End of the year

As many other posts I'll open this one saying I've not been writing here for a lot.

Actually, more than one month. But since today's the last day of the year, I thought I'd take a little break from my busy time.

Busy because it's "holidays". Not quite.

Even though we're in the period between Xmas and New Year's Eve, I've been an awfully lot busy with the projects and the study. Just think that on the 26th night, me and Luciano had to have an all-nighter, till 7 am, to complete the Software Engineering project that we had to submit. Hopefully it was a good job.

Beside the other project, that is scheduled for the 9th January (Web Technologies), I've been with my head into Algorithms & Data Structures, because that's the last exam that is blocking me from having my apprenticeship. Once I'll be done with that, it will be time to choose the place where I will have that. I have in mind a few places, like the Elasis (a data-center of the Fiat group) in my city (that if they'll accept me, of course) or some company that develops Android applications.

Yea Android...because lately I got a new smartphone. I was dubious at first because I've never really been into cellphones, but considering they're now more like pc than anything I decided to give it a try. We (Me, Luciano and Daniele) found a good deal to enter in the Android world: Huawei Ideos ( check it here ): Android 2.2 Froyo, 3.2 MP camera, Wifi, GPS, Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, bluetooth, etc all for 99 euro (6 months of Mobile Internet included!).

I am aware it's not the best google phone out there for the specs, but it's for sure the best in the specs/price ratio, and I consider it a starting point, while I don't learn how to develop applications for that platform / framework.

Since coding Android applications is basically Java with a different framework, it shouldn't be that hard to get into it. To start with it, I bought a book: Android - guida per lo sviluppatore wrote by Massimo Carli. I think that's the only book written by an Italian about Android.

I've been reading it a little (not much time to spare :/ ) and I'll try to finish it before february, when the volume 2 will be out. I guess I'll talk to you guys about Android and some apps in the posts of the next year.

In this period also exploded the WikiLeaks affair, that shaked the whole political world. I hope that in the next year we'll be able to hear more about the info that Assange managed to secure.

This year (as Angelo said yesterday night on skype) passed quite fast, but still I have had my fair share of nice memories. I've met new people, met again people from the past that became part of my present (and hopefully my future) and consolidated the bonds with the poeple that have been with my throughout these years.

In these last hours of the 2010 my mind goes to my family... to my university friends (Luciano, Angelo, Daniele, Mario, Enzo,Ciccio, Luca... wah too many to list them here...sooorreh)... to my guildmates(Franz among all them because he got an Ideos too!)(even though we haven't played much after Aion, I have a lot of faith in GW2 and D3 for the next year)... to JuJu (hoping next year will be better than this one)...

...and of course to my s.w. May (even though you're a cheapo!)

...and of course to my bear Tay (get home soon, we have a lot of mangas to discuss about!)

...that's it. Bai.

Maybe not...

...am I forgetting someone? Uhm...

...someone cute, airheaded, violet and moe?

Ups :X

Happy Happy New Year Little Pan

and I hope that this new year your dreams will finally come true :)

Getting back on the road

I know I know,

it's been more than a month (not that many of you care eh :X ). But it's been (as usual) a (really) busy period (Okay, maybe more busy than usual).

Uni's semester started and I am at the uni almost every day of the week.

Worst part of it? I have to give up on (most of) my naps! >=/

Best part of it? I get to eat pizza with my friends 3/4 days per week! >=]

Half of the courses are quite interesting, and for the other 2... One is with a weird but funny professor, while the other... well it's not exactly my kind of bread, but I gotta bite at it anyway (studying that it's taking me about the same time I need to study all the other 3 together!).

As plans for the immediate future, I plan on restarting to practice swimming (as you guys should know by now, I had not a good experience with jogging >>; ) , which should be good to stay fit and not annoying, unlike... well you know.

I forgot to say that during these months, starting on August, I tried one of those Pay-To-Click sites. While being generally diffident to that kind of stuffs due to the many scam sites there are around, I decided to give a chance to one of them.

Neobux to be correct.

So far it seems it's working. It doesn't require a lot of time (2 minutes per day?) and slowly but costantly is netting me some extra cash. Yea it works because I already got my checkout twice.

How does it exactly work?

• Once everyday you get 4-5 links.
• You click on a link and wait for 30 seconds (in this time, as long as you leave the page open you can do other activities, like browsing other pages on your browser).
• Once the time-bar filled up you earn 1-5 cents according to the kind of link (Green or Blue).
• You can have your check out once you hit a min of 2 USD and have it immediately on your PayPal / AlertPay account.
• Once your account has 30 days of activity and 100 links clicked, you can have others signing up and adding you as referrer. They won't lose anything, but you'll get some extra money out of their clicks. Since your friends won't get anything less by it, there is nothing bad being your referral.

I know it's not much but other sites that promise higher rewards, most of the times don't give you anything at all. It's not a way to get rich, but it works. And for the little time required, it worths the little bother, as long as you do it everyday.

Personally I chose a moment of the day, and do it always then, avoiding to forget about it.

If now you want to give it a try, just click on the banner I posted on the bottom.

It's fast and if you don't have an AlertPay / PayPal it takes just a few mins to register one of them.

Doing so you'll add me as referrer, but as I explained earlier, there is nothing to lose, and I'll appreciate it :)

Mid-September comeback

It's a couple weeks into september, you can smell the hair of school starting everywhere and also university (final year we hope) will be starting in another 2 weeks.

I can't really say I relaxed this summer but at least I've put a few nice things into my bag, and I've gotten more friend with that old folk named Java.

I don't know if I feel annoyed by the fact university is starting or if I am brimming with excitation because I want to get this degree done, but this will not change the fact that the 27th everything should be on the move again, with those 4 courses left, and I'll have to have them done this year (at least I very hope so).

I hope I'll match the shape (of mind) I had in the second semester of last year rather than the first, because yea, aside from AION time's theft (even if after the first month it wasn't that much), I felt really lazy, while in the latter I was eager of getting things done. In the end, in both semesters I passed the same number of exams with the same average score, but it was easier to do it so with the, if you pass me the joke, "Eyes of the tiger".

Sadly (just because it's an annoyance), in October I'll have that little surgery, it's gonna be a tuesday, not sure yet which one.

Oh and, yesterday evening, while I were having one of my relaxing showers, I realized there is a person who really cares about me, and stands me and my 'bursts' when we argue, and thinking of losing you saddens me.

Weird place, I know, but being under the steamy water pouring down, not only washes away my fatigue and stress but also make me ponder on several important things.

Lub j00 ♥

I'll leave here a song's I liked in the past days even though it doesn't reflect exactly my mood

And now back to Java and SQL coding!

Last drops of August

Hello people!

August is dripping away, and for a lot of you school is at the doors.

As for me, and my university bunch, we'll be lucky if everything starts in October (due to a lot of manifestations for cuts to Universities budget and Researchers hiring). In a certain sense this is nice for those like me that started summer just a month ago, around this period in July. In fact this leaves me the time to work on a software I have in workshop to gain some cash, and finalize some stuffs without the pressure of classes.

As for the "stuffs", I have 'finally' 'almost' 'totally' decided my new pc specs.

I know, I know, I am at this since more than a month ago, but too much came up, included the summer holidays for resellers.

Defined:

-CPU- (Intel i7 930)

-MOBO- (Asus P6X58D-E)

-RAM- (6Gb (2Gb x 3) OCZ DDRIII Triple Channel 1600 Mhz)

-HDD- (Generic 7200 rpm 1Tb)

-SSD- (Seagate 64Gb)

-RW-DVD- (2x Generic)

Undefined:

-GPU-

Gainward GeForce® GTX 460 1024MB "GS-GLH" (Barcode: 4260183361213)

Gainward GeForce® GTX 460 2GB "GS" (Barcode: 4260183361220)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 460 Amp! Edition 1 GB

Asus ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/1GD5 1024MB

Gainward GeForce® GTX 460 1024MB "GS" (Barcode: 4260183361190)

-MONITOR-

Viewsonic vx2268wm

Samsung 2233rz

As you guys can guess, I am going for a nVidia 3D Vision setup.

For those of you who don't know what a nVidia 3D Vision is, or just randomly read that name a few times: http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/3d-vision-home-users-uk.html

I am having in these days a price check up for the GPUs and Monitors (yea it needs to be a 120 hz monitor to be compatible). Particularly for the GPUs, they are all based on the Fermi GF104 GTX 460 architecture that actually seems to have the best price/performance ratio in the enthusiast market segment, if I find a nice bargain I may get 2 of those and go for a powerhouse SLI.

Both those monitors have the same TN panel, so it's mainly a matter of which one will have the lower price.

I'll keep you updated in the next entry about how this will develop.

As for health, I removed my suturation knots, and I am now dealing with the leftovers of my contusions.

As for MMORPG, FFXIV Open Beta should be due the starting of September, I hope I can go finally go to GameStop to pre-order my Collector Edition copy.

Oh and yea, if any DODF (Dragons Of Dark Flame) former member is reading this, and has FaceBook, please get into:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104522560622&ref=ts

it's our FaceBook group, and we're trying to revitalize it since our "break" is almost over.

See ya!

Dream's Item !!!

Have you ever thought to what would you buy if you'd ever win the lottery?

Have you ever thought to what would you buy if you'd find a really good job after a year worthy of hard sweating?

I always thought of some very good pc, but due to the nature of the good, with the frequent upgrades 'n stuffs I never managed to shape it concretely.

Since a few days ago I finally can shape, and name it: The Emperor 200.

You can look it here:

http://www.novelquest.com/emperor_200.html

and read the complete specs here:

http://www.novelquest.com/PDFs/EmperorV09%20Q2%202009.pdf

Even without considering the uber specs of the pc compounded, what really makes you giggle is the awesomeness of the "chair" as a whole. Something I personally thought it would exist only in Sci-fi Anime/Manga/Movies.

You practically got there everything you'd ever need when you plan on staying at a pc. You'd stay into your own little world made of pure fresh air, colored led lightning, and absolute comfort. (The seating is so spacious you could even think on using it to do lewd things <3)

It's absolutely fabulous how a PS3 is listed as if it was just your everyday teethbrush :P

It costs quite a bit (around 40k USD) , but I'll definitely make it mine a day!

Since we're talking about chairs, a little, funny extra: