Chris Clarke's Tumblelog

Attending an virtualbox webinar on June 3, I think - I need to work out the timezone thing.

May 30th

Considering once the code is cleaned up, eventually releasing the software behind Muse’s...

May 30th

hmm, 1am June 4 = excellent

May 30th

I’m hungry. One hour to till I can ask for tea!

May 30th

Finally located the Page format/size option. Its under Format-> Page -> Page. Why...

May 29th

Google Wave is interesting and looks like a great product, but I can’t see it replacing email...

May 29th

How does one change the paper size in an existing document in OpenOffice.org 3.0 writer? #openoffice...

May 29th

How do I change the paper size in OpenOfffice Writer? It’s not where I would expect. :(

May 29th

Reposting that since I really need an answer. A4 is destroying my images :(

May 29th

Been listening to this great talk about Git from Linus Torvalds -http://bit.ly/QYe0W

May 28th

FluxBB 1.4 Beta 1 released - http://bit.ly/rj8IO

May 28th

Uncapped! Woo!

May 28th

Unfourtunately, I have no time to use it.

May 28th

Going to get some sleep, back in about 8 hours. Hopefully.

May 28th

I know I said this last time, but next term (starts Monday), I really need to develop a schedule and...

May 28th

Gah, I need access to an article and the journal decides to have maintainence. :(

May 27th

WordPress Plugins for Web Fic Authors [Requests?]? http://bit.ly/ee1jD

May 27th

Generally, the PC idles around 32c, so its a big jump. This is without a case fan.

May 27th

Some interesting jobs on Whirlpool that I meet all the requirements for but nothing close enough to...

May 27th

By overheat, I don’t mean it was shutting down or anything, but it was reaching 70c, which is...

May 27th

RT @justbecos: 500 Watercolor Brushes for Photoshop. most are free. each set links to great design...

May 27th

I really want to buy some DVDs, but it might a good idea to fix the heat issue with the PC instead....

May 27th

For those that did not see Tweets before deletion, I was having my PC overheat during: virus scan,...

May 27th

Use PHP functions in JavaScript - http://phpjs.org/functions/index

May 27th

Anyone else having thumbnails not displaying on listing pages on Muse’s Success or is it just...

May 27th

Was about to start looking for a flowchart application. Then I realised I had OpenOffice Draw, and...

May 25th

Successful jailbreak. iTunes is now restoring my settings and music.

May 25th

RT @justbecos: Taking the Guesswork Out of Design. Goals, page organisation, page layout,...

May 25th

I’m working on assignments. I’m cutting it close. I need to stop doing my assignments in...

May 25th

My jailbreak tweet has been retweeted by hashlinux, hashmac, and hashubu. Apple is going to love me.

May 25th

Seeems QuickPwn doesn’t support Touch 2G. Trying QuickFreedom.

May 25th

SNES on the iPod Touch- not such a great experience. Buttons are fine, but the directional pad just...

May 25th

I was just hit by my first Vista blue screen of death. :(

May 25th

I managed to SSH into the iPod finally. :)

May 25th

RT @IronMan1176: Universal Warrior: Uprising Chapter 23: The Nexus now LIVE!!! http://bit.ly/QW7kz...

May 25th

damn ssh is timing out :(

May 25th

Surprised to see it copying my songs, and applications to the Touch after it took ages to restore...

May 25th

Tempreture now appears normal in EasyTune5.

May 24th

Backing up assignments to SD Card, and then going to back the anime up over the network. Preparing...

May 24th

Run memtest and the PC did the beeping aswell. The bios indicated the heat was above normal, but not...

May 24th

Workstation sized case, and the desk is designed for the smaller cases, more mATX

May 24th

Finished scan without reaching 70c, but it came really close,within 1 degree.

May 24th

I know my case is way to big for the desk its in, bu I’m not sure where else to put it :(

May 24th

Problem may be airflow - I gave the PC a few more centremetres (and less on other) on oe side andth...

May 24th

Anime backup complete - 31GB in just over an hour on a 100mbit ethernet network. Averaged around...

May 24th

…an AV scan, video encode (okay I get this one), or memory test does. The AV scan &...

May 24th

I might just need some thermal paste on my processor, but I dont get how I can play 2 or more HD...

May 24th

Scheduled scan has started - will my PC beep its arse off today?

May 24th

I used to love Arial, but now I think it as a font is ugly. What happened?

May 24th

The Scourge of Arial - http://www.ms-studio.com/articles.html

May 24th

Kind of interesting, a lot of the stimulus created jobs - house building and such - are probably...

May 24th

its back to a comfortable 34c now

May 24th

So suggestions on a Japanese Dictionary, SRS, and referencing/citation (not zotero) would be...

May 24th

Headache. Another day of assignments. Listening to tWiL. Linux switch factor in June, likely.

May 24th

Fell asleep after I found myself on bed looking for the USB key, didn’t find it, still worried...

May 23rd

Gah, now I can’t find my USB flash drive

May 23rd

or actually I can’t say its the HD, but I narrowed it down since I can ever decode HD video in...

May 23rd

…so something may be going wrong with the hard disc.

May 23rd

Other then heat & virus found, could sudden beeping on HD during virus scan, indicate HD is...

May 23rd

The water article on wikipedia makes it seem like I should be dead.

May 23rd

turning the PC off and going to run spinrite. my PC is making the overheating sound during the...

May 23rd

Getting ready for another day of study…. Thats the plan.

May 23rd

The water article on wikipedia makes it seem like I should be dead.

May 23rd

RT @IronMan1176: New Blog for Universal Warrior: Donate, it goes to a good cause. PLEASE RT!!...

May 23rd

This is strange. No Twitter updates from anyone in the last two hours.

May 23rd

I’m killing my electronics today. First I knock my laptop from the stool I had it on to the...

May 23rd

Both survived the experience, luckily it was a relatively short height to the floor.

May 23rd

We have web fiction and serials, would there be an audience for writing a non-fiction book using the...

May 23rd

I can’t believe I neglected something important after pointing it out in my last report. HELP!...

May 23rd

Koyomi = japanese, meaning calender or almanac? suitable for a general use blog service? suggestions...

May 23rd

and I’m so tired and capped - Haruhi wait was worth it.

May 22nd

I’m reminded of Natsumi Yanase when listening to Yūko Gotō playing Mikuru in Haruhi S2.

May 22nd

RT @strombri: We do not remember days, we remember moments….Cesare Pavese

May 22nd

The new season of Haruhi has officially began. I’m so happy that I’ll let myself get...

May 22nd

I already know PHP. I want to start Python next month. Any good resources for learning Python that...

May 21st

There are no miracles in this world. There is only unexpected and inevitable things, and human made...

May 20th

My kitty seems to have decided I look delicious lately. Keeps wanting to bite me every time I pat...

May 20th

Ow, 500mb left till the 27th. I better cut the anime tap off.

May 20th

do I have to study or can I just play the PS2/DS/iTouch/GameCube instead?

May 20th

New Blog Post! K-ON! Figma Girls and Draw with Me - http://bit.ly/xlKVq

May 20th

RT @justbecos: 8 Layout Solutions To Improve Your Designs http://ow.ly/7ZxE

May 20th

Found a series called Nightschool, the wikipedia article makes it sound like a Vampire Knight...

May 20th

I’m all inspired but I really can’t afford to do anything with that inspiration - damn...

May 20th

I went Months without real crashing, and now both Windows installs are crashing, and at...

May 19th

but its not automatic membership or anything

May 19th

I think is crash tuesday. Both Firefox, OpenOffice, froze. :(

May 19th

If another program crashes for me today, I’ll attempt the Linux switch again next month.

May 19th

Had a look some NAS, most are more expensive ($250+) then my PC was new. ($350)

May 19th

Windows seems stable again after a restart. I wonder what happened.

May 19th

Interesting thought: My warranty for the PC technically ran out in April.

May 19th

oh this isn’t funny. now Chrome crashed

May 19th

Subs for Tsubasa Shunraki part 2 is out.

May 19th

Gah, now the heating alarm on the PC went for a few seconds.

May 19th

*scans whole computer*

May 19th

Crashes this week: Firefox, Chrome, OpenOffice Crashes last week: Dell Web cam Center (on laptop),...

May 19th

Madison made cookies, yummy :) Also wants Pizza, but having chops for the first time in ages

May 18th

It has sites like IMDB, as sources, so I would expect similer data to what I get if I enter Pokemon

May 18th

Hehe it could’ve done my Maths homework

May 18th

I searched for the anime 5 Centermeters per Second on Wolfram Alpha, it confused!

May 18th

Even telling it, its an anime,didnt help

May 18th

Beautiful, sad, 3 min vid - http://bit.ly/zVL5L

May 18th

RT @ajatt: Let it be known throughout the land that romaji is, in fact, the devil.

May 18th

RT @dannychoo: Tokyo Photo Walk 1 http://bit.ly/PiddR #dccom

May 18th

I know bigger tablet wont improve art, but it would help doing small details or even grass. The...

May 17th

Reading the Usability classes outline, massively messed up the previous assignment. gah

May 17th

Was drawing in Opencanvas wondering why the airbrush wasn’t working properly… was using...

May 17th

Not sure if I want to finish this or not. Does the grass look like grass or just a bunch of random...

May 17th

First Katakana lesson fnished… time for anime, and sleep now. good night

May 17th

starting my katakana, four days late… but im starting

May 17th

Using a wacom tablet over a network like using a mouse over the network using synergy? is this...

May 17th

..or should I say any month other then Febuary, May, August, or November.

May 17th

It seems completely different then my last read through and its the same file :(

May 17th

Lots of sites are going down and up lately. :(

May 16th

Now, WIikipedia appears down for me. Is Telstra having problems? or is this happening everywhere? It...

May 16th

Do any of these domain companies mailing me really expect me to switch to them if they want to...

May 14th

Have encoding happening the laptop… it makes the bottom of my desk warm

May 14th

Gah, I swear it was earlier but now tis nearly 6pm. Where did the time go?

May 14th

I wonder what the quality will turn out likle

May 13th

Going from 61GB to 393MB for a 2h13m video, and absolutely no loss in quality is noticible. Infact,...

May 13th

…and thats with 61GB’s all at once

May 13th

Chicks on Anime - Background Art Interview with Romain Barriaux / Basquash! http://bit.ly/ltCyh

May 13th

OK, it seems to be doing something as I have a file increasing in size, but the percent isn’t...

May 13th

If I don’t post a message saying I started on Katakana tomorrow, someone slap me.

May 13th

OK, ditched HandBrake and used Windows Movie Maker… a much more acceptable 30 minutes

May 13th

I’m loving Synergy, so that I don’t have to take my hands away from the desktops...

May 13th

If theres anything wrong with using both my laptop and desktop at once, its that the best position...

May 13th

GuidetoJapanese grammar is easier to follow now I’ve got Hiragana down mostly. I’m still...

May 12th

encoding 61GB’s of video is not fun

May 12th

now encoding is taking ages, its been at 0.00% for about 10 minutes..

May 12th

…least I can submit it after this

May 12th

Finally got Dad in again to record and the screen recording program crashed again. 3 crashes, 2...

May 12th

Finally got Dad to do usability testing (its taken me over a week to get him in room), and...

May 12th

This is just what I needed. Entire day without access to any electricity or the web. Why do they...

May 12th

Gah, he’s trying to put it off again, and tomorrow is really too late if I want to pass it....

May 12th

So tired. :(

May 9th

RT @dannychoo: Internet searches stimulate brain more than books http://tinyurl.com/6cntmp

May 6th

I like Foxit reader but it crashes Firefox. I might change to the offficial Reader if this is going...

May 6th

Enrolled in Dynamic Environments and Intro to IT.

May 6th

oh I referring to episode 4 of 6 :)

May 5th

Don’t need PC access for exams at RMIT. Enrolling in a unit. Introduction to IT… damn...

May 5th

RT @gcfic: 7 Days in November, Part 19 is now live: http://tr.im/kqOq

May 5th

K-ON! Don’t Say Lazy 8-Bit http://tinyurl.com/dakb4t (Awesome!)

May 5th

Eve no Jikan / Time of Eve is out! This is awesome! *watches*

May 5th

3 more lessons, then Katakana! … and Kanji via Heisig

May 4th

RT @dannychoo: http://tinyurl.com/cqfpx9 Love Japanese commercials? You will like this one.

May 4th

Half way through the Hiragana learning (some re) lessons. Now to take a break with …...

May 4th

Writing ni as ta, damnit.

May 4th

Was forcing hiragana into me with SRS. Mistake. Sat down & did Lesson 1 of Remembering the Kana....

May 4th

I think I read about studying or think about studying more then I actually study. I need to change...

May 4th

My Windows Vista install is now in Japanese. Such a shock!

May 3rd

New Blog Post! Total Immersion http://tinyurl.com/c96gtf (regards my learning Japanese)

May 3rd

Zombie swine flu: After passing away early this morning, he rose from the dead and lunged at his...

May 3rd

Any1 know of any strategies to rid ourselfs of thoughts like “I’m so going to fail at...

May 3rd

Assignmenting……….. :(

May 2nd

That quote was from Khatzumoto - http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/

May 2nd

You can … do ANYTHING. Its not .. something the nice teacher at school told you; it’s the...

May 2nd

IE8 has a bug - it makes my DVD RW drive a CD Drive, and all folders open in new windows despite...

May 2nd

I feel both hot and cold. I’m getting sick. I have assignments. I can’t afford to get...

May 1st

Asura Cryin’ is getting really good. Particulary interested in this demon/akuma - human...

May 1st