Slurping the Dribble – Page 24

i like the way

There’s so many things i like about you, I..
I just don’t know where to begin,

Ok, well…

I like the way you, look at me with those beautiful eyes,
I like the way you, act all surprised,
I like the way you, sing along,
I like the way you, always get it wrong,
I like the way you, clap your hands,
I like the way you, love to dance,
I like the way you, put your hands up in the air,
I like the way you, shake your hair,
I like the way you, like to touch,
I like the way you, stare so much,
but most of all…. Yeah.. most of all….

I like the way you move…..
I like the way you move…..

I like the way you, put your hands up in the air,
I like the way you, shake your hair,
I like the way you, like to touch,
I like the way you, stare so much,
but most of all…. Yeah.. most of all….

I like the way you move…..
I like the way you move…..

I like the way you, put your hands up in the air,
I like the way you, shake your hair,
I like the way you, like to touch,
I like the way you, stare so much,
but most of all…. Yeah.. most of all….

I like the way you move!

my girl

Once a girl took my love until I couldn’t give anymore,
Then I tried to pretend not to see what I couldn’t ignore.
My girl don’t love me at all, anymore.

I took her to the dance and then I didn’t see her all night.
Then a friend said he saw her with some other boy just outside.
When I went out she was alone.
She said, “I would like to go home”
I asked her, “Who were you with?”
She said, “No-one.”
I could tell that she lied
(And a voice said inside)
My girl don’t love me at all
Anymore.
Not at all.

The old site

This site was originally about my weight loss, here is an excerpt from the original site:

At the start I was 105.5kg (~232lb). My goal is to get somewhere under 80kg (176lb). If things go to plan I’ll start working on building muscle down the track, but the main goal is to lose my fat. The graph represents my progress so far, not doing too bad for the first month.

The graph represents my weightloss over time. Althought google spreadsheets have gone through some updates, at the time this site was initially created there was no way to customise the Y-Axis. Ideally I would have wanted my peak weight at the top left and the weight going doen to the right, but you still get the picture…

note: I peaked at a loss of 12kg… As at the time of writing this, I have it all back! I have spared all the gory detail of photos I had taken of myself, and rather, I have only imported my more ‘good’ days, such as those that include something of general interest. But the general ‘What I did today’ stuff is missing – for good reason (ESPECIALLY the photos! LOL)

strong

My breath smells of a thousand fags
And when I’m drunk I dance like me Dad
I’ve started to dress a bit like him

Early morning when I wake up
I look like Kiss but without the make up
And that’s a good line to take it to the bridge

And you know, and you know, ‘cos my life’s a mess
And I’m trying to grow so before I’m old I’ll confess
You think that I’m strong, you’re wrong, you’re wrong
I’ll sing my song, my song, my song

My bed’s full of takeaways of fantasies and easy lays
The pause button’s broke on my video
And is this real cos I feel fake, Oprah Winfrey Ricki Lake
Teach me things I don’t need to know

And you know, and you know, ‘cos my life’s a mess
And it’s starting to show so before I’m old I’ll confess
You think that I’m strong, you’re wrong, you’re wrong
I’ll sing my song, my song, my song

If I did it all again I’d be a nun
The rain was never cold when I was young
I’m still young, we’re still young
Life’s too short to be afraid, step inside the sun

And you know and you know, ‘cos my life’s a mess
And I’m trying to grow…

And you know and you know
Cos my life’s a mess
And I’m trying to grow

You think that I’m strong you’re wrong
You’re wrong
I’ll sing my song my song my song

Life’s too short to be afraid
So take a pill to numb the pain
You don’t have to take the blame

lift

I know you’re hurting, feels like you’re learning
‘Bout life the hard way, and it ain’t working

Seems like forever, that you’ve been falling
It’s time to move on, you’re life is calling, yeah

This was never meant to be the end
Close the book and start again

Cause I know how hard it can get
You gotta lift, You gotta lift
And sometimes that’s how it is
But I know you’re stronger, Stronger than this
You gotta lift, You gotta lift

When you can feel your, whole body’s aching
What’s left of your heart, it won’t stop breaking
You gotta let go, you took a hit
Time to pick up now, move on from this

This was never meant to be the end
Close the book and start again

Cause I know how hard it can get
You gotta lift, You gotta lift
And sometimes that’s how it is
But I know you’re stronger, Stronger than this
You got to…

Lift yourself up above all the hurt, Don’t give in
Wipe your eyes and remember you’re better than this
Let them know that they took their best shot and they missed
C’mon and lift

Cause I know how hard it can get
But you gotta lift, You gotta lift
And sometimes that’s how it is
But I know you’re stronger, Stronger than this
I know how hard it can get
But you gotta lift, You gotta lift
And sometimes that’s how it is
But I know you’re stronger, stronger than this
You gotta lift, You gotta lift, You gotta lift
(Pick up now… Pick up now…)

Flashing LED Microcontroller Project

A few years ago I got into microcontrollers and had grand plans to change the world with my micro projects. For one reason or another I stopped working on what I was doing and pretty much dropped them overnight.

Well, I’ve picked up the ball again and starting from scratch (since I’d seemed to have forgotten almost everything). So I’m starting with the basics.

Most microcontroller projects will usually have a flashing LED as the first objective. Well, I did that and this is the next step. Pulse Width Modulation. Here is a short video of a LEDs brightness being controlled through the use of PWM. This project uses an ATMega 128 AVR microcontroller (yeah, a little bit of overkill for a flashing LED, but hey!)

The next video here is taking the last video just one more step further, and that is having the LED pulsate, or as I prefer to call it, “breathing”. So much cooler than a simple flashing LED ;-)

Reset Error Code 6502 – Cannon MP620

I recently installed a continuous inking system into my Canon MP620 Multi-Purpose printer. It went relatively painlessly, except when restarting. The ink tubes got caught under the housing and jammed the print head against the right hand side of the printer, causing a 6502 Error Code.

I fixed the jam, and restarted the printer, everything seemed to be normal. The printer went through a startup routine, cleaning heads and what-not, but when it finished the error persisted.

I restarted the machine, and still, the error remained. After a bit of googling, I found the solution:

How to RESET the Error code “6502”

1 – Unplug your printer, pausing for effect.

2 – Plug the printer back in and then:
2a – Press AND HOLD the Power button
2b – Press the Stop button twice
2c – Release the Power button
2d – Press the Stop button a further four times (see notes)

notes:
– someone reported you may hear beeping, I did not
– I think the four button press of the stop AFTER releasing the Power button may not be required since once the powerbutton was released, the system immediately went into a startup routine, it didn’t appear to wait for the stop buttons. But who knows, it was there, I did it, and it worked

Lift

I have to admit, I like my music and I often like to pay attention to the lyrics in certain (if not most) songs. The last few months have been relatively trying on me and this song came on the radio. It’s not a new song, it’s probably a couple of years old now. There are many good lines in it, but this bridge has to be my favourite part:

Lift yourself up above all the hurt, Don’t give in
Wipe your eyes and remember you’re better than this
Let them know that they took their best shot and they missed
C’mon and lift

I always go too hard, when will I learn?

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I have been in serious training for over a week now and I’m hurting. It all started last Friday, week ago. Realising I needed a serious kick up the backside, I got myself down to the Muay Thai gym I started taking classes in a few months ago.

Friday: Kick Boxing (??????) – mainly for the cardio, but a bit of self defence can’t hurt!
Weekend: short push bike rides and gardening (that’s seriously hard work! especially on the knees!)
Monday: Kick Boxing
Tuesday Kick Boxing
Wednesday Kick Boxing
Thursday: Kick Boxing (very physical day)
Friday: Kick Boxing
Saturday (today): Well, I COULD have gone kick boxing, but I have a date with a friend of mind to tackle a huge mother of a mountain on Tuesday. So I went for a 16km walk which involved tackling this beast. It’s hard! Look for the turn around point on the red route on the above map!

I must admit, I feel somewhat better lately after all the exercise, but it comes at a cost. My WHOLE body aches. I am sore from head to toe. This has to be a good thing. I haven’t really lost too much weight yet, around 4kg, but the problem is that is mostly fluids. I need to lose the fat. I need to lower my blood pressure and ideally, lower my at rest pulse rate…

Let’s see how I go :-)

PS: I’m doing the Katoomba great stairs in the coming weeks… Get in touch if you want to join in!

A wedding in Thailand

Last month I spent a month in Thailand. I’d been planning this holiday for a while (around a year), and was motivated more by the fact that for a period while I was over there, a friend of mine was having a wedding there for his daughter and her fiance.

What can I say? Thailand was fantastic… Hot, but bloody brilliant. I have never had so much fun in all my life. I certainly let my hair down (well, I would have if I had any!). We never got off the island of Phuket, but I did some kilometers!!! Saw some really amazing sights (both day and night), but one of the highlights was definitely that wedding.

Everyone had a ball. It was considerably cheaper than having an equivalent wedding in Australia and the bridal party got a holiday thrown in!

edit: I hear the bride and groom are separated, which is a real shame. On another note, this was my first trip to Thailand, it wasn’t my last!