by Jonny | Sep 7, 2012 | Updates
Just playing around with Photoshop. I know they aren’t very good, except of course for the “Obama Underground” picture, however I managed to add my girlfriend to these pictures. If I had a full body shot of my girlfriend, then I would have probably spent more time in editing the photos to make them look more realistic. As I only spent 5 to 10 minutes on each photo, I think I did a half-decent job!
Next time, I think I’ll try to find a high resolution photo of someone I know and try to add a different background. I have a few high resolution pictures of myself, so I’m thinking of doing one of myself just to practice with my Photoshop skills!
by Jonny | Sep 6, 2012 | Updates
Delicious.
Nuggets, fries/chips, and noodles! What a great combination. lol
Most days I have just been eating Chinese/Asian food, however I was with my mother and we came across this nice cafe-type of restaurant thingy and the food there was superb. It is at this place called YiZhongJie (一中街), and the style of food was a mix between Mexican and what I’ve eaten in England before.
by Jonny | Sep 2, 2012 | Updates
Explanation:
They look kind of like pandas, but they are not! They are in fact dogs, and the owners placed them there, on a busy high-street to collect money for them. It says to spread the word on Facebook (FB) etc to raise awareness.
Where Burger King in Feng-Chia, Taichung used to be located
Oh, and this is where Burger King used to be located; however it seems they either weren’t profitable enough or they are just renovating the place. Who knows? Either way, Burger King seems to no longer be here anymore. Instead we have cute fluffy dogs sitting in-front of the old restaurant’s position.
by Jonny | Sep 2, 2012 | Updates
I’m absolutely wrecked after a tough workout running around the local park, which is quite big in circumference.
At first it was a hot and sunny day and I was sweating like no other, I felt dirty and typically out of breath after running around the park twice. Then, out of nowhere, a big bang occurred and that was possibly a lighting strike, striking something or someone in Taichung somewhere. A few minutes later it was pouring down with rain, almost at the same rate sweat was exiting my body after the tough exercise I was doing; which I explained about before.
I feel as if I’m back. I managed to complete another 2 rounds around the park, which means I ran around the park 4 times. I usually run inside the park and can do 5 rounds and going all the way around is some distance more, so I’m quite happy with how I’m doing.
I’m still finding it terribly hard to get rid of my side fat or love handles as some would call them. They are possibly one of the most annoying mother****s to get rid off as you can’t spot reduce fat. I’d be happy with my body now, if it weren’t for those love handles and I wouldn’t change a thing. Perhaps becoming a little stronger would be nice, but I’d seriously be happy with the way my body is right now.
I’m nearly there though; exercising on a daily basis etc, so perhaps before I go to South Korea, I won’t have these annoying love handles. One could only hope.
by Jonny | Aug 24, 2012 | Updates
Recently, my 500GB hard drive failed on me and I looked on the internet for anything that could recover my files from the hard drive, which admittedly, I should have backed-up.
F:\ is not accessible. Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
Cyclic Redundancy Check Error & what I did.
I searched on the internet for a solution and found out what the error message means. CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check), I looked at a few solutions however none of them worked for me. So, I thought instead of trying to get my hard drive accessible again, I thought I’d just get the data off first that I needed. (The data I should have backed up)
Recovering files on a failed hard drive
Recovery
So, I found this as a solution. I’ve managed to already get access to around 1,000+ files (Though they aren’t the files I need, so I’m continuing the scan), however there is a data-limit on the program, since I’m using the trial version. (The program, bought, costs around $59.) The paid version allows you to download as much information from the defective hard drive, while the trial allows you to only take off around 1GB of data.
That’s all I need as I’m purely trying to recover a web design which I originally bought and I want to place it for free on my website over at SimpleTemplates.org. It’s only a small file.
How long?
However, according to the program to scan the entirety of the 500GB hard drive, I need to wait 255 hours, which is around 2 weeks of concurrent scanning. I can do this, but eventually or before all that, it will find this web design, so I no longer need to continue any more scans.
So, what program are you using to do this?
The program I’m using was created by Power Data Recovery. (Google search; not direct link to their site) – They make other premium programs for hard drive failures which includes automatic back-ups and the like.
Also for future reference, I have also done some research into other programs that have been recommended in the blogosphere:
- PC Inspector File Recovery
- NTFS Reader
- Restoration
- Undelete Now!
Hopefully, someone will have found this useful. Hardware failures, especially hard drive failures are not fun at-all.
by Jonny | Aug 20, 2012 | Updates
In the middle of a Udacity.com lesson! 🙂
Recently, I found this great website where you can learn how to program.
I thought I’d give my experience and thoughts on how things are going and what Udacity provide and who they are.
So what is Udacity.com?
The site essentially offers free courses where you can learn programming. Right now, I’m studying the first unit of programming (CS101) and I’m in the process of learning Python. I’ve installed the Python interpreter and Java as well, for that matter. (Though, I’ll be learning Java later on, once I get the gist of Python)
CS101?
CS101 is a course on the Udacity website and essentially it tells you the basics of programming and it is a step-by-step guide into programming with Python. At the end of CS101, I should have completed programming my own search engine equipped with a cool little robot website indexer.
Links:
http://www.udacity.com/
http://www.codecademy.com
Review of UNIT-1
I’ve gone through UNIT 1 and I feel I have more of an understanding with Python, although I’m still confused in some areas. – This may mean I have to go back through the entire UNIT again, so as to ensure I haven’t missed anything. I’ve written only 2-pages and should have probably noted down a lot more. I’m actually quite excited in learning Python as this type of interactive learning is quite fun and not too confusing. Although on some occasions it has been a little confusing for me.
I hope to make it through this course alive and well, with hopefully a new understanding of programming. – I’ve also found another website which has also been helpful called “Codecademy.com”, that is equally as good although there aren’t any university professors explaining things, you have a highly interactive interface helping you along the way.
I just hope I can focus on this one thing and not get too distracted. I think this is a great opportunity and I hope I can get something out of this. I have to give thanks to whoever set this up and especially to the professors who assembled all of this. Now I have homework to do! 🙂
Update
I’ve decided to take a different direction. I feel that for me the Udacity.com course was a little confusing. I feel as if I couldn’t understand a lot of the questions as the course furthered on. I feel this is due to a lack of practice. While I did repeat UNIT 1 again, I still had the same issues. In the mean time, I’ve been using Codecademy.com. – I feel that the examples and the longer explanations there are more understandable for me. Once I complete the Codecademy course I feel I’ll have a better understanding of the Udacity course and of the requirements in order to create the search engine.
So what’s the major difference?
Udacity explains and teaches too much of the theory, while Codecademy explains and teaches a lot of hands-on approaches. I’m not saying that is all of what Udacity does, but Codeacademy is specifically telling you how to do things with better examples. (I feel that this is a little easier for people who are just starting out learning Python) It does indeed (Codecademy) hold your hand along the way, but if you are just starting out, how else are you going to learn? If it doesn’t hold your hand and you get confused then it can totally put you off of programming. At least with this approach you can learn the right way to do things then apply it in other scenarios.
So, perhaps you have had the same issues as me and the Udacity course is a little confusing, well, I feel that the Codecademy course will ease you in with better explanations and examples.
Step 1:
Codecademy.com (Python)
Step 2:
Udacity.com (CS101)
Why do Codecademy first then Udacity?
As said previously: I feel this way, you can can have a better understanding of Python before heading onto the Udacity course. While I like Udacity.com, I feel, perhaps, that a lot of explanations are quite difficult to grasp. Which is why I think Codecademy is a little better at the explanations. I almost feel that once you complete the Codecademy courses you can take that information you have learned and use it on Udacity.com.
I’m trying really hard to get this and I know it will take time, as my mathematical abilities suck, but we’ll see where this gets me. I have been writing down lots of notes so hopefully when I go out and I can just pull them out to remind myself what I’ve learned. I’m also trying to remember how to code and what the layout should be. I’m thinking of buying a book on Python just so I can read it when I’m out. I think I need to make this like an idol-worship thing and become fanatic about learning the language, in order to improve.
Life is tough shit, here in the real world. Being lazy, doing nothing is nice and relaxing, but that won’t get me a good paying job in the future. Plus, if I can learn a programming language, then if at any point I go to university, it won’t be so difficult on me. (i.e. It’s like preparing for university) — I’ll probably have quite the advantage in comparison to not having much knowledge on programming itself.
