The Blog of CCJAD

This week at CCJAD some of the members decided it would be a good idea to finally move onwards to a new skin, a new look for the blog. If any of this sounds vaguely familiar to something you've heard before then, well, yeah you would be right to think that. It's been said.

Although in the past there have been posts claiming to update the layout and whatnot, our claims have never really made it to prime time...well it's mostly been me creating empty promises if not anything else. But this time we're Serious. As recently posted we are hoping to get a few more posts up here and there, maybe a few reviews (got a cracking one for 'Bleach: Shattered Blade' for the Wii coming up if we ever get the time to do it), more videos obviously (my forte) and of course other little tid-bits we get up to individually and collectively.

For now though I'll leave you and perhaps throughout the following week you'll see a difference in the page.

Ciao for now.

-Calum

Ps. Here's a little pic that had CCA laughing for quite a bit. Not at the picture, but the sheer brilliance that this kid must exuberate at all times. My power is maximum too by the way.

Ah how times flies when you have nowhere to be and nothing to do...or can't be bothered doing anything. It seems in the first month of 2008, we at CCJAD have neglected our duties to post any form of content on the blog, some admittedly, more than others and as a result, missed the first month of the year! Yay!...some of us missing the last month of last year as well. ^_^'




With almost everyone returning back to Uni/college this month as well as work dominating much free time we all have just taken those moments off we've had to sit back and do mostly nothing which remotely feels or replicates the aesthetic values of 'work'. As a result the blog was left empty...but not anymore!

Anyways, I would say I'd make posting more a new years resolution but I decided to stay away from any resolutions this year basically so I couldn't falter myself later when I inevitably broke them. So at the moment not much to report at the moment but I hope to get some pictures, videos or comics up at some point in the near future. For the moment however this should make do. If you've not used Babelfish before I'd advise looking it up before checking this video. Props towards Ally recieve for the first place find anyway. =P



-Calum

P.s. Random picture for late post win!

Yeah, as the other guys have pointed out the Blog hasn't just been inactive but broken as well. And although I've know about the skin problem for quite a while, I've not done anything about it, sorry guys. With Uni work and exams always around the corner it's just been repeated nights up cramming and frantically typing. Not saying that's a viable excuse but it sure as hell's a good one. =P

Thanks to Chris for sorting this make shift skin, I know how annoying it can be. Shame all our non-working do-dads and whats-its aren't still up. Was quite happy just to say they were there...even if they didn't all work simultaneously.

Apart from that Ally made a valuable point being maybe we should just focus on keeping posts coming rather than widgets and stuff for the mo', so maybe we should just stick with the simplistic skin at the mo'. It's easy to use, practical and not too bad on the eyes.

Anyways, I'm not dead yet!..but I could say otherwise for the internet connection around here.

-Calum

....and I hope to post a bit more, especially during the holidays. =P

Bwahahahaaa! Skins! They're fun! If you're into that kinda thing, I guess. I'm gonna get all this fixed and working again. Tonight, hopefully. We'll lose some of the fun stuff, but most of it didn't work anyway. I'll try and make it so the site doesn't load slower than a 90-year old woman driver too! So all should be well. Once I do all that, I'll even make a proper news post! Magic.

Temporary skin for now though, while I hax0r t3h c0d3z.

EDIT: Well, for now I'm gonna leave it as this. At least that's what I'm saying now, whether it stays as that I have no idea. Spoken to Ally, and we both agree it would be nice to make it a bit lighter, and edit it a little, but the simplicity of the layout is pretty nice. Anyway, I'm about to sit a mock programming exam, so I must go!

Chris

Took us long enough but we gots our playlist going! Woot! :P

After an arduous battle with computers and code in general, I an' Ally managed to spring forth a musical jukebox! Still in it's earlier stages we'll probably upload some more music in due time....mind you, me thinks some of our members may have forgotten this site exists, but as soon as they get their stuffs up we should have a nice assortment of differing musical meshes. So far I've uploaded a bit of an assortment of choice as far as I can see and hope at least one thing matches what you guys like out there.

As for our preferences, I like anything I can drop a beat to. But when it comes to it all of us have our own unique taste in music...well obviously our preferences overlap at some points.

Anyway, I'm surprised my brains still functioning at this time of the morn so I'll leave y'all to your own devices with, hopefully, our music streaming in the background.



Night! Calum

P.S. You should give the music player some time to load for slower connections. Don't worry it will appear. And listen to all of a song because some songs have slow starts. Try something new, you might like it! ;)

Well, might as well have some educational fun.

Basically, I'm going to list CCJAD's names and their meanings/origins. :P

Alistair Hathaway - 1st name: Gaelic/Celtic form of Alexander. 2nd name: English. "Defender on mankind"

Christopher Brown - 1st name: Greek. 2nd name: English. "Christ-bearer" & "Let Majesty Flourish"

James Cassidy - 1st name: Hebrew. 2nd name: Gaelic/Celtic. "Supplanter" (Which means one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another) & "Curly Haired"

Calum Beck - 1st name: Gaelic/Celtic 2nd name: English. "Dove" & "From the brook"

David Fergusson - 1st name: Hebrew. 2nd name: Gaelic/Celtic. "Beloved" & "Son of Fergus".

And there you have it. I can't find a meaning for my second name, so I suck. :(

Yay! After some arduous times, myself and Ally managed to get a music player up and running so while you read you're favourite blog you can listen to some of our music!
Mind you I need to fix some tweaks here and there but for now there's two songs available (although five names come up...what the fudge?). So press the skip button to the next song...cause Asterisk doesn't work yet.;_;
So enjoy while it lasts and don't feel scared to ask for any of the music you hear on the blog, we're 'hear' all week. Try the beef!

Here's a cheery wee pic that kept me going during the whole process.



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Peace, Calum
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Ps It shouldn't have been this hard...Watch Bleach

*Edit* Why does nothing work? The music player should be working soon. Sorry for all those who are desperate to have something to listen too ¬_¬...*chuckle*...*End Edit*