dear diary:
last 10
date: 22/07/10
Now its snowing! finally the familiar white ground / blue sky / sun doing its thing that i always look forward to in winter.
I've added a contact feature, like i always promised i would, for about 2 years. its a sophisticated hacker-beating implementation :)
I've upped some rocket related drawings and, going forward in the manner of a government type, more images of things like car skins and panoramas and half-broken scanners.
Now its snowing! finally the familiar white ground / blue sky / sun doing its thing that i always look forward to in winter.
I've added a contact feature, like i always promised i would, for about 2 years. its a sophisticated hacker-beating implementation :)
I've upped some rocket related drawings and, going forward in the manner of a government type, more images of things like car skins and panoramas and half-broken scanners.
date: 05/06/10
A spiral in the sky
5-6am today over australia. i bet its something mundane. like ALIENS!
hope its aliens, that'll show them.
[super turbo internet hindsight] apparently there was a spiral over norway 6 months ago, and it was a
foundering russian rocket. thats almost more awesome!!
oh mans r-
rewind
from Baden West, thanks you're a legend. hotlinking from abc but i'll rehost it when i can figure out
this mac upload ashjkfdkajshdfkjash&@^#&*
A spiral in the sky
5-6am today over australia. i bet its something mundane. like ALIENS!
hope its aliens, that'll show them.
[super turbo internet hindsight] apparently there was a spiral over norway 6 months ago, and it was a
foundering russian rocket. thats almost more awesome!!
oh mans r-
rewind
from Baden West, thanks you're a legend. hotlinking from abc but i'll rehost it when i can figure out
this mac upload ashjkfdkajshdfkjash&@^#&*
date: 12/05/10
Things have been happening.
1/ The Electrosonic II project is underway, and its page has been [poorly] updated [electrosonic2.html]
2/I got a letter, in it was a form for a health care card, i filled it out, it was fun.
3/Dad bought a boat allegedly, but i haven't seen it, so i cant POST PICS.
4/Lisa [whats her website] gave me TWO scanners. GAVE. i can dismantle BOTH of them! one looks like a pretty decent printer, too.
thats all for now :)
Things have been happening.
1/ The Electrosonic II project is underway, and its page has been [poorly] updated [electrosonic2.html]
2/I got a letter, in it was a form for a health care card, i filled it out, it was fun.
3/Dad bought a boat allegedly, but i haven't seen it, so i cant POST PICS.
4/Lisa [whats her website] gave me TWO scanners. GAVE. i can dismantle BOTH of them! one looks like a pretty decent printer, too.
thats all for now :)
date: 03/05/10
i'm investigating deployment systems for my rocket, and they are going to be super smart, and made of salvage. i'll update the page with details! i'm also racing in the MNR league tonight, and i think i should make a page about that [LFS league racing-related, not specifically about this race)
i'm investigating deployment systems for my rocket, and they are going to be super smart, and made of salvage. i'll update the page with details! i'm also racing in the MNR league tonight, and i think i should make a page about that [LFS league racing-related, not specifically about this race)
date: 27/04/10
log:
Electrosonic II goes ahead - 25mm single stage, clockwork timer, camera phone, epoxy-post tube structure, steel nozzle etc. developing two-stage, air speed activated, and jumbo 40mm motor. outdoor use only, dress brightly.
log:
POINT AWAY FROM FACE
Electrosonic II goes ahead - 25mm single stage, clockwork timer, camera phone, epoxy-post tube structure, steel nozzle etc. developing two-stage, air speed activated, and jumbo 40mm motor. outdoor use only, dress brightly.
date: 15/01/10
its the 15th again, i often seem to make entries at this time. i am about to start another rocket project, among others, and i am thinking of adding a couple of clickies beside the header images, so one can sort of flick through them. i have a lot of pictures to put up that i've taken around hobart too. i think i will write a page for them too.
its the 15th again, i often seem to make entries at this time. i am about to start another rocket project, among others, and i am thinking of adding a couple of clickies beside the header images, so one can sort of flick through them. i have a lot of pictures to put up that i've taken around hobart too. i think i will write a page for them too.
date: 15/11/09
its been a busy week. 11/11, my 9800 finally died, of causes unknown, though probably related to old-age. 2003-2009, much loved, rest in peace
13/11, i planted my first garden, its very small and quaint.
14/11, i bought machinarium and its amazing
last week-ish, i completed the generation 2 of my sim pedals
thus i have lots of things to add to this website [not the same things necessarily] and need to get on with it!
its been a busy week. 11/11, my 9800 finally died, of causes unknown, though probably related to old-age. 2003-2009, much loved, rest in peace
13/11, i planted my first garden, its very small and quaint.
14/11, i bought machinarium and its amazing
last week-ish, i completed the generation 2 of my sim pedals
thus i have lots of things to add to this website [not the same things necessarily] and need to get on with it!
date: 30/08/09
notes:
remove kno3 link, move OLD rocket links to rocket times of yore page
update this one with more news / photos, its been a month lazybones.
complete some of your photo pages, they are still a mess :(
organise front page
new policy on sifr: its rubbish, only use for monotype corsiva headings, thats IT.
fix the svg. somehow. it must be fixed.
also random images: some are too small, some are too big , oversize ones must be seen to. [done]
notes:
remove kno3 link, move OLD rocket links to rocket times of yore page
update this one with more news / photos, its been a month lazybones.
complete some of your photo pages, they are still a mess :(
organise front page
new policy on sifr: its rubbish, only use for monotype corsiva headings, thats IT.
fix the svg. somehow. it must be fixed.
also random images: some are too small, some are too big , oversize ones must be seen to. [done]
date: 25/08/09
almost-recently, i graduated! on the 8th of August i received my certificate of admission to the degree of bachellor of fine art from the university of Tasmania, and i got to keep the mortarboard hat.
i wasn't looking forward to this occasion very much however. ceremonies make me a bit nervous even if, in this case, i am sort of the guest of honour. but when came the hour, so stopped the buck, and i really enjoyed it. now i wish i could do it again, and get much better pictures :)
the gowns and strange paraphernalia were fascinating and only a little bit intimidating. the hood attachment for my battle suit was much more concerning and seemed continually on the wayward slide to a less ceremonially correct but more stable position.
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i never thought i'd
1: be proud to have finished or
2: miss uni and consider returning
but i feel a little bit of both at the moment. this last, 7th semester re-awakened some of the basic feelings that led me to art school in the first place - the prospect of creative expansion, an opportunity to do something new, the importance of play and experimentation to drive imagination and invention, and just 'making things' being a valid and honest activity for me.
that i am restless, wound up and prone to expression makes sense now and i don't feel badly, i know i'll always be a bit like that and thats what i mainly learned.
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i went to the botanical gardens last week and i want to work there now. it seems just the right mix of practical, technical, useful and creative, with a foundation of natural, healthy and in the common interest. i wonder if they want you to have a horticulture certificate...
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the day after i graduated, i launched electrosonic too. lots of friends and friends of friends showed up to lend their support and it was mostly successful and thoroughly enjoyable. the project had been barely in progress, barely in hibernation, for so long, that the moment of ignition was one of letting go in a very real sense, and seemed quite significant. of course now i see it is at most a cement step, above and beyond which others will be made.
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ever since my beloved Olympus was stolen in june[?] i've been thinking of, researching, and losing sleep over a replacement. finally, i've spent money on it! now i am waiting for it to arrive...
almost-recently, i graduated! on the 8th of August i received my certificate of admission to the degree of bachellor of fine art from the university of Tasmania, and i got to keep the mortarboard hat.
i wasn't looking forward to this occasion very much however. ceremonies make me a bit nervous even if, in this case, i am sort of the guest of honour. but when came the hour, so stopped the buck, and i really enjoyed it. now i wish i could do it again, and get much better pictures :)
the gowns and strange paraphernalia were fascinating and only a little bit intimidating. the hood attachment for my battle suit was much more concerning and seemed continually on the wayward slide to a less ceremonially correct but more stable position.
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i never thought i'd
1: be proud to have finished or
2: miss uni and consider returning
but i feel a little bit of both at the moment. this last, 7th semester re-awakened some of the basic feelings that led me to art school in the first place - the prospect of creative expansion, an opportunity to do something new, the importance of play and experimentation to drive imagination and invention, and just 'making things' being a valid and honest activity for me.
that i am restless, wound up and prone to expression makes sense now and i don't feel badly, i know i'll always be a bit like that and thats what i mainly learned.
===================================
i went to the botanical gardens last week and i want to work there now. it seems just the right mix of practical, technical, useful and creative, with a foundation of natural, healthy and in the common interest. i wonder if they want you to have a horticulture certificate...
===================================
the day after i graduated, i launched electrosonic too. lots of friends and friends of friends showed up to lend their support and it was mostly successful and thoroughly enjoyable. the project had been barely in progress, barely in hibernation, for so long, that the moment of ignition was one of letting go in a very real sense, and seemed quite significant. of course now i see it is at most a cement step, above and beyond which others will be made.
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ever since my beloved Olympus was stolen in june[?] i've been thinking of, researching, and losing sleep over a replacement. finally, i've spent money on it! now i am waiting for it to arrive...
date: 23/07/09
Electrosonic is functional as of this afternoon! well ok, it needs to be coupled properly. with some al-foil, that is. and launch rail isnt totally complete. and main ignition battery probably needs a top-up.
but apart from those things, its really ready! done! and i can even say, not substantially differently to The Plan. i even impress myself sometimes :-)
so i had best TELL EVERYONE, right?
Electrosonic is functional as of this afternoon! well ok, it needs to be coupled properly. with some al-foil, that is. and launch rail isnt totally complete. and main ignition battery probably needs a top-up.
but apart from those things, its really ready! done! and i can even say, not substantially differently to The Plan. i even impress myself sometimes :-)
so i had best TELL EVERYONE, right?
