After the initial flush of excitement it's a little hard to write here in earnest. There are some things I have planned, such as a breakdown of the Federal budget and why neither party nor the Libertarians are right in my opinion, but I'd like it to be more than that ( Read more... )

I went back to the beginning of this journal and read everything. It didn't take as long as I thought it might. It was interesting to see the different phases, the things that were tried and abandoned, the things that ran their course and the things that have always been a part of it ( Read more... )

I was commenting on a friend's LJ here and I realised something. I checked, and today is exactly 10 years since I created this journal. Here's where it all begins: http://grahamwest.livejournal.com/2002/07/11/Read more... )

I wrote my first Objective-C class a few days ago. It's interesting comparing it to C++. They decided not to make any new keywords so it's all new syntax instead and that's awkward to get used to at first. The difference between static and non-static methods is especially awkward, just using a plus or minus respectively before the method's return ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, Monday 25th October, is the 11th anniversary of Williams shutting down its pinball division - that was also a Monday. I remember it every year but this year is especially poignant for me because I recently went through a very similar situation ( Read more... )

I just sang for six hours basically non-stop. I started at about 7pm and eighty four songs later I've finished the endless setlist in Rock Band 2. I hoped I'd get at least 350 stars (out of 420) and I got 352, so I am happy. I don't think I'll be doing that again any time soon, or on any other instrument for that matter.

The fire alarm turned out to be a false alarm, everything is safe ( Read more... )