I don't know what to do with my life. I don't know where I want it to lead. I avoid big decisions. In life I've basically just made two decision ever. Both was about education. The last one was just so I wouldn't have to care for another 4.5 years. There's two years left until the decision I made there is 'over'. But now I sit here wondering wherever it all will lead. I have no idea how I want to live my life. One moment I think I'd like it in some way, another moment I think something completely different. And I just don't do anything. I just sit around. Sure I study, that's what the decision I made was, and I don't have anything else to do. But in the time when I don't study, I just sit. Staring at this screen mostly, avoiding everything. Shut in. Sometimes I program things for fun. Sometimes I write things for fun. I talk to people. I try to keep myself amused. But I don't deal with normal everyday problems. I mean, for example I still don't have a driver's license. I never got around bothering, yet it wouldn't be difficult at all. I actually would have the time, if I didn't spend it just being lost. It's like I'm not motivated to do anything. I don't have anything to do it for. I could do it for me, but I don't care. I can live with whatever I end up not doing. I mean, it's just me. If it serves me bad, than that's just my own fault, so no worries. But it leads down to that I don't get anywhere. I never, ever, had a job. I never worked. I never had too. I've never been motivated to. So I lack that experience. I never travelled far. I've never been outside Scandinavia, and just barely outside Sweden. I never had a reason, never had a motivation. Maybe it would be fun, interesting, rewarding to travel. But it's not happening. I could blame a lot of things that don't happen on me not having much money, but nothing stops me from actually earning money if I worked. Only I don't. There's stuff I like that I don't often do. Like, I like taking walks, but I rarely do. As with so many other stuff, it just don't happen, I just sit here. But what's the deal with this crappy text, is it just to pity myself? No, I don't really. I don't know. I just felt like writing this. Just stating it in text, before myself seeing that at least I'm aware of what I do. Or don't. I'm boring, unless I have a reason not to. I'm lazy, unless I have a reason not to. I just don't care about anything much, unless I have a reason to. I have a reason to study, because it's what I do, I made a decision, and there's and end to it that's reasonable. But then what, and what are the studies for? It's just something I do. It's stupid. This is stupid. But then, this is supposed to be... Well, wasn't that a crappy punchline.

Nooooooooooooooooooo!

... or perheps Yeah!
Dunno how fun the things we are about to study are. But at least there's one programming course so maybe it'll be fun. We'll see. And I'm kind of starting to slack off so maybe it's good to get something to do.

Yah, I know it's not been many entries lately, but I guess I just haven't been very stupid lately. Or too stupid. I'll leave you to figure it out.

Arr r arrr rrr rrrarrrr ararrrrr rrrr ...

It's 2006 now. As if you didn't know...

Some change has occured. It's pretty draughty.

Woah! It's been a busy weekend. And week too, but mostly weekend. Had an automation exam Saturday afternoon, so I spent much of my time studying for that. In the middle of my studies (like Thursday, maybe) I found out that it would be a Ludum Dare 48h compo the very same weekend. Oh woe I was? Maybe. So I continued to study, then Friday evening I spent my time talking in #ludumdare and writing a theme vote counter. Then I studied some at 23:59.

And then we have Saturday. Checked the compo theme and such, ate breakfast and studied. Then at 14, BAM!, exam. It went fairly well compared to my expectations (I'm pretty sure I passed). So add 4 hours, and I'm shopping, and half an hour more, and I'm in the compo. 36 hours later the compo ends, at 6 am today Monday. I submitted 12 minutes before the deadline. And then I had booked washing time for 12 today too... so not much sleep, oh noe. But I had some sleep between Saturday and Sunday.

So how did the game go? Good, and bad. My first idea was a kind of God game where you created land and such and people appeared. And there was supposed to be a kind of currency, that I called belief. So I coded the tile system and the simulation first, then I started to try to get it into a game. Well, it didn't work, or at least it didn't work without very much job, so I dropped it (the game idea, not the simulation and that). So I figured out another game: You have a limited supply of different kinds of land, and you have objectives to complete. Then there's supposed to be interesting levels that are fun and challenging. I fixed up a tutorial mode, and a sandbox mode. These are pretty cool. Then there was the levels. I managed to come up with a few ok ones, but then it went downhill. So I ended with 7 levels, of which some are ok. Most are pretty easy, you just have to wait a while. I'm not very happy about them. But on the whole, the game's pretty ok.

You can get the game, called The People, here. And the timelog here.

Some other things have probably happened too, but who cares.

Arrgh! December! It really sneaks up on you, doesn't it?

Phew, still not December. What a relief.

So, let's say we have a train full of fish. And water. Fish and water. And then we start the train. Now, the question is: Will the fish become boiled in the water?

It is not an easy question to answer. Indeed, it has been calculated that it requires infinite calculation time to calculate the answer. So we're not going to calculate it, we're just going to speculate in an odd and stupid way.

What we must first ask ourselves is whether there's free chips on the train. Then we must ask ourselves if there's any deep-friers on the train. If there are chips and if there are deep-friers, then obviously boiling the fish is a total waste as it could be deep-fried instead.

If no chips or deep-friers are available, such an easy solution can not be found, but we must instead investigate how many that want the fish to become boiled. If more than 50% of the inhabitants of the train want the fish to become boiled, then we must assume that they will make it so. If not 50% want this, or if there's not really any inhabitants to speak of (which is pretty likely, considering the train is full of fish and water), the mystery thickens even more.

And thus more questions are raised: Why are there fish and water on the train in the first place? Is the train underwater? Has a bridge collapsed? Why would the water begin to boil? Has there been a meltdown at the local power plant? Can the president of the world sing a christmas carol backwards? Does a president of the world even exist? Why are we asking ourselves so many questions? And so on.

The resulting statement is more or less "Who cares if the fish boils? It's a silly question." Kind of pathetic really. I mean, everyone knows fish aren't automatically boiled if a train starts, not even if it is full of water. And fish. Fish and water. Yeah.

Maybe I should sleep instead.

Bah, the sanguine penguins suck. I still have no lead.

Or maybe I do. Maybe I'm just trying to destroy the sanguine penguins' good reputation. Yes, maybe that's it. Maybe I'm really evil! Mwahahahahah! ... Maybe.

Ho, sanguine penguins, where have you hidden the lead?
I'm wondering, because I've been searching so for it.
Oh, come on, sanguine penguins, truly you are amazing, but why are you so cruel?
I really need that lead.

Today I've written a program that converts .png:s to 32 bit icons. If you dare, you may get and try it here. It is not very tested.

Also, it's a command line program, and it only creates 32 bit icons, but it can add them to other icon files, so if you want icons with support for old color formats, first use another program such as png2ico.

Or you can just ignore both these programs and use some other program such as SnIco. But then it won't be as easy to add icon creation in makefiles and such fun stuff. Mwhahaha!

That's right, my dear reader, the title more or less explains it all: how the universe works, how to reach enlightenment, the secret of eternal life, yes practically anything!

Now that you know, use it wisely.

I have not been stupid enough to write anything here lately. I have just been tired. And lazy.

The freedom wasn't very long-lasting :/

Assignment le done! Freedom!

Bah! Exams coming up again... it happens four times a year, and it's quite a nuisance. This time there will be two exams, and a 5000 words assignment. One of the exams is not a problem -- it's on computer graphics. The other one and the assignment is on HCI (Human Computer Intercour.. er.. Interaction).

The basic idea behind HCI is a good one, and it should be an interesting subject. Problem is, it's mostly common sense, wrappad up in hundreds of guidelines, principles, theories, acronyms and whatnot. And, of course, it's not the common sense that's important, but all the stuff it's wrapped up in! So in the end it's a boring and tedious course. And the exam is tomorrow, so today isn't the happiest day of my life. But with a bit of luck, I think I should be able to pass the exam. Then there's the assignment, which we've barely begun (all the work and 4700 words left), and it should be ready Friday. So the following week is pretty craplicous.

- Why is that moon looking so suspicous?
- Why, didn't you know? It's full of suspended moon spice!

<later, writing a letter>
Dear Moon,
I've heard that you have a lot of spice, and I wonder if you would consider giving some to me.
Yours forever,
Moonfanboy

A bug has been found in Cooking with Jolle - Part 1. While adding time, you actually have to stir the stuff some times. Otherwise your house might burn down, and we don't want that, now do we?