Having a Good Laugh on the Internet

Where can you get a good laugh on the Internet? All I've been doing these few days is reading a few sites where you can find good, hilarious things to read. Here are those among my favourites (in no particular order):

Things People Said Things People Said just lists all the crazy things people say or write in every day normal things. I believe most of them are real and actually did happen.

Computer Stupidities Computer Stupidities lists tech support calls and events that are sure to outstrip your worst experience. That is, unless you are actually in one of them. Of course, we have crazy computer things too!

The Best Page in the Universe Whether or not this is the best page in the universe has yet to be proven, but he gives his own interpretation of things people make noise about in the real world, reviews some services and stuff in his own unique way which is sure to interest you. Some things are not funny or entertaining, but what the feedback hedecides to display publicly most definitely is.

kennysia.com Well, this is Kenny Sia's blog. He shows you what funny things happen in his life and sometimes purely insights into his own life. He also shares his view on the light side of things and shows off his photographing and photoshopping skills to great hilarity.

bash.org bash.org is a legendary archive of entertaining quotes from IRC chats. 'nuff said.

Darwin Awards Some of you have seen the book. Some of you have seen them happening. This lists some real stories and some urban legends of how 'clever' some members of the human race are. Be prepared.

cockeyed cockeyed is like Mythbusters. They try what you won't try yourself and don't have the time to try yourself, and document every bit of it. The result is obviously very entertaining.

Note: If your site is listed and you wish to have it removed, comment and tell me. If any of the links don't work, comment and tell me also. :D If you have anything to add, tell me, I'll happily laugh over a new site. XD

Wordpress 2.02 Installed

I've just installed WP 2.02. Some of you might have seen the accident caused by my useless FTP client. I'm still fixing it. Be patient. Report any errors you see in the shoutbox, and I will get down to it ASAP. I haven't blogged much because I've been planning out changing the main character for my story, so expect a new Story post soon! :D

If you haven't noticed already, http://cfgt.net/v1 has been removed. I've found it to not do what I wanted it to do, and I wasn't doing enough to keep it around. I'll put it on hold until I find what I want to do with the main domain of cfgt.net. :D

Installing Software

Don't be fooled if someone tells you it's easier to install software on a certain platform. It can be a huge misconception. The general consensus is that installing software on Windows is usually the most complex. This is probably because practically every piece of decent software needs an installation wizard of some kind. However, this approach is actually among the easiest. The user downloads the software and runs the setup file. After a while, every thing magically appears where it should.

Installing software on a Mac is actually complex, although most of the time it is either a wizard or a drag-and-drop operation. This drag-and-drop part makes it easier than Windows, but when it comes to removal, there might be a lot more work later on..

Installing software on Linux depends. If there is a ready binary, you will probably have no problem. If there isn't, well it will be slightly more complex than Windows and Mac, depending on whether you have the dependencies needed. But then again, what would a Windows user do with source files? :D (assuming they don't have a compiler, that is, how many Windows users actually have compilers installed?)

Bored in Lectures

If I'm not wrong, learning usually means you're going to see and learn about new things. Learning about new things is loads of fun. I learned the basics of UNIX computing on my Mac last week after I found out I needed to compile some program from scratch so it would work. Before that, I learned from my friend that I would be using UNIX for Introduction to Programming, so I thought it wouldn't be too bad. What I later found out was that the UNIX server didn't really support my xterminal, which was described "xterm-color" (I'm sure all I have to do is change it, but I'm too lazy), which I'm sure is not very common. As a result, I'll probably be doing a lot of work at home, uploading and then testing it online before submitting it.

I went to Maths A to find my lecturer teaching what must have been elementary school maths to most of us in the class. For god's sake, we're in Maths A Advanced! Not Maths A Standard or Quantitative Methods! We had to get good results to even enrol in Maths A Advanced, not allow you to ramble on about things we already know!

Then, we have this subject called Scientific Programming and Simulation. It's fun because you learn something new here. A new language called R, which is supposedly a derivative of S-plus. It was pretty good, until you discover R is just a programmable calculator that runs on your computer and receives text input. Real fun, I might add.

I'm probably going to be bored for quite a while until projects and assignments come in, which is hopefully next week. I'm gonna stop here and go back to watching some obscure MPEG file. :D

Ten Days at Arrow on Swanston

I've heard loads of complaints about this place. This place called Arrow on Swanston. Some people have numerous stories to tell about this place. Among them, how horrible the service at reception can be. How cramped this place is. How expensive this place is. Despite hearing all this, I decided to come here and try it out anyway. I believe I need to go through this sort of ritual and see what it was like. In my first ten days here, I've found that I wouldn't mind spending a day in here. It's pretty cosy sure, but heck, I could sleep and laze around all day in this apartment. I've got a nice roommate too. The biggest problem I've found is that I've got a lot of adjusting to do here. The learning culture here is very different from Malaysia. I like the learning culture here, but it's going to take some getting used to before I can contribute as much as the locals here to tutorials and everything.

I've also realised that I shouldn't take any subject I got again. Ever. I went to an Introductory Microeconomics tutorial as part of my orientation. A billion things were coursing through my head and answers were popping up like magic. I was already well on my way. Only problem was, in my mind were also why the scope was so narrow. It was then it hit me I couldn't possibly ever do this class again. Sure, my assignments would probably be superb, like those I did for my diploma, which could pretty much even surprise lecturers, but I couldn't possible sit through lectures like that. I would die laughing in the class. Intermediate would probably be more to my taste now.

Today, I went to have a look at the Management class. I was intrigued since the lecturer was really selling his subject well. Unlike my previous Management lecturer in HELP UC, he could hold my attention. He was creating interest in what is essentially a very dry subject. I have nothing but praise for him. I'm pretty sure not all lecturers are like who I saw these few days, but if the lecturers and tutors are about this level (or slightly lower), learning here will be fun, regardless how hard the subject is! Assignments will probably be less fun since they'll probably be expected to be much higher quality - but I'll learn quickly. With all the resources in the uni, I shouldn't have too much of trouble. :D