New blog - Sustainability

I have created a new blog about sustainability, because i had to. you can see it here

if you follow this blog, please go over and start following that blog as well

The list of Don't

  Dont Dress up as a South African rugby fan in Cantebury before an All Blacks - Springboks clash holding a sign saying "McCaw is a Cheat"

Don't Eat yellow snow.

Dont get a job without learning to spell first. 

Things I want to do before i turn 16

1. Put a Marshmellow in the microwave
2. Put an egg in the microwave
3. put a marshmellow egg in the microwave
4. bungee jump off my bed
5. bungee jump off my bed without a harness
6. roll down a really steep hill
7. go outside on a sunny day without a hat
8. ride a bike without a helmet
9. run with scissors
10. talk while eating
11. swing on a chair
12. turn 15

Nah not really.

News with Carrie Bickmore (bfr3)

A Pastor from the U.S of A was caught stealing over 100,000 dollars for plastic surgery. Doctors say he requested the body of Jesus with the cheekbones of Brad Pitt. A poultry worker in Melbourne is in a stable condition after getting stuck in a machine designed to process chickens. I another but related story, K.F.C now contains 12 secret herbs and spices. The estate of Kirk Cobain has lost 715 million dollars. If Cobain was alive today this bad news might of dampened his irrepressible optimism. 

I apologise for not beng able to put up any interesting posts this week, i couldn't think of anything intneresting. the V8's are in town but I couldn't be bothered posting the results and some other stuff because people only skim to see whether Ford or Holden won and which driver it was. (Go Garth Tander) And i figured lots of other people would be posting about it as well.                                                          

Traits of a Quality Learner

Here is my "Traits of a Quality Learner" dohicky. Wait its not here. Our group made a poster about the traits of a quality learner and left at it school over the holiday. So i used my cleverness to make a video of a teacher and one of his students talking about what it takes to be a successful quality learner. They talk about the key competencies, 16 habits of mind, etc. It isn't here on the blog, but it is only one click away. (click there)  >>>>here<<<<. I made it with xtranormal, which is something you can find and use by clicking here.

News with Carrie Bickmore (bfr2)

A member of one of Australia's most dangerous biker gangs "sphinx" has been arrested for driving a Bianchi Bernina without a license. He has been charged with one month in prison and one year of traction with the gang when they find out he was driving a Bianchi Bernina. New South Wales M.P From the Liberal Party Barry O'Farrell says the bikie problems could possibly be solved by putting all of them in the same room and letting them destroy each other. The idea is based on how the Liberal Party works. The leader of Principals Australia has said that toddlers in pre-school should be given career counselling. An early childhood programme has said that the most popular career choice was "ice cream" closely followed by "need to go potty". The Obama ministration has stopped using the phrase "war on terror". Other phrases from the Bush era no longer used include "axis of evil", "nation building", and "Mr.President, the television can't hear you". A Qantas and Virgin airplane were struck by lightning on Friday's electrical storm. Jetstar officials have said that they weren't worried about they're planes getting hit, because cardboard isn't a conductor. Scientists are in the process of building the worlds largest laser. They say that it will definitely not be used for evil, said the project leader Professor Destructo. Finally, host of Australian idol James Mathison his quit his role because he craves anonymity. He hopes to find this anonymity by Winning Australian Idol. for the video click here

Easter

Its been a while since my last post, and its almost Easter. So, i used my logic and put on a post about Easter. 

What is Easter? Why do we celebrate Easter? Well, Here's my theory.

They say Jesus was resurrected three days after his crucifixion.  It is celebrated on Easter day or Easter Sunday, which is two days after Good Friday. But why the relation to bunnies and eggs? Well you see, it goes back to Jesus' last supper, as painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. The second image is the regular painting, but the top image,  is the original painting except it has been lighted up using lighting effects on a computer around St.Peter, revealing one devastating fact - He was painted with rabbit ears. Why? because St.Peter was in fact a rabbit. Also, you can see on the table, in front of each person and neatly arranged, some bread. But not just any bread. They were what we call today hot cross buns. And next to each of those hot cross buns is an EGG.  Leonardo Da Vinci was trying to hide the truth from the world, but only because Jesus told him to. Why did Jesus tell him to do this? this I am not exactly sure of. This is also why the tales of Peter Rabbit exist, because the few people who know this have come together to form an organisation, which published all Peter Rabbit related materials. Now to this day we celebrate Easter with Chocolate eggs, and hot cross buns, and the Easter Bunny.

But how do we know that my theory is correct? 

The answer to that is...

It isn't. It is all Utter lies that i made up. The top picture was edited using paint.

News from Carrie Bickmore

I am just trialing this post and if it succeeds,  I will publish it weekly. Those of you who watch Rove will know who Carrie Bickmore. All it is is news, with a false statement at the end to make it funny.

Internet giants Google were recently forced to sack 200 workers. All the employees were told to find out if they still had a job by going to the website and hitting the "I'm feeling lucky" button. An Australian travel guide has angered some New Zealanders by claiming Auckland is a solar city inhabited by hobbits. Auckland's mayor was about to release a statement before he was attacked by an orc. Madonna is said to be traveling to Malawi to adopt another child. The event will collide the Malawian holiday called "hide your kids from Madonna day". Finally, a Welsh dwarf who got lost walking in the forest was saved by their pet chihuahua. Witnesses say it looked like a normal rescue, but from far away. For the video of Carrie Bickmore presenting the news, click here.

First Release

yay...I have my first game up for show in public. It isn't very good so please, no negative comments. It contains bleeding/dead circles. Click here to download

Also, I have recieved an email from some random who invited me to his website to look at his art! his  first paragraph states: 

Hi! I'm a contemporary visual artist.I had your email address from google blog while browsing through member's profile.And I thought that you might enjoy art!

he also included a picture of one his pieces, and invited me to his website at www.soojungcho.com

Hamilton did something

28th March 2009 - Balloons over Waikato Night glow and some small airshow at the airport. Also got a 4 minute video of the fireworks display. if anyone puts on youtube i will claim 3rd party matched content. Usually Hamilton is a boring city. The night glow is the only big thing we will get this year except for the All Blacks vs Springboks match and the V8's.

FeedJit: my feedjit has reported me getting visitors from places such as the Netherlands, Holland, Canada, Estonia and Belgium coming on my blog, but it isn't showing up on my clustrmap. ???????????? =/                                                

Cargo Catastrophe

at about 2 PM today, A FedEx cargo plan crashed due to heavy winds at  Tokyo's International Airport, Japan. It almost instantly burst into flames. the two men manning the cockpit were taken to hospital, then a local T.V station confirmed them both dead.  The flight of the MD-11 came from Guangzhou,  China, and footage of it crashing was shown on local television.

Happy St.Patrick's Day

I just realised today was St.Patricks day. St.Patrick's is the Irish national day, where they celebrate one of the patron saints, Parick. It is a good excuse to get drunk as well.

Cymru Am Byth!

Guess who won the 2009 IRB Sevens Rugby World Cup?

WALES!!!!!!

It was pretty epic. i mean, to return back from camp and the first thing i find out is Wales won the sevens world cup. They even Beat us, New Zealand! :(:

Heres a table of their games

Day One

Wales vs Zimbabwe

31-5

Day Two

Wales vs Uruguay

27-0

Wales vs Argentina

0-14

Day Three

Quarter Final

Wales vs New Zealand

15-14

Semi Final

Wales vs Samoa

19-12

Final

Wales vs Argentina

19-12

Also Scotland beat Australia 21-17 to win the plate final, and Zimbabwe beat Ireland 17-14 to win the bowl final. Some other big upsets were Argentina Beating South Africa 14-12.  The welsh team didn't have any of their famous union sidestep wizards like Shane Williams or Mark Jones either. England had previous sevens bragging rights but lost 36-21 to Samoa in the knockout stage. Dunno what happened to Fiji.

p.s Cymru Am Byth is Welsh for "Long Live Wales" so yes they can speak their own language.

My Favourite Rugby Player(s)

Conrad Smith Link

Gavin Henson Link

Top: Gavin Henson totally destroying Matthew Tait.

Bottom : Conrad Smith running up the ball.

If Mystery man can have a post about his favourite rugby player, then i can as well. In fact,  have two.

Gavin Henson

Gavin Henson is the starting Second-Five (no.12) For Wales. He is probably most recognised for his epic performance in the 2005 Six Nations against England, in which he anialated Matthew Tait twice, and kicked the winning Penalty goal from the sideline 40 metres out. (Wales won 11-9 securing a grand slam season). He played as the fullback (no. 15) for arguably the best Welsh provincial side, Neath-Swansea. Neath-Swansea Then changed their name to Osprey's, where he plays along side other well recognised Welsh rugby players like Shane Williams and James Hook. He has just come out of Injury to play against France, where Wales, sadly, lost.

Conrad Smith

Conrad Smith is now the first choice Centre for the All Blacks, since Tana Umaga has left us. He has a great eye for space, and is one of the All Blacks key playmakers. He is the reason our wingers have scored the amount of tries they have. He Bareley ever misses a tackle, and all he lacks is a bit of pace. He plays for the Super team "Hurricanes" and plays provincial rugby for wellington. He has accomplished a rare feat, capping 38 games with 55 points for the All Blacks, as well as capping 38 games and 55 points for Wellington.

I Don't buy games, i make them

Well actually i do buy games but as some people in our class might already know, i make them as well. The quality isn't very good but it isn't a piece of cake, or pie. to prove this i have dispalyed the ai (artificial intelligence) script. I was going to include a vid but i need to compress the size, so i will edit this post tomoro and the vid will be there ;)

ar nearest_enemy, nearest_cover, nearest_bullet, safe_x, safe_y, sped, dir, bb;

if instance_exists(argument0) && instance_exists(argument1) {

nearest_enemy=instance_nearest(x,y,argument0)

nearest_cover=instance_nearest(x,y,argument1)

nearest_bullet=instance_nearest(x,y,argument2)

dir=point_direction(x,y,nearest_cover.x,nearest_cover.y)

safe_x=nearest_cover.x+lengthdir_x(distance_to_object(nearest_cover)+64,dir)

safe_y=nearest_cover.y+lengthdir_y(distance_to_object(nearest_cover)+64,dir)

sped=(argument4+argument5/(1+(1+distance_to_object(nearest_enemy)/70)))+(distance_to_point(safe_x,safe_y)/70)

can_shoot-=1

if speed>argument5 speed=argument5

if collision_line(x,y,nearest_enemy.x,nearest_enemy.y,argument1,1,1)

mode=1

if !collision_line(x,y,nearest_enemy.x,nearest_enemy.y,argument1,1,1) && distance_to_object(nearest_cover)>10

mode=0

if mode=1{

if argument7=1

point_direction(x,y,nearest_enemy.x,nearest_enemy.y)

if collision_line(x,y,nearest_enemy.x,nearest_enemy.y,argument1,1,1){

if point_distance(nearest_enemy.x,nearest_enemy.y,shootx,shooty)>90

or (x!=sx && y!=sy)

mp_potential_step(nearest_enemy.x,nearest_enemy.y,argument4,0)

if distance_to_object(nearest_cover)>10

mp_potential_step(nearest_cover.x,nearest_cover.y,(argument4/2),0)}

else{

shootx=nearest_enemy.x

shooty=nearest_enemy.y

sx=x

sy=y

speed=0

}

if distance_to_object(nearest_bullet) <>

if !collision_line(x,y,nearest_bullet.x,nearest_bullet.y,argument1,1,1)

mp_potential_step(nearest_bullet.x+45,nearest_bullet.y+45,-8,0)}

if can_shoot<1

{if x=sx && y=sy{

bb=instance_create(x,y,argument3)

bb.direction=point_direction(x,y,(shootx-((speed+4)*10)+random((((speed+4*2))*10))),shooty)}

if !collision_line(x,y,nearest_enemy.x,nearest_enemy.y,argument1,1,1)

can_shoot=argument6

else

can_shoot=(argument6*3)}}

if mode=0{

if !collision_line(x,y,nearest_enemy.x,nearest_enemy.y,argument1,1,1)

mp_potential_step(safe_x,safe_y,sped,0)

else

speed=0

if distance_to_object(nearest_enemy)<100{

if can_shoot<1

{if !collision_line(x,y,nearest_enemy.x,nearest_enemy.y,argument1,1,1){{

bb=instance_create(x,y,argument3)

bb.direction=point_direction(x,y,(nearest_enemy.x-(speed*20)+random((speed*40))),nearest_enemy.y)}

if argument7=1

point_direction(x,y,nearest_enemy.x,nearest_enemy.y)}

can_shoot=argument6}

}

else{if argument7=1

point_direction(x,y,safe_x,safe_y)

}}

}

the language is fairly easy but its complicated to put it all together with working objects in some srtrange way. it sounds a bit geeky but its fun until i get bored, then i lay off for a month, then i resume creating games.

Quote of today: Teehee -The sherrrrrifff

Wales 54 England 53

The Tie Breaker( or at least i think it is)

Take that England! defeated again by the mighty Welsh! on Sunday or what not, Wales beat England (rugby of course) 23-15. both teams scored marvelous tries, but Halfpenny's (Wales) was by far the best. Yet another brilliant counter-attack lead to a devastating score.

England Haven't Beaten Wales since 2005 or 04. thats 4 years at least. Thats what my underground resources have told me anyway.

The English might have had bragging rights after the Sevens, but they don't anymore...

Ireland is doing pretty good as well. They beat France lol O.o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRcqFbbTxK8

Fact of the day: An Octopus can squeeze through a hole the size of a tennis ball.

His Noodly Appendage

Before you read this you must know that in this post i am not trying to offend anyone in any way.

There are a lot of Religions today, and you've probably not heard half of them. That half that you haven't heard, is the "interesting" half if you will. one of those interesting religions is Pastafarianism. 

Every religion has a god - usually an immortal human being. How ever, in this particular religion, they worship the flying spaghetti monster, or FSM for short. Pastafarianists have come up with a graph which links the decrease in pirates to global warming...  http://asecondhandconjecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pirates_and_globalwarming.jpg

And their heaven is filled with beer volcanoes as far as the eye can see, and...well... and a... i'm not sure if i should say this, you can ask me in person or check out the link at the bottom of the page. It is also considered inapropriate to teach people about the FSM unless you are in full pirate attire, so i'm guessing i'm breaking the rules.

According to Pastafarianists, the universe was first created as a mountain, some trees, and a midget, spelt how the FSM sees it, midgit. he did this is one day. he then spent three days creating the rest of the universe, and then had three days rest.

The last thing i want people who read this post to do is to laugh about it. Pastafarianism is to be taken seriously, just like any other religions, because who knows, there could be a FSM up there watching us all...

For more information please visit 

http://www.venganza.org/flash/guidetopastafarianismpreloaded.swf

even Bob Marley was a pastafarianist...well thats waht mrwoody sed anyway

Hope i didn't offend anyone

sorry if i did

Fact of The Day: Charlie Chaplin Came third in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.

First Blog

Hey.