http://www.kieransenior.co.uk/journal An Ode To Software Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:11:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last night was the first time I had played on the ever-famous Rock Band in HD on the XBox 360 with the full kit.  I had a go on drums and guitar, and left the singing part out to save embarassment ;) the drums were my favourite I think, I ... http://www.kieransenior.co.uk/journal/2008/07/04/rock-band/ Over the last year I've met struggles beyond comprehension, things I would have never expected, yet I've also met with tribulations more-so than ever.  To be honest with you, if it weren't for my family, and friends, I would have never got as far as I have, so when I ... http://www.kieransenior.co.uk/journal/2008/07/02/taking-the-trophy/ I got back to Guernsey just over a week ago after our seven hour boat trip from Portsmouth where I was surprised with club class which was a nice treat.  I actually had a single day off before I started my new job so life has been so hectic that ... http://www.kieransenior.co.uk/journal/2008/06/18/back-and-busy/ I've been surfing the net a lot recently just generally having a look around and finding a phenomenal amount of posts about the serious love for Twitter.  Can I just ask this one vital question; why?  What benefit does it have? It reminds me of Facebook status updates, something which ... http://www.kieransenior.co.uk/journal/2008/06/04/twitter-what/ A few years ago, whilst I was using Java 1.4 I was introduced to the newer features of Java, more notably generics.  Once I had learnt how to use them correctly I thought they were an absolute blessing from the monkeys at Sun.  More recently, however, I've had a number ... http://www.kieransenior.co.uk/journal/2008/06/04/harmful-generics/ I've taken some time out today to go over some of VB.NET's language features and general "dialect".  It's a very odd language and seems as if it has been patched together from remnants of a shabby past.  There are language features that still exist in it which are both nonsensical ... http://www.kieransenior.co.uk/journal/2008/05/29/getting-stuck-into-vbnet/ I've just got back from a two hour exam on data structures and advanced programming.  I know the course content like the back of my hand, yet today I've left that exam room knowing I've got a 2:1 in my degree.  Why? You may ask.  Because I spent almost three ... http://www.kieransenior.co.uk/journal/2008/05/27/how-to-screw-up-your-degree/ I've always enjoyed watching anything to do with space on TV, especially with all of the Mars landings.  Today the Phoenix craft landed successfully, and after watching the videos on the landing process I was amazed.  It's quite a futuristic landing using thrusters to come to a halt and then ... http://www.kieransenior.co.uk/journal/2008/05/26/a-safe-landing/ In recent months I have been obsessing over my degree classification.  Based on the methods of calculating my degree there are a few that could possibly apply, but the most appealing one would require me getting a first class grade in an exam I'm about to take on Tuesday.  The ... http://www.kieransenior.co.uk/journal/2008/05/23/why-an-upper-second-degree-classification-is-okay/ I have a serious hate towards web payment systems that fail to load on the final booking page.  It's happened to me before, then I've ended up making two payments.  Tonight I booked our boat trip back home for when I finish university only to find the final page didn't ... http://www.kieransenior.co.uk/journal/2008/05/16/stupid-web-payment-systems/