Hey there!
So, I apologize for not having post here in the last few days as I have been consumed with getting better from a UTI. Seems my body is just open to all kinds of infection these days. I wonder if grey hair is infectious? (I am 24 for the record)
I should be back in to the swing of things by next week, maybe late this week. Been playing a lot of games and reading a lot of manga lately. I finished up X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Pretty fun game, but it was too long. If they had expelled the puzzle sections of the game it would have had a much better flow.
Read through the first volume of the Pluto manga, and wow what a great story so far. Though I will write more about those on a second blog I am going to be starting up soon (all for manga reviews).
Until Next Time!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
While we wait
A quick update.
I have started on chapter 17 of C for Dummies. It discusses 'while'
loops and their pros and cons versus using 'for' loops.
My understanding so far is that while using 'while' loops may be
easier in the short term, using 'for' loops provide you with more
flexibility in what you can accomplish.
I will update again once I have finished the chapter.
Cheers!
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Repeat After Me
Ok, so since I have not been reading much lately due to being sick I figure I can post a short piece of code that I had previously written to show you what kind of level I am at.
So, first, the code (it is in an image format since when I use the 'code' function in here the formatting goes to shit).
This is simply one piece of a 5 part code, though this piece represents, almost exactly, what happens later on.
Basically this program tells the user to repeat after it using the correct keys.
It tells the user to type every number it says in numerals. ie. ONE = 1
(the program goes up to the number 5, since the code is redundant, there was no need to keep going as the ideas behind it are easily learned from the first few instances)
The fun of writing this program though was figuring out how to take the users WRONG answer and allow them to try again, and again, and again, and then continuing on with the program when they finally get it right.
Obviously it is very hard to screw up 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 but the ideas behind it hold true. Being able to take a wrong answer and allowing the user to try once more. ie. error checking, so to speak.
Another part of the fun of writing this program was the fact that I was still very green on how do/while loops worked so it was very pleasing when it finally worked just right. I had some looping issues with certain areas not being displayed properly, or areas being printed twice in a row. The fix for that was making sure I was using the 'fpurge' function after each 'getchar' function.
Alright, so that is that.
Cheers! :D
So, first, the code (it is in an image format since when I use the 'code' function in here the formatting goes to shit).
This is simply one piece of a 5 part code, though this piece represents, almost exactly, what happens later on.
Basically this program tells the user to repeat after it using the correct keys.
It tells the user to type every number it says in numerals. ie. ONE = 1
(the program goes up to the number 5, since the code is redundant, there was no need to keep going as the ideas behind it are easily learned from the first few instances)
The fun of writing this program though was figuring out how to take the users WRONG answer and allow them to try again, and again, and again, and then continuing on with the program when they finally get it right.
Obviously it is very hard to screw up 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 but the ideas behind it hold true. Being able to take a wrong answer and allowing the user to try once more. ie. error checking, so to speak.
Another part of the fun of writing this program was the fact that I was still very green on how do/while loops worked so it was very pleasing when it finally worked just right. I had some looping issues with certain areas not being displayed properly, or areas being printed twice in a row. The fix for that was making sure I was using the 'fpurge' function after each 'getchar' function.
Alright, so that is that.
Cheers! :D
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Test 2
Apologies for so many tests, just making sure my line breaks in html are working for RSS feeds.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Lethargy
Just a quick post from my, cracked screen, iPod Touch.
I have been, sick for the last few days and as such have not gotten
any programming done.
I hope to rectify this very soon as I feel my battle with these
foreign life forms is almost at an end.
By the way, I did get around to purchasing the PAX tickets over the
weekend, so that is a plus.
Cheers! :)
Friday, May 1, 2009
PAX/09 Here we come!
So I just got through purchasing my 3 day pass, for my brother and myself, to PAX/09. This is going to be awesome!
I have debated for a few years now whether I wanted to go or not simply because I had no one to go with! But my brother is 14 now and we have a lot in common re video games and can talk quite easily about our likes and dislikes in games.
The biggest thing I am looking forward to? Getting my hands on some Blizzard product! Woo, this is going to rock so much fucking ass. :)
Cheers.
P.S. I didn't get around to any programming last night as I was at the gym after work for about an hour, and had ended up cooking some pasta sauce (for pasta) afterward, at which point it was about 9pm and I just wanted to go relax and read some manga I had bought.
Naruto v1 (yes I went there, I debated for a long time whether I wanted to start reading Naruto because I know how addicted I will become, but I took the plunge anyways. I'm a freak!)
Croquis Pop v2 (pretty groovy story so far)
20th Century Boys v2 (very 'real' and dramatic, has an air of suspense and mystery about it, quite a nice change from all the fantasy manga I read)
I have debated for a few years now whether I wanted to go or not simply because I had no one to go with! But my brother is 14 now and we have a lot in common re video games and can talk quite easily about our likes and dislikes in games.
The biggest thing I am looking forward to? Getting my hands on some Blizzard product! Woo, this is going to rock so much fucking ass. :)
Cheers.
P.S. I didn't get around to any programming last night as I was at the gym after work for about an hour, and had ended up cooking some pasta sauce (for pasta) afterward, at which point it was about 9pm and I just wanted to go relax and read some manga I had bought.
Naruto v1 (yes I went there, I debated for a long time whether I wanted to start reading Naruto because I know how addicted I will become, but I took the plunge anyways. I'm a freak!)
Croquis Pop v2 (pretty groovy story so far)
20th Century Boys v2 (very 'real' and dramatic, has an air of suspense and mystery about it, quite a nice change from all the fantasy manga I read)
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