Something for you

Well it's time to say some words about the "weird" days that are coming every year just abut this time.

I made this snowflake for everyone here (I know it's not much, my first thing in Illustrator on my new computer).

I wist to everyone to realize one of his dreams so that some will left for later times.

As this snowflake is very square I hope your life will bu much more smooth.

Happy new year 2007, wherever and whoever you will spend it with.

p.s.
Don't forget the right ones, and please forget those who you don't want to remember.

Triglav 2006

Like many years before, we have joined our fellos the catholic scouts in bringing the fire of peace to the Slovenia's highest mountain - Triglav. Because this year the Xmas is on Monday, they started on Fridey (not really good day for us, because of jobs and studies).
That was the main reason that we have started out expedition the next day - on Saturday.
We started on 5AM from Velenje. on 8:20 we have started walking from Krma Valley.
On our way up we encountered the catholic scouts.
The first of us we have reached the mountain cottage on Kredarica (about 2500m high) after 4h and 28 min :). Our last members came just before sunset after 7h of walking.
We have had a great evening with lot of talking and enjoying the beautiful way up.
The weather was great.
The next day we waked really early - before the sunrise. Seven of us (there were 11 altogether) started the accent to the top of the mountain (2864m high). The sunrise started when we were on small Triglav. On top of the mountain we had some photo-shooting and we turned around.
There was not much snow up there so the ascend and descent were quite easy, but really enjoying.
When we got back to Kredarica we packed out thing and went to the Valley. The fastest of us reached the cars in 1h and 40min and the latest took only 2h.

It was really great expedition. The weather was cloudless and not really cold. There was only some lack of snow. Few years back there was much much more.
You can view my photos from expedition no the right

Eragon

Well, I really don't know why I did not write this sooner.
It's been quite a time since I read this book and I was sure that I have written something about it.
I didn't.

So here it is.
This book (one of three - third one is not written yet), form very young but talented writer Christopher Paolini tell us a tale abut dragon riders in a beautiful world of Alagaesia. Long ago there were dragon riders who helped people. They have protected and lived with them and there were many tales of them and their adventures.
However one day a bad dragon rider has gathered few of them and betrayed all the others. In a great war he wanted to kill them all, but they didn't know that one of them survived. There were also three eggs that waited to be legged. He ruled the kingdom and tried to kill all who opposed him.
A dragon egg legged only when it felt the right man by.
The story begins in a small village just before the winter. A young far boy went out on a hunt, to get some meat for the winter.
Meanwhile far from there an elf Arya and her company was ambushed by a dark wizard and his forces. She carried one of the eggs that was stolen from a new king. She only had time to send an egg far away with her magic before she was overtaken by the shadow.
The egg appeared right in front of Eragon and that is but the only thing that he gets back from his hunt.
Later on he realizes what that "stone" really is and becomes himself a dragon rider.
He accidentally encounters the last other dragon hunter which tells him all many things of dragons and that he must run.
Here the story is really starting and I just don't want to spoil it for you. You really should read it..

Eragon

It's been a long time since I last visited the cinema. And I had a really good reason for this. There was a movie that bases on the book with same name from young American writer (I wrote about it here).
Since the story is same, I will not write about it here. The movie itself was quite good, but if you have read the book you will find it very very shortened (I would say Instant). But this is just the price that it takes when you want to show more than 500 pages of story in a 2 hour time.
It just can't be done as good as it is in the book.
I was impressed by special effects, but a little disappointed of acting and representation.

p.s.
Mmmmm. It looks like I have forget to write something about this book. I'll surely do it later today.

I finally have it

I've been waiting for this for a long time, I've been gathering the money for it for about a year now, and a mont ago I have finally ordered it.
I'm writing this post from my new toy - MacBook Pro.
It is great stuff. Everything just works. I mean everything. It connects beautifully to my existing Windows network, he knows where the Internet is and how to connect to it. He has found all my gadgets first time. My Blue tooth keyboard, mouse and mobile phone. It is great to watch the movies on 17" wide screen.
I just love it.

Paper for course Robotics

Course Robotics is a part of greater course Selected chapters from Computer Software.
The goal of this exercise was to get a feeling how is it like to work with real industrial robots that are actually used in practice.
We were divided into groups of three and were issued a goal to program a robot to pick the bottle stoppers from a desk and screw them on the bottles near by. And moreover we had to use black and white video camera to get their positions.
It was really amusing exercise and took us only two hours to complete.
We also had to write a report about our work. And you can find it here again in Slovene.

The Amber Spyglass

Third and last book from trilogy from trilogy His Dark Materials from Phillip Pullman. It is the longest from all three and it contains more action then both other two books combined.
Here we find out what Dust really is, what are angels who is God and why is he so week. Where do all the dead go and much much more.
Lyra and Will are traveling through different worlds and discover things that they did not know about. Through all the book they are bending the destiny of the world. Her mother and father even kill the first maid (archangel) of God itself that possesses all the power that God once had. God himself is but a mere shadow of what he used to be.
The book is great and I really enjoyed reading it.

The LOTR extended weekend

Yes we did it.
Me and my roomies planes this for quite some time and last weekend we have done it. We borrowed the projector and cleared out schedules. We started on Saturday evening and it took all night to get through all three extended movies.
There were five of us, but only me and another make to to the end. Everybody else fell to sleep or went home sleeping.
We did it, and it was great.

coming soon ... StarWars weekend (well maybe).

The concert of Vlado Kreslin

Tuesday night was pure pleasure. I went on a concert of Vlado Kreslin in Cankarjev Dom - Ljubljana. He has three concerts every year in December and it is almost always sold out.
He one of the most known and popular Slovenian singer that has combined the old etno music with popular and rock music. And one of very few that make it through.
Almost every year he does something new and connects with new and old composers and singers. He is a son in singing family and every year he invites his parents to sing with him on the stage.
I adore his work.
This year he had also published the book. I might even read it.

The Winter Night Orienteering (ZNOT)

Last Saturday we went to Kamnik on winter night orienteering (Zimsko nočno orientacijsko tekmovanje). That is a scout race where a team of four or five people is trying to get a fast as it gets from Start to Finish over all the check points.
Before the start there is a Topographic test were a teams knowledge is tested. On the course there are different tasks on check points (CPs) from IQ tests to different sketches and other stuff.
I went there with four of my friends. We were racing for RHP (Rod Hudi Potok) from Šmartno ob Paki.
It was really great. We were not really good, but we had good time.