September 2010
1 post
Site moved
For those that missed it, the site has been moved to http://sprckt.posterous.com. Thanks for the readership everyone.
August 2010
2 posts
July 2010
5 posts
“It is not the title that makes men illustrious, but men who make the title...”
– Machiavelli
June 2010
2 posts
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Rant
While browsing through the iTunes store earlier this evening looking for an app for my iPhone I came to the conclusion that there is just so many junk apps there that it is hard to actually tell the good ones from the bad, this means that in order to actually find something that is half as good (or has the requirements that you need) you have to filter through pages and pages of drivel. Now...
Just testing something.
Just testing out the tumblr app for iPhone, yes this might actually mean that I might start posting again. Hah
January 2010
1 post
I know I should...
I know I should keep writing here but it a little hard when you have very little to write about, yes my life seems to be that uninteresting (at least to me).
Basically my life has been revolving around study for the last year, with not much break at any one time, so it has become inevitable that things have turned to the boring side of things.
May seem like a downer but meh quite the truth of...
December 2009
3 posts
Studying from Home/ 2009 Reflection
One thing that troubles me with having to study, or even work, from home is that it never feels like I’ve left, or begun, at the end, or start of the day. I have been trying to sort out a way to help organise my time a little better, or at least sort out a system that lets me shut down and start up with a discernible change in action to separate the “at home” life and “at...
Random entry
For a couple of weeks I’ve been noticing a decline in drive through this degree, and I think I have found out why….
For the last couple of months I’ve been less and less active with people and reading less about Japan, the main goal for doing this degree, as such I’ve forgotten where my goal is and the driver that goes with it. To help rekindle this I’ve been reading...
Part of a story
Just a small part of a story that I wrote out a couple of weeks ago. It’s not good, never been good at writing stories (reports on the other hand, but where’s the fun in that).
Anyway He’s the first paragraph called “The night of the game”.
The small unbroken window tensed and relaxed in time with the wind as it blow in the evening as if breathing, the window was...
November 2009
2 posts
Entry topic?
Just wondering, I do apologise for the lack of updates, what I should write about. Been busy with other things of late, plus the added issue of not thinking about to write about
So the question is “Should I just “let it flow and write what comes out” or focus on a single topic and just cover that?”
“Don’t worry about things you cant control, don’t sweat the small stuff and...”
October 2009
5 posts
Study Method of a Distance student.
So over the last 8 months I’ve gone back and started to study for a bachelor of business and as such had to deal with getting back into study mode. After such a long time off, being lazy :P, not studying It was a shock to the system to have to actually sit down read, study and research materials and subjects. Well as you can imagine it was a rough and bumpy road to start with, I was all over...
“The intended outcome will always takes longer than you expect-even when you take...”
– Hofstadter’s Law
"Why don't you have holiday?!"
Some people I know have been wondering how I have no holidays when it comes to studying, well it’s a little complicated.
I’m studying from home, I have people that I have to care for, which means that my hours are slightly different for when it comes to study. Basically I’m studying in such a way that allows me to gain a very good degree from a number of different, recognised, universities, such...
September 2009
2 posts
Advice... or lack there of.
I’m the type of person that has gone throughout his life helping those that are having trouble with things (be it emotional or physical, doesn’t matter), well I’m also the type that doesn’t take his own advice, sometimes to the detriment of an issue.
Note: this may get a too deep for some :P
I’ve been sitting here for two days saying to myself “get on with...
August 2009
8 posts
Why Japan: The Story
Well I said yesterday that I would tell the story of why I wanted to learn Japanese, so here it is.
Long ago in a land far far away… Just kidding, though it was a while ago, about 17 years ago is when it all started on a spiral ride :P. It happened on a flight to Bali, Indonesia, I was invited to go up to see that flight deck of the 747 that was flying my family and myself to our month long...
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Smart.fm
For the last few days, 6 to be exact, I’ve been using smart.fm to help brush up, basically relearn, Japanese. “Why exactly are you learning Japanese?” you might be thinking, well it’s a rather long story and for another post (probably in the next couple of days).
Now smart.fm, for those that don’t know, is a language tutoring/drilling(rote) website that uses some...
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Google & its creeping ways.
In another step for google taking over things that I do when on the web, I have them now covering the visitor stats for this site. So doing a quick recap on how much I rely on google,
Google Reader - contains all my news feeds (there are over 200 in there, most are read on a weekly basis)
Gmail - kind of a no brainer (handles all private mail)
Google Calender - handles most of my appointments...
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Random Kanji
Just some random Kanji that I have trouble rememebering(for now)
おなじ 同じ Same, Identical
つづく 続く Follow, continue
つくる 作る Make, Create
おくる 送る Send
ちかく 近く Near, close to
しる 知る Know
うる 売る Sell
もつ 持つ Have, possess
すわる 座る Sit
つかう 使う Use
Work Completed
Finally, after next week i’ll have completed 3 units and be closer to completing this degree. Right now I look like crap and feel just as good, lack of sleep is actually a pretty good motivator to get things done(just make sure you re-read everything otherwise you’ll look like a loon, anyone that has written a paper on little sleep should know what I mean :P).
So with paper written...
Still tweaking, sort of.
Just as the title says, I’m still tweaking things here on tumbler.
I should be doing some work, but I’ve spend the last few hours trying to sort out a very messy data flow diagram for an organisational case study. But alas as with most things I got a bit side tracked, and spent the better part of 4hrs talking with some fantastic people on twitter (you know who you are, and will be...
“Never let schooling get in the way of your education.”
– Mark Twain
First post
Just though I’d see how tumblr compares to things, might use it for 日本語勉強(Japanese language study).