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.

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.

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.

He Who Paints

The Artist I have chosen is Georges Seurat

(photo link)( 1859 - 1891 France)because he had a very unique style of painting. This is one of his most famous masterpieces, "sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte. it took him 2 years to complete, and i can see why. it is on a massive canvas, somehwere near 80 by 100 inches, and  he painted it using pointillism. that is, when you paint the whole thing with dots. he didn't mix colours( except for the majorly big parts like the grass), but he painted two primary colours next to each other e.g to get a green shade, he would paint blue dots right next to yellow dots, to get a greenish effect. that is why the canvas is so big, so that if you look at it from most distances you will be able to see this effect. I know that painting something entirley out of dots will be quite a challenge, but i like challenges, except for when i lose. I won't use a large canvas, perhaps i will use a small one to get my work done on time

:)

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

I have a secret

I Like Pie

Sometimes they have really great deals.

I See Red

This was in 2006... The school production. we had to do a dance to a awesome song called I See Red By Split Enz, an awesome New Zealand Band. I've forgotten half the moves, i only remember the chorus, part of the first verse, and this part where we did the bridge. i probably couldn't do it anymore.

We had to dress up like punks with a Mainly Red, black and white scheme. as you can see i had some face paint and three chains around my neck :)
The Fairfield intermediate production was quite different to the ones i am used to at primary. i dunno how. at primary every class was assorted to a colour, and they had to do a dance to that colour. So everyone had to do it. at fairfield, it was more....realistic. Last year (08) it was about robyn hood (a girl, not a boy this time). One of meh friends got a role as the evil sherrrriifff.


Offtopic
I am currently working on my first FPS (first person shooter) game. it is coming along nicely, but i am having trouble with the textures. the programmes i use to make my games are free, so the quality isn't that good. But, it is still cheaper :)

Fact of the day: Mac Atak is the man!

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.

Meh Woodmonsta "Tuskiser"

left: a tuskiser swooping out of its tree to make a feast out of an unsuspecting rabbit.

This is a picture of my woodmonsta (the creature in top left flying out of tree)

It is called the Tuskiser

Habitat

The Tuskiser lives in any rainforest, forest, or land with plenty of trees and small prey. instead of living in trees, it burrows holes into the ground, but it still spends most of its time in the trees.

Physical features

The Tuskiser is a large flying mammal, and has a long and  powerful tail. It has a unusually big round belly, with two small legs poking out the back. The Tuskiser's wings are shaped like clubs, or tree branches, to help out blend in with the trees so that its prey can not see it. this is also why its feathers are prodominantly green. The Tuskiser has a tusk growing out underneath its chin, so it can swoop down and stab or slash its prey. The Tuskiser has sharp teeth to help rip the flesh from its prey. It has poor hearing and smell. The Tuskiser communicates with its comrades by making a loud screeching sound. Tuskisers travel in groups ranging from 5-40 personell, called a phalanx, because they fly in rectangle-like formation.

First Blog

Hey.