Hamdev

I am hopeless at updating my blog.

But still, since last time, when I was going for the SU President, a lot has happened.

Firstly, no I didn’t get the SU President (I came third) but I am in the SU. Bizarre? Yes, I was surprised too, but Holly co-otped Sus and me and we’re now both members – which is great.

Exams though – hideous. Maths especially. I think Physics and Chemistry were OK though, and Economics wasn’t bad – but it was all about cheese! (Well, the rising price of Mozzerella actually and its impact on the luxury pizza market).

Anyway, I am trying not to think of the exams. Afterall there’s nothing we can do about them now. Just have to wait for the results in March.

Erm, not much else has happened really. I’ve updated Hamdev a bit and I’m trying to get Spreadfire started up again. It surprises me how many people still visit my websites even though they’re mostly blank – true loyalty, thank you.

See ya later. The Crew’s still going so see you on one of the gatherings maybe?

Decided to go for Student Union President. Please vote for me!

… I still hate Google. They have not indexed hamdev since February 2007. OK, not much ever changes but they’re supposed to be an accurate index of the web. Hmph.

Other reasons I hate Google:

• They won’t let me use their Google Ads on my site to make money because too many faithful visitors clicked on them‽
• They pretend to be a cool, innovative company but they’re not
• They make too much money

… I just used an Interrobang (lol) up there – yeah, the “‽”, +it’s a cross between an exclamation mark and a question believe it or not+. And those plus signs are the much needed Sarcasm Marks. Oh and just for fun, this is the Irony Mark: ؟. I’m sure they will come in handy.

… not that I had really gone anywhere.

Anyway, a lot has happened, or at least changed, in the three months or so that I haven’t written anything or done anything with any of my websites. Really, I had no excuse during the holidays, but now A Levels are just so time consuming. :S Here’s a time line list of what’s happened since then.

1. I went to work at Southampton Uni for a month during the holidays
2. The Crew mailing list was started!
3. Got my results from GCSEs – me = very pleased
4. Started college
5. Halo 3 came out and I got an Xbox
6. Monthly meet-ups were arranged
7. My Business Studies was marked up by 11 marks – me = even more pleased.

College, I guess, is the biggest thing to have happened in that time, and I have mixed feelings about it. Don’t get me wrong, I love college – it’s so free and laid back and the work is stuff that I want to do. Even if it is harder and requires more time, I don’t mind it because I want to be doing it. I love the atmosphere and most of the people.

There are a couple of people who I can’t stand (eg ‘the Devilhound’ lol) – and they must be bad if I can’t tolerate them! Maybe, I’ll write about them sometime.

The one thing I do miss is the people – the friends that I have known for the past five years and longer. They were the best friends. And even though many have come along to Brock, I still don’t see them. And that’s a real downer. Even the people who I didn’t know, I miss. For goodness sake, even when I see the green Summerfield bus going to Hounsdown in the mornings, my stomach churns. I miss Hounsdown, but only because of the people.

But anyway, I know I hate change.

But that’s why Shell we decided to meet up every month! Even though it’s not a big deal and not that often compared to how often we used to see each other at school, it’s better than nothing and those few hours a month mean the world to me. (So make sure you come along some time – next one is this Thursday).

I really hope I’ll see you lot around more and I promise to write her as much as I can, it just feels as though I’m in contact even though, I’m no closer.

See you soon,

Hamish.

PS: By the way, clocks go back now.

PPS: Spreadfire has been cleaned up now and is working again.

But I’ve finally come to the conclusion that if you type http://www.google.com/uk (maybe for Ukraine?)  you’re automatically considered Russian. I don’t know why, but that’s the way it is.

I was thinking this is the best leavers book I could ask for and it took me ages to find.

Helooo everyone, sorry for not strictly keeping to my promise of updating my blog frequently – I am trying and I’m certainly doing better than normal! Anyone, there is a fairly good reason as to why I’m not blogging too much, mainly because I’m at school helping out with their new prospectus thing that’s going on the CD and also because I’m spending a lot of time making Version 2 of Hamdev. I figured, if I’ve got 2 months to do nothing I might as well have a go at Hamdev – it’s not going bad either.

Also, of course, this week is E3 and a new Halo 3 trailer came out, shown below. Not sure why I care, but I do – as of yet I still have no 360, but I’m planning to change that after I finish work at the Uni in August.

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Google thinks I’m Russian:

Finally, I had my last exam today, which was Graphics. I think the exam was quite hard, relatively, but not horrendous. It didn’t help them actually drawing something wrong in the first place. Anyway, over now.

Next stop, results day: 23rd August.

Google may have crossed the line, but now it’s just funny!

By the way, I found that all by myself! Just shows that anyone can go looking and find something stupid, or privacy infringing, on Google’s Street View. Hell, it’s even clearer enough to read their number. (So tempting).

Oh and here’s the restaurant itself.