Oddsox Tour

Just thought I should mention here that I'm currently on tour with Oddsox. Ok, so by 'on tour' what I really mean is that we have a lot of gigs all at once (ten of them, spread over 2-3 weeks), but still. I've also been spending a lot of time making the Oddsox Official Website look cool and trying to keep it (or get it) up to date! We now have a logo, too, though the exact colours of the letters may still change... How cool is it!! (guess who designed it! :P)

So yeah, check it out... Don't keep reading this. I said check it out! - Now! You're still reading!! :P

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Exam Results 2005

Well, I'm pretty stoked about this. Didn't think I'd pull off such good results this time round, especially Paradigms, which I struggled with somewhat! So yeah, a very nice way to finish off the academic year. ...Now on to honours!! :D

Code	Unit Name	Sem	Mark	Code
FPM102	Aural & Ensemble 1A	1	88	HD
KXA351	Software Engineering Project A	1	80	HD
KXA358	Human-Computer Interaction	1	94	HD
KXA359	Knowledge-Based Systems	1	90	HD
KXA352	Software Engineering Project B	2	87	HD
KXA355	Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing	2	83	HD
KXA357	Programming Paradigms	2	80	HD
KXA362	Computer Security	2	85	HD

Template Accident!

Due to a little mishap whilst working on the Oddsox Official Website, which is also powered by blogger, I managed to lose the template for my blog. :( I accidentally pasted the oddsox template into my blog template, and I hadn't kept a backup. :(

So I applied the original "TicTac" template and have tried to edit it back to what I had before... I think it's just about there. If you see anything wrong, let me know! :)

Where is... The Geography Challenge

uh, well... it's here. ;)

Elly introduced me to the Geography Challenge, and as you can tell from my first attempt, I'm somewhat lacking in my geographical knowledge!
Yeah, so I got one right for ten points, and that's cos it asked where Australia was. :P The next go, it didn't ask where Australia was and I got zero. :O

After a little practice, however, I've improved somewhat. :)
I didn't cheat, honest! No outside help from maps or anything! ok, so I've been averaging 3/10, so 6/10 is a bit of a fluke, but still. :) As a friend of mine would say, "I feel like knowing about geography."

Test your skills in The Geography Challenge and let me know how you go in a comment. :)

St Joe's Concert Great Success

Well, I really couldn't be happier with how the concert went! It was great fun to play with St Joe's on a really nice instrument (a Steinbach Grand Piano) (even though some of the keys started sticking towards the end! :S ). We played pretty well, if I do say so myself. :D Photos were taken, so hopefully I can put some up soon!

For those of you who were there, please leave a comment, tell us what u think. :) The floor's open...

Oh, and, St Joe's 160th Anniversary CD, 23 Percy Street is now available. Get yours today for only $20! ;)

St Joe's: Final Reminder!

Final reminder: St Joe's is playing at the Princess Theatre this saturday!! Just finished designing the program handout. You like? If you're free and haven't got tickets yet, then there's still time! ;)

New Roland RD700sx

Yesterday, following my final exam for my whole degree (hurrah!), I took the plunge and spent $3.7k on a new Roland RD700sx digital stage piano. It's SWEET!! It has 88 keys with progressive hammer action, which means that there's a hammer-like mechanism for each key, just like a real piano, and the lower keys are heavier than the higher keys, also just like a real piano. :D The sounds are fantastic, though atm I'm running it thru my logitech computer speakers, which don't do it justice at all. :S (These photos are of Stuart having a go on it, btw)

As mentioned in the previous post, St Joe's played in the mall this morning. As you might imagine, I took the roland along. It makes such a huge difference - you can play without having to worry about running out of keys, or compensating for bad piano sounds!

I've been playing with my new toy practically non-stop, checking out what it can do... I might even look at the manual soon! ;) To give u an idea as to how good it sounds, here's one or two recordings:

• Grand Piano - "You are who you are" mp3 867 KB - 1:13
  

ok, so there's just the one clip atm. The others weren't as good (not real happy about how this one ends either, but anyway). Maybe I'll put some more up soon. :)

enjoy :)