Life in the fast lane

Life is like a F1 race with an infinite number of laps. fast , dangerous yet strangely enjoyable and thrilling. The problems is once you get caugt up in the fast paced life style yes you have a lot of fun but you lose sight of the important small dyay to day things thta have whole lot more meaning than anythimg you would encounter in the kayalami track of life. There is a saying that "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away" ,
but when you whizzing by at 180 ilife you are going to miss those moments that take your breath away, and then how will you say thta you lived a fullfilling life. Then the only option is that periodically you should slow your life down or try to go through life at a modertae pace so that you stay in tghe race and yet do not miss what is going on around you. Also if you treat life as A f1 race you must constantly concerntrate on the race or you will hit the wall and that will be the end of life itself, does'nt seem worthit to live life ,like that does it.
Life is about the small things ion it as well as the big things, what if at the end of the big race you cannot say even tell what a rose smells like or what feelings a sunset invokes .. it would be as if you lived a half life..
which is why for me I will live life like a quite drive down a country road .. enjoying my surroundings and gathering memeories which will last me a life time. So what if i finisj last in the race , at least I would have enjoyed life and actually ahd moments thta take my breath away :).

The wonderful world of layouts

Aloha! friends and visitors....
Been busy at college trying to figure out UML and SQL (YES we do some seriously hardcore stuff at uni GRIN) with the semester nearing completion we are rushing around finishing up or trying to finish up coursework.. truthfully some of us have not even started on the given assignments but no worries all will be well after some late night brainstorming sessions at Uni. Anyway I was trying to finish up some tutorials for my database lectures and it was about 1am in the morning I was feeling restless but did'nt feel like doing any thing serious either.. so having nothing better to do i went to my hi5 and was checking out some of my friends profile and comparing their happening profile layouts to my boring one , I decided that my profile had long been neglected enough , I visited some of the sites offering all those flashy texts and funky plugins for hi5 layouts and checked them out, and I'll tell you there are whole heap of them out there.. while trawling through these sites I came across this particular website that offered to generate you own custom profile , which ws interesting seeing that some of the premade ones on offer are already used by about a thousand other people.. thinking a one custom profile would give my profile a more individual look I decided to try my hand at generating my own profile.. the generator was a godsend because it freed me off the pesky task of writing lenghty HTML code which I truly suck at (its all those goddamn tags .. I cannot for the love of god keep track of them ).. anyways I made my first profile and uploaded it and fell in live with my handiwork :D .. So I thought"why not make another one".. big mistake ... to date I've lost count of the number of profiles I have created IT IS ADDICTIVE ..
Basically I'm blissfully losing myself in Layout land.. Its quite simple actually you search for a background image that suits your taste or you can upload an image to a photobucket account and then go to the online editor add the image and then select a colour scheme that you like.. after this its you creativity that comes into play.. you can get lost in all this for hours .. god knows I did.. but its all good fun ... any one interested in custom layout should visit pimpmyprofile
or Hi5decor..
But be warned you might find yourself up at ungodly hours editing layouts.... have fun and be creative...

Criss crossing the water divide

My mom once told me when I was throwing a rebellious teenage hormone driven triade at her for some obscure and stupid issue that "no man is an Island".. at the time I thought yeah right to myself and set out to try and prove her wrong( ahh the follies of early teen years GRIN).. so I tried to distance myself from people completely and basically become the human version if Greenland. That worked for awhile but as happens in often in life .. a major spanner was thrown in to my works and well long story short I left the safety of my island exsistence and sought ompanionship with someone .. that turned out into a complete farce due to reason which I could have controlled but did'nt due to the fact I was to caught up in the moment (I think i've said this before).. well anyway after being burned by my experiance I again retreated to my island sanctuary vowing never to leave it again to spare my self from being hurt.. this was not a prudent move and just lead to me brooding and beating myself up for no reason.. The point I am trying to make by relating all this is . that isolating ones self from soceity is not the answer. You must exsist within it as a free entity who interacts with it for mutual benefit for both him and society... That was whole bunch of academic talk was'nt it .. hers what I think simply..
Building yourself an island hideaway from the world is fine .. but you should not withdraw it to it completely and cut yourself of from people.. being self reliant is a good idea but when you need it the most you should be able to turn to people for help otherwise your just putting yourself through alot of hardships for nothing. YOUR ISLAND WITHIN YOURSELF should be your stronghold form whence you launch yourself into life and it should be for you alone. basically if you want be an islad and build you keep upon it .. but make sure you are able and not afraid to cross the water to other isalnds and establish realtions with them.. It So you can be an Island but you should not be an island cut off from the world .. like the mighty sea captains of yore you must set out to chart the waters around you and establish ties with you neighbourig islands. Therefore what my mum was trying to tell me was essentially right.. It just took me awhile to understand it (The story of my life GRIN)

Ice Cream break

Yesteday I had a very pleasurable break form the rat race of life with a couple of my friends.. Its amazing how a simple thing like having ice cream can help to ease stress levels, plus it was just fun 2 sit back and have a small chat over ice cream.. So in the midst of the clincking of teaspoons in bowls , This thought came to me.. No matter how confident you are of your self, you always have certaing guarded demeanour which might be obvious or not obvious and although we grow use to it , it is a burdensome thing to have and it is a rare thing to be in company that allows you to let all those guards down. yesterday while I was with this friend of mine I could just relax and be free for awhile, it was like having a refreshing sea breeze wash over you :).. which is why I hope that I will be able to continue to meet up like that every now and then.. Talking about friends and relationships.. My Inter Personal Skills lectutrer ws discussing groups and relationships in the world brought up an interesting point, which was that any relationship no matter the its nature wether it be between parents and children or lover or married couples .. you have to work to keep the relationship afloat.. This is something I believe to be true with just one important addition..
If a relationship is truly special and worthwhile and it does mean alot to the people involved , then due to the mutual understanding between the two people or group of people , the actuall work you have to put in to make it work will be minimal and sometimes it may require herculean efforts to maintain it due 2 various reasons, you would not hink twice about putting in that effort and when you are enganed in the act of trying to make it work , it'll seem like the effort is but a small thing you are doing for the other person and if the other person or persons in the relationship see what you are doing they will meet you half way to ease the buredn and help you make it work out. I relaise this may seem like utter romantic and impractical drivel(so if it is please say so) but I really think if this happened more often the world would be a better place.. The least number of people in a realtionship is 2 . therefore to make it work they both have to put in an effort hence the saying "It takes to hands to clap".. But at the end of the day if the relationship means that much to you as a person .. you'll find a way to see that the realtionship is longlived..
As I an writing this several of my friends are undergoig trying time sin their own relationships.. some wit parents and other with their special male and female friends.. and it saddens me to see them thus.. what I have to say is that if they believe it worthwhile to continue 2to try to work it out they should but if not they should let it go with dignity.. as for parents.. what I say is this.. dont lose your parents because at the end of the day they will e the only people who stick by you through out (Unless they are completely irresponsible parents).. I was told you should try to maintain a good relationship with yur parents if you can becaues their blessings do enrich your life more than we as children will ever know(this is a topic I want to discuss later..But i'm nt saying we capitualte to all their demands GRIN,... more on that later)
To cut to the chase as it were.. Realtionships are things that we cannot escape and we should'nt escape .. because they are things that helps us through our darkest times and help us share our joy when we need to so simply as far as possible be honest in your realtionships.. and try to be fair in them.. try to be a better person through them and you will become more than you though you could be..

Busy

The last couple of weeks have been pretty hectic and for reasons that I cant quite understand I have not had any desire to update the blog, perhaps it was due to a lack of things to right about more to the point would be that the things happening around me were just tedious repetition of things that have happened before... But somethings have happened that i will touch on later .
The past week I have been trying to write out my journal for the subject Inter Personal Skills for Business, its all part of the PDP that I have to submit(This time I cant afford to muck around because my professor for this module will actually take a greater degree of interest in it).
Also I've been able to put some dark memories behind me thanks to a friends of mine(to whom I owe a lot) so all in all personally I'm not badly off.. But sadly the same cannot be said for my friends... I may have said earlier that the this has been a season for love and relationships. that has turned around and become a season of heart breaks It is sad to see it , but it certainly brings other people down to earth for it shows us that for relationships to thrive love is not enough.. In my case I see all this and thank my stars for sparing me from trials such as this . And truthfully I am angry that all of this is happening to my friends but I am forced to keep my mouth shut to keep the peace.
While my friends entangle them selves in the mysteries and miseries of love .. The country around us groans due to the harsh injustices that are thrust upon the population by those we have put our trust in and elected to public office.. These very same people who claimed to be our greatest friends now seek to become unchallenged over lords who suck the life blood dry form the people as the majority turns a blind eye.. It is a sorry state of affairs and is one that cannot be allowed to persist any more..
For now I leave you to with this thought.. should those who turns their backs on friends so that they may gain more favour , be trusted and respected. Honor and duty are hallowed traditions that cannot be cast aside for convenience

the power of music

Today for the second time in my life i heard a song sung that took my breath away.. I dont know what the song was called but it was extremely touching and the group who sang it were quite talented as well. I was the rehearsals for the college talent show today and hearing that song was definitely the highlight of the day. The whole day was a fun filled day with lots of laughs for us all and i'm sure we'll remember them in times to come.

Anyway talking about the song, it was one of those songs which stops all your worries and just hearing it leaves you with a warm feeling inside you :).. Simply put it lifts you up and gives you wings ..
It is truly amazing what music can do for you. It can drive you deeper into jthe quagmire of depression or raise you into the height of ecstasy. it can soothe the mist griveous mental wounds and water both hate and love in a persons soul. The sound of music is truly a wonderous thing.

so next time your down and out just put on a CD kick back and let the music soothe your troubled mind....

Union of Spirit

In Greek mythology .. Humans were supposed to have initially had 4 arm , 4 legs and a single head with 2 faces but Zeus fearing the power they enjoyed by being embodied thus .. split them in half and condemned man to spend his day searching for the half to seek completeness of soul...
Another myth tells us of the importance of the union of both male and female souls to maintain balance of life.. and through this union both persona achieved growth and development on phenomenal levels..
Which brings me to what I'm trying 2 say ... Males in our society are perceived as being stronger than women.. but is that really the truth .. Are we superior or better than them.. I do not think so .. I believe that we both have roles to play each have their own strengths and weakness .. and the strengths and weaknesses in both compliment each other such that when there is union of male and female in spirit the two of them can surmount any obstacle in their path.. I do not write this with any sense of romance in fact i am in a dismal mood right now.. (A story for another time).. anyway my point is this .. the union of male and female may not necessarily be in a romantic sense . it might involve a friendship as well .. the core of it is that both people help each other and they may feel complete around each other and that is something all of us should wish for.. I am not saying that people are incapable without finding the other half of them.. it is just that.. and life for them might be a bit more sweeter.. (That maybe a romantic notion but then it just might be true :)
If two people can find this balance of spirit between each other .. I think just maybe together they could change their part of the world and in doing so influence greater change in the world.. being alone in spirit is not the most pleasurable thing in the world although we do seek solitude often in life , but prolong this solitude and you will find that life no longer hold the prospects it did.. But if you find a kindred spirit even for a brief moment .. that moment might stretch for an eternity and life for that moment may seem filled with possibility.... it is a great thing to find your other half.. and today i AM the happiest because one of my best friends has found his kindred spirit and that spirit to is a friend of mine ..
I hope that both of them carry on and light the way for the rest of us who are not as fortunate as they are .. may their bond give the rest of us the hope we need to get through life.. and may the two of them find and keep the delicate balance of spirit between each other.. so that they might change the world together.. R and E .. this one is for you...
So basically its this .. if u should ever find a kindred spirit try 2 find and keep the delicate balance of spirit and soul .. and together face the world beyond the two of you ...

Cupids arrow

mythology tells us of cupid an innocent cherub who wreaks havoc on the hearts of moratls by firing an arrow which inuces love between people of the oposite sex..
that aside .. its impossible to say who you will like and when you will start to like someone.. Not to say that it is completly beyond our contol.but mostly it happens like a lighting strike out f the blue.. Cynical though i maybe.. in truth I do not totally despise the idea of love and all that it entails.. some days it means everythn to be able to step back and daydream a little about that special someone you like so much :)..
Mostly I do not think that cupid is totaly to blame.. I think ultimately the ball is in our court .. ok so maybe love at first sight is farfetched .. but love may spring from the bond between to people .. of course this bond must be special .. And i think this bond is called friendship .. now that does'nt mean that every guy will start falling for all his friends who happen to be girls or that a girl will fall for all her guy friends.. But every now and then for each party there will come along a friend who is both special and more than a friend to them .. it may be apparent from the start or it will become clear in time.. but whatever the sequence of events .. the basic idea is this.. Unlike puppy love and all the other romantic notions this sought off relationship has a firm foundation from which it can launch itself and that foundation is layed every day by the two friends coming closer to each other and sharing life together,, but still managing to keep each others individuality intact.

I guess when this sought off thing happens between friends it is both a wonderful and ugly thing .. because on one hand there is the opportunity of enriching each others lives and on the otherhand they may fear that all this might ruin their friendship and lead to them losing a cherished friendship... Now what should be done is up to the individuals involved ..let me share some of my thoughts with you ...
I think that a relationship which has friendship as its basis is stronger because of that.. becasue then is some degree of understanding between the two people at least.. and if two friends should end up in this situation and if they r good friends they should be able to discuss it and come to some sought of resolution..
but anyway bottom line cupids arrow sometimes has help from us.. and well i u shuld fall for sum1 remember ... understanding and respect r key for the relationshuip to survive ... oh and patience to GRIN

Satyagraha

In 1930 an a former lawyer in India led over a thousand follower to peacefullyy protest a tax imposed on salt by The british who ruled Indai at the time. With this act he initiated the peaceful protest againast tyranny by massive civil disobediance- Satyagraha


With His simple principles Mathma Gandhi sowed the seeds that eventually saw India gain independence. No what I have to say is not about independce .. The world over Gandhi is admired and The name spoken with repect , yet we do not try to hold to his belief not about civil disobediance.. for Mahatma taught more than that or his charater exemplified more than that.. Gandhi showed that even resistance can be doen [passively and peacefully. he showed us the virtue of patience and the virtue of thining peacfully .. Why can we no t follow his example.. never did he condone acts of violence even if they were in the name of freedom neither did he condone violent debate. He believed in peaceful resolution at all costs.. Why did he think thus .. I would like to believe that Mahatma gandhi realized or saw that the only lasting solutions can be found through peaceful dialouge. nearly 70 years have passed what have we to show for It NOTHING . we have a whole bunch of gadgtes. but as human beings are we any where close to the vision gandhi had a vision shared by Martin luther, Nelson Mandela etc.. NO WE ARE NOT we have globe torn asunder by war . we have countries being turned inside out by internal bickerings.. Humanity suffersBUT does anyone care NO ..
We will celebrate this great mans Birthday and what not, but do we seek to follow his example. No we do not. He chose a noble path and walked it no matter what came he lost friends aloved ones and still he did'ny compromise his vaues.
What do we do now to a man who would follow such a path...... We MOCK him call him impotent or a coward or we will say he his silly .. how ill bred of us to celebrate Mahtama on one hand and to ridicule those who would follow his doctrine in the other.
There is nothing to be gained by continuing violence.. some may argue that defending your loved ones is only just .. That is true but in the grander picture it may not be so.. At least defend by all means. BUT FOR GODSAKE TRY TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES PEACEFULLY. discuss come to a compromise. Set aside petty pride and anger all other emotions .. or at LEAST TRY TO..
Life is short and its to precious to be wasted bickering arguing and fighting with each other..
Peace onto all mankind

Never never land

As i put this down I am walking on a different plane far from reality for thesefew moments I am very content and happy. I cant explain it. It as if i have been transported away from the usual drudgery and all my cares and fears replaced by this sense that everythin will be alright. It feels good to be where I am even though part of me knows it wont last and that to dally in this place to long is not wise. for any one knows that you have to keep your wits about you at all times.
Yet it is refreshing to be in this Never never land inside my head. These fits of giddy joy are like a natural drug that eases your mind and body,if only everyone would partake in this outlet within their minds the world might seems a less hectic place. Maybe it is that they lack a trigger to set them on the road to this place or mayhap they have forgotten to find it within their minds.
AS for me recenlty a friends of mine helped me to find my way back to my never never land.. this friend gave me back happy thoughts which lift me up in to the air and let me fly in a world full of joy and laughter. but this time i knw better than to be caugt up in the moment.. something that most people do .. as the saying goes "To much of a good thing is never good ".. be that as it may at least for a lil while its nice 2 dream about possiblities that might never come through ..
I mean whats the point in life if you cant be a bit of a hopeless romantic at heart..(Just a lil bit though )

Never never land

As i put this down I am walking on a different plane far from reality for thesefew moments I am very content and happy. I cant explain it. It as if i have been transported away from the usual drudgery and all my cares and fears replaced by this sense that everythin will be alright. It feels good to be where I am even though part of me knows it wont last and that to dally in this place to long is not wise. for any one knows that you have to keep your wits about you at all times.
Yet it is refreshing to be in this Never never land inside my head. These fits of giddy joy are like a natural drug that eases your mind and body,if only everyone would partake in this outlet within their minds the world might seems a less hectic place. Maybe it is that they lack a trigger to set them on the road to this place or mayhap they have forgotten to find it within their minds.
AS for me recenlty a friends of mine helped me to find my way back to my never never land.. this friend gave me back happy thoughts which lift me up in to the air and let me fly in a world full of joy and laughter. but this time i knw better than to be caugt up in the moment.. something that most people do .. as the saying goes "To much of a good thing is never good ".. be that as it may at least for a lil while its nice 2 dream about possiblities that might never come through ..
I mean whats the point in life if you cant be a bit of a hopeless romantic at heart..(Just a lil bit though )

Umoja!! , Heshima

These are two words which could solve alot of problems in the world, Umoja is the swahili word for Unity and Heshima Is the word fro respect. Now it is said that man is the most advanced species on earth because he of all creatures on this earth has the ability of creatibe intellectand the ability to adapt and evlove with the times.. And most of all he was able to suppress most animal instincts and use them to his advantage. But somewhere along the way we have strayed from the aprt and now we are no better than the common ape in the jungle infact the average chimp is propably more moral than the average human. what are we but advanced apes with technolgy and flashu gadgtes which we use to inflict pain on each other due to our in ability to resolve petty squabbles and differences in views and religion, opinions etc. We are sadly unable to unite or respect each other at least a majority of us anyway. and I am as guilty as you are.

Religion was established not to glory in god aalone . it was the one thinmg that set us apart from the animals. It was instituted to lead and inspire man to greater achiebements and quell is natural animalistic desires o. but sadly this does not happen in the name of religion some off histories greatest atrocities have been committed .. Let me be clear on one point this is in no way the religions fault the falut lies in mans own interpretation which he was coloured by his greed and selfishnes.
You might be wondering why I am voicing my opinions thus.. well the simple reason is this Religion is but only one of the many reasons we humans fight each other. In the country I come fromthere are 3 main languages one of which is English the other 2 being spoken by 2 different racial groups aS they put it.. (There another thing that really bugs me whta with this whole race thing do not all of us belong to the human race.. why do we fracture ourselves by dividing our brother by the colour of their skin, the religion they follow and the tounge they speak, we further divide by the place they come from , the amount of money they have etc.. divide divide divide thats all we do .. IT MAKES ME SICK )
wEll back to my story in my country we have been fightin a civil war which was sparked due to differences between the 2 opther language speakers.. sure they might have been other reasons but the lack of understanding and mutual respect was the leading cause for hostilities. anyway tht aside .. now our people are looking towards peaces after a near 20 years of bloddshed.. you wpuld think that having realised theire mistakes people would take steps to seperate religionand language brriers and seek integration ..well no they dont what they sek is to further widen thhe chasm between eah other..
Just this week a group of one of the previously mentionedsuppose racial groups wanted to organize a religiuos observance related to them which was all fine .. until they brought up the reason.. Supposedly our Uni only celbrates christmas ad that not accpetable because ther are other religions at The Uni.. This argument is flawed beacaue there only celebration at Uni for x'mas in the christmas party and there is nothing religious about it. This just shows this group is just trying to cause problems by bringing in traditions that will just spark friction between groups at uni I mean FOR ONCE CAN WE LEAVE RELIGION OUTSIDE AND NOT BRING IT IN WE ARE HER TO LEARN NOT BLOODY RUN AROUND DOING OTHER STUFF.
The absolute worse part is that the gropu organizing say this is a religious observance and then they want 2 have a party afterwards the utter gall of these cretin they would bastarsize the solemnity of the occasion with such frivolous display shows that their intentions are not what they say them to be..
Now I am not the most religious person butI say in these hallowed halls of learning let us leave aside all this rubbish of language , cast , creed and race .. and find Umoja and Heshima for each otheR
Frankly I believe without unity our race is doomed for early extinction and well maybe thtats a good thing..

Sweet Freedom

Yipdee DooDaa.. Handed in the last project for the semester .. Finally free from project deadlines and report writing until the next semster at least :D..
it was nightmare trying to meet multiple project dealines this semester.. Late night report writing sessions getting up the next day for presentations was all harrowing but interesting at the sametime.The most important lesson i'm waling away with is TIME MANAGEMENT, Truth be told I wated tme haning out and having fun when i should have been working on project stuff came back to bite me when it came time to meet deadlines and what not... I need to priortize my work and enjoy myself at the same time.. Because othewise University woul just be boring GRIN...
On the up side got to know some off my bacth mates very well and shared some hilarious times with them.. All in all it was a fun 1st semester and well on with the second i guess
i LEAVE YOU WITH THESES PICTURES

(The Lovely Ladies )

(The team Doing god knws wat)

Vision and a plan

I completed my PDP last friday . it only dealt with goals and objectives related to The ICT Practitioner module. but it made me reakise something well actually it made me remember somthing. It reminded me that without a vision and a goal in life a person is very lost.. Ok i realise what i said is very DUH. but bear with me for a moment. How many of us actualy knw exactly what we want and where we want to be how mant of us have set realistic goals for our selves I'm not saying dont dream or dont aim for the stars. what I mean is that what ever your dream you should first break it diwn into relaistic chunks and complete each. I'm talking about your grand strategy to achieve your crazy imaginative and totaly acceptable dream..
many peope dream big dreams but they do not make them real. its not a falut to dream big the falut lies in nit plannin properlt and not adapting your plan to change. People will point to tycoons and other great achievers and say " they are where they are because they dares to dream" but i'm pretty sure they managed their achievements because they had a good plan.
I used to have a plan but somewhere along the way i lost sight of it . so ryt now i dont have a long trem plan and that scares me.
But after this PDP thing i'm starting to piece together a dream an idea a plan. I will build my plan and make it realistic and achieve it.
But planning is never easy . But this must be said one should always have a plan even if its a bad one .

Try ,Try and Try again

Today was a rather uneventful day. So as usual i was lazing about at home chatting with friends. After being a rather uneasy third wheel in converstaion involving 2 of my friends. I suddenly relaised how incomplete the phrase

"Try , Try and try again"
I mean not taking away from the important message it conveys and all, but when you think about it practically it leaves out another important idea which shuld be related to it The idea of Trying a different approach each time. To often in life we come up against a barrier , obstacle , bump on the road or simply put a situtation which really throws a monkey wrench in to the machinatiom of your daily life. It is your actions in this situation that sets you apart from the rest of the pack.
It takes courage , valour and a strong heart and mind to face these situation and to win.Now you may not win all the time but its importanat you keep trying to win . Nut most importantly one must not stick with one plan and try to batter your way through the problem because you may see little success or worse that approach may cost you dearly in the long run. So trying varied approaches to the problem is key because it allows you a greater chance of success plus more importantly it Allows you to gain more understanding of yourself and of your strengths and limitations.

ANOTHER point to remember is one must never be pig headed and one must be able to handle defeat as a hero would with your head held high and one must be openminded to the opportunity to sidestep these obstacles when its is clear thatsurmounting them might be to costly.

Intelligence , courage, strength and Honor are virtues which should be cultivated in the new gneration.

overview of Ruby Part 1

First of all Ruby is an interesting language basically its coding is composed of simple english sentences which can be understood by both computers and people. The thing to remember the syntax relies on using puncuation marks at the proper point. THIS IS IMPORTANT. On to the basics of ruby

Variable- in ruby any plain or lower caseword is a variable, it may consist of letter, digits or underscore.
eg rouge, 1242 or attack_foils
these are used to refer to things within your coding

Numbers- there are 2 types of number

• Integers - for basic digits
• in these you cannot use commas between digits
  

eg: 12 or 1000_000_000

• Floats - this what decimal numbers are called in ruby any number with scientific annotaion can also be called a floa

eg 3.14, -808.08
String - Strings are any sought off collectin of characters whicj are surrounded by quotes
both double and sigke quotes are used to denote strings
eg : "I am the Darth Mara" & ' I wish '

Symbols - These are words thta look like varibles but start with a colon (:)
eg- :Anderson , :X1
They can be considered as lightweight strings which wont be written to the screen

Constants- Any Capitalized word is a constant in Ruby. They are used to insert unchanging information in coding
eg: Time , Array

Methods - Methods are usually attached to the end of a variable by a dot
eg : attack_foils.lock
if variables were the nouns of ruby then methods would be the verbs of it . so basically methods are action that can be omplemented on the variable.



To be continued

ONE CLICK INSTALLER FOR RUBY ... for beginners

hey i found this link for a one click insatller for ruby on the windows XP platform . heres the link
http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller/
this is a godsend for people jus looking 2 experiment with Ruby

Ruby

One of my brothers friends told me 2 chek out this programming language called ruby last week and i did.. and let me tell you i'm hooked on it. Its been around for awhile and its one off the few totally object oriented languages out there.. And the best part its completely free becuase its being developed under an open source liscence.. I'm including somesites any1 interested in finding out more should visit them ..

• www.ruby-lang.org
• poignantguide.net
• www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/QuickRef.html

Well for the next few weeks i hope 2 learn more about ruby and i'll share it wit u all as i go along

Linking 2 forms in VB.Net and using textbox input from the first in the second

well it took me awhile to find out hw to do this properly but anyway its pretty simple to do this
Lets us take 2 forms Form1 & Form2 And we will call Form2 From Form1.. The coding for Form1 will involve declaring the textbox we will use as Shared Textbox..

Form1 Coding
Dim f2 As New Form2
Public Shared newname As TextBox

Private Sub cmdgoto_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdgoto.Click
'makes txtuser textbox the public shared textbox newname
newname = txtuser

f2.Show()
Me.Hide()



End Sub


End Class


The line in red is the most important because it allows you 2 use the textbox commonly between the 2 forms

*after u add this to the first form u need not add any more coding 2 da second to initialise the above function mentioned in the heading .. ohh but wen u wnt 2 exit the program u must specify in the second form tht both form1 and form2 shuld be closed.

Lucky 7 Game Coding using Vb.net

As part of my first year ICT practitioner Module I had to build this Lucky 7 gAME using vb.net.. it ws fun and engaging so i decided to share the coding with everyone(this is better thn saying i wanted to show off Grin ... HEY HOLD on i just said tht . Well nvrmind )

Public Class Form2
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
'declaration of variables used by the program
Dim guess1 As Integer
Dim guess2 As Integer
Dim guess3 As Integer
Dim wincount As Integer
Dim spincount As Integer

Private Sub clearvalues()
'initialises the values of the count values and generates 3 random numbers
wincount = 0
spincount = 0
Randomize()
Randomize()
guess1 = (Int(Rnd() * 9) + 0)
guess2 = (Int(Rnd() * 9) + 0)
guess3 = (Int(Rnd() * 9) + 0)

End Sub
Private Sub rndvalues()
'calls randomizer function and generates 3 random values
Randomize()
guess1 = (Int(Rnd() * 9) + 0)
guess2 = (Int(Rnd() * 9) + 0)
guess3 = (Int(Rnd() * 9) + 0)

End Sub
Private Sub showvalues()
'displays the random numbers in respective label
lblguess1.Text = guess1
lblguess2.Text = guess2
lblguess3.Text = guess3



End Sub
Private Sub wincounter()
'checks each random number for the value 7 and displays the approriate message
If guess1 = guess2 = guess3 = 7 Then
Call incrementwincountby3()

lblmsg.Text = Form1.newname.Text & " " & "You have hit the JACKPOT"
System.Console.Beep()

Else
If guess1 = guess2 = 7 Then
Call incrementwincountby2()

lblmsg.Text = Form1.newname.Text & " " & "You have a Double win"
System.Console.Beep()


Else
If guess1 = guess3 = 7 Then
Call incrementwincountby2()

lblmsg.Text = Form1.newname.Text & " " & "You have a Double win"
System.Console.Beep()

Else
If guess3 = guess2 = 7 Then
Call incrementwincountby2()

lblmsg.Text = Form1.newname.Text & " " & "You have a Double win"
System.Console.Beep()
Else
If guess1 = 7 Then
incrementwincountby1()

lblmsg.Text = Form1.newname.Text & " " & "You are a winner"
System.Console.Beep()

Else
If guess2 = 7 Then
incrementwincountby1()

lblmsg.Text = Form1.newname.Text & " " & "You are a winner"
System.Console.Beep()


Else
If guess3 = 7 Then
incrementwincountby1()

lblmsg.Text = Form1.newname.Text & " " & "You are a winner"
System.Console.Beep()

Else

lblmsg.Text = Form1.newname.Text & " " & "Try Again"
End If
End If
End If
End If
End If
End If
End If

End Sub
Private Sub incrementwincountby1()
'adds 1 to the wincount
wincount = wincount + 1
lblwincount.Text = wincount


End Sub
Private Sub incrementwincountby2()
'adds 2 to the wincount
wincount = wincount + 2
lblwincount.Text = wincount

End Sub
Private Sub incrementwincountby3()
'adds 3 to the wincount
wincount = wincount + 3
lblwincount.Text = wincount

End Sub

Private Sub spincounter()
'adds 1to the spincount
spincount = spincount + 1
lblspincount.Text = spincount


End Sub
Private Sub cmdspin_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdspin.Click
'gets all the functions to run on the clicking spin button
Call rndvalues()
Call showvalues()
Call wincounter()
Call spincounter()


End Sub
Private Sub cmdexit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdexit.Click
Me.Close()
Form1.Close()

End Sub
Private Sub cmdrestart_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdrestart.Click
' calls required functions to restart application
Call clearvalues()
Call showvalues()



End Sub
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'calls procedures to initializes the values of the application
Call clearvalues()
Call showvalues()
lblwincount.Text = wincount
lblspincount.Text = spincount
lblmsg.Text = "Try your hand"

End Sub


End Class