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Confuzzled 2017 Meme
Posted 8 years agoStoled from 
ryodramon
Where are you staying?
Main hotel
What day are you getting there?
Friday, 26th
Who will you be with?
I shall be with
smraedis :)
Do you do free art or trades?
No
Do you do commissions/badges?
No
Do you have prints/CDs?
no
Do you have art in the art show?
no
What suit(s) will you have?
Haven't got a suit, I'm hoping to get my tail back though. It got lifted so much that after five years it was time to fix it. :p
Can I dance with you?
Maybe, I've not been in the dances for the last few years because of the lasers
What is your gender?
Dinosaur
How old are you?
31
How tall are you?
6ft
Are you mated? in a relationship?
Yes, with a big sexy shark! :p
Can I touch you?
Hmm, okay?
Can I talk to you?
Yeah, please do
Can I hug you?
Yes, I like to get hugs. ^_^
Can I take photos of you/with you?
You can, I might not see the point of it. But I like to see proof I exist. :p
Can I buy you lots of drinks?
Yes, yes you can. Just not too many. XD
Do you drink Alcohol/Smoke?
I drink a little, but not with the aim of getting drunk.
Can I give you lots of money?
Yes, but what for? :p
Can I hug or snuggle with you?
Yeah, I like hugs. :)
Can we hang out?
Yeah of course, we're all there to meet new people! ^_^
Are you nice?
I like to think so, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. :p
Where will you be most of the time during the con?
Probably around the bar, but I do walk around a lot. If you want to find me, add me on Telegram: SDF_of_BC
Other cons you may go to?
Nothing further planned this year. :o
Who are you rooming with?
I think this meme is broken, the record is stuck. :p
Attending any events?
Yes, what's the point of paying for them and then not going to them. XD Pawpet show I think is a must, will have to have a look at the schedule when I get there.
How can I find you at the con?
Look for my badges, it says SDF on it in pretty big clear writing with a piccy of my 'sona behind it and some contact details. ^_^
Or like above, Telegram! SDF_of_BC
Hope to see you there!! ^_^
ryodramonWhere are you staying?
Main hotel
What day are you getting there?
Friday, 26th
Who will you be with?
I shall be with
smraedis :)Do you do free art or trades?
No
Do you do commissions/badges?
No
Do you have prints/CDs?
no
Do you have art in the art show?
no
What suit(s) will you have?
Haven't got a suit, I'm hoping to get my tail back though. It got lifted so much that after five years it was time to fix it. :p
Can I dance with you?
Maybe, I've not been in the dances for the last few years because of the lasers
What is your gender?
Dinosaur
How old are you?
31
How tall are you?
6ft
Are you mated? in a relationship?
Yes, with a big sexy shark! :p
Can I touch you?
Hmm, okay?
Can I talk to you?
Yeah, please do
Can I hug you?
Yes, I like to get hugs. ^_^
Can I take photos of you/with you?
You can, I might not see the point of it. But I like to see proof I exist. :p
Can I buy you lots of drinks?
Yes, yes you can. Just not too many. XD
Do you drink Alcohol/Smoke?
I drink a little, but not with the aim of getting drunk.
Can I give you lots of money?
Yes, but what for? :p
Can I hug or snuggle with you?
Yeah, I like hugs. :)
Can we hang out?
Yeah of course, we're all there to meet new people! ^_^
Are you nice?
I like to think so, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. :p
Where will you be most of the time during the con?
Probably around the bar, but I do walk around a lot. If you want to find me, add me on Telegram: SDF_of_BC
Other cons you may go to?
Nothing further planned this year. :o
Who are you rooming with?
I think this meme is broken, the record is stuck. :p
Attending any events?
Yes, what's the point of paying for them and then not going to them. XD Pawpet show I think is a must, will have to have a look at the schedule when I get there.
How can I find you at the con?
Look for my badges, it says SDF on it in pretty big clear writing with a piccy of my 'sona behind it and some contact details. ^_^
Or like above, Telegram! SDF_of_BC
Hope to see you there!! ^_^
Furry Network Link
Posted 9 years agoHi all,
I'm not moving, but I have made an account over there, so feel free to follow me there: https://beta.furrynetwork.com/sdf_of_bc/
I'm also on SoFurry: https://sdf-of-bc.sofurry.com/
If you're still interested I have links on my profile to other places to find me too. XD
I'm not moving, but I have made an account over there, so feel free to follow me there: https://beta.furrynetwork.com/sdf_of_bc/
I'm also on SoFurry: https://sdf-of-bc.sofurry.com/
If you're still interested I have links on my profile to other places to find me too. XD
Confuzzled 2016 Meme thing, pretty much 2015 and 2014 one XD
Posted 9 years agoStoled from 
WolfElysia
1. What is your name?
SDF
2. What is your gender?
Male
3. How old are you?
30
4. How tall are you?
6ft
5. Where are you staying?
At the con hotel for maximum party
6. What day are you getting there?
27th, the standard times as I'm driving so don't need the extra days.
7. Who will you be with?
smraedis and 
duragan, probably many others too.
8. Do you have art in the art show?
I still can't art.
9. What suit(s) will you have?
I don't even have a tail now, it was old and looked a bit tired, so I've retired it and not found someone to make me another yet.
10. Can I dance with you?
Yeah of course, though I mostly only "dance" when I've had a bit to drink.
11. Can I touch you?
Maaaaybe? Should I worried?
12. Can I talk to you?
Please do, that's one of the reasons I go! :o
13. Can I hug you?
Yus, I require hugs to function within normal parameters. :p
14. Can I take photos of you/with you?
Well, okay. I always look like I have my eyes closed though when I smile, it's annoying.
15. Can I buy you lots of drinks?
You can do, but then you enter into the contract.
16. Do you drink Alcohol/Smoke?
I like to drink some. I only smoke passively, but prefer not to.
17. Can I give you lots of money?
Why not, I offer 0% interest. :p
18. Can I hang out with you?
Of course, though in the day I can be all over the place talking. >_>
19. How will I recognize you?
I have a badge, it says SDF on it in big blue Sans Serif letters, also it has a picture of me on it, so look for a brown little dino on a badge. :p
Failing that, ask for my photo, they're all out of date but I've not really changed since I was 16.
20. Where will you be most of the time during the con?
Around, probably near the bar, but really, I could be anywhere, I tend to walk around until I find someone I know so if you see me, just wave and say hi. ^_^
21. Who are you rooming with?
smraedis Mrawr shark! :)
22. Attending any events?
Probably a number of them, I don't usually plan much until I get the con book. XD
23. How can I find you at the con?
Twitter or Telegram if you need to contact me, they're both SDF_of_BC.
24. Are you doing anything in line with the theme?
Not really; drinking, is that part of the theme? XD
26. How are you getting to the con?
I'll be driving down myself. Such fun!
WolfElysia1. What is your name?
SDF
2. What is your gender?
Male
3. How old are you?
30
4. How tall are you?
6ft
5. Where are you staying?
At the con hotel for maximum party
6. What day are you getting there?
27th, the standard times as I'm driving so don't need the extra days.
7. Who will you be with?
smraedis and 
duragan, probably many others too.8. Do you have art in the art show?
I still can't art.
9. What suit(s) will you have?
I don't even have a tail now, it was old and looked a bit tired, so I've retired it and not found someone to make me another yet.
10. Can I dance with you?
Yeah of course, though I mostly only "dance" when I've had a bit to drink.
11. Can I touch you?
Maaaaybe? Should I worried?
12. Can I talk to you?
Please do, that's one of the reasons I go! :o
13. Can I hug you?
Yus, I require hugs to function within normal parameters. :p
14. Can I take photos of you/with you?
Well, okay. I always look like I have my eyes closed though when I smile, it's annoying.
15. Can I buy you lots of drinks?
You can do, but then you enter into the contract.
16. Do you drink Alcohol/Smoke?
I like to drink some. I only smoke passively, but prefer not to.
17. Can I give you lots of money?
Why not, I offer 0% interest. :p
18. Can I hang out with you?
Of course, though in the day I can be all over the place talking. >_>
19. How will I recognize you?
I have a badge, it says SDF on it in big blue Sans Serif letters, also it has a picture of me on it, so look for a brown little dino on a badge. :p
Failing that, ask for my photo, they're all out of date but I've not really changed since I was 16.
20. Where will you be most of the time during the con?
Around, probably near the bar, but really, I could be anywhere, I tend to walk around until I find someone I know so if you see me, just wave and say hi. ^_^
21. Who are you rooming with?
smraedis Mrawr shark! :)22. Attending any events?
Probably a number of them, I don't usually plan much until I get the con book. XD
23. How can I find you at the con?
Twitter or Telegram if you need to contact me, they're both SDF_of_BC.
24. Are you doing anything in line with the theme?
Not really; drinking, is that part of the theme? XD
26. How are you getting to the con?
I'll be driving down myself. Such fun!
Telegram
Posted 10 years agoEF 21 Q/A Thing
Posted 10 years agoStoled from 
PizzaPuppy
Where are you staying?
Estrel Hotel
Means of transportation?
Getting driven on some pan-European tour with Smraedis and 
snoblissea
Sharing a room with:
Sharing with Smraedis. :)
What is your gender?
Male
Relationship Status:
Taken by a shark, RP only with others.
How old are you?
29
How tall are you?
6ft
Which languages do you speak?
English.
Bits of about 15 other languages, but not enough to be useful.
Also code, but I really CBA arguing about code. :p
Where will you be most of the time during the day?
Not too sure, never been to EF before. I guess I will be around alcohol though.
Who will you be with?[b]
I'm not sure, it isn't exactly predictable, though probably with a shark for a good amount of time.
[b]Do you do free art?
Dinosaurs are art, also I don't charge... oh that sounds wrong, I'll shush now. XD
Do you do trades?
That would depend on the trade, I can't art. :p
Do you do commissions?
Not likely. However, like always, if anyone wants to go halves on something, could commish something together, I'm not too fussed what as long as it isn't in my F-list no list. :p
What suit(s) will you have?
I don't own anything, also I think I'll retire my tail now, it's 5-6 years old and showing it. XD
Can I dance with you?
Yes, flail with me, though if the lights are too flashy I won't be able to go into any dances.
Can I touch you?
If you're sensible. :p
Can I talk to you?
Of course, that's why I'll be around. ^_^
Can I hug you?
Yesh, I like all da hugs, I'll steal your warmth with my cold-bloodedness. XD
Can I take photos of you/with you?
Yeah, though, I wouldn't know why you'd want to, but people have before.
Can I buy you lots of drinks?
Yeah, if you want. :p
Do you drink Alcohol/Smoke?
I drink, but I don't smoke.
Can I give you lots of money?
Yeah, but in return for what?
Can I hug or snuggle with you?
Yeah, I like hugs. :)
Can we hang out?
Yeah, so long as it isn't off a cliff. :p
Are you nice?
I like to think so, no one has told me otherwise. ^_^
Other cons you may go to?
Confuzzled 2016 will likely be the next one.
Attending any events?
I don't know... >_>
How can I find you at the con?
Look out for my con badge, I should also be able to be contacted via Twitter.
Can we go out for a dinner?
I guess so, if I'm allowed.
Are you buying art?
I don't usually, I'd rather commish, but I never know what to get or what to do so I just end up looking around and then nothing ever happens. :o
What do I have to watch out for, when I am meeting you?
I'm a 2ft tall dinosaur, watch your ankles. :p
What is the best way to contact you?
Probably via Twitter, http://twitter.com/SDF_of_BC as usual.
May I kidnap you to my room?
Depends what for, should a little dino be worried?
You look pretty tired, are you ok?
I should be okay, probably just need some sleep.
Last time/last con/last meet/last chat we talked so much and now you forgot my name? Why???
I'm sorry, I'm terrible with names, if you have a con badge that'll help. Please excuse me though, I don't mean it.
Will you tell me your room-number and can I surprise visit you?
You can ask me, if it is anything like other cons I've been too, I won't likely be in my room, but out and about or in others' rooms.
I have a personal question for the convention. May I ask you that?
DM me on Twitter or email me or note me. XD
PizzaPuppyWhere are you staying?
Estrel Hotel
Means of transportation?
Getting driven on some pan-European tour with
Smraedis and 
snoblisseaSharing a room with:
Sharing with Smraedis. :)
What is your gender?
Male
Relationship Status:
Taken by a shark, RP only with others.
How old are you?
29
How tall are you?
6ft
Which languages do you speak?
English.
Bits of about 15 other languages, but not enough to be useful.
Also code, but I really CBA arguing about code. :p
Where will you be most of the time during the day?
Not too sure, never been to EF before. I guess I will be around alcohol though.
Who will you be with?[b]
I'm not sure, it isn't exactly predictable, though probably with a shark for a good amount of time.
[b]Do you do free art?
Dinosaurs are art, also I don't charge... oh that sounds wrong, I'll shush now. XD
Do you do trades?
That would depend on the trade, I can't art. :p
Do you do commissions?
Not likely. However, like always, if anyone wants to go halves on something, could commish something together, I'm not too fussed what as long as it isn't in my F-list no list. :p
What suit(s) will you have?
I don't own anything, also I think I'll retire my tail now, it's 5-6 years old and showing it. XD
Can I dance with you?
Yes, flail with me, though if the lights are too flashy I won't be able to go into any dances.
Can I touch you?
If you're sensible. :p
Can I talk to you?
Of course, that's why I'll be around. ^_^
Can I hug you?
Yesh, I like all da hugs, I'll steal your warmth with my cold-bloodedness. XD
Can I take photos of you/with you?
Yeah, though, I wouldn't know why you'd want to, but people have before.
Can I buy you lots of drinks?
Yeah, if you want. :p
Do you drink Alcohol/Smoke?
I drink, but I don't smoke.
Can I give you lots of money?
Yeah, but in return for what?
Can I hug or snuggle with you?
Yeah, I like hugs. :)
Can we hang out?
Yeah, so long as it isn't off a cliff. :p
Are you nice?
I like to think so, no one has told me otherwise. ^_^
Other cons you may go to?
Confuzzled 2016 will likely be the next one.
Attending any events?
I don't know... >_>
How can I find you at the con?
Look out for my con badge, I should also be able to be contacted via Twitter.
Can we go out for a dinner?
I guess so, if I'm allowed.
Are you buying art?
I don't usually, I'd rather commish, but I never know what to get or what to do so I just end up looking around and then nothing ever happens. :o
What do I have to watch out for, when I am meeting you?
I'm a 2ft tall dinosaur, watch your ankles. :p
What is the best way to contact you?
Probably via Twitter, http://twitter.com/SDF_of_BC as usual.
May I kidnap you to my room?
Depends what for, should a little dino be worried?
You look pretty tired, are you ok?
I should be okay, probably just need some sleep.
Last time/last con/last meet/last chat we talked so much and now you forgot my name? Why???
I'm sorry, I'm terrible with names, if you have a con badge that'll help. Please excuse me though, I don't mean it.
Will you tell me your room-number and can I surprise visit you?
You can ask me, if it is anything like other cons I've been too, I won't likely be in my room, but out and about or in others' rooms.
I have a personal question for the convention. May I ask you that?
DM me on Twitter or email me or note me. XD
Confuzzled 2015 meme
Posted 10 years agoStoled from: 
charliefolf
1. What is your name?
SDF
2. What is your gender?
Male
3. How old are you?
29
4. How tall are you?
6ft
5. Are you in a relationship?
Yes, with Smraedis.
6. Where are you staying?
At the con
7. What day are you getting there?
Friday
8. Who will you be with?
Driving down with Smraedis and Duragan in the car. At the con, anyone who will talk to me. :p
9. Do you have art in the art show?
Nope
10. What suit(s) will you have?
I have no suit. :p
11. Can I dance with you?
Maybe, last year because I was tired and there was lots of flashing lights I couldn’t go in the dances.
12. Can I touch you?
I may be touched, but not in that way. :p
13. Can I talk to you?
Yes, yes you can. Nuff said.
14. Can I hug you?
Yes, lots of hugs! :)
15. Can I take photos of you/with you?
Yep, that would be cool. :p
16. Can I buy you lots of drinks?
If you want. I’m not sure why you’d want to buy me drink.
17. Do you drink Alcohol/Smoke?
I don’t smoke, I do drink booze.
18. Can I give you lots of money?
Yes, but I offer no services. :p
19. Can I hang out with you?
Of course
20. How will I recognize you?
Look out for my con badge, many people know me too, so ask about people and someone might be able to point me out.
I’ll also be wearing my tail, I should probably get it fixed up sometime. :p
21. Where will you be most of the time during the con?
I tend to move around a lot, consider tweeting me if you want to meet.
22. Who are you rooming with?
 Mrawr shark, Smraedis
23. Attending any events?
Yes, mostly TBA
Def the pawpets.
24. How can I find you at the con?
If you need me, tweet me, if you have my number, text or call.
25. Are you doing anything in line with the theme?
I shall be attending a con with the theme. :)
charliefolf1. What is your name?
SDF
2. What is your gender?
Male
3. How old are you?
29
4. How tall are you?
6ft
5. Are you in a relationship?
Yes, with
Smraedis.6. Where are you staying?
At the con
7. What day are you getting there?
Friday
8. Who will you be with?
Driving down with Smraedis and
Duragan in the car. At the con, anyone who will talk to me. :p 9. Do you have art in the art show?
Nope
10. What suit(s) will you have?
I have no suit. :p
11. Can I dance with you?
Maybe, last year because I was tired and there was lots of flashing lights I couldn’t go in the dances.
12. Can I touch you?
I may be touched, but not in that way. :p
13. Can I talk to you?
Yes, yes you can. Nuff said.
14. Can I hug you?
Yes, lots of hugs! :)
15. Can I take photos of you/with you?
Yep, that would be cool. :p
16. Can I buy you lots of drinks?
If you want. I’m not sure why you’d want to buy me drink.
17. Do you drink Alcohol/Smoke?
I don’t smoke, I do drink booze.
18. Can I give you lots of money?
Yes, but I offer no services. :p
19. Can I hang out with you?
Of course
20. How will I recognize you?
Look out for my con badge, many people know me too, so ask about people and someone might be able to point me out.
I’ll also be wearing my tail, I should probably get it fixed up sometime. :p
21. Where will you be most of the time during the con?
I tend to move around a lot, consider tweeting me if you want to meet.
22. Who are you rooming with?
 Mrawr shark, Smraedis
23. Attending any events?
Yes, mostly TBA
Def the pawpets.
24. How can I find you at the con?
If you need me, tweet me, if you have my number, text or call.
25. Are you doing anything in line with the theme?
I shall be attending a con with the theme. :)
Weird smiley thing
Posted 11 years agoIt's been over a year since a journal post, so why not?
Stoled from Rega
♥ = I want a relationship with you
C: = I'm falling for you
:3 = I miss you
;] = I really like you
:* = I want to kiss you
:< = I hate you
: X = I like you
:] = you're cute
:b = we should get to know each other (as friends or as more)
;^) = we should hang out
<3 = love you
<:^ = I want to know you
f@ = *stalk*
Stoled from Rega
♥ = I want a relationship with you
C: = I'm falling for you
:3 = I miss you
;] = I really like you
:* = I want to kiss you
:< = I hate you
: X = I like you
:] = you're cute
:b = we should get to know each other (as friends or as more)
;^) = we should hang out
<3 = love you
<:^ = I want to know you
f@ = *stalk*
Moan Moan Moan - Moan
Posted 13 years agoHey all!
It's not often I moan and complain about things, especially on line. Also it isn't often I post journals, but then Twitter has sort of taken over there. :-P
This is moan about people who moan, not so much moan a little, the people that complain about everything and seem to go out of their way to then find fault with everything and anything possible.
I often find these kind of people are fairly unhappy with their life, unhappy with things they do and where they live.
This post comes about as tomorrow I'll be travelling to the London to see the Olympics, it's something I've been looking forward to for a week or more.
This morning I came into work so very happy and excited about it, I told one colleague where I was going and was then subjected to two and a half hours moaning and complaining. It left me feeling like it was rather pointless to go.
How can they wonder why everything they have is so crap when they find fault with everything.
It's not even just that, it's also the fact that they bring everyone else who is near them down to their level too. Like with my experience this morning, after being so enthusiastic about it, I was left rather dis-heartened. I know there are some people out there who also do this kind of thing on purpose, in a "if I'm not happy then no one shall be happy" way, which is just wrong.
Anyway, since I'm now writing the second half of this post from home and not on my phone in the canteen, my whole rant-y mood has gone. Actually things got better again after my break, several other people who I work with said how they'd wished they were going, or hoped that I had a good time and some of the customers said they'd keep an eye out for me when they watch on TV. :) So this time the moaning did not win over all, I guess there is a happy end to the story after all. XD
This evening I guess I'll be getting all my stuff packed ready for tomorrow and then me and Smraedis will be getting the train down to London at some point. Will be seeing the women's athletics final on Saturday evening. ^_^ I'll try to get plenty of photo's and there will probably be some blah blah about it on my Twitter. :)
I'll be back on Monday, but won't have long to wait before going out again since it'll be the Manchester mini-meet on 11th of August.
Now, someone from work has gone and invited themselves to the meet after the event was put on Facebook by Hex. As much as I'm happy for the guy to go, he doesn't actually know anything about the fandom at all, or what to expect. All I think he wants is to hook up with a hot girl. Today he came up to me and asked why a bunch of random people had been asking what his character is, so I'm just a little concerned.
Anyway, will see what happens there. :p
See ya,
SDF
LJ: http://sdf-of-bc.livejournal.com/
It's not often I moan and complain about things, especially on line. Also it isn't often I post journals, but then Twitter has sort of taken over there. :-P
This is moan about people who moan, not so much moan a little, the people that complain about everything and seem to go out of their way to then find fault with everything and anything possible.
I often find these kind of people are fairly unhappy with their life, unhappy with things they do and where they live.
This post comes about as tomorrow I'll be travelling to the London to see the Olympics, it's something I've been looking forward to for a week or more.
This morning I came into work so very happy and excited about it, I told one colleague where I was going and was then subjected to two and a half hours moaning and complaining. It left me feeling like it was rather pointless to go.
How can they wonder why everything they have is so crap when they find fault with everything.
It's not even just that, it's also the fact that they bring everyone else who is near them down to their level too. Like with my experience this morning, after being so enthusiastic about it, I was left rather dis-heartened. I know there are some people out there who also do this kind of thing on purpose, in a "if I'm not happy then no one shall be happy" way, which is just wrong.
Anyway, since I'm now writing the second half of this post from home and not on my phone in the canteen, my whole rant-y mood has gone. Actually things got better again after my break, several other people who I work with said how they'd wished they were going, or hoped that I had a good time and some of the customers said they'd keep an eye out for me when they watch on TV. :) So this time the moaning did not win over all, I guess there is a happy end to the story after all. XD
This evening I guess I'll be getting all my stuff packed ready for tomorrow and then me and Smraedis will be getting the train down to London at some point. Will be seeing the women's athletics final on Saturday evening. ^_^ I'll try to get plenty of photo's and there will probably be some blah blah about it on my Twitter. :)
I'll be back on Monday, but won't have long to wait before going out again since it'll be the Manchester mini-meet on 11th of August.
Now, someone from work has gone and invited themselves to the meet after the event was put on Facebook by Hex. As much as I'm happy for the guy to go, he doesn't actually know anything about the fandom at all, or what to expect. All I think he wants is to hook up with a hot girl. Today he came up to me and asked why a bunch of random people had been asking what his character is, so I'm just a little concerned.
Anyway, will see what happens there. :p
See ya,
SDF
LJ: http://sdf-of-bc.livejournal.com/
Confuzzled 2011 - A Blog Post
Posted 14 years agoHey all, I just posted a bit of a write up on my blog about CF: http://sdf-of-bc.livejournal.com/37617.html
Bed Sex Meme
Posted 14 years agoStoled via 
blizzard She made me do it by saying that I had to be a good sport. XD
Gonna regret this I know it.
copy'd from All you sumbitches
YOU JUST WOKE UP NAKED IN BED NEXT TO ME..... using only 3 words, what would you say to me??
Note: If you comment, please copy and paste this as your journal, so I may comment on yours as well. Be a good sport.
You don't have to do 3 words, since I can't seem to >.>
blizzard She made me do it by saying that I had to be a good sport. XDGonna regret this I know it.
copy'd from All you sumbitches
YOU JUST WOKE UP NAKED IN BED NEXT TO ME..... using only 3 words, what would you say to me??
Note: If you comment, please copy and paste this as your journal, so I may comment on yours as well. Be a good sport.
You don't have to do 3 words, since I can't seem to >.>
CF 2011 Meme Quizz Type Thing
Posted 14 years agoStoled from 
krakendwaggin, though I did see it done by a few other friends too. ^_^
Where are you staying?
At the Confuzzled hotel
What day are you getting there?
The Friday
Who will you be with?
Will be there with Smraedis
Do you do free art or trades?
Not really, I can barely draw a straight line with a ruler. Mind you, some of my rulers have been used that much that they're curved anyway.
Do you do commissions/badges?
Do you have prints/CDs?
Do you have art in the art show?
Short answer, no
Long answer, noooooooooooo.
What suit(s) will you have?
I have nothing, still want a tail, no idea where to get one. :o
Can I dance with you?
Yeah, but be warned, I'm rubbish. But hey, it's a laugh. :p
You're talking to someone, and I would like to say hi, but don't know how, what can I do?
Say hi or something random to join the conversation. :p Plenty of opportunities to talk I'm sure, the more the merrier.
What is your gender?
Sexy dino male.
How old are you?
25 :)
How tall are you?
6ft
Are you mated?
Yes, to Smraedis. :D
Can I touch you?
Well, not down there, I suppose. XD
Can I talk to you?
You MUST talk to me, it is law.
Can I hug you?
If you like, I don't tend to give them, but don't mind getting them. ^_^
Can I take photos of you/with you?
I don't mind. :p Evidence I was there.
Can I buy you lots of drinks?
Yes!
Do you drink alcohol/smoke?
I drink. I think my lungs are fecked up enough as it is, so I only smoke passively.
Can I give you lots of money?
You can, but I'm not sure what you'll want me to do in return. >_>
Can I hug or snuggle with you?
Hug me if you like, as I said above. Snuggles are a bit more personal though, unlikely unless you define them differently somehow.
Can we hang out?
I'm happy to hang out with peeps, the more the merrier. Lets get the group as large as possible, hmm?
Are you nice?
Of course I'm nice! :p
Where will you be most of the time during the con?
Usually near a bar. :D
Nah I like to go to the events, when I'm not at the events I will be around chatting and be around the bar. Maybe on one night will be visiting the dancing, will try not to dance until my feet bleed this time.
Other cons you may go to?
I'm not currently planning to go to any other cons this year. Should be attending both Manchester main meets as per usual.
krakendwaggin, though I did see it done by a few other friends too. ^_^Where are you staying?
At the Confuzzled hotel
What day are you getting there?
The Friday
Who will you be with?
Will be there with
SmraedisDo you do free art or trades?
Not really, I can barely draw a straight line with a ruler. Mind you, some of my rulers have been used that much that they're curved anyway.
Do you do commissions/badges?
Do you have prints/CDs?
Do you have art in the art show?
Short answer, no
Long answer, noooooooooooo.
What suit(s) will you have?
I have nothing, still want a tail, no idea where to get one. :o
Can I dance with you?
Yeah, but be warned, I'm rubbish. But hey, it's a laugh. :p
You're talking to someone, and I would like to say hi, but don't know how, what can I do?
Say hi or something random to join the conversation. :p Plenty of opportunities to talk I'm sure, the more the merrier.
What is your gender?
Sexy dino male.
How old are you?
25 :)
How tall are you?
6ft
Are you mated?
Yes, to Smraedis. :D
Can I touch you?
Well, not down there, I suppose. XD
Can I talk to you?
You MUST talk to me, it is law.
Can I hug you?
If you like, I don't tend to give them, but don't mind getting them. ^_^
Can I take photos of you/with you?
I don't mind. :p Evidence I was there.
Can I buy you lots of drinks?
Yes!
Do you drink alcohol/smoke?
I drink. I think my lungs are fecked up enough as it is, so I only smoke passively.
Can I give you lots of money?
You can, but I'm not sure what you'll want me to do in return. >_>
Can I hug or snuggle with you?
Hug me if you like, as I said above. Snuggles are a bit more personal though, unlikely unless you define them differently somehow.
Can we hang out?
I'm happy to hang out with peeps, the more the merrier. Lets get the group as large as possible, hmm?
Are you nice?
Of course I'm nice! :p
Where will you be most of the time during the con?
Usually near a bar. :D
Nah I like to go to the events, when I'm not at the events I will be around chatting and be around the bar. Maybe on one night will be visiting the dancing, will try not to dance until my feet bleed this time.
Other cons you may go to?
I'm not currently planning to go to any other cons this year. Should be attending both Manchester main meets as per usual.
Waffle
Posted 15 years agoHey guys and gals, I thought I'd have a go at writing a blog post since I've not done it since the end of July. Which was a blog saying about stuff and my Grandma's funeral. Probably not the best post to leave up, hmm?
So what has this dino been up to? Lots and not lots, but lots indeed. :p
I like to make sense like that. I've done a lot in terms of some of my codings and what I've been up to recently, I've not done a lot in terms of interesting job wise, since I still have my job at ASDA and it's been very very busy over Christmas, luckily the workload is dropping back off now so I feel like I have some of my life coming back and also time for other jobs I need to do.
So, looking through my twitter (SDF_of_BC) I can view all the rubbish I've been up to. One of the first things I posted since my last blog is that I upgraded the RAM in my laptop, bringing it up from one gig to four, it does run a lot smoother now, another thing that happened in September is that the three year anti-virus subscription I got from Dell expired, I couldn't wait to get McAfee off the thing. I just think them 'all in one' pieces of software are annoying and bloated, my laptop had a new lease of life after uninstalling that and installing AVG and a separate firewall. The two of them work much better. :)
Sadly my laptop is currently out of action, so I've not been able to get on-line as often as I used too, the power supply started making strange noises and stopped working. My Dad ordered a new one just before Christmas and it's still not arrived, Dad's written to Amazon and they're in talks about what to do. :p
In any case I can't wait get my laptop back and get fully back onto the Internet. Still it's been fun using my Linux desktop computer more.
Talking about my Linux desktop, I got an old GFX card off my Dad to use in it since the one it came with had some driver issues that ATi were trying to fix, but I got bored of waiting. My Dad gave me an old nVidia card and it worked fine until about a month ago when the fan on it started to make a huge racket. Yesterday before I started some of my coding work I swapped that card for a newer one that was in one of the desktops downstairs, so my desktop now has a GeForce 7300 GT in it, it's much happier now. Next I'll have to try and find some free RAM as the desktop only came with 512MB stick. Even with the low memory it still manages to do more than windows and keep it's speed. XD
Hopefully I'll soon have my laptop back anyway, so I'll not have to worry about memory things. :p
Anywho back to my twitter for the next subject... ConFuzzled, I'm so there. XD Been paid up now for about 6 months and have a room with Smraedis, it sounds like many of my friends will be going to this con too, more than previously. I've also made new friends who are going. ^_^
Continuing in the whole con and meet thing I went to the last November Manchester main meet, I booked a day off work so I could sleep over in Manchester and stay as late as I wanted. :) I was a disappointed that Duragan couldn't go, but he had to fix a shed roof. I think I've expressed how disappointed I was already, so I'll not go into this much further. It was a good meet, the weather was the main let down I think, it was so cold that me and Smraedis decided to leave early, but then we saw Stuart and we stayed an extra hour, but still when we left it was early. I also got to meet Jeet, who I've been chatting with quite a lot on-line, he was terribly shy and didn't move from out the corner much, heh. The main difference I found at this time was that even more people greeted me, and I was greeted with a fair few hugs and one nomming, a little more than just the usual hellos. :p
Lets hope the next Manchester meet is just as good and that the weather is warm and Sunny like it has been the previous few years. I still have to book the time off work for the Sunday after that, the recovery day. :p
So talking of holidays, this year I should be going on a cruise around the Mediterranean, since it's cheaper to go two by two I'm taking Smraedis along with me, I just hope he can afford it. It should be a real good time anyways, the last cruise I went on was too awesome for words.
Continuing talking about holidays, I have a bit of a problem with holiday hours at work, I'm supposed to use them all up by the end of March I think it is. However, last year I had no need to use much of my holiday, so I ended up taking one day off. Now this means I likely have over 100 hours of holiday to get rid of, I won't know until my next pay slip. Luckily I have managed to get two weeks off for my B-day, two weeks of holiday comes to 48 hours off, so I've managed to get rid of half the hours anyway, still there's a lot to get rid of and I don't think I'll be able to... oops. XD This year I shall have to spread my holiday out a lot more. :) Also use it to visit friends and get other tasks done.
*Phew,* I feel like I've typed a lot, but there is still more! I'll just leave out some things. :p
Onto coding projects then? Well, I've been working a little more on SDF:IRC, did quite some work on the plug-in framework and a little bit on UI and made lots of optimisations; mIRC colours and formatting work, links to URLs and #channels work, also I wrote some API so that it can be expanded using plug-ins.
Now when a message comes into the client it is handed to a message handler, this plug-in takes actions on the message and then sends it to a console if need be and the CTCP handler too. The console will find a text provider which obviously composes the text to be printed to the console, after that the console passes the text and message around the formatting plug-ins which decode mIRC formatting, ANSI etc. then it's passed around the link plug-ins which create click-able area of text on the console such as web links and channel links. It's still really fast even doing all that. :p
Also been working on that iPhone app a lot and also I'm trying out writing a facebook app. In fact the facebook app is nearly ready, but I need to work on other things so it's on the back burner for the moment. Facebook is quite easy to code with so it's only taken a week or two to get a near working app, also I already know HTML, PHP, SQL and JS. I just had to learn FBML which isn't hard it's almost like XHTML.
I also hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year's, for Christmas I got clothes and also the new red dwarf box set, plus the Back to Earth one they did for Dave. :) It's been a good Christmas this one just passed. :)
Hopefully once I have my laptop back I'll be more active again, it's one of my intentions. I've also been thinking about doing a little drawing again, for now, I need to go and have a shower.
SDF signing off.
So what has this dino been up to? Lots and not lots, but lots indeed. :p
I like to make sense like that. I've done a lot in terms of some of my codings and what I've been up to recently, I've not done a lot in terms of interesting job wise, since I still have my job at ASDA and it's been very very busy over Christmas, luckily the workload is dropping back off now so I feel like I have some of my life coming back and also time for other jobs I need to do.
So, looking through my twitter (SDF_of_BC) I can view all the rubbish I've been up to. One of the first things I posted since my last blog is that I upgraded the RAM in my laptop, bringing it up from one gig to four, it does run a lot smoother now, another thing that happened in September is that the three year anti-virus subscription I got from Dell expired, I couldn't wait to get McAfee off the thing. I just think them 'all in one' pieces of software are annoying and bloated, my laptop had a new lease of life after uninstalling that and installing AVG and a separate firewall. The two of them work much better. :)
Sadly my laptop is currently out of action, so I've not been able to get on-line as often as I used too, the power supply started making strange noises and stopped working. My Dad ordered a new one just before Christmas and it's still not arrived, Dad's written to Amazon and they're in talks about what to do. :p
In any case I can't wait get my laptop back and get fully back onto the Internet. Still it's been fun using my Linux desktop computer more.
Talking about my Linux desktop, I got an old GFX card off my Dad to use in it since the one it came with had some driver issues that ATi were trying to fix, but I got bored of waiting. My Dad gave me an old nVidia card and it worked fine until about a month ago when the fan on it started to make a huge racket. Yesterday before I started some of my coding work I swapped that card for a newer one that was in one of the desktops downstairs, so my desktop now has a GeForce 7300 GT in it, it's much happier now. Next I'll have to try and find some free RAM as the desktop only came with 512MB stick. Even with the low memory it still manages to do more than windows and keep it's speed. XD
Hopefully I'll soon have my laptop back anyway, so I'll not have to worry about memory things. :p
Anywho back to my twitter for the next subject... ConFuzzled, I'm so there. XD Been paid up now for about 6 months and have a room with Smraedis, it sounds like many of my friends will be going to this con too, more than previously. I've also made new friends who are going. ^_^
Continuing in the whole con and meet thing I went to the last November Manchester main meet, I booked a day off work so I could sleep over in Manchester and stay as late as I wanted. :) I was a disappointed that Duragan couldn't go, but he had to fix a shed roof. I think I've expressed how disappointed I was already, so I'll not go into this much further. It was a good meet, the weather was the main let down I think, it was so cold that me and Smraedis decided to leave early, but then we saw Stuart and we stayed an extra hour, but still when we left it was early. I also got to meet Jeet, who I've been chatting with quite a lot on-line, he was terribly shy and didn't move from out the corner much, heh. The main difference I found at this time was that even more people greeted me, and I was greeted with a fair few hugs and one nomming, a little more than just the usual hellos. :p
Lets hope the next Manchester meet is just as good and that the weather is warm and Sunny like it has been the previous few years. I still have to book the time off work for the Sunday after that, the recovery day. :p
So talking of holidays, this year I should be going on a cruise around the Mediterranean, since it's cheaper to go two by two I'm taking Smraedis along with me, I just hope he can afford it. It should be a real good time anyways, the last cruise I went on was too awesome for words.
Continuing talking about holidays, I have a bit of a problem with holiday hours at work, I'm supposed to use them all up by the end of March I think it is. However, last year I had no need to use much of my holiday, so I ended up taking one day off. Now this means I likely have over 100 hours of holiday to get rid of, I won't know until my next pay slip. Luckily I have managed to get two weeks off for my B-day, two weeks of holiday comes to 48 hours off, so I've managed to get rid of half the hours anyway, still there's a lot to get rid of and I don't think I'll be able to... oops. XD This year I shall have to spread my holiday out a lot more. :) Also use it to visit friends and get other tasks done.
*Phew,* I feel like I've typed a lot, but there is still more! I'll just leave out some things. :p
Onto coding projects then? Well, I've been working a little more on SDF:IRC, did quite some work on the plug-in framework and a little bit on UI and made lots of optimisations; mIRC colours and formatting work, links to URLs and #channels work, also I wrote some API so that it can be expanded using plug-ins.
Now when a message comes into the client it is handed to a message handler, this plug-in takes actions on the message and then sends it to a console if need be and the CTCP handler too. The console will find a text provider which obviously composes the text to be printed to the console, after that the console passes the text and message around the formatting plug-ins which decode mIRC formatting, ANSI etc. then it's passed around the link plug-ins which create click-able area of text on the console such as web links and channel links. It's still really fast even doing all that. :p
Also been working on that iPhone app a lot and also I'm trying out writing a facebook app. In fact the facebook app is nearly ready, but I need to work on other things so it's on the back burner for the moment. Facebook is quite easy to code with so it's only taken a week or two to get a near working app, also I already know HTML, PHP, SQL and JS. I just had to learn FBML which isn't hard it's almost like XHTML.
I also hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year's, for Christmas I got clothes and also the new red dwarf box set, plus the Back to Earth one they did for Dave. :) It's been a good Christmas this one just passed. :)
Hopefully once I have my laptop back I'll be more active again, it's one of my intentions. I've also been thinking about doing a little drawing again, for now, I need to go and have a shower.
SDF signing off.
See ya Grandma and Update
Posted 16 years agoHey all, new blog entry time, I feel. :p
Phew man, it's been some trying times recently. My Grandma has passed away, most of my friends know that already, we had the funeral on Tuesday, 28th; well as you could imagine there were plenty of tears, my granddad can hardly cope and the vicar did a very good job. Also, I noticed the Lord's prayer used there is the one I know off by heart, a lot of other places I've had to say it, including in my little bible I got from school, it has a different version. I prefer the one I know, the words just flow off your tongue easier than some of the others.
Anyway, the mood was lifted a bit when we got to the crematorium, my Grandma's music of choice was Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple, it really put a smile on our faces, just what Grandma wanted.
Moving on from that, I've now worked for twelve weeks at ASDA, I feel I'm starting to fit in now, I was really hyper last week for some reason, I have no idea what caused it. XD In my other work, I've been trying to understand this other guys code, it is rather cryptic, with no comments and all the variable names near enough just three characters long which barely have any meaning. Yesterday on the drive back from Leicester I had a good look over the code again and I feel I'm starting to understand what it's going on about. :p
One of my personal project, the WhatPulse Banners and Signature Images site, has been going well too. I've been working on this because I've still got people trying to use it even though I've put in bold letters that it's not ready to be used on the front page, it is about the most popular part of my web site now.
I've got the background image uploads working and soon I shall be getting the banner creation, editing and deleting all working. Currently only blank banners are created because I need to write the JavaScript to add new stats to the banners. Of the JS I have written, you can delete stats from your banner, that was the easiest thing to code. XD
I will also need to provide a preview which can be updated maybe using JS again.
Just this morning I had someone just register on there, upload a background and try to create a banner, despite the big red box saying the page isn't functional, and is under construction.
Oh well, what can you do. XD
Ah yes and one last thing before I finish, I'm setting up a OpenSim Simulator on my server, which is going to be attached to a grid called Aries, this is going to be a grid for use by members of the United Space Force, all going well it should be running soon. I was surprised when the grid admin said about using precompiled versions for windows to make things easier. I don't know about on windows, but it's really easy to compile on Linux. Just <tt>svn update && make</tt> that's it.
Well, that's about it for this update, I just need to keep working on, with both jobs and my projects.
I'll see ya,
SDF
Phew man, it's been some trying times recently. My Grandma has passed away, most of my friends know that already, we had the funeral on Tuesday, 28th; well as you could imagine there were plenty of tears, my granddad can hardly cope and the vicar did a very good job. Also, I noticed the Lord's prayer used there is the one I know off by heart, a lot of other places I've had to say it, including in my little bible I got from school, it has a different version. I prefer the one I know, the words just flow off your tongue easier than some of the others.
Anyway, the mood was lifted a bit when we got to the crematorium, my Grandma's music of choice was Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple, it really put a smile on our faces, just what Grandma wanted.
Moving on from that, I've now worked for twelve weeks at ASDA, I feel I'm starting to fit in now, I was really hyper last week for some reason, I have no idea what caused it. XD In my other work, I've been trying to understand this other guys code, it is rather cryptic, with no comments and all the variable names near enough just three characters long which barely have any meaning. Yesterday on the drive back from Leicester I had a good look over the code again and I feel I'm starting to understand what it's going on about. :p
One of my personal project, the WhatPulse Banners and Signature Images site, has been going well too. I've been working on this because I've still got people trying to use it even though I've put in bold letters that it's not ready to be used on the front page, it is about the most popular part of my web site now.
I've got the background image uploads working and soon I shall be getting the banner creation, editing and deleting all working. Currently only blank banners are created because I need to write the JavaScript to add new stats to the banners. Of the JS I have written, you can delete stats from your banner, that was the easiest thing to code. XD
I will also need to provide a preview which can be updated maybe using JS again.
Just this morning I had someone just register on there, upload a background and try to create a banner, despite the big red box saying the page isn't functional, and is under construction.
Oh well, what can you do. XD
Ah yes and one last thing before I finish, I'm setting up a OpenSim Simulator on my server, which is going to be attached to a grid called Aries, this is going to be a grid for use by members of the United Space Force, all going well it should be running soon. I was surprised when the grid admin said about using precompiled versions for windows to make things easier. I don't know about on windows, but it's really easy to compile on Linux. Just <tt>svn update && make</tt> that's it.
Well, that's about it for this update, I just need to keep working on, with both jobs and my projects.
I'll see ya,
SDF
Much Needed Update
Posted 16 years agoYay, an update from me. This may be long I haven't updated since the end of January.
I've been getting complaints for not updating.
Well, to tie off things I was talking about in my last blog entry I had a great time on my B-day (that was 31st of Jan) we all played games on my Dad's Wii and had drinks and a meal at a local Indian restaurant, it was great!
After my inter-semester break I started doing my very last module for uni, Client-Server Solutions. It's been a good fun little module, there's only me and a guy named Tom who turn up and we already know so much about the history of computers and have a good understanding that the tutor has been able to go about twice as fast and we've finished a early.
Onto jobs, I'm sure if you've kept track of my facebook or twitter accounts then you will know that I now work for ASDA (A UK super market owned by WalMart,) as a home shopper. It involves walking around the shelves and picking up peoples' on-line shopping. But you have to work fast in order to get the deliveries out on time. It's actually not such a bad job once you get used to it, the pay is better than my previous job and the atmosphere is better.
I submitted my application at the beginning of March and was trying to sort it out through February with the view of getting a job for the Semester to help may my uni fees as I was getting a little low on cash. It didn't quite work out like that though, it took ages for ASDA to get back to me after the interviews and so I didn't have my induction day, or best welcome, until a few weeks ago and then started work, sort of near the end of the semester. Luckily with only having one module, my uni fees were far cheaper than I expected and I had enough money to cover it, despite having no job for about two years.
Surprisingly jobs are like buses, you wait ages and two can come along at once... after I'd submitted my ASDA application I got an email from a tutor about someone seeking a developer for a small project, well I jumped at the chance and hopefully I've not hit my head on anything.
I went for a small interview in the uni's cafe to get the brief on what I needed to do, porting a flash game over to the iPhone. Unfortunately I've not been having much luck here since every time I try to do something Apple have been a pain in the backside, after this I'll probably not want to do any developing on an Apple platform again. Unless it's to get a Java application working.
That's been pretty much it for the last few months, you know how life settles into a routine.
More recently, as in this weekend just gone I went to ConFuzzled, yeah it's a furry convention. Anyway I had a great time!
Me and Smraedis got access only tickets because he told me that he lived around the corner from the venue, it was only later that he told me he in fact lived an hour's walk from it. Not good to be walking through the middle of Salford from Manchester to Eccles at 1am. In fact on the opening night we were attacked by four or five "hoodies," for no reason what so ever. Luckily we managed to get away and had no further problems, though it was a bit scary walking back to his flat after that, walking in silence for an hour with your mind buzzing isn't so fun. I was determined not to let it spoil my time though. :)
We went to a few events, which were loads of fun, I ended up drinking and then singing and dancing a bit in the foyer of the venue nearly every night, I also made some new friends and saw a few people there that I only spoke to on IM. There were also quite a few people there I already knew. I was really worn out after the four day event and can't wait to see what photos, and maybe videos, I will be in. :p
The weather couldn't have been much better either, I got sun burnt it was so sunny and hot, I remember it was like this last year too around this time.
This Saturday I will be out again in Manchester, this time going to the usual meet up, should be good fun again though I may still be worn out. :p
This Friday I have an exam, as you can see I'm revising and not taking time to update a blog. This is a bit of a special exam though, "why is that?" Well because it's the last one of uni and once it's over and done with I will no longer be at uni, on the 10th of July I will be getting presented with my degree and then everyone will have to call me S.I.R Sulley BSc. :p
After I get my degree, well, I'll finish off doing them ports and keep working at ASDA, save up my money for various future events and then start looking for some real work.
So there you are, if you've read this far you've done well and should be up to date with my life. I do try to read what other people get up to if I can, even when I don't comment, I do get busy though.
Thanks for reading,
see ya,
SDF
I've been getting complaints for not updating.
Well, to tie off things I was talking about in my last blog entry I had a great time on my B-day (that was 31st of Jan) we all played games on my Dad's Wii and had drinks and a meal at a local Indian restaurant, it was great!
After my inter-semester break I started doing my very last module for uni, Client-Server Solutions. It's been a good fun little module, there's only me and a guy named Tom who turn up and we already know so much about the history of computers and have a good understanding that the tutor has been able to go about twice as fast and we've finished a early.
Onto jobs, I'm sure if you've kept track of my facebook or twitter accounts then you will know that I now work for ASDA (A UK super market owned by WalMart,) as a home shopper. It involves walking around the shelves and picking up peoples' on-line shopping. But you have to work fast in order to get the deliveries out on time. It's actually not such a bad job once you get used to it, the pay is better than my previous job and the atmosphere is better.
I submitted my application at the beginning of March and was trying to sort it out through February with the view of getting a job for the Semester to help may my uni fees as I was getting a little low on cash. It didn't quite work out like that though, it took ages for ASDA to get back to me after the interviews and so I didn't have my induction day, or best welcome, until a few weeks ago and then started work, sort of near the end of the semester. Luckily with only having one module, my uni fees were far cheaper than I expected and I had enough money to cover it, despite having no job for about two years.
Surprisingly jobs are like buses, you wait ages and two can come along at once... after I'd submitted my ASDA application I got an email from a tutor about someone seeking a developer for a small project, well I jumped at the chance and hopefully I've not hit my head on anything.
I went for a small interview in the uni's cafe to get the brief on what I needed to do, porting a flash game over to the iPhone. Unfortunately I've not been having much luck here since every time I try to do something Apple have been a pain in the backside, after this I'll probably not want to do any developing on an Apple platform again. Unless it's to get a Java application working.
That's been pretty much it for the last few months, you know how life settles into a routine.
More recently, as in this weekend just gone I went to ConFuzzled, yeah it's a furry convention. Anyway I had a great time!
Me and Smraedis got access only tickets because he told me that he lived around the corner from the venue, it was only later that he told me he in fact lived an hour's walk from it. Not good to be walking through the middle of Salford from Manchester to Eccles at 1am. In fact on the opening night we were attacked by four or five "hoodies," for no reason what so ever. Luckily we managed to get away and had no further problems, though it was a bit scary walking back to his flat after that, walking in silence for an hour with your mind buzzing isn't so fun. I was determined not to let it spoil my time though. :)
We went to a few events, which were loads of fun, I ended up drinking and then singing and dancing a bit in the foyer of the venue nearly every night, I also made some new friends and saw a few people there that I only spoke to on IM. There were also quite a few people there I already knew. I was really worn out after the four day event and can't wait to see what photos, and maybe videos, I will be in. :p
The weather couldn't have been much better either, I got sun burnt it was so sunny and hot, I remember it was like this last year too around this time.
This Saturday I will be out again in Manchester, this time going to the usual meet up, should be good fun again though I may still be worn out. :p
This Friday I have an exam, as you can see I'm revising and not taking time to update a blog. This is a bit of a special exam though, "why is that?" Well because it's the last one of uni and once it's over and done with I will no longer be at uni, on the 10th of July I will be getting presented with my degree and then everyone will have to call me S.I.R Sulley BSc. :p
After I get my degree, well, I'll finish off doing them ports and keep working at ASDA, save up my money for various future events and then start looking for some real work.
So there you are, if you've read this far you've done well and should be up to date with my life. I do try to read what other people get up to if I can, even when I don't comment, I do get busy though.
Thanks for reading,
see ya,
SDF
Long Awaited Update
Posted 16 years agoHey all!
Wow feels like ages since I've last written a journal and it has been too. :p
Well, the thing which caused it would be university, this semester has been so busy I've had practically no free time what so ever, been nearly at breaking point. I think the main reason for getting so behind with things was my Software Engineering module, there was too much work to be done on it and it took all my time up.
Last week I had my exams, after a little revision I think the Software Engineering went quite well, the other exam I had was Advanced Database Systems, I think that went quite well too. However, I wasn't quite fluent when it came to answering the questions and I had to dig around in my memory a little to find the answers. Usually when I'm on an exam, whether I've revised or not the answers come as I read the question.
So now all I can do is wait for my results.
I had my project demonstration and Viva today, it went sort of OK, better than nothing anyway. :p The bus didn't turn up so I was about half an hour late, luckily the tutors waited for me and the room was still free. :) I had trouble accessing my uni home area last night to upload my work. Luckily the presentation uploaded fine. However, when it came to showing my application off the workspace hadn't been stored. But no worries, I took my laptop and was able to show the program on there. :)
So now I'll have to wait for a result there too.
With that behind I'm now on a little holiday between semesters and I'm not back until the 9th of Feb. Next semester should be much easier, I only have one module so I'll be in for a three hour lecture once every week. I'm hoping to get a part-time job with Duragan to fill up the time and help get some of my finances going again. Also I need the work experience, I've only been in a manufacturing environment with a little work in a shop. So it will be much more useful especially in the current financial climate to get the experience since there are more shops around and the manufacturing industry is dieing in this country and has been since the conservatives messed everything up. XD
It's my B-day on Saturday, having a meal and a little bit of a party with duragan, Carl from over the road and Smraedis. :)
I've managed to pick up on coding SDF:IRC again and I've got it close to the next release now. :) I've still got a few things one of which is quite important to iron out, but there should be a new release in the next few weeks if all goes to plan.
I'd say the best new feature in the client is the capability to add plug-ins for formatting and styling in the consoles and I've written an mIRC formatting plug-in, it's working well though there is a bit of a random bug in it somewhere. The good thing about these plug-ins is that is you don't want mIRC colours and formatting them you just need to remove the plug-in from the plug-in folder, or uncheck it in the installer.
I've made a lot of tweaks to the UI as well, trying to sort out the colours and positioning. Also, I've moved the made part of the GUI framework to a new project called Smraedis, Smraedis will be and is a GUI framework which I can use to create UI without having to worry about stuff in SWT too much.
Onto, Second Life, I've only got one plot of land for rent left now, if anyone's interested, first come first serve. :p
Also working on a new house, new for 2009, it's currently floating above the old one and when I get around to it, it'll replace the old one.
Also since it has been a while since I was around, I did have a very good Christmas and a good new year, though most of it I was doing uni work it was still good. Hope you all had good ones too. ^_^
Oh, almost forgot, I have gotten Project Martha underway, for the peeps who are new to reading this or have forgotten, which is likely, :p Martha is the project name for an artist orientated to-do list, mainly for people who have many requests and commissions to work through. I'm currently developing for Duragan but if anyone has input on it I'm happy to listen since I will be releasing it eventually. I've not got far with it because of uni. However, here is the http://www.sdf.me.uk/projects/martha/start [project page].
Thanks and see ya all,
SDF
PS. I have a facebook and twitter account now. :p
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com//profile.php?id=1312233067 [Steven SDF Sulley]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SDF_of_BC [SDF_of_BC]
Wow feels like ages since I've last written a journal and it has been too. :p
Well, the thing which caused it would be university, this semester has been so busy I've had practically no free time what so ever, been nearly at breaking point. I think the main reason for getting so behind with things was my Software Engineering module, there was too much work to be done on it and it took all my time up.
Last week I had my exams, after a little revision I think the Software Engineering went quite well, the other exam I had was Advanced Database Systems, I think that went quite well too. However, I wasn't quite fluent when it came to answering the questions and I had to dig around in my memory a little to find the answers. Usually when I'm on an exam, whether I've revised or not the answers come as I read the question.
So now all I can do is wait for my results.
I had my project demonstration and Viva today, it went sort of OK, better than nothing anyway. :p The bus didn't turn up so I was about half an hour late, luckily the tutors waited for me and the room was still free. :) I had trouble accessing my uni home area last night to upload my work. Luckily the presentation uploaded fine. However, when it came to showing my application off the workspace hadn't been stored. But no worries, I took my laptop and was able to show the program on there. :)
So now I'll have to wait for a result there too.
With that behind I'm now on a little holiday between semesters and I'm not back until the 9th of Feb. Next semester should be much easier, I only have one module so I'll be in for a three hour lecture once every week. I'm hoping to get a part-time job with Duragan to fill up the time and help get some of my finances going again. Also I need the work experience, I've only been in a manufacturing environment with a little work in a shop. So it will be much more useful especially in the current financial climate to get the experience since there are more shops around and the manufacturing industry is dieing in this country and has been since the conservatives messed everything up. XD
It's my B-day on Saturday, having a meal and a little bit of a party with duragan, Carl from over the road and Smraedis. :)
I've managed to pick up on coding SDF:IRC again and I've got it close to the next release now. :) I've still got a few things one of which is quite important to iron out, but there should be a new release in the next few weeks if all goes to plan.
I'd say the best new feature in the client is the capability to add plug-ins for formatting and styling in the consoles and I've written an mIRC formatting plug-in, it's working well though there is a bit of a random bug in it somewhere. The good thing about these plug-ins is that is you don't want mIRC colours and formatting them you just need to remove the plug-in from the plug-in folder, or uncheck it in the installer.
I've made a lot of tweaks to the UI as well, trying to sort out the colours and positioning. Also, I've moved the made part of the GUI framework to a new project called Smraedis, Smraedis will be and is a GUI framework which I can use to create UI without having to worry about stuff in SWT too much.
Onto, Second Life, I've only got one plot of land for rent left now, if anyone's interested, first come first serve. :p
Also working on a new house, new for 2009, it's currently floating above the old one and when I get around to it, it'll replace the old one.
Also since it has been a while since I was around, I did have a very good Christmas and a good new year, though most of it I was doing uni work it was still good. Hope you all had good ones too. ^_^
Oh, almost forgot, I have gotten Project Martha underway, for the peeps who are new to reading this or have forgotten, which is likely, :p Martha is the project name for an artist orientated to-do list, mainly for people who have many requests and commissions to work through. I'm currently developing for Duragan but if anyone has input on it I'm happy to listen since I will be releasing it eventually. I've not got far with it because of uni. However, here is the http://www.sdf.me.uk/projects/martha/start [project page].
Thanks and see ya all,
SDF
PS. I have a facebook and twitter account now. :p
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com//profile.php?id=1312233067 [Steven SDF Sulley]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SDF_of_BC [SDF_of_BC]
Larger update than the last one
Posted 17 years agoHey all,
I thought it time to make another update, it's been about two weeks since my last one. XD
Quite a bit has happened and not happened at the same time, woo zen. :p
Mum and Dad went away on holiday with my Dad's friend and his wife last week, it would have been good, but my brother is here too and while he's OK really, when he's with his friends he just turns into the most rude, ignorant person ever, and it probably isn't helped by the huge amount of booze they knock back, still we only had one argument so it's a definite improvement. Because the house was going be largely empty and Smraedis was going to be coming around that's when I organised a little get together for all my closest friends; Smraedis was there of course, Carl from over the road came along too and we had a pretty good time. Sadly Duragan couldn't attend as he was ill, he'd have really made the the party a party if he'd have come and it'd lasted longer, but what can you do when you're ill.
No worries there's plenty more time and he should be coming around tomorrow too. :)
Mum and Dad have now gone again, this time to visit my sister in Scotland, I couldn't go this time as my brother is off on holiday with his friends to the island of Cos and I have to stay and look after the cats for the weekend.
I might also get to see Smraedis again on Monday, but we're not sure about that yet, since my brother will be away I have full use of the car without having to worry whether he has to use it.
Zooming ahead to next year, I'm all registered and paid up to go to a convention, it's a few years since I last went to a con, them being Blitzcons. However, this will be the first furcon I've ever been to, I've looked at some videos of last year and it looks awesome, so it should be really great fun, and it's held down the road in Manchester too. :p The con is called http://www.confuzzled.org.uk ConFuzzled BTW, as I've just noticed I've not said the name yet. XD
Onto projects, during the free time I've had to get a lot of coding in as I feel like I'm getting behind with it all, I've been coding away at my uni project the core of it is all done, I decided not to use Swing for the GUI and have instead converted it all to use http://www.eclipse.org/swt SWT like SDF:IRC does. :p
As for SDF:IRC, I've made some progress on this too, I've made it so that rather than just setting a server to use SSL or not, you can now tell the client to use SSL on only select ports by prefixing a '+' onto a port number, this is supported in all areas of the client now, so the port list could be like this +6697,6667,7000 where port 6697 uses SSL encryption and the others are just normal IRC connections. Because of this change the settings need to be updated again, this time there is a difference though. If you remember in the 0.0.2a release I'd made the settings more extensible, well now when you start the next release of the client for the first time it will auto-update the server settings for you.
Another thing I've done, I've created a plug-in for my client which does two things: first, it allows the user to add, remove and list client-side ignores, so you can ignore annoying people; secondly, it also has an anti-flood feature in it so the client should auto-ignore anyone flooding you, the defaults still need a good tweaking though, so if you have a setting that you find best, just say and I'll test it out. :p
SDF:IRC should now crash less, not that it did much before anyway, I've fixed a number crash bugs and a large number of possible crash bugs that never saw the light of day. On top of all that, I've removed a load of debugging and refined the messaging system within the client so that it's much faster and more memory efficient now. I monitored the memory usage over 24 hours and at the lowest it was using 2 megs of heap space, this rose to 6 megs as the 25 or so chat consoles filled up (but what amount of memory do other clients use?)
I've redesigned http://www.sdf.me.uk/ my web site again, I like this template so I think I shall keep this one for a while, I might remove the curvy images on the right, they didn't really export quite right from my GFX package.
Speaking of websites, time for a little grumble at DA, I'm finding the new site difficult to use, I usually view art from my desktop because the screen feels better on my eyes. The problem is, my wireless card tends to overheat and/or the drivers conk out if I download too much at once, it's never usually that bad, except on DA. Hmm, one of my extensions counts DA as having 106 dependencies. Further more, though I like some of the new things in the message center, give me back my check boxes, I want to be able to select more than one thing as a time. That's enough talking about that, it's not like ranting about it in a journal will make any difference anyway. If get really really annoying I may submit some sort of feature request, maybe. :p
Also after about a year out, I may be going back over to FA again,I've started feeling more comfortable looking around recently, since you know who last year.
As usual, I've managed to create a massive journal, well happy reading it, I'll see ya around then. :p
SDF
I thought it time to make another update, it's been about two weeks since my last one. XD
Quite a bit has happened and not happened at the same time, woo zen. :p
Mum and Dad went away on holiday with my Dad's friend and his wife last week, it would have been good, but my brother is here too and while he's OK really, when he's with his friends he just turns into the most rude, ignorant person ever, and it probably isn't helped by the huge amount of booze they knock back, still we only had one argument so it's a definite improvement. Because the house was going be largely empty and Smraedis was going to be coming around that's when I organised a little get together for all my closest friends; Smraedis was there of course, Carl from over the road came along too and we had a pretty good time. Sadly Duragan couldn't attend as he was ill, he'd have really made the the party a party if he'd have come and it'd lasted longer, but what can you do when you're ill.
No worries there's plenty more time and he should be coming around tomorrow too. :)
Mum and Dad have now gone again, this time to visit my sister in Scotland, I couldn't go this time as my brother is off on holiday with his friends to the island of Cos and I have to stay and look after the cats for the weekend.
I might also get to see Smraedis again on Monday, but we're not sure about that yet, since my brother will be away I have full use of the car without having to worry whether he has to use it.
Zooming ahead to next year, I'm all registered and paid up to go to a convention, it's a few years since I last went to a con, them being Blitzcons. However, this will be the first furcon I've ever been to, I've looked at some videos of last year and it looks awesome, so it should be really great fun, and it's held down the road in Manchester too. :p The con is called http://www.confuzzled.org.uk ConFuzzled BTW, as I've just noticed I've not said the name yet. XD
Onto projects, during the free time I've had to get a lot of coding in as I feel like I'm getting behind with it all, I've been coding away at my uni project the core of it is all done, I decided not to use Swing for the GUI and have instead converted it all to use http://www.eclipse.org/swt SWT like SDF:IRC does. :p
As for SDF:IRC, I've made some progress on this too, I've made it so that rather than just setting a server to use SSL or not, you can now tell the client to use SSL on only select ports by prefixing a '+' onto a port number, this is supported in all areas of the client now, so the port list could be like this +6697,6667,7000 where port 6697 uses SSL encryption and the others are just normal IRC connections. Because of this change the settings need to be updated again, this time there is a difference though. If you remember in the 0.0.2a release I'd made the settings more extensible, well now when you start the next release of the client for the first time it will auto-update the server settings for you.
Another thing I've done, I've created a plug-in for my client which does two things: first, it allows the user to add, remove and list client-side ignores, so you can ignore annoying people; secondly, it also has an anti-flood feature in it so the client should auto-ignore anyone flooding you, the defaults still need a good tweaking though, so if you have a setting that you find best, just say and I'll test it out. :p
SDF:IRC should now crash less, not that it did much before anyway, I've fixed a number crash bugs and a large number of possible crash bugs that never saw the light of day. On top of all that, I've removed a load of debugging and refined the messaging system within the client so that it's much faster and more memory efficient now. I monitored the memory usage over 24 hours and at the lowest it was using 2 megs of heap space, this rose to 6 megs as the 25 or so chat consoles filled up (but what amount of memory do other clients use?)
I've redesigned http://www.sdf.me.uk/ my web site again, I like this template so I think I shall keep this one for a while, I might remove the curvy images on the right, they didn't really export quite right from my GFX package.
Speaking of websites, time for a little grumble at DA, I'm finding the new site difficult to use, I usually view art from my desktop because the screen feels better on my eyes. The problem is, my wireless card tends to overheat and/or the drivers conk out if I download too much at once, it's never usually that bad, except on DA. Hmm, one of my extensions counts DA as having 106 dependencies. Further more, though I like some of the new things in the message center, give me back my check boxes, I want to be able to select more than one thing as a time. That's enough talking about that, it's not like ranting about it in a journal will make any difference anyway. If get really really annoying I may submit some sort of feature request, maybe. :p
Also after about a year out, I may be going back over to FA again,I've started feeling more comfortable looking around recently, since you know who last year.
As usual, I've managed to create a massive journal, well happy reading it, I'll see ya around then. :p
SDF
