Michael Wheeler

Before using Google Reader, I used NetNewsWire for RSS and Atom news feeds, although it was impossible for me to make it travel. I wanted feeds on any computer I use and any operating system. Google Reader contains a lot of clutter to my dislike, making the overall look and feel of it not too crash hot. It also contains some sort of home area, that I’m week to work out the point, I’d rather just have the “All” feeds part as my default home.

I also tried out the Reader dashboard widget, but I seem to only get a box with “error” inside it. I gather it’s because of my Google hosted domain, which seems to break a lot of programs that tap into Googles API.

Generally it’s very nice, although needs some tweaking to make it more appealing.

Today (well at time of writing 22/5/08), I was walking with a group home during a flex off period, and we came across a sports class that conducts scenic walking as a sport. The teacher stopped us like he was a police officer in authority (personally I was going to keep on walking, as I thought it was a joke and if it wasn’t it’s out his rights to stop us. But nearly everyone else in the group stopped so I thought I would conform) and got use to show ID, so he could determine if we were in Grade 12 (The only grade that can get variation at the time). Now as far as I know, we had been let out of school and weren’t under the control of the school and teachers have no right to stop students. If we were waging we would be placed in the brilliant absent system and so on so forth.

Should teachers be able to stop students and check if they should be in school? I think not, your thoughts would be appreciated.

I get really pissed off, with the improper use of “PC”. PC is personal computer, not Microsoft Windows. For example when software says that it runs on PC, it actually means it runs on Windows, and not on OS X, Linux or BSD, which are all operating systems that run on PC. To me it’s false advertising and stupidity. I’m going to start making games and selling them for PC, which runs on BSD, and see how many people get tricked. Or (I know I can’t start a sentence with the word OR, but I am so try and stop me) better yet, give away free porn for PC.

IMG_2228, originally uploaded by TheSkorm.

My mum bought me some nice new shoes. I always find that when I get new shoes, they never feel like the fit until a week after using them, but these shoes fit so nicely and don’t have that feeling. They are Colorado Tangles and I’m really liking them. More pictures in flickr.

I got two marks back yesterday. English I got a C-, which isn’t too bad for me for an inclass assessment. I also got in my mail, my blood mark, which is A+. If only my school marks were as good as my blood. I already knew my blood type but it’s nice to be able confirm it from a source that isn’t mum.