This is only the third time I have used Java (ie twice last week at university) and I have now cracked it. I am now remembering my semi-colons and braces that make up the Java language syntax.
I must say I have noticed my work getting better as I just created a simple program to get each pixel in an image and invert the colour of it. The image is specified as an argument to the application and it runs through the application and saves it. I am very impressed with my progress and this makes a fourth programming language that I have learned.
Let us wish the company who does almost everything technology a happy birthday today.
10 years ago today, Google was born!
The new section on the website; the Software Alpha-Beta Application Programme (SABAP) has been created.
Here you will find a list of alpha and beta software downloads. However, you will require a username and password to access the files. If you are willing to try out the software, please send an email to me.
Well, I am going to place this here to say how brilliant my 21st birthday party was - both of them! So thanks to my friends and family for attending! Both parties were truly a success and I have to thank my mother for this. However, the past few days have been incredibly difficult for our family as it splits and tears even further.
I am really scared about my dad as he is drinking more than ever, and it's scary. My mum is very upset and there is not much I can do, but she needs to bear in mind, I am still recovering from a serious difficulty in my life, and I need her to be strong for me, I really do.
I do not know where this is going but I do know that I have been quite depressed for quite a while now, and it's not doing me much good when they argue. But then again, they argue every day that they see each other, but they are too scared to do anything about it.
My life is being swayed from side to side like a ship in the ocean, as my parents will not stop their bickering. I want to one day become independent, but I can not do that yet and I am sick of hiding behind a mask and saying everything is alright, whilst I run away from it all. Something needs to be done soon, otherwise, I am not going to make that recovery that I need.
And just to let you know, I am still physically and mentally very weak, and I am still struggling with depression. But it's getting worse, as my father drinks more and my mother cannot cope with it.
The advantages however are that I do not drink, and I do not hang on to things that I do not need - learning from his mistakes. My life for 15 odd years has been living in a house full of hoardings - stuff that is barely ever used - where churning is a regular activity that we all have to do four or five times a year because my father cannot get rid of anything, and where arguing is the essence of our family. It does not stop and it makes me do things I would not normally do like get angry with people and run away without telling anyone. I am sick of this, and to that end, I am now considering leaving for good and never coming back to them. It seems like that is really the only option I have to recover - to become self-dependent, although I should have someone caring for me, my weekends are what leave me like this through the week.
It is now 01:00 in the morning, and I am still typing, despite being exhausted earlier, I cannot sleep. This is always the case on Monday and Tuesday evenings, and it comes because of the weekend before - and it is an example of bad depression affecting me. My dreams are nightmares most of the time - ones where my friends are the people that hate me, my dad drinking and my parents arguing. I cannot go on like this. It is way too scary.
Anyway, I am going to try to sleep. And I hope for no more bad dreams. This blog post has helped me to conclude what it is that has been troubling me since about the middle of my life. I have finally got it out there for all to read.
Alan Turing was one of, if not the greatest computer scientists in the history of the world.
He is one of my biggest inspirations and he was an incredibly clever, brave and generally remarkable man.
If you don't know much about Turing this post may be rather less interesting, but the man was an absolute genius who cracked the Enigma code during the Second World War and shortened the war by two to four years and also developed the things we call 'computers'.
Turing Machines are very simple mathematical devices that take in an input and decide what to do with it. Couple loads of these and you have a system like computers of today. That's how transistors work in the CPU of the computer and so on.
Turing committed suicide after being chemically castrated for being gay back in 1954 - an unbelievable loss to the world.
Anyway, in the next few days I'm sure the world will celebrate this man for what he did.
I am proud to say that for the first time this week I will be releasing a beta of my own software, this time not BlackRabbit, but to the general public, not just to people I know. The new software contains multiple measures to ensure that it will not be copiable. It also contains my new registration application.
The application, which is known as Painter Pro, is what was formerly known by its codename "Aberdeen". This is the first time I have released the name. As of today, I am also considering other names.
If you are interested in testing the software, then please feel free to contact me using the usual methods.
Today I am going to review the BlueLounge CableBox in my blog. Firstly, it is nothing more than a box with slots for wires to go through. And it's aim is to tidy up wiring. They cost around £25, which is a bit steep for nothing more than a box.
However, and this is a big however, the CableBox, despite being nothing more than a box, is getting a 8/10 from me because of the fact that has worked how I wanted it to but because it's expensive for what it is.
It's easy to see how it has changed my wiring system (I am still in the process of tidying my wires, but you can see how the BlueLounge CableBox has changed it all so far!).
As you may have noticed. I've been working on the site quite recently. There is a new blog specifically for BlackRabbit now. Here I will post updates about BlackRabbit and what I intend to bring to it within the future years.
As you may have noticed. I've been working on the site quite recently. There is a new blog specifically for BlackRabbit now. Here I will post updates about BlackRabbit and what I intend to bring to it within the future years. Twitter is now deeply integrated into my website now too.
As of today, the site has moved from freefind.com to Google for the search provider. I am most happy to say that you can now search the website from the largest search provider around - Google.
I must also point out whilst I am here, the website has two or three other changes. Firstly, I have changed the section known as VB.NET to Developer, as I use different languages as well that I would like to be able to display on the site. Secondly, the new section known as Education has been recently added, here I will share stuff relating to learning - hopefully. I also do not intend to keep the section related to YouTube, as it has become apparent to myself that it is unnecessary as it has not been updated with a single script yet.
Remember, find out more on Twitter.
