SCORE!

So today for the first time ever I caught the disc in the end zone! It was pretty epic; actually, the reason I hadn't done it before even though I played a whole season is that no one ever throws to me. Yay!

Ultimate!

Yay! I went to an awesome Ultimate camp today! We threw disks (obviously) and did drills and stuff, and then we scrimmaged (is that spelled right?) and then we played Stick. :D

Mail-to-Blogger

That last post was actually the first post I ever made not using blogger.com. I used a thing called Mail-to-Blogger, which I set up recently. So now I can post from my iPod without using blogger.com - which isn't optimized for mobile. :D

Real men don't need shoes

So I just walked down to Jackson's house with no shoes (or socks) and it was pretty awesome. See the title.

iD, Days 4 and 5

So on Thursday, I did some more stuff with my calculator. I think I just added features all day, and played Room War in breaks.
Friday, I put my calculator and another project that I made (to learn classes) on a thumb drive. I worked on it a bit more and added trigonometric functions, although I'm not entirely sure whether those are working or not. Right before the showcase stuff, we played Zombie Invasion in the hall. Then we had pizza for lunch (provided by the camp) and then we had the raffle. See, all week the instructors give out these tickets when you do something good. Then you write your name on your tickets and put them in the raffle for different stuff. I put mine in for some Magic cards but didn't get either of them. When all the parents were there, we had this diploma ceremony thing where we got these iD Diplomas and the instructors talked about our work, and then we had parent showcase. My dad had to leave, but I'm going to show him my program here, at home. Oh yeah, we also got these t-shirts from iD, and mine was waaaaaaay to big. So was Jackson's, but he switched with someone who's shirt was too small. So we showed our parents the programs and stuff. And right before me and Mom and Jackson and Dawn were about to leave (we rode with them) some of the instructors were playing Nyan Cat, and we had a discussion about that.
And then we went home, which was sad because the week was over.

iD, Day 4

So I wrote a post on today but there was an error. Since I'm too lazy to write another one, I'll include what I did today in tomorrow's post. :D

iD, Day 3

So I'm still working on my calculator. Definitely going to be my final project, 'cause I've spent way too much time working on it to abandon it and start a new project. I've spent most of today implementing a new exponent function, which will be able to handle any type of exponent. Then, I'll be able to route the square function to the exponent function without having a separate procedure for squares, and in the future, cubes. This will work well because the exponent function is smart enough to recognize squares and cubes, and will display them as such.
Also, after I'm done with that, I'm thinking of switching to use classes.

iD, Day 2 (Haha)

So I totally forgot to post on my second day at iD! So here it is.
Today we programmed more. I worked on my calculator app a lot, and added support for factorials and squares. I still have to fix some bugs with factorials, and I tried to add a square root function but it didn't work, so the bad code is currently commented out, which means that C++ just ignores it.
We also learned classes, which are really confusing. But it means you can do objects and methods and all sorts of cool stuff. Which is all still really confusing.

My first Mac app!

So I wrote my first actually functional Mac app ever. It doesn't have a GUI and it's unbelievably simple. In fact, it's so short I'll post the source right here.

//
//  main.cpp
//  TestC++
//
//  Created by Alex Jordan on 6/20/11.
//  Copyright 2011 __MyCompanyName__. All rights reserved.
//

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class words {
public:
    string words[5][10];
};

int main()
{
    int exitinput;
    words words;
    cout << "Hello, World\n";
    cout << "Type a color. \n";
    cin >> words.words[1][1];
    cout << "Type an animal. \n";
    cin >> words.words[2][1];
    cout << "Type another animal. Almost done. \n";
    cin >> words.words[2][2];
    cout << "Type a place name. Last question. \n";
    cin >> words.words[3][1];
    cout << "Okay, let's tell a story. \n";
    cout << "A " << words.words[1][1] << " " << words.words[2][1] << " chased a " << words.words[2][2] << " around " << words.words[3][1] << ". \n";
    cout << "To close this program, type anything and hit enter.\n";
    cin >> exitinput;
    return 0;
}

 And it runs just fine.

iD, Day 1

I'm writing this during free time at iD. It's pretty awesome, we could either choose C++ or Java to learn to program. Jackson and I chose C++, which was OK but then the instructor didn't really have time to teach us much. Now, though, it's ok and I've programmed a brilliant console application:

Foreground: C++ console application. Background: Source code for said application.

So it's pretty cool. I'm going to work on it some more now. I might post the source later, depending on my whims :D

Stay Tuned...

I don't have much time but I'm going to post a little later today during break. Stay tuned...

YAY!

Yay! Two things:
1. I'm going to Jackson's house! (actually I just arrived (actually actually now it's evening, but I went earlier and it was really epic))
2. Tomorrow I'm going to an iD Tech Camp! To learn C++! internaldrive.com
Also, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, DAD(s)!!! I made my dad a mug with my sister and we're going to fire it and it's going to be one of the best presents ever.

Aw, beast!

I just found out that I'm on my friend Zeb's blog list on his blog :D
Yay! I'll have to put his blogs up here, they're zebbc.blogspot.com and startagainphilosophy.blogspot.com.

How to create custom private posts in Buzz

Okay, so you probably already knew that you can create public posts in Buzz, which anyone can see, and you can create private posts from contact groups that only the people in the contact group can see. But did you know you can also make custom private posts that don't fully come from a contact group?
Steps:
1. Create a contact group with nobody in it.
2. When you want to make a custom private post, select this group as the contact group it'll be to.
3. Somewhere inside the post, @reply every person you want included in the post. You can also @reply people to add to a contact group that already has people in it.
4. Post.
For example, recently I wanted to make a private post to my friend Kiki, and no one else. Instead of making a new contact group, I used my 'nobody' contact group, then put @kiki.****@gmail.com (I've obfuscated part of his email) in my post. When I posted, Buzz added him to the post.
Go try it out! It's pretty awesome.

Yogurtland

I just got back from this place called Yogurtland and... oh wait, now that it's the morning it was actually yesterday. But anyway yesterday evening we went to this place called Yogurtland and it was pretty awesome, because you basically got to choose your own frozen yogurt flavors (from what they had available, of course), exactly how much you wanted, exactly what toppings and how much of each you wanted, etc. It was pretty awesome.

Teeth and stuff

Yep, I just got two teeth out at the orthodontist, which I just got back from. :D
The first one, the orthodontist just pulled the tooth out with her fingers, but the second needed Novocaine. So before she did the injection, she did this other numbing thing were she just swabs this blue stuff (I don't know what it was) and I swallowed some by accident and it made my throat numb, which was really weird.

The Game

Okay, so I've been thinking of a game that people can play this summer. It will start as soon as this is published, and will end around the end of summer vacation (I'll post something when it ends to let you know). When it ends, whoever has the most points will win.
Here are the rules.

RULES
1. In order to get points, you have to not talk for a whole day. (It was originally going to be based around weeks but I changed it on the advice of Greta Zorn - thanks for the input, Greta!)
2. This only includes using your vocal chords. You can still talk using the computer (e.g. Google Talk) and you can carry around paper to write your thoughts on. You can also carry something to get someone's attention, like an air horn, and even get someone else to say it for you.
3. Involuntary noises such as sneezing and coughing are allowed. Note that you have to do your best to suppress laughter.
4. If you REALLY have to make an exception you can. A good example of this would be if you had to give a public speech.
Okay, I can't think of any more off the top of my head, so let's move on to scoring.

SCORING
1. For one day you get one point.
2. For a day after another day (two consecutive days) you get the previous day's point value + 1.
3. For the beginning of each consecutive week (7 days in a row, it would be the 8th day) you can add 1 point to the number of points you add to the previous day's point value (except for the first week).
4. Once you miss a day, the number of points you add to the previous day's value is reset to 1. The next day you do it, you'll get one point (which then adds to the total score you had before - the total score does not reset.)
5. This is based on the honor system, so don't cheat please - it ruins it for everyone else.

Scoring example - I don't talk Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday all in a row. Then, I miss Wednesday and talk, then don't talk again on Thursday.
Monday, I get 1 point. Tuesday, I get 2 because Monday's Score (1) + 1 = 2. Wednesday, I get Tuesday's score (2) + 1 = 3. Thursday, I get 4, Friday, I get 5, Saturday, I get 6, Sunday, 7.
Now, I've done it 7 days. Since Monday's the beginning of a new week, I add one to the number of points I get. Therefore, I get Sunday's score + 2 (as opposed to one) = 9 points on Monday. Tuesday, I get Monday's score (9) + 2 = 11. Wednesday, I talk and the points I add to the previous day's score is reset, and I get zero points that day. Note that I don't lose the 11 points I already had. Thursday, I don't talk and get the 11 points I already had + Wednesday's score (0) + 1 = 12.

If you have any questions, post in the comments (people reading this on Buzz, it would be great if you could post questions on the actual blog, ramblingsfromalex.blogspot.com, as well as Buzz, because then other people can see them).

Omigod, school's out. I get to sleep!

So yeah. School's out and as the title says, I finally get to sleep 'cause I've been up all night recently reading Shakespeare and making maps and stuff. Yay! :D

Last (real) day of school

Yeah, it's the last day of school where we actually have classes. I have to go pretty soon but I just wanted to post something quick about it before I walk down to carpool. Tomorrow, it's Park Day or something, and we walk down to Gasworks Park and play there, then go back to school and get dismissed at 11:30 or something because it's a half day. And then it's summer; I'll probably be going to a pool party my grade has every year. Man, that's scary - I'm almost an 8th grader.
Aaaaaaaaaa....

Open Tech Lab!

So it's fourth period and I have Double Tech, which is really awesome, because we get to just screw around on the computer. Which is obviously why I'm writing a blog post instead of working.
The thing is, we're watching old World Tour projects. And mine is unbelievably awful.
We did the World Tour project last year. In this, we basically pretended we were a music group. We worked out a tour with a certain budget, and also produced and edited a music video. However, I wrote the lyrics for my group instead of using a regular song... which equals awful music video.
Oh god... oh god oh god oh god, I'm next...

OMIGODOMIGODOMIGOD (OMG OMG OMG)

OH MY GOD I JUST FINISHED INCEPTION and it was so awesome.
It has got to be one of my favorite movies of all time, ever.

OneRepublic - Good Life

Hello all,
I just wanted to highlight this video because I really like the song! It actually might not play unless it's playing on the actual YouTube site, but you can click the link to watch it there; it's really good. Ready, GO!