Archive for October, 2007

Counting down….

Thursday, October 25th, 2007
School

Oh no, I’ve just realised something bad. According to TimeAndDate.com, there’s only 5 days, 10 hours, 1 minute and 21 seconds until my Monash exam. OH NO! This also means that there’s 9 days, 10 hours, 1 minute and 21 seconds until … the English exam! Double OH NO!
So, only 5 days until my official […]

Retro Memories: Nintendo 64 Soundtracks

Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Computing

I’ve just came across perhaps one of the coolest things I’ve seen on the internet this week. I had always wondered how feasible it would be to rip the soundtrack out of a Nintendo 64 game. There are a few games with some very interesting soundtracks (I’ll get to that later) which would certainly be […]

A timesaver for Specialist Maths

Sunday, October 7th, 2007
School

If you’re doing Specialist Maths this year in VCE, you undoubtedly know how annoying tank questions are. Those are the questions about the amount of a chemical in a tank. It’s annoying having to work out the inflow and outflow, then having to solve the differential equation to get the amount of chemical in terms […]

Best screen saver ever

Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Computing

Drivey. All it does is drive around. The monochromatic graphics are sweet, they not only look nice but give it a nostalgic feel, like the early driving simulator games.
Two other things are nice with this screensaver. Firstly it’s free with no spyware. Secondly, there’s no installer. You just copy the SCR file (which is actually […]