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Notes
A collection of notes on various topics, such as version control, programming, food and email/newsgroup usage.
SubVersion
Vim
C and C++
FreeBSD
more...

Image Gallery

Image Gallery
Photos
Screenshots
more...

RMITCS

RMITCS Fluxbox Menu Generator
C Helpdesk Resources
Customising Your CS Account [outdated]
A brief FAQ/HOWTO on Customising X, tcsh and vim at RMITCS.

Software

Codepile
Assorted little scripts and apps.
dumps.pl - FreeBSD Backup script
dice.pl - Perl Dice roller, supports Silhouette, Shadowrun and Alternity
rastodo.py - Python Console todo/reminder
timetable.c - Console timetable/reminder
more...
Lost Emulators
Mirrors of some abandoned emulators (Generator-cbiere and DGen-SDL).
NumLock
An abandoned client-server numbers game.

Videogame Mods

LethalMod
A Max Payne 2 mod that changes the gameplay to make combat more realistic and deadly.
terroristgear
[1.4 KB .zip] A little Rogue Spear: Urban Operations mod that lets you use terrorist and multiplayer equipment (such as C4) in single player games.

Roleplaying Games

Shadowrun (4th ed)
My house firearms rules, notes on armour concealability and simplified matrix rules.
Heavy Gear (2nd ed)
A new and improved character sheet, notes on tool kits and links.
GURPS
A quad NPC sheet, firearms malfunctions and links.
GameMastering
Assorted tips for gamemasters (not specific to any particular game).

Miscellaneous

Taglines
Quotes and stuff.
crazy
Images as preformatted text, with PHP source.
Trombone slide position chart
PDF, 14KB, one a4 page.
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     ------==========/ Dylan Leigh - nth Year CS/CSE \==========------
   Student number: 3017239     Web : http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~dleigh





Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100

Classes started today, updates which broke the level 9 labs
installed yesterday. :( In better news, I'm beginning to enjoy
the head tutor role (rather than just dreading the workload).

Website updates (most of these are not recent, I've just
forgotten to mention them in the .plan until now):

   - Fixed dumps.pl and other scripts in the codepile, which the
     server kept trying to execute instead of display (even when I had
     explicitly set them to text/plain in .htaccess). :(
      - Thanks to Axel G. Rossberg for spotting the problem and mailing me.

   - Fixed image gallery going AWOL due to php-gd segfaulting.

   - New notes page: FreeBSD Notes (mostly stuff from this .plan)
     http://dylanleigh.net/notes/freebsd.html

   - New footer goes up to 2010. :) Only took 2 months.

   - Coming soon: Cooking and Nutritional notes...



Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100

No updates in the last 2 months because I saw no reason to
post about the pains that still make it hard to type, or how
miserable, tired and lonely I feel. Today I will mention
something which really aggravates that last problem - people
at work who walk past me and look the other way.

I "know" nearly all the staff at RMITCS by face and name,
and they "know" me in that sense. But few have any interest
in actually getting to know me, or even talking to me. Many
don't even look at me or greet me or respond in any way to
my greeting.

Fairly confident that none of them are going to read this.

Five years ago when I first started working here, I was a
little uncomfortable, often treated like a feckless child by
some of the TSG members. Despite that I still felt like
"part of the team". Now I feel simply unwelcome here.

At least the _students_ seem to appreciate my efforts (the
undergrads, anyway). Whenever I feel unwanted I try to focus
on the dozen-odd happy students who came up to me after they
had gotten their marks for Comp Org or Operating Systems,
who told me that they were sure they would have failed
without my tutorials.

Even this depresses me, when I realise there is nowhere for
me to go here. Being a good DP or tutor is a path to
nothing. Although lecturers are teachers first and foremost,
getting the job depends on your research, not teaching
abilities or experience. Now that TSG is no longer part of
CS, my 5 years of experience as a DP aren't worth anything
to anyone.

I could try to get a job elsewhere, and may even be
successful. I'm not sure that would be a good idea, all
things considered. Apart from the extra time (which I
haven't had much of, since 2007) and the extra travel (see:
time), I doubt I will find it easier to make friends at a
business than a university (not that the university seems to
be working).



Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100

Waiting at the dentist for nearly 2 hours today. I worked on a
lab report, while nearly everyone else waiting did nothing. A
volunteer was surveying everyone in the waiting room, asking
what volunteers could do to help, if waiting would be more
tolerable with more magazines or TV screens.

Am I the only person who brings something to do (or read) when I
know I'll be waiting for a while?



Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100

Miserable enough at 1am this morning to walk up to Curtain Square and
talk to the possums again. Two of them came up to me, nearly a meter
away, and didn't hiss (they do when being territorial). I wonder if
they're getting used to me, or I just happened to find a friendly pair.

Walking back past all the Rathdowne street shops reminded me how much
I missed eating what I feel like. It's not that I don't enjoy the
stuff I do have - I make a lot of delicious nouvelle cuisine - but I
miss the freedom of simply eating what I want to. Ratatouille is
tasty, but less so when you feel like corn chips and chocolate.



Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100

This kid should have been grounded.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/\
16yo-tradie-dies-after-electrocution-20091119-imym.html

*rimshot*

(sorry)





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