http://sobriquet.net Richard Rosalion's personal blog Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:06:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I'm officially free, now. I've finished my undergraduate degrees (Science & Information Systems), and officially graduated! Of course, now there's my two post graduate courses to finish, and a new job too! I came across a website recently that outline graduation etiquette, and it seems to say that you guys ... http://sobriquet.net/2007/09/02/graduation-time/ -37.798174719543745 144.96102154254913 Well, I'm (unofficially) free! I have just finished my final undergraduate essay ever! Sure, I've gotta wait until results come out to make sure I've passed everything (I'm sure I have), and then I've gotta wait for some official notification that I've met the requirements of my degree, but... who cares ... http://sobriquet.net/2007/06/18/freedom/ Before you get all hysterical (I know I would after reading that title - Ben Folds is awesome!), he's not really a fake - but this guy is. Why is it that one always manages to find so many interesting distracting sites during one's exam/essay period? Of course, I use the ... http://sobriquet.net/2007/06/01/ben-folds-is-a-fake/ -37.797 145.098 Wow, so I haven't written in just over four months - what HAVE I been doing since January? Well, for one, I'm now at the opposite end of my final semester. I know officially have 6000 words to write, and I graduate from my combined Science / Information Systems degrees. I'm ... http://sobriquet.net/2007/05/22/has-it-been-that-long/ -37.797 145.098 Have you heard the heard? I hadn't, until Wednesday morning. That is, I didn't know their name until then. You may recognise them from their antics at the 2006 Australian Open, when they simulated a tennis match within the audience itself. Most definitely their most ambitious stunt ever (including 2007, ... http://sobriquet.net/2007/01/19/heard-the-heard/ -37.82151424874816 144.97824668884277 As we all know, December is a time for celebration. Of course, it's politically incorrect to specify WHY December is a special time of year. It's so bad, that even Microsoft have a 7-step way of ensuring you have a politically correct holiday season. My favourite, however, is a comic which recently ... http://sobriquet.net/2006/12/28/december-25/ -37.034488 141.289458 Given the price of bananas in Australia these days, I think we all need to take steps to "protect your banana". Thankfully, BananaGuard (UK) sells their BananaGuards in packs of 10, and you can even choose your own colours. They also offer suggestions of other things you can protect with your ... http://sobriquet.net/2006/11/20/protect-your-banana/ -37.797 145.098 It's exam time again, and guess what that means? Yes! You got it! Time to post to my blog! What? I should be studying? What are you, my mother? Oh... well, you're allowed to tell me off then... the rest of you, keep quiet. So, what's this post about? Well, partly ... http://sobriquet.net/2006/11/17/43-things/ -37.797 145.098 I always knew I was above average: The average British male spends six months of his life ogling women, a new study reveals. The first thing the average bloke will look at is the breasts before working down to the bottom and then the legs. From ananova.com http://sobriquet.net/2006/10/30/above-average/ -37.797 145.098 Saturday night, I had the pleasure of seeing Ben Folds playing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - one of his numerous gigs around Australia with our orchestras recently. It all started with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, which got produced as a DVD last year. Anyway, I'm mostly posting this ... http://sobriquet.net/2006/09/25/ben-folds-mso/ -37.820175 144.967808 I'd never heard of this before today, and I'm guessing not many other people (who don't read the same junk online that I do) haven't either. Apparently, there's a lock "picking" technique called "key bumping", which allows almost any modern lock to be opened by someone with almost no experience ... http://sobriquet.net/2006/08/28/key-bumping/ -37.797 145.098 So, maybe I'm just not old enough to know a time when the Melway didn't exist, but this is kinda interesting. For those of you who AREN'T from Melbourne, Melway is the greatest map known to Melbourne, and they also now produce Sydway and Brisway! Anyway, so what's so interesting about ... http://sobriquet.net/2006/08/24/melway-edition-1/ -37.797 145.098 What is it with phone companies? Do any of them actually know what they're talking about? I've been on a "journey" over the last year or so and have become a telecommunications company nomad. I'm currently with 3, but have gone through all the major phone companies throughout my journey, ... http://sobriquet.net/2006/07/10/idiot-phone-companies/ -37.797 145.098 Well, if you can't already tell - I've been having fun! Not only have I totally re-designed my site (if you only ever read these posts as emails, get your butt over to http://sobriquet.net), I've been having lots of fun with Flickr (especially playing around with geotagging my photos - ... http://sobriquet.net/2006/07/10/flickr-zooomr-sobriquet/ -37.797 145.098 While this advice is probably a bit late for this semester (since I finished my exams on wednesday), I'll be sure to keep all these useful tips in mind before I plagiarise work next semester! http://alex.halavais.net/?p=1427 With such useful tips like "dont rite to good", and "borrow from someone who writes as ... http://sobriquet.net/2006/06/23/how-to-cheat-good/ -37.797 145.098 Ok, so it's been a while. But, if you have checked back recently, you may have noticed a couple of changes. Well, ok - maybe just one change (which shows itself in a few different places). Basically, I've added a new page - "Photography". Here you can see all of ... http://sobriquet.net/2006/04/04/commonwealth-games/ -37.86623160433374 144.97296810150146 [Redundant Acronym Syndrome](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome "RAS Syndrome"). How we all love it. Try [searching for "pin number" on google](http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22PIN number%22 "PIN number google search") and you'll find (as of today) 4.9 million results, or try [UPC Code](http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22UPC code%22 "UPC code google search") and you'll see 7.3 million. Disturbed yet? You should be! ... http://sobriquet.net/2006/03/02/ras-syndrome/ Well, I'm not really superman. But then again, that's exactly what Clark Kent would say if you asked him, isn't it? ;) I am Superman Superman 65% Spider-Man 65% The Flash 60% Green Lantern 60% Iron Man 55% Supergirl 50% Hulk 50% Wonder Woman 45% Batman 45% Robin 42% Catwoman 25% You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others. Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz http://sobriquet.net/2006/01/19/i-am-superman/ -37.797 145.098 Well, I was out of Melbourne for new years, so I missed the fireworks, and instead was in 46 degree Horsham. Anyway, I just came accross this video and thought others might be interested in it too. Hopefully you should be able to view this directly on this page, if not ... http://sobriquet.net/2006/01/01/nye-2006/ -37.797 145.098 Well, it's not technically over yet - still a few more days to go. That hasn't stopped Google analysing the year's searching trends. [Google's Zeitgeist for 2005](http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist2005.html) shows up some interesting trends. According to Google "It turns out that looking at the aggregation of billions of search queries people type into ... http://sobriquet.net/2005/12/25/google-zeitgeist-2005/ -37.797 145.098 'Twas the night before Christmas--Old Santa was pissed. He cussed out the elves and threw down his list. Miserable little brats, ungrateful little jerks. I have a good mind to scrap the whole works! I've busted my ass for damn near a year, Instead of "Thanks Santa", what do I hear? The old lady bitches cause ... http://sobriquet.net/2005/12/24/a-christmas-story/ 82.7 -114.4 I've been discovering a number of very cool sites recently, and, let's just say, the web is a constantly changing environment. New sites pop up all the time, and plenty fall flat on their face just as frequently. One major trend on the web recently has been the so-called "[Web ... http://sobriquet.net/2005/12/12/my-new-favourite-sites/ What's 5.07 metres tall, contains 10,660 beer cans, and requires almost 4000 litres of beer to be drunk? [cpg_imagefixthumb:4672] Yes, it's true. The 5-year-old record, previously held by a group in Kuala Lumpur has been broken. The world's largest beer can pyramid was constructed last night by members of the Student Union ... http://sobriquet.net/2005/10/07/beeramid/ And on a more positive note - I've finally put up photos from Puggs last weekend when I went out with some friends to celebrate my birthday! I arranged to meet people on Lygon street, thinking we'd easily be able to find somewhere to go out to dinner. Well, not so ... http://sobriquet.net/2005/08/15/my-23rd-at-puggs/ -37.7975 144.9687 There was a big protest against VSU the other day, and being the good little student that I am, I went, and took some photos! Anyway, if you want to just look at photos - see them [here](/photos/thumbnails.php?album=168 "link to VSU protest album"). If you want to read a nice long ... http://sobriquet.net/2005/08/15/vsu-and-why-it-sucks/ -37.797 145.098 For all those who wished they had more, it now comes on tap. "Mmmm.... Chilled Creamy Brains" (Made up quote from Homer Simpson). http://sobriquet.net/2005/08/10/brains-on-tap/ -37.797 145.098 Just got this in an email. I'm sure I've seen it before, but it's still amusing. You know the world is different when; * The best rapper is a white guy, * The best golfer is a black guy, * The tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, * The Swiss hold the America's Cup, * ... http://sobriquet.net/2005/08/08/thoughs-for-the-day/ -37.7968 144.9608 Just a quick one - came accross this funky site which grabs my most used [del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us/sobriquet "Link to my del.icio.us links") tags, and displays them randomly on the page, showing you what tags I use the most! [http://kevan.org/extispicious](http://kevan.org/extispicious.cgi?name=sobriquet) And, also... one that grabs [random images from Yahoo!'s image search related to my ... http://sobriquet.net/2005/08/03/extispicious/ Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me-eee.... happy birthday to me! Ok, ok... so it was a few days ago, but I've only just got off my bum to put the photos up from my chaotic family lunch on the day (still haven't celebrated with most ... http://sobriquet.net/2005/08/02/my-birthday/ -37.797 145.098 Well, I've officially been outdone! [Brad Guilford](http://www.55rueplumet.com "Brad Gilford's Website") has updated Texx's coppermine plugin again, and, it's so good, that I'm using it on my site now! Brad seems to have made all the changes that I had (including linking directly to the coppermine page, rather than a popup window) ... http://sobriquet.net/2005/07/19/coppermine-again/ -37.797 145.098