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| Kas Member Level: 25     Posts: 82/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| This week has probably summed up all of 2009 for me - change, lots and lots of it. Last Thursday, I was informed that my job was at risk of redundancy. Luckily myself and Chad (a few of you might remember her) aren't entirely dependent on my salary, but it's a big enough slice that it would've made Christmas very austere. The first thing I did was to put the word out on Twitter. I was being made redundant. If you need someone who is skilled in PHP, HTML, CSS and JQuery then I can help. What happened next surprised the heck out of me. I had two inquiries come to me. One was a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend who knew a firm that were hiring, the other was a company that interviewed me eighteen months ago. I ended up going to an interview with the former, and today I've been given a job offer. HTML, CSS, JQuery, Joomla!, Zend Framework, Mac OS X. Quite frankly, I'm staggered with the level of support I've met. It's heartwarming, and I'm in a bit of shock coming to terms with the whole week. On top of this, the people who read the Genderfreak Blog at Acmlm's will know that I'm transgendered. Since then, I've been waiting on a four year waiting list to be treated on Britain's National Health Service. In August, I came off the waiting list and now I'm getting treatment for free. I used to pay £120 / hour for appointments, and now they cost a taxifare. More than this, I'm working towards my second opinion for surgery in March, which means I could be having sex reassignment surgery within twelve months. So yeah, this week has been a huge upheaval in life. Thankfully there's been lots of good news, but man, weeks like these don't just come along all the time in life. I feel very lucky, very thankful, happy and very tired  |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 83/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| Thanks Xk Things have been working out for most of 2009, albeit in strange ways. 2007 and 2008 were difficult - working a dead-end job with a threat of redundancy  |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 84/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| Our first computer was an Amstrad 286, which came with Windows 3.0 and a dot-matrix printer. I played my first videogames on it - Lemmings, Zany Golf, Outrun, Captain Comic, Prince of Persia. Then we got a 486, which came with Windows 3.1. On this, I had Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge, Commander Keen, The Dig, Simon the Sorcerer (Brit point'n'click adventure) and Wolfenstein 3D. It also had QBasic, which would later found my interest in computer programming (later to be cemented and built into a career by PHP on a P133). Then we got our first Pentium with a CD drive, and I had Doom and Duke Nukem 3D and all the rest. My first computer I bought with my own money was an Athlon 1.4GHz with a GeForce 2 Pro and 256MB of DDR RAM. The day I bought this in 2002 is documented somewhere in the Way Back Machine archives for acmlm.overclocked.org/board. I learned to program on a BBC Micro in BBC Basic in 1991. Me and a friend got a book on Basic out of the school library and stayed behind after school to type in the source code for games from the book. I was seven |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 85/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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I lurk  We never had computer technicians in primary school, the children often had more of a clue than the teachers did. Luckily we went to a fairly enlightened primary school where they would let us use the computers after hometime. |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 86/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| Reckless car drivers. As a pedestrian, cyclist and (former) motorcyclist. It does my head in that the people with the least to lose are the ones taking the biggest risks with the lives of people with the most to lose. Life > smashed windshield >=( |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 87/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| It is absolutely an art. There's a very high degree of subtlety and detail that goes in to the best websites, and it makes me love what I do. One of my favorite sites recently is the Think Vitamin website. It's been plagiarised an awful lot, but this is the original. Carsonified are one of my favorite agencies, and definitely among the top in the UK. Think Vitamin Another I really like is Boagworld. They do an awesome podcast, by the way. Boagworld My absolute favorite in the past year has to be We Bleed Design. It's not one of the best on pure artistic merit, I just love how it works and it's so inspiring. This is the one that I made based on the above: my blog. |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 88/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| Current work desktop. It's a Core 2 Duo 27" iMac, with Sebastian Vettel as a wallpaper. I am so fucking lucky to have it on my desk Desktop from my old job. It's a dual-head resolution desktop image of the Horsehead nebula. All things considered, it was a really nice machine once I got the Ubuntu installation settled. Compared to the XP it came with, Ubuntu is a kickass OS to work with, especially for the LAMP stack. It's narrowly beaten by the Mac on the count of the quality of software tools. |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 89/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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Originally posted by Xkeeper ...Yes, it is. And I've added a Tachikoma to it on my new desk - it's a bit small though. |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 90/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| I hate the GIMP for a few reasons. First is the lack of Wacom tablet support in OS X. The GIMP is ported to the Mac using Mac OS X's implementation of X - X11. X11 doesn't have any support for Wacom tablets, and thus neither does the GIMP. What you're left with is a stalemate where both parties are forever blaming each other, with zero interest on improving the product for the end user. This apathy makes the GIMP on the Mac a depressing experience. Second is the awful usability. As far as I can tell, I can't dynamically resize the size brush that I am using. There are only brush presets. Brush presets are fine for different shapes and textures, but just not flexible enough for brush sizes. I don't know if there is a permanent interface element for this, if there is I've never found it. I'm also disappointed that I can't change the settings for the brush tool while I have an active path - my path is lost if I try it. The window management problem is an irritation. In OS X you can select the X11 dock icon to bring all to the front, but not with the GIMP's icon. You also have to focus on a window before you can interact with it. To come from the canvas to the toolbox, you have to click four times to change tool and begin editing again. Open source software is a good thing. Ubuntu and Open Office shows that open source is indeed rivalling proprietary software, and be a joy to use (especially Ubuntu). However, I don't believe free software is necessarily better. I'm using an illustration app called Pixelmator. It works natively in OS X, it has Wacom support, has many of the illustration functions of Photoshop, is very accessible and usable, and cost me £30. I love it - it might not be free, but it's affordable. I paid the price of a discounted videogame and I get usability, functionality, updates and no need to download a dodgy crack like Photoshop. |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 91/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| Gold for Great Britain! Amy Williams wins Skeleton! Let's face it, we just won the most awesome event  |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 92/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| It's my birthday on the 18th :3 And I'm going on holiday to Cumbria the next day :3 |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 93/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| Chad bought a white Macbook in 2007 for about £600 (this was close to when the Pound = almost $2) after educational discount. It broke in mid 2009, the hard disk drive completely wrecked and out of original warranty, and she has since bought a unibody MacBook Pro. It turns out the other day that Apple announced a repair program for MacBooks of this era, and hers was a prime candidate for a repair. It had been almost a year since we'd used it at this point, and took it to the Apple Store. As we'd expected (we love the Apple Store for this reason), it was indeed repaired. As we had no further use for it at this point, we decided to pop it into Computer Exchange for a trade-in for cash. She got £380 :O. Not exactly the same as finding money on the ground, but that puts the total cost of ownership for an Apple MacBook for us, for almost two years of life, at £220. That's awesome. |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 94/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| I thought I'd chime in here to stop anyone making a Happy Birthday thread, it probably won't get that many replies I went to meet Charlie Boorman last week, who is on tour talking about his around-the-world trips with Ewan McGreggor. I've read both the Long Way books, and I'm a huge fan. I got a signed book and a photo, which I'll try to post up later. Other than that, I'm going to try really hard to get away from work on-time tonight for a meal at an Italian restaurant, and then I'm off to the Lake District on holiday tomorrow for a well earned rest. Jokes from work about wifi connectivity in my holiday lodge were not funny  |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 95/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| Yay kitteh :3 |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 96/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| Thanks, everyone |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 97/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| Thank you |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 98/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| I'm so angry about this. Furious. Our newspapers are used to providing a one-dimensional story but it's unusual for our TV to do it. I mean, this is usually what happens to them if they try - ridicule. C&VG actually found out (thanks to contribution from allies on Twitter) that Julie Peasgood had actually contributed voice acting to a survival horror game. Hypocritical, much? Link |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 99/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| I've lapsed, and started playing World of Warcraft again. The Dungeon Finder is making it stupidly easy to level and find pickup-groups for dungeons, which means I don't even have to quest anymore. I've picked up the Warlock again for a nice-and-easy damage-dealing role - I'm finding that a path-of-least-resistance in WoW is crucial to me playing it without any grief :-\ I've also started playing Half-Life 2 again - a game I lost interest in mainly because of World of Warcraft. There are lots of games that I've bought throughout the lifetime of WoW that I've never finished. Half-Life 2 is the best of them. I'm now about to begin the Anticitizen 1 chapter - further than I've ever gotten before. I also had a game of Super Metroid on the go, but lost interest in it as I couldn't find where my emulator stored save states when I re-installed OS X :-\ It's a shame, as Super Metroid is one of the most enjoyable and supremely challenging games I've ever played. Beating Kraid still makes me say "thank fuck!". |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 100/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| I hope that the the Tories aren't elected to power tomorrow. It's so close it's scary |
| Kas Member Level: 25 Posts: 101/143 EXP: 87803 For next: 1817 Since: 07-28-07 From: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1024 days Last activity: 991 days |
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| So yeah, the Tories got in after all. But the Liberal Democrats, the smaller party in the coalition that I voted for, have got key cabinet positions. Nick Clegg, who I saw give a speech outside Sheffield's City Hall on the eve of the election (where my graduation ceremony was held, and only five minutes walk from my home), should become deputy Prime Minister. I'm a bit disappointed that Vince Cable isn't going to be Chancellor, he is widely held to be the most qualified candidate for the post and far superior than George Osborne. Vince has a PHD in economics and is a university lecturer, whereas George Osborne is a career politician. I'm also disappointed in no offering of proportional representation or single transferable vote - this would have strengthened the Lib Dems in the next election, and produced a much fairer election system. I think this is the best result given the result of the election last Friday. I would've preferred a Liberal / Labour coalition, but the votes were just too stacked against it. The type of people phoning into the BBC's talk radio station today really suggested to me that people simply wouldn't accept it, or have too small a mind to understand it. So yeah, a shit sandwich. But our man's in the cabinet. |
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