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The Joys of Studying Software Engineering

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Hey everyone, Some things I have learnt in my almost two years studying IT / Software Engineering … People skills, teamwork and communication are very important in the developing relationships, friendships, software solutions Coding doesn’t mean Software Engineering, neither does Hacking Software Engineering is usually very much like a Sunday roast, either under done or [...]

Tolerance, Some memes need to die a terrible death, Why bother ?

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Hi everyone / anyone, I am currently updating world (Gentoo package collection), and managed to get rarian to compile after filing a bug in which someone suggested I disable ccache for that compile, so I did and it worked, so thanks. (Now I am CC for a ccache bug that was reported earlier…) I was [...]

Isomorphism, Bras of Goodwill, Game Plans, No chance of respite, Honestly honesty

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Hey everyone, My apologies for the delay, not like anyone will notice it. I have been very busy with Uni stuff (almost over, only Computer Architecture assignment due Monday and Exams to study for). Thanks to my ITB712 Team for keeping me sane. This was supposed be an audio blog, but then I realised that [...]

Blas is gone missing and Bigloo can’t find Java, Space distractions and memories anew

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Hey everyone, My Gentoo world update is taking its sweet time, with the two main culprits listed in the title. I have been playing way too much Freelancer (sighs, and blames Ruben and crew…., then shrugs,). I finally found the music on the CD I was looking for. The lyrics are so soothing and wonderful [...]

Forgot to recharge, Everything easy has its cost,Tags and working stats, Does WINE and WinMX go together… ?

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Hey everyone, I forgot my power cable today. (Again….) . The MAB220 lecture was good although I misseed the first 10 minutes. Revisiting / repeating Romberg integration and improper integrals. I believe I am now stopping with my wxMozilla efforts as the group has decided to go with a C# GUI for the ease and [...]

Late nights, Deja Vu, Prior Engagement and Crash……

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Hey everyone, Uni is keeping me very busy, but I guess it is that time of year. I mean only 5 to 6 weeks and then the semester and all the exams are over. I am currently working getting wxMozilla wxPython bindings to compile on Win32. (I will be posting instructions once I am finished, [...]

Pudding, Railroads, Headaches and slow progress

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Hi everyone, My current status is a bit of a conundrum. I have been stressed, sick, sore, tired, happy, busy, concerned, GIR-like, distracted, in awe, inspired and then some. I am enjoying my holidays, kind of, although given the amount of work I have to do still, I really couldn’t say that I am enjoying [...]

Sanitation Frustation, Updates and Blockers, Modelling love , New blue gift of growth

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Hey everyone, I am currently sitting here, cleanly out my laptop’s 100gb hard drive, and updating as much software for my Gentoo as I can since I had to leave the software updates to the weekend as their were several blockers (packages that can’t be installed with other packages), but I believe I have them [...]

OPEC in Austria leaves Sydney secure but abadoned, 438 metres in which directon? Screwing uni doesn’t work…

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Hi everyone, I am very very busy and probably shouldn’t be writing this post, but I figure I may as well now that I have started. Anyhow, OPEC is on in Sydney, Austria and despite the city being shutdown and secured in order to avoid protesting and anything else productive, the Team from the Chaser [...]

The Rule of 3′s, WoW *sigh*, Differential Equations and Deadlines

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Hey everyone, First of all, the sections in brackets are extra details that can be skipped and the message should still be comprehensible but the brackets represent side notes, footnotes, thoughts, extensions and other such fundanglery that makes life worth living or at least my blog worth reading or laughing at … As for my [...]