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An update from my home away from home

Oliver Oliver • Published 12 years ago

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Dear friend

I wouldn't really consider myself a people person. I cringe at the mere thought of socialising. But for some reason there are a few people with whom I would entrust my life. Why? I don't know. I have difficulty opening up. It's not my thing to do because I feel it's my business. Everybody has their own troubles and worries. I wouldn't want to intrude into their life with my woes. Would I? This blog tells me otherwise… Weird huh?

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A great loss

Oliver Oliver • Published 12 years ago

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Dear friend

On August 25, 2012, the human civilisation suffered a great loss. Neil Alden Armstrong passed away after undergoing cardiovascular surgery at the ripe age of 82. Armstrong was a huge inspiration to astronauts today, and will continue to inspire the astronauts of the future.

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A step forward

Oliver Oliver • Published 12 years ago

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Well results day was upon us. I already had my results but I now have an official diploma with the grades I earned in college. I'm a little upset because I didn't get the grades I wanted to get into my “Firm” choice in university, but fear not! I did have sufficient grades to get into my “Insurance” course. I need to contact student finance and let them know of my change of course, but all should be well. I also won't be seeing someone else who took the same course as me but we're on the same campus, and I'll make new friends. Frightening to say the least, even before considering that on the first day I'll have to introduce myself… I hate talking about myself… Anyone see the irony here?

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A journey ever onward

Oliver Oliver • Published 12 years ago

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Sometimes, I consider what it would be like to live in a world without war. Just imagine it. No war. No greed for money or power. No fighting over natural resources. The entire human race collaborating on something much more important.

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Wanted: Focus

Oliver Oliver • Published 12 years ago

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As the year ticks quickly onward, I find myself realising that we've made little, or next to no progress on game development. Primarily due to the fact that the majority of the year passed so far was spent on full time education. However, summer break is now upon us and I have more time to dedicate myself to releasing a game as soon as humanly possible.

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A new chapter

Oliver Oliver • Published 12 years ago

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So it would seem that college is now over, and I'm about to start a whole new chapter on my life. When my results came through, I realised they weren't the greatest - but they were sufficient enough for me to enter university. Now I only depend on my English resit results. I would imagine I did rather well seeing as I'm capable of writing long blog posts on a somewhat regular basis. The key difference is, however, that these blog posts are freely written and I take a couple of hours to write and perfect it. I can even save it as a draft and come back to it later when I'm less writer-blocked (is that a word? I'll go with it). Examinations… yeah they aren't the same. Controlled conditions, predetermined topics, set time limit - these are things I don't work well under. I struggle to write descriptive text if it's not something I choose to write about, or something I enjoy.

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A man of science

Oliver Oliver • Published 12 years ago

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My family isn't religious, but when I was a child I believed in God. I don't blame any individual, I blame the government indoctrinating children with religion. It's the schools, you see. I was never taught that these spiritual beliefs were merely that - a belief. I was raised to think that what was in the bible is true. A man named Noah built an ark, the story of creation is accurate, a man named Jesus was the son of God. I was taught that these were all true. And - being a child - I believed it. Teachers are a figure of authority so you're brainwashed into believing anything they say. I find this simply immoral.

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I'm back

Oliver Oliver • Published 12 years ago

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College work has gotten in the way lately, but I'm pleased to announce I'm now back in a position where I can carry on working and blogging!

I'll be sure to let you know when I have a beta to release for my game. In ...

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Late night field trip

Oliver Oliver • Published 13 years ago

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After much deliberation with a good friend of mine, we decided to take a random drive and we landed up at tbe beach no earlier than… 10pm perhaps? Like a boss.

At the risk of sounding weird, the view is quite spect…

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CLI calculator

Oliver Oliver • Published 13 years ago

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I made a command-line calculator in Java!

So far it can parse any non-algebraic equation no matter how long.

It knows PEMDAS (the correct order of operations) which means it will also solve anything inside of ...

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