may have bought an album and loved it to bits because compared to the other albums you had bought, it was amazing.
You would then look fondly back on to the songs from that album and remember get the sense of joy you originally had, even though nowadays you wouldn't have touched the band with a ten-foot-pole.
So is nostalgia a good thing or a bad thing? Should we be fighting to remember the truth in it's actual context instead of our own thoughts?
On one hand, nostalgia can give you a sense of comfort, and there is nothing like catching up with friends and talking about the 'good old days'.
Or should we think about everything from our past not in the context in which it happened, but rather the context of us as we are now?
It would give us a better sense of perspective if we ignored the context of the past, we wouldn't spend our time thinking back and saying "I remember when things were better...", but on the other hand, how much of those warm memories are the reason to push you forward? "It was good back then, it will get better again."
It's down to personal choice, really.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Technically speaking...
It's really hard to alter a blog's layout when there are no posts in it.
Yeah, I know, that's surprising.
So let me christen this new blog by saying the old one got deleted for a few reasons;
People I knew started finding it
It was all whiney, complaining sulking
And it had a lot of things in it I didn't *really* want people to see.
I didn't think that at the time, but you know, hindsight, etc.
So, the basics, I'm studying a Diploma of Screen and Media in Brisbane (QLD, Australia), which is a film course that covers the following; (using non-technical terms)
Writing
Directing
Camera work
Sound work
Editing
Special effects
Titles
Screen art
Matte painting
As well as giving practical experience such as shooting things for the educational institute themselves.
It's pretty in depth.
After completion of this course, I'm starting a Bachelors of Games Design and Interactive entertainment, which I will do for about 1 semester, then change to something I'd actually be able to get a job in.
Well, I might not, it depends how much I find I enjoy it.
Although I'd like to do teaching...
But all that I don't need to worry about until the end of 2012.
"Hold on, the end of 2012? But Anthony, we'll all be dead by then!"
It's not very likely. I'd love to say 'impossible', but you never know what could happen.
Nuclear war, disease outbreak (I've got my fingers crossed for zombies!), and so on and so fourth.
I actually wrote a short (Very short) essay on the concept, but I lost it (And a lot of other things) in the great hard drive fuck-up of 2011.
I lost quite a lot, now that I think about it. Things I really liked.
I do that though, I find something that I really like, and I'll find a way to lose it or break it or mess it up somehow.
This isn't self-depreciating talk, it's theory based off empirical evidence.
Games, DVDs, files, phones, assignments, friendships, etc.
Interestingly, the same can't be said for romantic relationships.
My first girlfriend ended it for the reason that... Ok, she said she doesn't know why.
My recent girlfriend needed a complete fresh start.
So, based off the two incidents so far, I can deduce that I *might* not be a jerk as a partner.
We can only hope eh'?
Quick sidenote;
Have you played Dead Island yet?
It's a new game released by Techland (The makers of the Call of Juarez series) in which you're on a holiday resort island when there is a zombie outbreak. Queue guns and course language, right? Wrong. This game takes a *very* different approach when it comes to zombies.
They went for realism.
It takes a long time before you find a gun, and when you've found said gun, some guy gave it to you and it only has one bullet.
Eventually you will make it to a town, away from the resort, where thugs have taken over certain areas, *they* have guns.
More on the realism angle, your early weapons involve kitchen knives, boat paddles, metal pipes and even at hatstand. It makes you feel as though you're actually in the middle of an outbreak, fighting to survive and trying to help the few people you can.
The combat is amazing, the music is awesome, the voice acting is.. Not great. But everything else is amazing.
If you haven't already bought it, go and do that, it will be the best $50 you have ever spent, especially given the singleplayer alone has well over 30 hours worth of gameplay in it, and a lot of fun co-op mode!
Ok, that wasn't a "quick" sidenote, as such...
If you're at all interested in the possible future of computing, have a look at this;
http://www.buildwindows.com/
Windows 8 has a lot more information out now, definitely worth a look.
Also, you can now find copies of the Developers release of W8, so if you want an early sneak peak, have a look around.
That's it for now, I'll bother you all later.
Toodles ,3
Yeah, I know, that's surprising.
So let me christen this new blog by saying the old one got deleted for a few reasons;
People I knew started finding it
It was all whiney, complaining sulking
And it had a lot of things in it I didn't *really* want people to see.
I didn't think that at the time, but you know, hindsight, etc.
So, the basics, I'm studying a Diploma of Screen and Media in Brisbane (QLD, Australia), which is a film course that covers the following; (using non-technical terms)
Writing
Directing
Camera work
Sound work
Editing
Special effects
Titles
Screen art
Matte painting
As well as giving practical experience such as shooting things for the educational institute themselves.
It's pretty in depth.
After completion of this course, I'm starting a Bachelors of Games Design and Interactive entertainment, which I will do for about 1 semester, then change to something I'd actually be able to get a job in.
Well, I might not, it depends how much I find I enjoy it.
Although I'd like to do teaching...
But all that I don't need to worry about until the end of 2012.
"Hold on, the end of 2012? But Anthony, we'll all be dead by then!"
It's not very likely. I'd love to say 'impossible', but you never know what could happen.
Nuclear war, disease outbreak (I've got my fingers crossed for zombies!), and so on and so fourth.
I actually wrote a short (Very short) essay on the concept, but I lost it (And a lot of other things) in the great hard drive fuck-up of 2011.
I lost quite a lot, now that I think about it. Things I really liked.
I do that though, I find something that I really like, and I'll find a way to lose it or break it or mess it up somehow.
This isn't self-depreciating talk, it's theory based off empirical evidence.
Games, DVDs, files, phones, assignments, friendships, etc.
Interestingly, the same can't be said for romantic relationships.
My first girlfriend ended it for the reason that... Ok, she said she doesn't know why.
My recent girlfriend needed a complete fresh start.
So, based off the two incidents so far, I can deduce that I *might* not be a jerk as a partner.
We can only hope eh'?
Quick sidenote;
Have you played Dead Island yet?
It's a new game released by Techland (The makers of the Call of Juarez series) in which you're on a holiday resort island when there is a zombie outbreak. Queue guns and course language, right? Wrong. This game takes a *very* different approach when it comes to zombies.
They went for realism.
It takes a long time before you find a gun, and when you've found said gun, some guy gave it to you and it only has one bullet.
Eventually you will make it to a town, away from the resort, where thugs have taken over certain areas, *they* have guns.
More on the realism angle, your early weapons involve kitchen knives, boat paddles, metal pipes and even at hatstand. It makes you feel as though you're actually in the middle of an outbreak, fighting to survive and trying to help the few people you can.
The combat is amazing, the music is awesome, the voice acting is.. Not great. But everything else is amazing.
If you haven't already bought it, go and do that, it will be the best $50 you have ever spent, especially given the singleplayer alone has well over 30 hours worth of gameplay in it, and a lot of fun co-op mode!
Ok, that wasn't a "quick" sidenote, as such...
If you're at all interested in the possible future of computing, have a look at this;
http://www.buildwindows.com/
Windows 8 has a lot more information out now, definitely worth a look.
Also, you can now find copies of the Developers release of W8, so if you want an early sneak peak, have a look around.
That's it for now, I'll bother you all later.
Toodles ,3
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