Anyone else going to see it at midnight tomorrow/tonight?

I've released my Language Processing library. It doesn't have all of the functionality I want it to - at the moment it manages finite state machines, generates context free grammars from text and parses sentences with the CYK algorithm. Or in other words, it can track the state of an object based on simple input, and can allow it to act in response if implemented correctly, it will read and understand a formal definition of a context free grammar, and can tell you whether or not a given sentence can be produced with that grammar.

http://www.byond.com/developer/Hazman/LanguageProcessing

So I might just have something BYOND-related to show when I get back to Edinburgh next Saturday.

Maybe.

Remote control helicopters are really fun. Me and a friend went shopping yesterday and picked up Picoo-Z Tandems which are chinook-style dual-rotor helos rather than 'single' rotor. I'm surprised at how easy it is to control, although getting over inhibitions of 'careful on the throttle' caused me some problems because for taking off you basically have to floor it for a second and then release it a little at a time until you get to your desired height. I found holding it in my right hand at the height I wanted it, holding it until I got the throttle right, and then releasing it, worked quite well.

Getting trim right is also a little tricky (especially as mine was spiralling slightly and would only turn one way as the front rotor got a little knocked and I had to click it back into place - which I didn't notice for quite a while). You have to keep adjusting it until you get it right which takes a few minutes.

Also it has a 'searchlight' which is a pretty bright blue LED and flashing lights on the side which are pretty cool.

Also I hear that there's some minor religous festival being celebrated tomorrow.

I've been working on the Language Processing lib outlined below. Finite State Machine support is virtually done, although I'm yet to add anything Regex related. CFGs are created from text succesfully but at the moment the parser doesn't work quite right and only accepts grammars in Chomsky Normal Form (which means a symbol can only produce a terminal or a pair of non-terminals so you couldn't have anything like GREETING -> 'Hello' PLAYERNAME).
I won't be providing a release for a while since most of what's implemented is half finished and I want to produce decent documentation so that people can actually work this stuff without doing a degree-level course in language processing (I envy those people). Writing documentation for semantics will be especially fun since I'll have to teach you some lambda calculus. Good times.

Also I'll be without my PC for three weeks, although I'll still have internet access. So I won't even be working on this for three weeks.

Also I have a Maths exam tomorrow. Oh joy.