Thursday, April 30, 2009

blah blah, not very exciting

Today I read a few pages of book the art of assembly language programming. As I have mentioned before I read a coupe hundred pages of the book, but never finished it.

So today I started reading from the beginning of the book because I desperately want to lean assembly language because I think it's cool knowing machine instructions, also I want to see if I can understand anything about the fpu which I did not understand anything about last time I read the book most of the book.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

I leand about javascipt event handlers

Today I learned about javascipt event handlers: onload, onunload, onresize, and onsubmit. I have no idea what kind of program I want to make for my website, but now I know some javascript event handlers.

I also started reading practical php programming. I have probably written this before, but now that I know basic html, css, and javascript I want to learn php.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Yesterday I won a dove fresh burst beauty bar

Yesterday I won a dove fresh burst beauty bar from the dove dimensions instant win game. Entering instant win games late at night has paid off so far, I have two instant wins this month. After no having won an instant win prize for almost two months.

Monday, April 27, 2009

I want to start making 3d model again

I want to start making 3d models with blender again and posting them on my blog. For the past month or so I have been focusing on learning xhtml, css, javascript, and neglected blender. I read thought some of the blender documentation but, have not made anything with blender for awhile.

I want to learn how to make 3d models as well as learn to program so I need to make something with blender ever few days. Otherwise I'll forget everything I have learned. I need to practice, practice, and practice making models.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Exciting things I did today

Today I learned about a program called crunchy from hacker news. I want to learn python and I think crunchy will be a fun way to do it. I got crunchy set up and tried a few examples to make sure it worked. And it worked. YES!!!

Also today I read some css articles and read the first lesson of about.com's xml class. I have signed up for the xml class two times, but have never finished the first lesson. I have read thought the xhtml class, finished most of the css class, and now it's time to learn some xml, plus I am also reading xml by example so I might as well read though the xml class also.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

A design patterns cours I want to work though

Today hacker news had a link to a design patterns course that I want to work though. I am familiar with the term design patterns, but I have no idea what they are used for or how to create one. So I want to lean more about design patterns. Bring on the design patterns, ye ha.

Friday, April 24, 2009

I learned about the javascipt DOM today

I am working my way through about.com's javascript 101 tutorial. Today I learned about the document object model. I have a better idea of what the DOM is than I used to. Now at least I don't panic when I read an article about it. I can't wait to write some javacripts that use getElementById.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Today I read about a porgram called pokerTH

Today I read a linux magazine article about pokerTH a texas hold'em poker video game. I have no idea how to play texas hold'em or any other type of poker, but I can't wait to play my first game of of texas hold'em.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

I made my first print stylesheet today

I learned some more xhtml, css, and javascript today. As I have mentioned before I've read about.com's css class, but I needed to read the class over again because I forgot what I learned. And so I have been reading the css class for the past week or two.

when I read thought the about.com css class the first time I though I don't need to create a print style sheet so I won't read the articles about making a print style sheet. I also thought making a print style sheet would be hard.

Today I decided to read the articles on print style sheets and I found out that a basic print style sheet is easy to make. It was a blast making my first print style sheet. I can make a print style sheet, ye ya.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The post where I ramble on about nothing

Today I practiced writing some xhtml, css, javascript, and ruby. I hope I can keep my excitement about learning ruby long enough to finish reading The book of ruby. It would be a first for me finishing a computer programming book, usually I read a few chapters of a book and then quit to read a book on another programming language because I think I need to lean every programming language ever created.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Nothing improtant

I read some css and javascript articles today. I think I am getting better at xhtml, css, and javacript so someday I hope to put up my website. After I get done learning the basics of xhtml, css, and javascript I want to learn php and mysql.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

I am reading the book of ruby

A few days ago hacker news had a link to The book of ruby. Here are some reasons I want to learn some ruby: I want to make a video game using ruby game, I want to try ruby shoes, I want to create a ruby on rails application at Heroku Garden, I want to see what kind of programs I can write on twitter in one hundred and twenty words using rubyx. I hope I finish reading the book.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

I got The other end of the line dvd today

Today I received The other end of the line dvd I won on april 10. I can't wait to watch the it.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Today Cnet had an article about Dolnk an

Today cnet had an article about DoInk an online program that lets you create drawings and animations. I want to use DoInk to make some drawings and animations for my blog. I probably won't make anything exciting, but I want to make something anyway.

Also today hacker news had a link to a website that has articles written by Doug Englebart. I hope I get around to reading some of the articles. I'm sure they are great.

In javascript news today I learned for, while, and do while loops. I always remember how to write for and while loops, but I have trouble remembering how to write do while loops. I forget to put a curly brace at the end of the do before the while statement.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

I learned a few xhtml tags today

Today I learned a few xhtml tags. The legend, fieldset, label, and optgoup tags. I've learned about those four elements before, but I always seem to forget about them because I don't practice using them enough. I hope this short blog post helps me remember them.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

I cant contain my excitement

I think I am making some good progress learning javascript. I know how to import an external Script, I remember how to declare a function and return a value from a function, I know how to declare variables, and how to use the javascript alert and confirm functions. Today I learned about javascript objects. I can't wait to make my own javascript classes. Practicing every day helps a lot. Well that ends this enteraining post.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Some tutorials I want to try

Today hacker news had a link to a haskell tutorial I want to do. I took a look at the tutorial and now I am excited about learning some haskell. I have ghc installed on my computer so why not work thought the tutorial.

A few days ago hacker news had a link to a clojure tutorial that I want to work though since I have clojure installed on my computer. I have not written any clojure since I wrote a hello world program to make sure that I installed the clojure compiler correctly.

Bring on the programming tutorials.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Nothing interesting to write about today

I don't have to much to write about today. I think I am getting better at html, css, and javascript. Now I remember how to make tables and frames without having to look it up. I also remember a lot more css than I used to. when I write JavaScript now I can even remember how to declare a function and return a value. Practicing every day seems to have helped me a lot. I still have not made anything interesting though.

Come back here tomorrow for another exciting post.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

An unexciting post about javascipt

I don't know what to write about today, but I'll start writing anyway. Today I practiced writing javascript. I think if I get good enough at programming in javascript I want to write small games for my website using a javascript framework.

I also want to make pop up windows and validate forms using javascript. I have made a pop up window, but I have never validated a form using javascript. In short I want to learn javascript and remember what I learned.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

I want to write fiction

Yesterday I was thinking about either writing fiction on this blog or starting a new blog where I only write fiction. I have never written fiction before so it probably would be horrible, but no one will read it anyway so why not do it. I think I'll do it.

Friday, April 10, 2009

I've had two sweepstakes wins in two days

Last night I won a $10 gift card from the century 21 path to your dreams instant win game. The congratulations screen said I would get an email, but I have not received one yet. My fist instant win since February 10, Yay!!!

Then today I got an email saying I won The other end of the line on DVD. I can't wait to watch the movie. Yay!! I hope the wins keep coming.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

I installed BLR-CAD on my computer

A day or two ago I say a link to a program called BRL-CAD on hacker news. I thought wow a free CAD program, yes now I can use a CAD program. I have no idea what I want to use the program for. I am not even sure what I can make with a CAD program. But I can't resist a free program.

I hope someday I will get around to making at lest on thing with BRL-CAD.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Today a short post about three favorite movies

Today I'll write a little bit about about three of my favorite movies back to the future 1, 2 and 3. I need something to post so I am writing about back to the future.

I loved the Delorean in the back to the future movies. The flying Delorean in back to the future 2 was awsome. The idea of having a vehicle that drives on land and flies in the air is amazing. I'd be like james bond.

Another thing that I liked about the back to the future movies was the time travel. The idea of being able to time travel is fascinating to me. I am not sure where I would want to travel to if time travel were real, maybe to ancient rome, or palo alto research center in the 1970's.

That's something I never thought of doing if I could time travel I could go to great moments in computer history or travel back in time to meet some famous person involved with computers. One person I would want to travel back in time to meet is John Von Newman. To bad I can't travel back in time.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

babbling on about making a website

I want to put up a website now more then I ever have in the past even though I still have no idea what type of website I want to create other than to make a personal website, or a blog. I suppose putting up those kinds of websites would be fine, but I already have a blog and my personal life is not that interesting. So I hope I can come up with some different ideas. If I can learn how to design programs and learn some php maybe I can make an interesting site, I don't now.

A few posts ago I wrote about not caring about any of the goals I wrote down. Well I still want to learn xhtml, css, javascript, php, python, blender, gimp, xml, so I can put up a website and make some animations. Maybe I was to hasty in saying I did not care about the goals I set for myself. I'll be back here writing tomorrow.

Monday, April 6, 2009

I got the dvd I won on march 31

Today I received the Out at the wedding DVD I won on march 31. Yes!! I can't think of anything else to write so I'm done for today.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Some day I want to make music

Today I installed LMMS -Linux MultiMedia Studio a program I read about on about.com Linux on my computer. When I first read about LMMS on about.com Linux I thought wow I can use the program to make music for blender animations. I know there are websites where I can get sounds for animations, but I want to make some of my own sounds. Creating sounds for a website would be great also.

I don't know if I will ever be able to make anything with LIMMS, but I will try.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Continued from yesterday

Continuing from yesterday when I talked about the excitement of installing a new compiler on my computer. A few weeks ago I went to the open directory website and found a link to a PDF called Lua - First steps in programming. I had a blast doing the examples in the PDF, it felt great. I love try out new programming languages.

Also with lua I want to make a game using Love which I got from hacker news. I'm writing this paragraph to remind myself.

Continuing from the first paragraph maybe instead of limiting myself I should just try whatever programming languages I want to. I like that idea. Maybe I will be able to make a useful program maybe I won't, but as long as I have fun it does not mater.

Friday, April 3, 2009

More sensless talk

Continuing from yesterday when I talked about trying a bunch of programming languages and not mastering any of them. One reason I do that is because I read about other people who know a couple of languages and think I should know a bunch of them also.

Another reason is, to me experimenting with new languages is fun. There is nothing like the feeling I get when I write my first hello world program in a language I have never used before, but I get frustrated that I don't know any language that well. I need to realize it's OK if I am not fluent in ten or more programming languages. I can't learn every programming language I want to, darn. That all for today see you tomorrow.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Not much to write today

As I have said on this blog before I want to become a programmer who makes a program that does something useful. One reason I have not achieved this goal is that I keep trying a bunch of different programming languages and not mastering any of them.

I think if I had stuck to one programming language and learned it instead of trying a bunch of different languages I might be able to make a small program by now. Instead I keep switching programming languages, So all I end up doing is learning a little bit about each language and not mastering it.

So I want to try and stick to one or two programming languages and learn them. I can always switch later if I don't like the languages I pick.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

I am closing my poll - how many sweepstakes do you

I am closing my poll - How many sweepstakes do you enter daily? Before I get to the results I would like to thank everyone for the overwhelming response, three votes. That's three more votes then I thought the poll would ever get. Now on to the results:

I don't enter sweepstakes got two votes, zero to one hundred got no votes, one hundred to two hundred also got no votes, two hundred to three hundred got one vote, three hundred fifty to four hundred got no votes, and four hundred plus got no votes.

Thanks for voting.