Emmer-Compascuum introducing Emmer-Compascuum

Emmer-Compascuum

*walks into the spotlight which for some reason - probably the avatar - tries to evade this new user*

So uhm... Hello people, I'm Elm-... Emmer-Compascuum and... "Hi, I'm new".

When I'm not busy building websites (which I never finish), drawing silly stuff (instead of doing my homework), learning how to hold a pen correctly (I still don't do it right after fifteen years of quality time of writing and drawing), or trying to learn programming languages (emphasis on 'trying') I'm busy with a useless activity called school: spending the day studying books about Thales' theorem, endoplasmatic reticula and the laws of physics.

*scratches head with a Hong Kong Disneyland ballpoint*

Ahw, and I use brackets too often, but I think you noticed that by now. Let's see... Did I forget anything? ... Ah, the part which is a bit more useful to know. My skills range from XHTML Strict and CSS to a crappy beginner's level of PHP. I've got almost everything now to make reasonable websites. All I need now is 'Photoshop' skill. (Surely it can't be that everyone uses Photoshop? It even costs more than a brand new desktop computer...)

Anyway, in one week the holidays end for me and I'll be working on what will be my last year of high school (that is, if I don't screw up Pray

). The last year involves me doing some sort of research (whether it be by means of experiments or calculations) in a group with one or two more students. To improve communication while working on such projects, an own website with a forum might be useful, aaand... That's what connects the time you've wasted by reading all that text to Frihost...

Hello, Frihost community! *waves*

catscratches

Thanks for wasting my time Very Happy

...

Not really, I also do the same things as you: School, Drawing, Programming. But I DO my homework.

If you want something cheaper than Photoshop. (ACTUALLY FREE!) Use GIMP! www.gimp.org I use it myself (I'm not so good though Sad

). Examples of what I've made: http://catscratches.deviantart.com .

If you think programming languages is too hard for you, you can use Game Maker(www.gamemaker.nl), it's free in trial version and you can do many basic things with it and then advance! It's a really good start in programming. The language is OOP (object-orienteered programming) but there's also D&D (drag & drop). It's a good start to learn and then advance to use the scripting language (GML). Then you can advance to eg. C++ together with Irrlicht. A free 3D engine. (http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net).

If you want to learn better PHP, W3Schools (www.w3schools.com) has a very good tutorial and reference.

As you might notice, I also LOVE brackets.

Emmer-Compascuum

You're welcome =P.

Well, I tried GIMP. I even have it installed right now, but the loading time is awful... (don't know if it's the hardware or the software which causes that).

Well, and the programming stuff... Most tutorials on the internet explain it in such boring ways, that I'd rather do something else. For PHP I'm using this tutorial, which is pretty nice. I also bought a book about PHP today, for more extensive explanations.

Game Maker seems to be a nice next step when I'm done (sufficiently Shhh

) mastering PHP. I just wouldn't know what to make then. d'oh!

catscratches

guissmo

I got tired with Game Maker eversince it went to that games thing company. But I use it occassionally though when I'm bored.