Archives for "Recreation"

Posted by Tarandon on 21st September 2008
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The Chuckers’ First Game

We played our first game last Thursday and we were pretty good. We were leading for the first 3/4 but we ended up losing by about 7 points or so. Despite the loss It looks like we did fairly well considering we’d never played together, and the plays we were given failed miserably against their 2-1-2 zone (which they were relentless with). Regardless I had a lot of fun, despite the excruciating leg pain and dehydration, and I’m really looking forward to next Thursday. We’re going to play some pick up ball on Tuesday night just to get some extra conditioning.

Current record for The Chuckers: 0-1-0

Cheers,

Posted by Tarandon on 17th September 2008
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Fun with Flash

I just found out a really fun way to expand your flash vocabulary when coding in ActionScript 3.0.  If you feel the need, try deleting some of the folders in the en\configuration\ActionScript 3.0\Classes\fl\ folder.  This the situation I encountered on the computer I happened to be using in the computer lab.  I realized that the only folders available for import were motion and transitions.  This was a very interesting exercise.  All the operators I’ve been used to using had been removed and I was limited to a much smaller sandbox.  To my surprise I was still able to hack together a functional submission for my first assignment.  It didn’t come out anywhere close to what I had originally planned but it worked nonetheless.  While this normally would have been extremely frustrating I found the added challenge to be welcomed entertainment considering the subject matter of the lecture included how to distinguish between = and == when making statements.  OMFG!!!

If you actually decide to do this; make sure of course to back everything up, you could probably just move the folders up a level and then return them when you’re done playing.

Cheers!

Tarandon

Posted by Tarandon on 15th September 2008
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The Chuckers

Just spent an hour or so throwing together a website for our Basketball Team.  We’re calling ourselves ‘The Chuckers’ referencing of course the classic Seinfeld episode where George gets called a chucker by his friends.  Our games are on Thursday nights, and I’ll be blogging about everything after the game to let you , or anyone else who happens to read this, in on the action.  I’ll update in a day or two with the url for the site so you can check it out.  Our captain has opted to host it since he’ll be the one doing most of the communicating it makes sense.

Here’s hoping we don’t come in last, fingers crossed!

Tarandon

Posted by Tarandon on 29th August 2008
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Long Weekend

Ready for the Long Weekend?  I sure am.  Work will be done for me in 20 minutes, and then I’m off to the Muskokas for some fun in the sun.  We’ll be coming back into town on Sunday afternoon to avoid the Monday rush.  I managed to weasel two extra days vacation on the end of the long weekend so I’m really excited for my early friday to wrap itself up.  I’ve been asked to bring Cranium up to the cottage as we might get some rain, but I’m hoping for better weather.  I’ll need to charge my iPod before heading up north, hopefully I’ll have enough time this afternoon to get everything packed and ready to go.  Sleeping in a tent in at 12 degrees celsius can be a pain but hopefully we’ll be able to secure the bunkie for the time we’re there.

Any suggestions for what type of Beer I should bring up with me this weekend?  I bought a six pack of Niagara Blonde last week and I really enjoyed it, but I don’t think it’s the kind of thing I could drink up at the cottage.  I’ve always had a taste for lighter tasting beers.  Cool refreshing and not overpowering.  Stella Artois, Sleeman Cream Ale, Amsterdam Blonde, etc.  I enjoy the occasional Guinness though, so I’m fairly flexible when it comes to taste.

Cheers! and enjoy your long weekend.