After a brief break for Christmas and whatnot, it's back to school and there goes all of my hopes of finishing many things. Or for that matter, even starting some good ideas.

I have a long list of things to do that are BYOND related. I have two programs to release, one is a library and one is a demo. The name of the demo I shall not release yet, but the library is called Datumize, I made these both a LONG, LONG time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. Just kidding about the galaxy part.

Next comes my projects to finish. Most are from a while ago, and I think I should do them justice and finish them. Easy Bars, which I must document, HumanGen, MapMenu, Mission Maker, Rogue Stickz(HUB version not contest version), and four other titles that I won't tell. Me and my secrets. =)

After those are done, I can still fix some problems with ProcCount and SmartFilter, or start any idea out of the four I have listed, not counting the ones floating belly-up in my brain.

Well I'm off, but not to work on anything important!

Recently at school we recieved some students from Holland. They moved here, but I'm not sure why. One of them is in my grade, and as we have a small school there are only three classes at my level, one of them is a French-Immersion class, so talking to a Dutch person in French wouldn't really help.

So in my style of helping I thought it would be cool to use BYOND to aid this situation. The students, (male in our grade) speek next to no English so this causes a problem. We can't even tell him where the bathroom is!

I created a program that on Login() makes users pick a language from a list, for our example I would pick English, and our new friend would pick Dutch. Then using a standard Say() verb you can talk to each other. But the advantage is it has built-in translation thanks to me parsing babblefish. This when I can say something in English and it will appear to any other user in their language.

The only problem is, I don't know if I can use it. First off, we'd have to use it at school, and I don't know if the teachers or administration would allow us to install BYOND on the computers. Secondly, even if BYOND was installed, and it ran correctly the computer wouldn't be able to host unless the school gave me access to their router(Possible? No!).

I could always host from home or something, but this would still require BYOND on the computers. The only other solution that I've come up with, is porting the capabilities to a DMCGI website which would be alot more work, but then we could jsut simply message over the web.

But there are drawbacks to that; I'd have to program it, I don't know how well DMCGI handles chat-roomesque things, and I can't host DMCGI.

=(, and I was trying to do something good...

As many of you know, or can find out easily, I like soccer. And as previously mentioned in another post, I bought FIFA 06 for PlayStation 2. The only problem is, I can't find the bloody roster updates! I've looked everywhere and I obviously suck at using Google because all I can find are the patches for the P.C. version!

I found a great file for NHL 06 that has all the players that aren't created, their stats that you need to put in, all the trades and the new team lines.

Now if I could just find it for FIFA. To me FIFA takes more of a priority and I'd like to get it updated. I was told it was listed on the FIFA 06 official website, but I can't find it there at all? Does anyone know where I can find it before I go nuts.


Okay. I've already gone nuts.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know. Where the tree tops glisten, and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow.

Merry Christmas to all.

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a coder was coding, not even digitalmouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that BYOND 4.0 soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of a better BYOND danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the computer to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like Flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objs below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a Dan, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little mystery driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be a trick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Crasher! now, Fancier! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the forum! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, Move() to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of goodies, and DanTom too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little spoof.
As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
Down the chimney DanTom came with a bound.
It was dressed all in fur, from its head to its foot,
And its clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of features he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a God just opening his pack.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."