Dhuaine

Hmm... I'm really bad at writing dA journals, ain't I? I kinda forgot (*facepalm*) to let you all know that I graduated. 3 weeks ago. Uhm. I have Master's degree in Computer Science, Web Technologies.

So now I'm not a student anymore and I have no idea what to do next

I was planning an optical surgery, but during medical examination this weekend it turned out that it's going to be complicated :/ I don't really want to meddle when success ratio is not as high as it should be... So maybe I'll try less invasive methods for now.

Obviously I don't have a job Gotta find something soon, now that I sort of know that the surgery is scratched off... though it also depends on the results I'll get in a month _-_ and I'm stuck again. It's scary. >_>

To top it, I'm down with a cold. Or something.


Did you hear that NT is hinting that their abysmal flop DmC is a real prequel to DMC? Yeah right. These guys really hate Devil May Cry. Now they not only want to destroy the future of the franchise, they want to kill existing storyline too. It's literally the worst thing Capcom/NT can do. Worse than complete reboot. F U.

Btw. I watched Enslaved playthrough - I wanted to see their "superior storytelling". Uhh... Was that supposed to be great? Enslaved story is nothing special. Their storytelling is good, but wouldn't work for a Devil May Cry game. The story itself is straightforward, with some totally cliche elements, and the ending is lifted straight from a certain 1999 movie. The only impressive things from what I've seen are voice acting and facial expressions.
On the other hand, Enslaved sucks from technical side. I've heard a person say it looks like it wasn't even tested - I didn't believe it at first, but it's really that bad. Screen tearing (PS3), texture pop-in, skipping frames. NT must have no pride as developers to release so badly coded thing! I mean, our university lecturers were turning our programming assignments down for such obvious performance issues...

Now I have no hope for this game even as a standalone. It's gonna suck 99% (the 1% is voice acting ). A complete f*cking disaster.

I was tagged by CearaFinn The tag is to post a journal revealing 10 things about myself that you probably didn't already know. Or something like that. You know the meme, it's been circulating around dA for ages.

1. Sometimes I read books I don't like only to see what all the hype is about. I treat them as parodies and laugh my ass off.
2. I read fantasy but I don't play rpg. I don't like rpg.
3. There was a period in my life when I wore a pendant 24/7, taking it off only to shower.
4. I'm very superstitious when it comes to certain things. I specifically don't like number 13, to the point where I'll refuse to i.e. make an important call if the clock shows xx.13.
5. I sleep without pillow. The pillow must be on the bed, but I don't keep my head on it.
6. My eyes are almost black. I feel weird when I see my own irises (i.e. when the light is very bright and I peer into the mirror).
7. Speaking of mirrors, I avoid them when the room is dark. I had this weird theory that there's something behind the mirrors and it can jump out when you're not careful. I even half-wrote a horror story about it.
8. My first (mascot) cat was as big as I was. I still have him. Everybody thinks he's as creepy as hell. I used to sleep with him every night.
9. I hate pigeons and I squirt them with water whenever I see them on my balcony (or my neighbor's). I've become almost ambidextrous with water guns.
10. CearaFinn tagged me a month ago - it took me a month to come up with this list. I have extreme problems with talking about myself.

That's it, and please don't tag me with this in the future I've got a formspring account, so if you have any questions, just ask. I retain the right not to answer dodgy questions though.

Tagging:

Everybody seems to hate it already. I have to admit I have mixed feelings about the new layout. When I logged in today and saw the change, I liked it.
moar space! Seriously, when v6 appeared, I thought it was incredibly messy and cluttered.
less visual noise - v6 had freaking ton of gradients and decorative elements and it looked like art itself, stealing the spotlight from the actual deviations. Now it serves much better as a background.

Unfortunately, after a couple of minutes, I noticed... the functionality has... actually dropped?!
custom menu in top bar is gone. I used it a lot. T_T I had a moment of panic when I couldn't find Daily Deviations. Thankfully the link is included under deviantART logo, but there were many more options in the customizable menu that I now have no idea how to access. The new dA-hover menu is customizable. One good thing.
no full view. Have you noticed that full view isn't full view anymore!? It's 100% width of the browser minus the navigation arrows. If you resize your browser, the full view will also resize. Major WTF. If there is no download option, you now have to open the image itself to view it full! OUTRAGEOUS.
speaking of the resizing, the site looks weird on widescreen now. I bet it looks even weirder on larger screens, since it seems to accommodate to browser window. Frankly, it looks like MOBILE site. Okay, cool, iPad is out there watching you sleep, and many many PDA's only wait for an occasion to sink their teeth into dA, but surely there is a way to cater to their needs separately from regular PC's. Like that freaking amputated full view. We can scroll! We can see it in original size, so STOP that DAMN RESIZING.
People complain about author's comment being collapsed. I guess it doesn't expand for them. It does for me as soon as I scroll. However, the so called Super Browse mode feeds me only Super Blurry images that never load in high quality. The new version is as buggy as per dA standard.
no search. Search is switched off on all pages except Gallery and Journals. It's off even on deviations pages and favs!
dropdowns everywhere! Now we have to hover over countless things to access stuff that was displayed plainly on top bar. Like the messages. I check group messages 5 times more often than personal messages, and now I can't get there easily. Annoying!
more minor issues that aren't important because I'll probably get used to them over time.

However, there is one thing I strongly dislike about the new version: browsing deviations feels like a slideshow. Author's name and comment is pushed down the page. There is no indication above the image what its title is and who created it.
It's... just plain bad. It makes me feel as if I am using a Mac: no sense of orientation where I am and where I can go. I hate that Macs don't display folder paths so I can't orient myself in regard to root. And I hate that now on dA I can't orient myself in regard to person's gallery. The new deviation page seems to trap the user and doesn't allow them to escape: no profile/gallery links in the viewport, no search (!), nothing but the image and top bar.

Oh by the way, the new version lags horribly in Firefox. I opened Fox to check out a couple of things that seemed to be broken in Opera. Opera loads everything batshit fast, so I was happy with the performance. Well.


1. I'm working on my Master's Thesis. The topic is really fun, I always delve deeper than I should and now there's no way I'll manage to finish in June.
2. Message center works very... funny ever since Opera 10.5 kicked in. New shiny v7 didn't solve it. The problem is: after deleting something the entire list flashes / scrolls and it's really painful to watch. It's particularly annoying with deviations and favs. I have to close my eyes every time I delete something, which obviously affects the speed with which I operate the inbox. ._.