Long time since an update.
I mean im sure my legions of faithful readers have been wondering where my updates are, lol.
Anyway, that operation \/ Went fine.
Will advise/update properly later.
heh
EDIT:
Anyway - Yeah, was all good, but one day I'm gunna need a knee replacement. Plenty enough long term damage that will degenerate with time.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Surgery today
gotta have the broken cartliage removed from my knee... fun. Hope it goes okay.
Finally feeling like things are improving after extensive physio etc... only the physio was to make it all strong enough to handle the surgery. heh.
Livy's surgery went well. She woke up alright but was sore and tired, then had a few hours nap, then when woke up was almost bouncing off the walls :-) was great. Sore throat and all for a few days, but overall and great recovery.
Mikey has been sick as a dog with the flu tho, poor baby. Had a really high fever. Mostly okay now, thougha bit of a cough and a lotta runny nose.
:-)
Finally got to play Operation Acorn map on POE 2 with a nice big almost full amount of players on the tactical gamer servers. Looks good, if a smidgeon dark and the description/briefing text is missing. But oh well. Was nice to play a map i made with over 50 people on it. :-)
Even if i did score miserably, lol.
Anyone has BF2? Be sure to get point of existence 2 ver 1.7 @ www.pointofexistence.com
Also the new release of the Project Reality mod is quite good too. realitymod.com
:-)
Finally feeling like things are improving after extensive physio etc... only the physio was to make it all strong enough to handle the surgery. heh.
Livy's surgery went well. She woke up alright but was sore and tired, then had a few hours nap, then when woke up was almost bouncing off the walls :-) was great. Sore throat and all for a few days, but overall and great recovery.
Mikey has been sick as a dog with the flu tho, poor baby. Had a really high fever. Mostly okay now, thougha bit of a cough and a lotta runny nose.
:-)
Finally got to play Operation Acorn map on POE 2 with a nice big almost full amount of players on the tactical gamer servers. Looks good, if a smidgeon dark and the description/briefing text is missing. But oh well. Was nice to play a map i made with over 50 people on it. :-)
Even if i did score miserably, lol.
Anyone has BF2? Be sure to get point of existence 2 ver 1.7 @ www.pointofexistence.com
Also the new release of the Project Reality mod is quite good too. realitymod.com
:-)
Thursday, July 05, 2007
I broke my leg!
Bah Humbug
Been a while since an update.
I slipped taking the kids to swimming lessons, fell and twisted my leg awkwardly... and broke off a bit of bone at the base of my femur, behind the knee and also broke my cartliage in the knee.
Time off work, lots LOTS of PAIN and lots of hefty painkillers, a stint in hopsital (with morphine that did NOTHING) i thought morphine was supposed to be good. oh well
Time off work is a problem, im out of sick leave now and still need an operation in a few weeks. Hopefully the pools insurance can cover some lost income in addition to our rather hefty medical bills. damn MRI's are expensive... and also the most excruciating 25mins of my life... except maybe the time waiting for the amambulance when i did the knee in the first place. (mri was prob cos had to keep it still, but in uncomfortable locked-in spot... i nearly passed out)
We are also hiring a casual at work to help cover some projects i havent been abel to address and also tae some load off considerig we are also getting some big ticket projects coming in...
and one big project is a project to develop a neverwinter nights module. That has been fun, if a little stressful. More info later perhaps. But i must say, making a game mod for work, ... how cool eh?
Otherwise, been playing a bit of LOTRO when i can, but time in front of computer is usually either work or uni studies atm. Well, not uni studies, session is over now. Results came out last night.
Two HD's again. Yayyy, even tho i missed a few weeks of lectures and also had to get some special consideration for one of my assignments etc and didnt get to study as much as i had hoped for exams...
ITCS213: Java Programming and the Internet.
A component of this subject was HTML and Javascript which made things easier. But the bulk of it was Java programming. Not too bad, but i feel i could have done better without the disruption of the leg break and also the fact that the lecturer was ... less than stellar. After the exam i half expected a credit and Hoped for a Distinction... but got a HD with a mark of 86 ! WooHOO!! I was worried about that exam... and since before the exam i was sitting on about 46/50 for marks, i musta got about 30/50 for the exam... less than great really, but good enough. I partly blame that on the exam being not too crash hot as well. Ie some bodgy questions ...
IACT201: Information Technology and Citizen's Rights.
This was a mainly group work/discussion type essay writing subject on a range of issues.
My final mark was 99/100.
No exam. :-)
What can i say, i found it kinda easy and interesting so... well, if only i didnt lose that 1 mark on that 1 submittable part of the group assignment, hehehhe.
Next semester im doing CSCI235 and CSCI204
204 is a prerequisite for just about EVERY 3rd year subject i wanna do.... so i really need to do well in that one. And i dont mean just good marks, but really GET the content. It's more C++ and Object Oriented programming. I also half suspect ITCS213 is also taught with a partial assumption that one has already done CSCI204... so hopefully it shouldnt be too bad.
235 is databases. hmm less important degree wise, tho a prereq for a 3rd year subject on databases i may do, but potentially more important from a work perspective.
Mikey is doing well. Talking more. Misbehaving more. But also great. And funny as!
He piddles a LOT and Drinks a LOT. Had a diabetes test for him, but thankfully shown negative, also kidney test, and all checks out. He just likes his drink i guess.
Livy is getting her tonsils and adnoids out in a few weeks. That should hopefully help her in her school work and concentration etc. Turns out she misses out on much of her REM sleep. (and StarTrek Next Gen fans should know what THAT does to you, heheh) Means she has some troubles concentrating etc, she stops breathing something like 7 times an hour per night (had her sleep tested)... hope it all goes well. She's a great doting big sister, but mikey's starting to find great ways to be annoying to a young girl.
Max is huge.
Kristina has been going great at work, getting sent to melbourne for training to help set up a new unit etc... getting "noticed" by people at a national office level, hehe. :-)
Alas the leg buggered up my chance to spend some time fixing up a 2nd interation of the map for POE. I had grand plans for some fixes etc, and had done some. But the POE guys have been great and are gunna tweak the current version (needs some ticket bleed adjustments etc) and fix up some texturing etc and still get it in their next release, and then at my leisure i should be able to hopefully implement my other changes and get a later update out.
Anyway. That'll do.
Been a while since an update.
I slipped taking the kids to swimming lessons, fell and twisted my leg awkwardly... and broke off a bit of bone at the base of my femur, behind the knee and also broke my cartliage in the knee.
Time off work, lots LOTS of PAIN and lots of hefty painkillers, a stint in hopsital (with morphine that did NOTHING) i thought morphine was supposed to be good. oh well
Time off work is a problem, im out of sick leave now and still need an operation in a few weeks. Hopefully the pools insurance can cover some lost income in addition to our rather hefty medical bills. damn MRI's are expensive... and also the most excruciating 25mins of my life... except maybe the time waiting for the amambulance when i did the knee in the first place. (mri was prob cos had to keep it still, but in uncomfortable locked-in spot... i nearly passed out)
We are also hiring a casual at work to help cover some projects i havent been abel to address and also tae some load off considerig we are also getting some big ticket projects coming in...
and one big project is a project to develop a neverwinter nights module. That has been fun, if a little stressful. More info later perhaps. But i must say, making a game mod for work, ... how cool eh?
Otherwise, been playing a bit of LOTRO when i can, but time in front of computer is usually either work or uni studies atm. Well, not uni studies, session is over now. Results came out last night.
Two HD's again. Yayyy, even tho i missed a few weeks of lectures and also had to get some special consideration for one of my assignments etc and didnt get to study as much as i had hoped for exams...
ITCS213: Java Programming and the Internet.
A component of this subject was HTML and Javascript which made things easier. But the bulk of it was Java programming. Not too bad, but i feel i could have done better without the disruption of the leg break and also the fact that the lecturer was ... less than stellar. After the exam i half expected a credit and Hoped for a Distinction... but got a HD with a mark of 86 ! WooHOO!! I was worried about that exam... and since before the exam i was sitting on about 46/50 for marks, i musta got about 30/50 for the exam... less than great really, but good enough. I partly blame that on the exam being not too crash hot as well. Ie some bodgy questions ...
IACT201: Information Technology and Citizen's Rights.
This was a mainly group work/discussion type essay writing subject on a range of issues.
My final mark was 99/100.
No exam. :-)
What can i say, i found it kinda easy and interesting so... well, if only i didnt lose that 1 mark on that 1 submittable part of the group assignment, hehehhe.
Next semester im doing CSCI235 and CSCI204
204 is a prerequisite for just about EVERY 3rd year subject i wanna do.... so i really need to do well in that one. And i dont mean just good marks, but really GET the content. It's more C++ and Object Oriented programming. I also half suspect ITCS213 is also taught with a partial assumption that one has already done CSCI204... so hopefully it shouldnt be too bad.
235 is databases. hmm less important degree wise, tho a prereq for a 3rd year subject on databases i may do, but potentially more important from a work perspective.
Mikey is doing well. Talking more. Misbehaving more. But also great. And funny as!
He piddles a LOT and Drinks a LOT. Had a diabetes test for him, but thankfully shown negative, also kidney test, and all checks out. He just likes his drink i guess.
Livy is getting her tonsils and adnoids out in a few weeks. That should hopefully help her in her school work and concentration etc. Turns out she misses out on much of her REM sleep. (and StarTrek Next Gen fans should know what THAT does to you, heheh) Means she has some troubles concentrating etc, she stops breathing something like 7 times an hour per night (had her sleep tested)... hope it all goes well. She's a great doting big sister, but mikey's starting to find great ways to be annoying to a young girl.
Max is huge.
Kristina has been going great at work, getting sent to melbourne for training to help set up a new unit etc... getting "noticed" by people at a national office level, hehe. :-)
Alas the leg buggered up my chance to spend some time fixing up a 2nd interation of the map for POE. I had grand plans for some fixes etc, and had done some. But the POE guys have been great and are gunna tweak the current version (needs some ticket bleed adjustments etc) and fix up some texturing etc and still get it in their next release, and then at my leisure i should be able to hopefully implement my other changes and get a later update out.
Anyway. That'll do.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
changed isps from exetel to internode
still having problems, it's a problem with my phoneline...
... aaaanyway....
new website url: http://www.users.on.net/~feenicks/
nothing there yet tho... but im gunna do something with it now
... aaaanyway....
new website url: http://www.users.on.net/~feenicks/
nothing there yet tho... but im gunna do something with it now
Friday, January 12, 2007
quick update
Mikey took his first steps yesterday. woowoo
he's been walking a while with the aid of a walkerlike toy he got for xmas, as well as using furniture and even pushing chairs along etc. and has been quite steady on his feet standing for quite some time. but yesterday he was standing there holding my hand and i let him go and he walked about 5 steps steady as to kristina. woowoo then repeating the feat a few times over the day. :-)
Also, the map i mentioned below
came second
woowoo
http://www.pointofexistence.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12419
http://www.pointofexistence.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12646
so the map will be in the next official POE2 patch, as well as in the map pack. They extended from 3 to 5 the amount for the map pack. but then decided the top two, mine and the other guys, would go into the official release maps.
:-)
"2nd place
Operation Acorn by feenicks
This map was just great! We loved the way Feenicks used the terrain and heightmap to really make an interesting map. The game play layout looks like it has a great flow and has great choke points. The map is very detailed and overall just a great map!"
And now, im off for two week holiday in queensland.
xmas was fun.
he's been walking a while with the aid of a walkerlike toy he got for xmas, as well as using furniture and even pushing chairs along etc. and has been quite steady on his feet standing for quite some time. but yesterday he was standing there holding my hand and i let him go and he walked about 5 steps steady as to kristina. woowoo then repeating the feat a few times over the day. :-)
Also, the map i mentioned below
came second
woowoo
http://www.pointofexistence.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12419
http://www.pointofexistence.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12646
so the map will be in the next official POE2 patch, as well as in the map pack. They extended from 3 to 5 the amount for the map pack. but then decided the top two, mine and the other guys, would go into the official release maps.
:-)
"2nd place
Operation Acorn by feenicks
This map was just great! We loved the way Feenicks used the terrain and heightmap to really make an interesting map. The game play layout looks like it has a great flow and has great choke points. The map is very detailed and overall just a great map!"
And now, im off for two week holiday in queensland.
xmas was fun.
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