Here are the targets that I need to achieve on my final exams, this is before any form of scaling (if there is any):

Data Mining (Stats) (Exam worth: 40%)
To Pass: Already Passed, A+: 65%+
Current Average: 87.5%

Internet Programming (Exam worth: 70%):
To Pass: 30%+, A+: 80%+
Current Average: 97%

Operating Systems and Concurrent Programming (Exam worth: 70%):
To Pass: 34%+, A+: 84%+
Current Average: 87%

The issue for me is actually maintaining those averages on exams.

I am the master of internal marks, but exams are not my thing, the worst exam so far was in my first year, Linear Algebra, went into exam in 3rd place, 88% average, A+ for sure. Came out with a B- after failing the exam big time.

Auckland City Council have a new logo. Well that is if you call a geometric shape a logo.

NZ Herald Article:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10472657

My Thoughts:

$1 Million for a triangle? You have to be kidding me. And what is it meant to represent? The old logo was distinctly Auckland now we have a triangle? Awesome, great artistic creativity there.

Seriously, if we didn’t think that the current logo was up to scratch then why didn’t we pool the local artistic community. The council throws lots of money into places like Art Station and various events for artists every year, but the once chance that they really have to show their true talent gets wasted by a chief executive who remembered how to draw a triangle from his primary school days.

A square would of been better, because we are obviously not thinking outside of it.

For comparison here is the current logo:

And for those people who cannot see the symbolism in the logo it is simple. Two yachts with Rangitoto Island in the background.

You are an Attentive Leader.

You are a Leader

Your solid grounding in the practicalities of life, along with your self-assuredness and your willingness to appreciate new things make you a LEADER.
You’re in touch with what is going on around you and adept at remaining down-to-earth and logical.
Although you’re detail-oriented, this doesn’t mean that you lose the big picture.
You tend to find beauty in form and efficiency, as opposed to finding it in broad-based, abstract concepts.
Never one to pass on an adventure, you’re consistently seeking and finding new things, even in your immediate surroundings.
Because of this eagerness to pursue new experiences, you’ve learned a lot; your attention to detail means that you gain a great deal from your adventures.
The intellectual curiosity that drives you leads you to seek out causes of and reasons behind things.
Your confidence gives you the potential to take your general awareness and channel it into leadership.
You’re not set on one way of doing things, and you often have the skills and persistence to find innovative ways of facing challenges.
You are well-attuned to your talents, and can deal with most problems that you face.
You are balanced in your approach to problem-solving, not letting your emotions hold you up.
You prefer to have time to plan for things, feeling better with a schedule than with keeping plans up in the air until the last minute.

If you want to be different:
There’s more to life than the practical - take some time to daydream and explore the aesthetic sides of things.
how you relate to others
You are Attentive

Because you like spending time with others, understand their feelings, and often know what is best for them, you are ATTENTIVE.
Some people are merely concerned about others, but you take action, helping people when you have the opportunity.
Although you care about others, you are hesitant to trust them to act in the best way on their own.
You don’t let your concerns with people go unnoticed: if someone has hurt your feelings, that person will hear about it.
People energize and excite you—you are able to have fun and be yourself when you’re around others.
You also learn a lot about yourself by talking things out with people, even if you don’t always share things that are important to you.
You have a strong sense of right and wrong, and you’re not hesitant to express yourself.
Understanding the dynamics of a situation is an important skill that you have, and you often intervene to clarify things for others.

If you want to be different:
You care about people, but finding the ones you can truly trust will allow you to get closer to them.

While you have strong opinions about what is right and wrong in the world, you risk coming across as judgmental—be sure to consider different perspectives when voicing your opinion.

The first photo is from my kitchen window while I was cooking dinner, it is a reflection of my other window which looks out directly at uni (as seem in picture two).

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=124266829

What can I say?

Whilst this computer may look like a terrible genetic engineering accident, it is actually a fully working linux machine which has never let me down.

Processor: A legendary Pentium II MMX @ 300MHz
Memory: A whopping 160mb
Hard Disk: 5,202,548,000 bytes of storage [5.2 gig]
Operating System: Linux slackware, 2.4.20 Kernel

The machine has everything [52x cdrom, hard disk, motherboard, psu] all encased in a highly technically architectured Selleys No More Gaps case. Somewhat shoddily too I might add, the architect severely lacked an eye for detail, oh well shit happens.

A Fantastic machine for coding [was used for C++, Java, Ruby, Perl], web serving [has an ancient version of apache installed] or just for putting on your mantle piece and impressing visitors who can’t work out what the f__k it is, or why you would ever want it.

PICK UP ONLY.

President
337 Brad HEAP (52.74%)
153 Keshia NICOLSON (23.94%)
111 Zea ISARANGKOOL (17.37%)
38 No Confidence (5.95%)
Total: 639

Vice-President
424 Lisa HAAKMA (73.48%)
153 No Confidence (26.52%)
Total: 577

Asian Cultural Rep.
234 Yuan Yuan (Grace) SU (37.26%)
174 Yang YANG (27.71%)
117 Weijie (Shirley) DING (18.63%)
103 No Confidence (16.40%)
Total: 628

Education Rep.
421 Rawa KARETAI (74.12%)
147 No Confidence (25.88%)
Total: 568

Environmental Rep.
410 Maurice TIPENE (73.32%)
150 No Confidence (26.79%)
Total: 560

International Cultural Rep.
261 Andrijana (Ana) TRAJANOVSKA (44.46%)
235 Wajahat (Waj) KHAN (40.03%)
91 No Confidence (15.50%)
Total: 587

Mature Students’ Rep.
286 Rebekah CLIFFORD (48.47%)
151 Joy SADLER & Dean WRIGHT (25.59%)
133 No Confidence (22.54%)
Total: 590

Social Activities Rep.
314 Reuben VERGHESE (53.67%)
188 Christian STAHL (32.14%)
83 No Confidence (14.19%)
Total: 585

Women’s Welfare Rep.
432 Ashleigh GRANT (73.34%)
157 No Confidence (26.66%)
Total: 589

Notes on results:

In total 689 votes cast, however not all of these were valid for every position.
12.3% of the campus voted.

In contested positions:
Brad Heap got highest number of votes cast.
Reuben Verghese got highest winning percentage.
International Representative had the smallest winning margin (26 votes)
Brad Heap got more then double the votes of the nearest competitor
The Mature Representative position got highest number of no confidence votes

In general:
The President position got highest number of total valid votes cast
Ashleigh Grant got highest number of votes
Ashleigh Grant got highest number of no confidence votes

Believe it or not it is actually located on facebook.

But I have done many IQ tests across the net with results ranging form high 120’s to low 140’s, I know I am in the mid 130’s and finally I got a result that states that.

We estimate your IQ to be: 135… The average person has an IQ of 100 - if you are over 100 you are above average!
You got 26 questions right out of a possible 30.

From Falling Up’s new album, Captiva

“Good Morning Planetarium”

The fight is over now, the bright lights turned somehow
The strength I have is running out, the current pulls me down

I’m wondering

Is anybody out there, who’s cold and incomplete, inside?
I can hear Him calling
Come and follow me, my child

The twilight turns to day, with all your love displayed
The stars they bow in awe, when the lost return to you

Draws up my heart deep from the well
I know He’s Finding every lost and broken dream