Showing posts with label youtube. Show all posts
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Monday, 12 October 2015

Wednesday, 16 September 2015

Been a while since I updated this on here so lets go for it. A fair bit to cover so stick with me.

 First off, I won the beer pong tournement, WOO!.  As such I got the beer pong belt. Got another tournement coming up soon so hopefully I can retain the belt but only time will tell.

Work is going well getting into the swing of thing, getting more work and enjoying it. Still not enjoying the long days but hey ho. YouTube videos are slowly getting better(in my opinion) but it is taking longer to do and not giving me much free time.

I need to practice keyboard more though as at the moment I am not doing it every day like I told myself I would. Everytime I come back to it it does feel easier so I must be getting better. As well as keyboard I have a CAR! a ford focus edge to be more precise. I have gone out for a drive in it and it felt very strange not having driven in a while. I need to keep driving around to get used to the car but should be driving like a pro soon.

Thats pretty much everything in a nutshell. Go have a laugh at me getting scared.



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Saturday, 5 September 2015

Tuesday, 11 August 2015

TF2 Robot Destruction: Sensational Soldier




Watch as I play a damn good game of TF2 as Soldier on payload and even get the  last kill.


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What have I been up to and buying?

Hello all it has been a while hasn't it this is what money and work does to me. In the day time I work and at night I shop / do stuff other than blog. Well here it goes the big catch up.

First a few off topic things I have done since being back. Well I said I do shopping online well I also do it in the real world and a couple of weeks back I got served by someone called Goose. I had to ask and no it has nothing to do with Top Gun, which she mentioned she had never seen before. I recommend it if you haven't seen it before it is quite good, bit cheesy but I like that every now and again. She said it is just what she had been called for most of her life.

I also have been catching up with friends playing some beer pong and trying out their reasonably sized swimming pool. Only the inflatable kind. Even though it was a hot day the pool was still mighty chilly and unfourtunatelly I did not win beer pong tourneyment. However there is a chance once a month to win the belt so thats something I need to work towards this month.

I am also travelling to work on the train and rediscovering how much of a pain it is. I have resorted to sleeping most of the way then doing a rather speedy walk to get to work just on time. I have also been catching up with my grandma, having a chat about houses and such. Need to pop down at some point when grandad is in.

Now with the shopping, mostly online, I have been getting a plethora of things. I have got some electronics such as arduino pro mini and some motors as I am looking at making my own quadcopter. I have an idea how it is meant to go but how it ends up is a different matter. I have also got some polymer clay for making some models (See below for the horrors I have created so far). I need to practice a bit more.

Cat but I can't do heads so ended up looking weird with a mustache

Zombie from Plants vs Zomies


Along with all these things I have also gotten myself a keyboard in the attempts to learn it. So far I have been learning reading notes, scales and a bit of left and right hand co ordination. This is where I always struggled, trying to get left and right hand working well together. I will hopefully when I get better start to upload videos to YouTube of my practices as I am really hoping to get good or at least bearable.  

If you made it this far congratulations and why not check out some of the other stuff I have been up to.  

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Monday, 27 July 2015

Perils of Programming

So if you are reading this you are already a programmer or looking at getting in to programming. Either way this should be a good and helpful read for you. As a working man who programs pretty much every day it is no supprise I make mistakes, quite a few tbh, but they aren't big mistakes that can be overly complex.

They are usually the mundane missing a semi colon or most recently an incorrect spacing. These can drive you mad searching tirelessly for the most simple errors and as such I have learnt a fair few ways of trying to reduce the number of these errors and just improve all round code. You may have heard of a few of these and there may be more but these are my top 5.


Number 1: It seems fairly obvious but some people don't like letting other people look at their work. However, if you ever want a simple bug being found quick and easily, give it to someone who doesn't know what your program does. They will be looking at it with fresh eyes and won't think about, "Oh this could be improved by this", they will be less distracted by the program and more likely to spot the simple errors. So suck up what ever pride you think you have and ask for someone to give your code a quick read through.

Number 2: If no one is around or you are too stubborn to ask for help then fair enough, read it yourself. Just take your time and read it as though it was being ran, don't go off to look at other methods to try and see what they are doing. This is where the debugger comes in really handy, it allows you to run the program step by step seeing what variables are what. You never know you might come across a missing semi colon or a mis typed variable that stops everything from working. It happens I know.

Number 3: Comment your code, dear god comment it. This can not be said enough, comments are so usefull and I am not on about just the one line saying does stuff. If you comment often and clearly not only other people will know what you have written should do but so will you when you come back to it. The number of times I didn't comment something because I knew what it was at the time then came back to it and was like, erm what is quite a lot. It is a vital part to programming, yes the computer might know what the code does but when you come back to improve or use your code you will have no idea and that can make chages really hard to implement.

Number 4: Test. Now this can be manual tests, automated tests or other tests but testing works out the kinks. As well as that it helps you write better code and reduce pointless code. With a good few tests you can see where and why your code is failing and what you can possibly do to remedy it. It can get boring but if you do it as you go along you won't have a LOAD of tests at the end to write. As well it also helps see if any new code you have put in breaks existing code.(see regression tests).

Number 5: Write code, any code and lots of it. Practice makes perfect...but nobody is perfect so why practice..... because you can come damn close to being perfect. The better and quicker you can write code the more money you are likely to earn. So crack those fingers, sit down and give yourself a simple coding challenge. It is a great way to try and learn a new language or just boost knowledge in an existing one, it doesn't have to be anything huge, try conways game of like or noughts and crasses. You can write something that solves a problem you are working on or something that makes your life a little easier. The more you write the better and less buggy your code will be, there will always be those bugs that creep in though, it happens to us all.


I hope these few bits of info help in your programming endevours and if you have any pointers you would like to share please leave a comment below.


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Wednesday, 15 July 2015

So the past couple of weeks has been super busy so here goes it.

The first big thing that happened was me and a good friend went to seafood festival in Aberaeron. I got to try a load of lovly seafood and sing, singing in the rain, in the rain. As well as this I got to try oysters for the first time with chilli sauce. They taste nice but I could not quite decide if I liked the texture or not, so I had another. Overall I think I like them, after got some delicious mint cake.

On the job front I have a job in Leicester as a Web developer. It is going well and getting on ok, only done first day though. Will have to wait and see how it goes in the long term.

Also I officially graduated in a lovely and warm gown then got my expensive bit of paper(Degree). Already missing Aberystwyth, considering trying to become a lecturer there but we will see on that front. See picture below.



YouTube videos should be back on schedule now and hopefully more live streams, so stay tuned :).


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Modded Minecraft: Ep12, Solar panel(Complete) pt4, Harnising the power o...


In this episode I get the solar panel up and powering the digital miner.

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Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Modded Minecraft: Ep10, Solar panal pt2, A big mistake


As well as this I explore a little trying to keep resources up and make a big mistake towards the end of this episode.

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Saturday, 27 June 2015

So I have graduated, well I have my results graduation is on the 14th July. I will be graduation with a 2:1 hons BSc in Computer Science from Aberystwyth university and a 1st for my dissertation. I have had a fantastic time there and met some amazing people who I will remain friends with for a long time. It will definitely not be the last time I am in Aber though as I want to keep visiting there as it is a wonderful place.

In other news the supreme court of America has announced that gay marriage is legal in all 50 states. This has created a bit of an up roar with those who are against it(I am for gay marriage) who have been saying they will move to Canada. Little do they know Canada has had gay marriage legal for a long while now so they will be in for a shock.

People on Facebook who are happy about the news have taken to rainbowifying their Facebook profile pictures. The rainbow being the LGBT log. So there are a lot of colourful faces on Facebook at the moment.

Videos on YouTube are a bit slow as well at the moment as I am currently at home, but there will be a new video going up soon so keep checking my channel out. (Link below). I am at home as more job interviews, yay! hopefully will have a job and start earning some money to pay everyone back.

Thanks for reading and hope you have a good day!

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Monday, 22 June 2015

Results....SOON!

So the time is almost upon us Aber people. Those who are graduating will be getting results this Thursday, that includes me. Can not lie I am a little nervous but I think it should be ok, can not see why I would not get a 2:1. Really hope I don't get a 2:2 as I said I would go graduation in a tutu otherwise but chances of that are really unlikely (touch wood).

My time at uni really is coming to an end as the first flat mate has moved out and the other one to be gone by the end of the week. I hopefully will not be too far behind as I hope to get a job sorted as soon as possible. Speaking of I have a few phone interviews and a couple face to face meetings to get through so hopefully some of them will prove fruitful.

As well as looking for work and preparing to move I have also been playing some 7 days to die with flat mate which you should be able to see on my channel soon (link below). I have also watch an excellent new Netflix season called sense8, really good and recommend checking it out. As well as checking out Daredevil tv series if you have not already checked that out and Dark matter. Dark matter is a little Firefly esk but so far not that level of awesome, it has the potential.


Finally yesterday was fathers day so I hope you all (who can) wished your father a happy day if not there is still time, a few days late won't matter :).


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Friday, 19 June 2015

Modded Minecraft: Ep9, Solar panal pt1, Circuit fabricator and Power pro...


In this episode I start work on making solar panels and get into some trouble with power compatability.
 


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Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Modded Minecraft: Ep8 Digital miner pt5, the digital miner is complete!

In this episode we finally complete work on the digital miner. One small step for me one giant leap for mining.






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The Effective Power Bug: Why Can Weird Text Crash Your iPhone?

An interesting explanation to the effective power iPhone bug. Whether it is correct is something we will have to wait for but show got to be carefull when programming as anything can easily go wrong.


Video is not mine and is done by Tom Scott, check him out he has some really good videos. His channel can be found here https://www.youtube.com/user/enyay

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So it has been an interesting week. There were bats(well just the one), driving, coffee, job talks and many youtube videos and adjustments.

 So first off the bat? Well the other day it was nice so me and a friend went on a walk up Pen Dinas a hill near where I live. After watching a never ending heard of cows we decided to head back home as my hayfever was playing up. On the way down I spotted a bat on the path crawling along. Upon closer inspection the bat appeared to be injured as such my friend decided to contain the bat(carefully) in her hoodie. After calling flatmate to drive up with a container we managed to get the bat back to our house where we proceded to call bat conservation society and RSPCA. They said to put it in a shoe box with a tea towel(to snuggle into) a milk lid with a wet kitchen roll for drink and bit of cat food for sustanance.

When we finally go through to someone who could help they said that no one could pick him up the next day. As such we kept the bat over night, unfourtunatelly no one came to pick him up but there was someone only an hour away. So me and my friend drove to Carno a small village in west Wales to a lovely b&b where we met a lovely woman who was a drop of location for bats. After speaking with her and being shown the lovely b&b we found out the the bat was not a he but a she and had a damaged wing. She said she would take care and get her to someone who looks after bats and let us know what happens. There is a picture below of the bat
 That was the most hectic it has got this past week. On the other end I have tried some delicious orange liquor coffee that a friend brought and was very nice. Tasted exactly like the chocolates but hot and coffee like.

My job hunting is going alright I a few phone interviews and a face to face as well. I have a few emails which I need to send out soon, got to keep on top of these things I want a job you know.

 Finally videos been going up and got thumbnails sorted as well as links to this blog so everything is getting connected. Check me out online at the links below or by googling mentalmarriott and until next time laters.

As always constructive criticism welcome :)

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