My phone broke today. After realising that it still couldn't spell omelette, it committed suicide. I've spent this evening looking at new phones and, unlike last time, I've considered getting a contract phone.
I've never been on contract before and I haven't had a problem. £10 every two months (or just under every two months back when I had friends I didn't see every day) was fine. But the last time I got a new phone was for my 18th birthday and now, two and a bit years later, technology has blitzed past what was available back then. These days a smart-phone is affordable. Sure, it will cost a lot more than I'm used to, but what's the point in having all that money build up in the bank if I'm not going to spend it. It's not like I'd have to forgo a meal every day to be able to afford a £20/month contract, especially with the bursary I'll get from the teaching and the money I'll be given for my 21st in September.
I could go for a regular, boring, ring-and-text phone like the one I had this morning, but there are so many times when I think, "dammit, I wish I had a smartphone." I'd rather pay more money for something better, than pay any money for something I'm going to regret buying at all.
Friday, 1 April 2011
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Training Day
I've just found the blog thing in Word so I'm giving it a go.
I have to go to the SAS training day later. I don't know if I've printed off the right stuff to take with me; the email wasn't very clear on what I am supposed to bring.
I downloaded the 'Mathematics' add-on for word so I can do things like this with only a few clicks.
I don't know if that will have worked. It's still cool though, if a little useless.
I was going to go to Sainsbury's this morning but for once the quickest-route-home bus was there and it doesn't stop at the shops.
I'm probably going to do BEDA because I've managed to get so behind with my story that I have to do it every day just to keep up with the dates. It's getting more interesting to write now though and there's going to be a new character joining the main group soon. Exciting times.
I think I'll probably stick to writing blogs straight onto the internet rather than in Word first.
#EDIT# It clearly didn't work. It was the Fourier series and the graph of y=exp(x) if anyone's interested. I'm sure you're not.
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Tumblr
I've got a Tumblr account now. I thought it might be a good way to get The Stones of Arzingdale out there into the wider sights of the internet community. It's not just for that purpose though; expect other Tumblr-appropriate posts on there. You can see what I've been Tumblring by clicking on the "Tumblr" link on the left of this page. Or you can follow me on Tumblr itself!
Last week all the lights on my side of the flat were broken. That meant that my room, Chris' room and the kitchen were in darkness. I'd been planning on doing my homework early to get it out the way but obviously I couldn't do any reading in the dark so I ended up sitting in the kitchen for about four hours talking to Chris. It was a laugh talking about The Elder Scrolls - what was good and bad about Morrowind and Oblivion and what we hoped they'd change or put in or take out of Skyrim before it's released in November. It was particularly funny when Nicky came into the kitchen (not knowing that there was any problem with the lights as her room is on the other side of the corridor) and turned around to see us two lads sat at the table. Her scream was rather loud.
I installed Firefox 4 beta yesterday. I had been reluctant to get it as every time I upgrade I lose half of my add-ons to compatibility errors (and how could I cope without mouse gestures?!) but after spending a night looking for an add-on that puts tabs at the top like on Chrome, I couldn't stop myself from getting 4 which has that feature built in already. It turned out that, although I did lose a fair few of my favourite add-ons (FoxyTunes, for example), a lot of them managed to keep up. I did have to swap to Fire Gestures, but how All-in-one Gestures was different, I don't know.
Last week all the lights on my side of the flat were broken. That meant that my room, Chris' room and the kitchen were in darkness. I'd been planning on doing my homework early to get it out the way but obviously I couldn't do any reading in the dark so I ended up sitting in the kitchen for about four hours talking to Chris. It was a laugh talking about The Elder Scrolls - what was good and bad about Morrowind and Oblivion and what we hoped they'd change or put in or take out of Skyrim before it's released in November. It was particularly funny when Nicky came into the kitchen (not knowing that there was any problem with the lights as her room is on the other side of the corridor) and turned around to see us two lads sat at the table. Her scream was rather loud.
I installed Firefox 4 beta yesterday. I had been reluctant to get it as every time I upgrade I lose half of my add-ons to compatibility errors (and how could I cope without mouse gestures?!) but after spending a night looking for an add-on that puts tabs at the top like on Chrome, I couldn't stop myself from getting 4 which has that feature built in already. It turned out that, although I did lose a fair few of my favourite add-ons (FoxyTunes, for example), a lot of them managed to keep up. I did have to swap to Fire Gestures, but how All-in-one Gestures was different, I don't know.
Friday, 4 March 2011
The Stones Of Arzingdale
It's up. The Stones of Arzingdale has finally gone public. Follow the link to check it out. Feel free to leave comments telling me what you think, asking questions about the general world that it's set in or whatever else you might want to say. You never know - you might ask about something I haven't considered and when I see your comment a whole new area might unveil itself for me to think about.
I'll also welcome any ideas you might have concerning the history of the world where it's set. As the main character will be writing in his diary every day he needs something interesting to talk about when not much is happening in the here and now (such as when he's on a big cross-country trek).
I'll also welcome any ideas you might have concerning the history of the world where it's set. As the main character will be writing in his diary every day he needs something interesting to talk about when not much is happening in the here and now (such as when he's on a big cross-country trek).
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Day 346
It has been ages since I last posted in this blog. Sorry. It's because I've been focusing on the fictional blog I started last year (and mentioned in the last post). I've also been busy with this term's maths. It's so much more difficult than what we had to do last term. Everyone I asked had trouble with it. Even the people who asked for help from the lecturer didn't really understand it well enough to explain it. But the lack of posts on here in January has been down to the amount of posts elsewhere.
I think the fictional blog will be set to public (yes Mum, that means you'll be able to read it) on the first of March, and there will be a new post every day for the first two months. After that there will be a new post every two days.
In Y9 English, when we had to write a story entitled "A Knock at the Door", my submission collected the highest mark in the class. The blog is written from the point of view of one of the characters from that story and follows him from about six months before that story was set until about two months after. When my teacher handed "A Knock at the Door" back he said that, if I put my mind to it, I could write a novel when I was older. Studying for a maths degree probably wasn't what he meant by "put your mind to it", but I've liked the idea of fleshing out this A Knock at the Door world ever since. If you read Sahtahp's Journal, a blog I wrote as if it was my character's diary on Oblivion, then you can expect something similar, except this time I won't be restricted by what's programmed into a game. Also, my world will be much bigger and the main character won't be trying to save it from the off so there'll be some nice, relaxed days here and there. I suppose you could think of Sahtahp's Journal as the failed first attempt that I decided to scrap and begin again from scratch.
I think the fictional blog will be set to public (yes Mum, that means you'll be able to read it) on the first of March, and there will be a new post every day for the first two months. After that there will be a new post every two days.
In Y9 English, when we had to write a story entitled "A Knock at the Door", my submission collected the highest mark in the class. The blog is written from the point of view of one of the characters from that story and follows him from about six months before that story was set until about two months after. When my teacher handed "A Knock at the Door" back he said that, if I put my mind to it, I could write a novel when I was older. Studying for a maths degree probably wasn't what he meant by "put your mind to it", but I've liked the idea of fleshing out this A Knock at the Door world ever since. If you read Sahtahp's Journal, a blog I wrote as if it was my character's diary on Oblivion, then you can expect something similar, except this time I won't be restricted by what's programmed into a game. Also, my world will be much bigger and the main character won't be trying to save it from the off so there'll be some nice, relaxed days here and there. I suppose you could think of Sahtahp's Journal as the failed first attempt that I decided to scrap and begin again from scratch.
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