Well, the HSC is finally over. Now I just need to go back to school to sign out (and purchase a 200GB IDE drive for $23. ). I should be providing some details of what’s been happening, so I’ll start with the exams.

HSC Exams

Well, they’re over. I don’t want to go into much detail, so here’s a brief overview of my thoughts on the exams:

• English Paper 1 – Moderately annoying
• Information Processes & Technology – Easy
• English Advanced paper 2 – Annoying
• Mathematics Advanced – Mostly annoying
• Software Design & Development – Easy, though I know I missed at least one simple mark due to an error.
• Information Technology – Easy

Lennox Head

Well, for schoolies some friends and I went up to Lennox Head, about 30 mins south of Byron Bay. There were six of us going, taking two cars. Our group left soon after my last exam, and we just happened to get stuck in traffic between Korora and Moonee Beach for an hour. Great fun. So, what should have been a 3.5 hour trip ended up being 5 hours. At least we had a good chance to listen to power metal (including some laughing at DragonForce) along the way (my music was supreme =D ), and some of Peter’s misc good-feeling music. Also, we can’t forget Sam’s spectacular iPod, broken in half and held together by sticky tape.

So, to briefly describe what we did up there, it involved drinking; watching Black Books, Cowboy Bebop, Hellsing, Big Trouble Little China and The Goonies (Thanks to Crowley I actually liked it.); playing Xbox/360; going out to Mexican, which was awesome (and included chilli beer); and going to the beach.

Anyway, ’twas great fun.

Nothing

Since then, I’ve been doing pretty much nothing mostly. Watching anime (Gundam 00, Azumanaga Daioh, Cardcaptor Sakura again), watching Cool Runnings, playing some games (Crysis WARHEAD, Modern Warfare 2, Assassin’s Creed and Plants vs Zombies), swimming a bit, and working on applying for a job. I plan on applying to a few computer repair places, a web design business, as well as K-Mart, Target, Big W, Dick Smith Electronics and Tandy.

That’s basically it for me, I’ve also decided o start using a few more Google apps. I’ve just started using Google Reader, and I’m liking it so far. I needed a decent RSS reader. I’ve also just downloaded a pre-rlease version of ChromeOS, so I’m going to test that out from a USB stick tomorrow.

So, now that I’ve finished school I’ll be able to do a few things, like continue to work on my blog theme, possibly convert to a new database app, although finding a decent RAD app other than Access is hard, and start working on IPTBB again.

That’s it for now, I’m off to drink some Mountain Dew at 2am.

Hey there, it’s been a little while. Not quite as long this time. I’m improving.

As the title suggests, I’m considering using Windows Vista. I’m using XP Pro SP3 right now, while dual booting Vista x64 Ultimate. With a Q6000 and 2GB of RAM, it seems pretty good, and fast. I’m considering making it my main OS, but I’m not really sure. I want see how some games run, namely Crysis. I kinda like playing it on High, but I want to try it with DX10, and 64-bit. The way I’m thinking currently, is waiting to get another 4gig of RAM (6GB =D ) before switching to Vista permanently. RAM is a lot cheaper now. 6GB of 800MHz will be more than enough for me. I also need some time to get used to the interface, and layout of files, menus and such as well, before I switch over permanently. I’ll still keep my other XP install, but somewhere else probably.

How do you feel about Vista? Should I switch now with 2GB ram, or wait till I get 6GB? Should I switch over permanently, or other there some really bad features I need to watch out for? I haven’t used it enough to know really, just installed it a fair few times, and learned a few things about it.

The other thing… I’m dying. Dying from LACK OF MOUNTAIN DEW! I recently found out that there are about 5 or 6 different kinds of Mountain Dew in the US, that never made it to Australia. I’m not too worried about some of them, but there are some that would be great to try. The three new ones, Supernova, Recharge and Voltage would be nice, but there’s another one in particular I need. Mountain Dew MDX.

Mountain Dew MDX is what I need. It’s an energy drink (not that they ever have any effect on me at all), that tastes exactly the same as regular Mountain Dew. Why would I get it if it tastes exactly the same and the energy has no effect on me? It’s the thought that counts, I may as well try it just in case. I love taking two and a half litres of Mountain Dew to LANs, to consume in one night. I usually get kinda dead in the last few hours. That’s where MDX might help. It could give me some amount of energy, or at least make me think I’m getting more energy. You’d be amazed how powerful the mind is. While doing this, it would also please my tastebuds as I enjoy the taste of MD. I’ve had other energy drinks that do nothing, and often taste horrible. There are even other MD ones that apparently don’t taste good at all. That’s why MDX is special. It tastes exactly the same as the regular MD.

Well, that’d be it really. I’ll be going to a LAN in a few weeks time, after my exams. Oh yeah, I have exams for the next two weeks, starting Monday. English will be horrible. I have one exam every day forthe first week, then just one Physics exam on Thrusday in the second week. I’ll be glad to get them all done.

That’s all. Ciao.