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Posted on 09-12-10 02:50:02 AM


	Not really. Save for writing. I think I've gotten better over time by writing and posting on my own. I'm trying to learn guitar, but that's going no where fast. ____________________

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Posted on 09-12-10 02:51:45 AM

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Programming

I found a book on how to program the Commodore 64 when I was 8 years old. I'm not good with modern programming, however.

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Posted on 09-12-10 02:54:15 AM (last edited by Anya at 09-11-10 11:54 PM)

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	Oh wait....durr, I can cook. Never went to culinary school and I've had/have a job as a cook. ____________________

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Posted on 09-12-10 02:55:19 AM

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Nobody's ever done a foxgirl, to my knowledge. And Disgaea's awesome, so... yeah.

Learning how to navigate software well, and QBasic.

Nothing else really much.

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Posted on 09-12-10 03:40:37 AM

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Mainly, all of my computer knowledge, gaming skills, and cooking, but frankly, I try to learn something new everyday. It's just that a lot of that stuff I've also had some schooling or outside help in so it probably doesn't count.

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Posted on 09-12-10 06:39:47 AM

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I taught myself how to use Blender and TT64, which I'm proud of

I also taught myself how to use other game/level building software like Super Mario Bros. X and Unreal Editor. While I don't know any programming language, I can take bits of HTML and USUALLY get it to work

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Posted on 09-12-10 08:10:26 AM

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lots of little things, mostly related to the theory and practice of music--I did have formal piano training for a good 8 or so years which helped (I've been playing 11+) but past that I'm entirely self-taught on the guitar, bass, and even singing (although I have begun to take lessons on the later merely to improve my technique, something I wasn't able to properly develop on my own)

oh yeah, and as far as rom hacking goes these days I mostly just figure things out myself using documentation and a bit of experimenting.

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Posted on 09-12-10 08:55:58 AM

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I learned how to tie my shoes when I was four by watching everyone around me. The first time I did it without completely mangling my shoelace took me the better half of 10 minutes. And today I don't even tie my shoes. I tie them once when I buy them, then slip them on and off when needed.

I also taught myself how to cook, since nobody else in the family knew how when my mom was hospitalized for about a week.

Others include programming (really badly), drawing (also very badly), as well as motherhood skills I've developed over the last 6 or 7 months.

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Posted on 09-12-10 09:10:22 AM

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Originally posted by Katelynn
I tie them once when I buy them, then slip them on and off when needed.

Wow, someone else does this? I thought I was alone.

(Though occasionally I have to re-tie them; the knot slips.)

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Posted on 09-12-10 09:32:12 AM (last edited by Sanky at 09-12-10 06:37 AM)

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A lot of programming stuff. I got a kick-start with a C class when I was younger and have been programming since. While I do visit a programming class at school currently, I'm mostly ahead a lot, so it's more like free good marks.

ROM Hacking also. Started by downloading TLP and a few game-specific tools and doing crap. I still need to learn ASM though, badly.

Originally posted by Xkeeper
Originally posted by Katelynn
I tie them once when I buy them, then slip them on and off when needed.

Wow, someone else does this? I thought I was alone.

I do this too. Why bother ?

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Posted on 09-12-10 09:33:45 AM

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I taught myself ~~how to fart~~ how to play guitar. By play guitar, I mean just strum the strings like there's no tomarrow. The result: a little song I like to call Funky Chicken.

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Posted on 09-12-10 09:57:22 AM

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Originally posted by Sanky
Originally posted by Xkeeper
Originally posted by Katelynn
I tie them once when I buy them, then slip them on and off when needed.

Wow, someone else does this? I thought I was alone.

I do this too. Why bother ?

Yay! I'm not the only lazy person who does this

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Posted on 09-12-10 12:13:37 PM

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Originally posted by Zero One
Originally posted by Sanky
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I do this too. Why bother ?

Yay! I'm not the only lazy person who does this

This makes five. You know, inc. me, that is.
Sometimes I re-tie them, but that's because the ties don't seem to stay exactly right and/or I suck at getting the ties permanently on.

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Posted on 09-12-10 12:14:45 PM

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	Originally posted by Katelynn I don't even tie my shoes. I tie them once when I buy them, then slip them on and off when needed. My husband does this. ____________________

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Posted on 09-12-10 05:08:26 PM

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I dropped out of college quite early because of lack of interest. At the time I was still attending college, the only IT related education here in Holland was a very general system administration related one. Nothing related to programming / software- and/or web development which was what I was really interested in.

I've been a professional web developer for years now, last 3 years even as a project leader. I started out with simple PHP and sloppy HTML way back, around 2000 or so. Up to date I have experience with pretty much all techniques necessary to make a decent website / application, and I can work in many programming languages. The only thing I have actual certification for, is ASP.NET 3.5.

For the rest, I'm great at cooking. I started with simple spaghetti when I was 12 years old. Nowadays I can cook pretty much everything.

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Posted on 09-12-10 05:46:51 PM

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I can't remember when I last wore shoes that tie, actually

I wear flip-flops and sandals a lot when it's warmer.

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Posted on 09-12-10 08:01:49 PM

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Self-taught skills? Drawing, most definitely. Playing Piano and Guitar are partially self-taught (had a piano teacher for about 7-8 years, and a guitar teacher for about 3.) Tin Whistle though is completely self-taught.

I've also taught myself (X)HTML and CSS, as well as Photoshop and Illustrator. And maybe some audio and video editing as well.

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Posted on 09-12-10 09:15:12 PM

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Originally posted by Katelynn
I tie them once when I buy them, then slip them on and off when needed.

Yep, I do this, too. I guess it's not too uncommon. I've always been really sluggish with tying shoe knots and stuff. Fingers are just a bit sluggish when I'm trying to coordinate something that's not muscle memory, though I suppose that's usual.

Anyway, as for things I've taught myself, I guess most of what I learn from computers I've discovered through experimentation or research, but I've asked people for information on things. Same with programming, though I'm not particularly good at it.

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