It's like, OMG!
S'allright, maybe my post wasn't clear but the moderation didn't help either.

I wrote a bot using Bot::BasicBot. It uses a XML file with the periodic table to give information about the elements and, combined with a definition file (which allows you to teach it new ion and compound names), forms salts, oxides and other stuff. I'll upload it to my website soon.

Note to self: stop writing silly journal entries

I'm dipping in the pool of karma, thanks to my little friend
muahahhaa
I expect some of my latest comments to get some positive moderation too.

There's a great hollow mask illusion, right here.
Takes a while to see it but, with practice, you can do it with both eyes. Freaky.
My sister got me some wooden sticks (the ice-cream type) for me to build a bellows. Guess I'll have to plan a camera first.
Just saw "I, robot". Despite being an insult to Asimov and the book, it's nice. Full of cliches and a cheesy plot, though.

Yesterday, I finished my pinhole camera and wrote "Tipicam" on the top.
My dad wisely pointed out that the opening should be on top rather than behind, so as to peek and check the focus and stuff.
However, since focus can't be adjusted (no lens), it isn't worth changing the cam for. Additionally, I'd have to somehow protect the film while peeking to avoid it being unintentionally exposed.

I just wrote 2 journal entries (3, counting this one) after not having posted any for many months. The best part is, I'm writing another one (this one) to comment on that, which makes it a meta-journal entry.

Am I so evidently bored?
Does pi contain a circle in binary?

I recently started building a pinhole camera. It's a black box with a pinhole on one side and photographic film on the other. When the pinhole is uncovered, the film is exposed and can be turned into a photo. However, you've got to do it yourself, so you need to set up a darkroom.
Mine is made out of cardboard from a lego box. I initially used black paint of one type but then I bought the one I was supposed to use. It looks better and smells like real paint (yuck). Also takes a long time to dry.
Now, I just need to make a proper, lightproof camera door (for loading/unloading it) and set up the darkroom. My dad offered a room on his company to do it. Curiously, that room was initially meant for that, by the previous owner.
If anyone knows any slashdotters into photography, please tell.

During most of my slashdot membership, I was a karma whore doing anything for positive moderation (like skim reading articles and posting smart questions to get modded "Interesting").
Afterwards, I said "what the hell", and posted a few trolls. Some were really bad jokes which were evidently trolls, and others were pure invention (one about firefox, which I wrote as fun but should've warned it was fake).
I got modded into karma limbo, and now post at -1. Slashdot does work.

PS: The problem is that, now, I can only post once every 24 hours. Therefore, I can't correct my posts :(

I read a couple of the books and am having a lot more fun while reading slashdot (references to the book)