A better and short week at Farleigh and another update to Windows 8!

This week, I had a better week at Farleigh.

On Monday Morning I went to college and had a great day. After college, I went back to Fourwinds and Jacqui drove me back with a few other students. I went shopping with Angela Babber and there was a Duracell battery offer at ASDA and it was a buy 1 get 1 free. After shopping, Angela cooked my tea. She made a mistake with my tea but I still enjoyed it. She put croquets on the tray instead of chiips. Other than that, I had a nice evening with Babber.

On Tuesday, I went to college and then I had Speech and Language Therapy with my Learning Centre group in the Therapy Room at North Perade. Angela told me she was going to be at North Perade on Tursday and Wednesday and I saw her whilst I was waiting. Will and I had to ask questions that were on a sheet and Will and Rob had to do the same. I would ask Will questions on one side of the paper and Will would aski me questions on the other side. After Speech & language, we had a short break and then we went to the Learning Centre and we had Maths with Martin. We were on MyMaths and we were also playing the MyMaths version of the game 'Play your Cards Right'l
You can play the game here:
http://www.mymaths.co.uk/samples/playyourcards.swf


After the Learning Centre, Hannah took me back to Four Winds. I had my tea and we were playing on a new, old PS1 game, Meteal Gear Solid. The game over screens are very funny as in the background you hear whoever is watching Snake, "Snake? What Happened? Snake!!!!!? Snaaaaaake!"

I am expecting the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection which will be at Four Winds next week.


Bop It forced us to play my electronic Millionaire game so we took it downstairs and play a game of Millionaire with Ross.


On Wednesday, I was allowed to go hoe as I had a parents meeting with my Tutor, Peter who likes to say "Alright ok!" a lot. He reminds me of my Brain Shift as when you turn it on sometimes he says "Alright!" and sometimes he says "Ok!". I also had my interview for my Level 3 Extended Diploma in IT which I was offered a condition place. I have to achieve an overall Merit grade in my Level 2 to do the Level 3 couse and Peter says that I should get the Merit grade.

Windows 8 Update

Microosft have announced that a release preview version of Windows 8 will be ready for download during the first week of June. I will be in Portugal when this happens and I will be downloading it on a Portugeese wireless connection!

Back after Easter Holidays and I was struggling (Windows 8 update too)

On Sunday evening, I wasn't really looking forward to going back to Farleigh. I had a nice sleep but then on Monday morning, I felt like I was going to struggle. On the way over I felt like I wanted mum to take me home but Bop It said "Sorry!" so I couldn't go home. I had about 7 dudes from the point we were in Trowbridge to the point we were at the base room. At the base room, Sharon was there. I knew that Jacqui was driving in to college as that's what she does on a Monday Morning. I felt comfortable throughout the day and during the evening because I had Angela looking after me. Mum forgot the rolls and ham. We went shopping after tea but I didn't realise I forgot a lot. I had to go to the little Tesco with Babber. Babber had a game on my Tetris game I bought for my 3DS. She wasn't that good but she enjoys playing it because it brings her back memories from the time she played it at the arcade when she was young. Angela and I also looked at our summer term targets that I have to achieve by the end of the term.

On Tuesday Morning, I felt a bit sad because I wasn't looking forward to eating breakfast with Ben again. I  sat at the table and he was there eating his breakfast. I had to eat breakfast with Ben but it was OK. I had a nice day at college and then I went to the Learning Centre. In our English sessions our group will be making a radio show on a freeware program called Audacity:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

You can do all sorts of things on this program. I have used it before and I use it on my computer at home. I also have it on my Mac too.  It's great for creating and editing audio files.

In my numeracy lesson with Martin, we were working through some GCSE exam questions so that Martin can look through our papers and see which areas we struggle in.

In the evening, Hannah watched me play Snake on my phone as well as asking Bop It what game we should play next.
The following things mean yes:
"Dude!"
(Says nothing)
"Do It the same, but better!"

When it says "Sorry!" it could mean different things.
When it says "Oh boy!" and "Uh, no!" it means no.

On Wednesday, I went on the buss to college, come back and had a muma mia with my washing. I put a set on and didn't realise that I haven't stripped my bed so I had to put my bedding in another washing machine. I had Emma and I struggled to do my duvet. I managed to do it in the end and Emma and I checked my washing and then I was with Babber. We played on my games, we had tea and then we went bowling and Nath invited her girlfriend Sophie over. In the first game of bowling, I had a couple of spares and we were on 2 lanes. Angela (who was called Babber on the scoreboard) won the first game. On the second game, Sophie won.

I was pleased to get home again today and next Wednesday I will be going home because I got a parents evening and interview for my next year's course at Trowbridge College.

Windows 8 Update


This has been a busy week for Microsoft. When I looked on Tuesday morning, I was very excited because Microsoft announced the editions and said that Windows 8 will be the official name for the next version of Windows.

Windows 8 will be available in 2 different editions:
Windows 8
Windows 8 Pro

There will also be a new version of Windows added to the Windows Family which will be called Windows RT which will be pre-installed on ARM devices and there will be an edition for large companies called Windows 8 Enterprise which most schools and colleges use the Enterprise version of Windows 7.

Microsoft have also announced that the next server version will be called Windows Server 2012.

In the coming months Microsoft will release a Release Candidate build of Windows 8 which is a near-final version and they will be announcing pricing and promotions and off course when Windows 8 will be released to manufacturing (RTM).

My last week before Easter + Abe's Oddysee Speedrun update

On Monday, I went back from college to four winds and it was surprising because Karen was unable to take me shopping that evening, I had to go to ASDA with Babber, Graham and a few other students just like a normal Monday evening. I enjoyed that more because it was nice to catch up with Babber and do a bit of shopping at the same time. Although I see her at the base room at college, she also looks after me at Four Winds on Monday and Wednesday. When we got back, we had tea and then t evenwe had a nice relaxing evening.

On Tuesday, I went to college and the base room was a bit noisy as everyone was looking forward to breaking up for Easter. However, there was one student who was going home early that evening and it was Ben! I was please that evening when he left and just as I went back from North Parade to do an hour of Speech and Language to an hour of Maths, Ben was leaving the building' I had nothing to worry about for the rest of the week.

On Wednesday, there was no college. I had to do a whole day at Four Winds. It was a lot different to a normal Wednesday because Jacqui and I went out in the Dudey with James to do some recycling but the recycling centre was shut. So we went back and then we walked into Frome and bought some ready salted Chipsticks for my lunch. After lunch, Jacqui had to go to Trowbridge to picked up some students from the base room as the base room was still open for work based learning and on the way she did some recycling. When she came back, we had a game of Bop It and then Emma came and I did a nice short session with her. All we did was stripped my bed, looked at some puzzles and checked my washing.

After that, I was with Babber again and after tea we went Bowling. Before Bowling, Nath had a go at some of my games and he invited Sophie from North Parade.
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It sounds like I had a good week and I will have another term of Fabulous Farleigh coming my way.

Speedrun update

I have recently made a 100% speedrun of Abe's Oddyse for PC to Speed Demos Archive and Flip (a forum/site admin( has sent my any% run of the game and the 100% run to the verifiers since last Friday.

I can contact Flip on the forum and I sent him a PM tonight so hopefully he'll reply to me.

Also I am working on an any% run on the PS1 version of Abe's Oddysee. There are a few differences between the PC and PS1 Europe version of the games and that is in the PS1 version you can walk through walls with Elum (Abe's camel that you ride on in Paramonia and Scrabania levels) and you can do an infinite pickup glitch which unfortunately when I try to do it in the Paramonian Temple (Door 2) the game crashes.