Summer Holiday Goals Results

Alas, my summer break has ended now, but, it isn't all bad news. At least, I hope that, for my sake. Is it always very hard to get back into your daily 'routine'? I can say that it definitely is for me. But anyway, here are the results of my summer holiday goals (ie: if I've completed them or not):

Blogging
Yes! This is one (well, two really) of my goals complete. What a great start. Here, I've finished blogging about My Top Gaming Sites, as you can see, if you've read those posts. Also, I've finished blogging about the body (in CSS and HTML terms), on CSSBytes. That's two out of six goals complete, already.

Neopets
This is the bad one for me. I have completed none of my goals for Neopets. I have managed to code about three of my four petpages on Neopets (just about), but that isn't really good enough. I got sidetracked making userlookups, so really it's only my fault. And, to add to that, I got nowhere near raising enough virtual funds for the Secret Lab Map.

Reading
This is a positive one. I read the Harry Potter book (the last of the series) with plenty of holiday time to spare. It was fairly sad seeing the series end, but, all great things do have to come to one. I also cut it a little late, but I finished the Northern Lights, by Philip Pullman. The plot was ruined for me, when 'sin', and all of those things came into it. Still, that's three out of six so far.

And Finally
I have enjoyed my holiday. Yes, I've done a lot of things which I enjoyed (and some which I haven't, but nothing's perfect). So that makes four out of six. Not the best score, but a good one nonetheless, and good enough for me.

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Huzzah! Finally, My Own User Lookup!

Well, I had just got the hang of making Neopets user lookups, when the site got a new layout, which really did tick me off. Still, after a while, and with some help from a great tutorial, I have finally coded my own User Lookup! I'm really happy and proud of it, and hopefully I'll be able to make more slicker ones in the future. But for now, I shall just enjoy what I made. You can go see it by clicking here, and you can have a look at the great tutorial by looking here. Bye!

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My Summer Holiday Goals

Yes, so I am back from my week's holiday Dorset, and it was very nice, in case you were wondering (although I doubt you were). On the way back, I thought that it might be a good idea to blog about my goals, or aspirations of things to do in my summer break. So... here they are:

• To continue blogging on here, and to finish telling you all about My Top Gaming Sites.


• Also, to continue blogging on my other blog, CSSBytes, and finish explaining about the body (HTML-wise), and what you can do with it.


• On Neopets, to raise a lot of funds, and get the Secret Laboratory Map, so I can zap my Neopets.


• As well as that, I want to get all four of my petpages on Neopets up and running, with something decent, instead of the plain old default oner, which is terribly boring.


• To read all of the last Harry Potter Book - Harry Potter and the Deahtly Hallows, as well as The Northern Lights, a book by Phillip Pullman. Both of them are great!


• But most of all, what I want to do more than anything, is enjoy my summer break! Now then, that is the end of my post, but expect many more updates coming soon!
  

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My Top Gaming Sites - Neopets

Yep, it's a new feature on the blog, although it won't take as long as my top ten Pokémon one, don't worry. This one is just a little help for anybody who is looking for an online gaming site. If you have any good ones, tell me and I might post them on the blog. Anyway, here's the first one:



Neopets:



Yes, it's Neopets, that great site which you really should make an account on. There are quite a few good games on here, all of them with instructions to help you out. The game range is a bit limited, seeing as all of the games are Neopets related, or a sponsor submitted game, but they seem to manage to get enough. I will now walk you through a few...

Hasee Bounce This is quite a clever game, that involves two Hasees (petpets) jumping up and down on a seesaw to collect donutfruits. Collecting donutfruits gets you points, and the better the donutfruit, the larger amount of points you'll get from it. There is a sixty-second time-limit, but by collecting special letter-shaped fruits, to spell the word Hasee, you gain back twenty seconds of that time. You have to avoid anything other than fruit though, or you will become incapable of retrieving fruits for a few seconds of your precious time. It is a fun and easy game, once you get the hang of it, well worth you trying it out.
	Wingoball This is basically a puzzle game, where you have to throw your wingoball (it's just an ordinary, small red ball really), avoiding all of the obstacles, to get past the finish line on the other side. Many gnomes try to get in your way. Green-hatted ones will deflect your ball away, usually pushing it out of play. Red-hatted ones take control of your ball, minimizing it and almost certainly forcing you to throw again. There are also natural obstacles, which your ball just bounces off of, which you usually have to use to your advantage. There is a thirty-second time limit for each level, but usually you complete each level with buckets of time to spare. I have completed it once, and I believe there are about 22 levels. If you get good at it, it can be a high-scoring game.
	Mynci Beach Volleyball This game is great for having a bit of fun. Basically, it is a game of beach volleyball, where you have to knock the ball over the net, trying to make sure that your opponent can't send it back to you. There are so many rounds, and you win them by getting twelve points before your opponent. Obviously, as you progress through the game, your opponents get tougher. I may be rubbish at this game, but it still really fun, the only thing letting it down is the fact that it is side-on, reducing the games 3D look, but that is to make it easier. The best thing about it, is that it can be played by two players.

Actually, now that I think about it, I want to go and play some of these games, to earn myself quite a few neopoints in the end. Keep checking out the blog, because new game sites will be coming up. Goodbye!

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Another Good Tutorial

Well, not much has been going on, except for the restart of school... oh the joy. So I guess this means that I am not exactly in the best mood today. So anyway, I found this great guide for making Neopets User Lookups that look fantastic. The secret is actually using divs, and absolute positioning. You do need a basic understanding of HTML, but you can find guides and tutorials everywhere. Also, the page gives you the basic codes. (Obviously you'll probably need to alter them a little bit). It can be found here.


I only really have one problem, which I stumble upon on making my dream lookup, and unfortunately, the guide doesn't help you with that. It's the graphics. I just... can't draw (or get) the pictures I need for my lookup, so... yeah. Maybe my standards are too high, I don't know, but anyway, that is what has put me in a bad mood also. Bye for now.

***Also:*** Woohoo! Fiftieth blog post!

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Yes!!!

Woah! You will not believe this:



It's absolutely brilliant, isn't it! And, I got the Avatar too! This is from the Alien Aisha Nerkmid Machine (I think it's called that). Basically, you need something called a Nerkmid, which you put into the machine, and well... there you go. I believe I was quite lucky though, getting a Paint Brush. You get the avatar anyway. So, here is the new funnything205:

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Neopets Banners

Well, firstly, it's nearly Easter now - whoo! And I don't have much Homework either - whoo! But, anyway, now on to what I was really going to tell you about. In case you haven't noticed, on most Neopets pages, there is always a little banner at the top. I wanted to make these, and I found a really useful Tutorial for making them on the internet. It has one for Photoshop, Paint, and Paint Shop Pro. You must have at least one of those and your computer (I used Photoshop). It can be accessed here. This is one I made:





Note: You probably shouldn't use these on your own website, unless it is maybe a Neopets fan, or graphics site, because of copyright and stuff. Read the Neopets Terms & Conditions for more information. Also, if you put a Neopets image in it, then put it on the internet, you will need to put a little copyright message somewhere on the page, like the ones on my blog posts (see below).

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Catch-Up

Seeing as I haven't been able to post on the blog for a while, for reasons which I don't know, here is a brief summary of what I have been doing when not posting on the blog - i.e: a catch-up:


• Finally, I was able to code my own User Lookup. I am really proud of it, seeing as I did everything on it, even the background graphics. It might need a little more fine tweaking, but still, I'm happy with it. Click here to see it.


• I resigned as manager on itsagoal.com. :( I still have an account, and can get a new club any time I want, but not now. Unfortunately, it just lost its appeal to me after two seasons. I might be be back on it someday though...


• Hopefully, I can start up some petpages on Neopets soon. I am currently doing some coding on Dreamweaver. When it's finished, you'll see what it's all about.


• And last of all, I created a Flickr account. Flickr, in my opinion is a great sight, which is not just a image hosting site. It has much more, so click here to sign up. Here is some of my art which I have put on it:







Yes, I know it is a bit of a dodgy name, but still. I just like it. If you don't know what it is, then I will tell you. it is a Pokémon Trainer's Card. I think that they are really neat. A great tutorial for making them is here. (All sprites on the image from: www.pokemonelite2000.com/). Well, g'bye for now, I'll try to post more often now.

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A New Member for the Family!

Alright! Redeagle205 and Dementedfrog205 both have a new brother. His name is Randombi, and he is a Grundo. But he is not just any Grundo, he is a purple one (even though he has spots). Doesn't he look cool (see below)? I adopted him from here. And, he only costed about 300 np! I'm sure Randombi will be a great addition to my Neopet family. Well, bye for now!

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Yes!

Now my Neopets look so cool. If you visit my userlookup, or just keep reading on, you'll find out why! As you might or might not know (you will now anyway), I have been saving up for ages, to buy something. Finally, my chance came, and for 91,920 np, or something around that, I bought a vile-looking potion. Yeah ok, it's probably not safe, and it may have some after-effects, but look what it did to dementedfrog205, he looks so cool!

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Also, it's good news on itsagoal.com. My team in now eleventh in the table. We have had two smashing wins. We beat one team five goals to one! Then the next match, we win four goals to none! We are on a rampage now. Do you think we will make it to the top?

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Finally!

Woohoo! It's finally over. My school term's over and it's the christmas holidays once again! I've been keeping up with the advent calendar too. I've been having a great run on itsagoal.com too. Now my team is 13th (my team is called J United), although 13 is an unlucky number, so that is a bit ominous... Anyways, I'll be sorting out labels for the blog, so.. yeah. See ya.

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Stuff...

I've not been doing much lately, don't know why. I've mostly been on Neopets, updating my shop, and buying new stuff (see picture on left). That's a new petpet for dementedfrog205, it's called an Abominable Snowball. My other petpet, for redeagle205 it's called a Mallard (see picture on right). They're basically just toys for you neopet, or pets. Also, your petpet can get a pet too, it's called a petpetpet (wow, what a hard name to guess), but they're really hard to come buy, or expensive to buy. I am keeping up with the advent calendar too. Also, on itsagoal.com, my team is on a role. We were last, but now we're fifteenth! Yeah! Can we keep it up?

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Coming up...

Hey everyone, I've not been doing much recently. I'm not sick anymore - yay! I've done quite a lot of random stuff. Rping on Neopets, having lots of new stuff come, so a lot will be coming on the blog soon. :) I keep finding 1000 np on the floor. Also, it's now advent, so the Neopets advent calendar is up! Click here to go there, or the picture on your right is a screen shot. I opened my advent calendar - a Darlek one.

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Bleh!

Bleh! I'm a bit sick today, and I'm not really enjoying it. I won't go into the details, but this gives me more time to play on Neopets, and there is one big difference I think I should show you. In the games section of Neopets, there
has been a large change. Someone called the Games Master has challenged all of neopia, setting Neopians challenges. If they are completed, the person who completed it shall receive a prize. (I have done 2 challenges so far). Also, the section has been completely re-modeled. Click here to see. Note: The link has now expired.

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itsagoal.com/

I signed up for a new website today. As well as Neopets, signing for this is FREE! It is a website called itsagoal.com/ and it is about being the manager of a soccer club. You sort out the team, make transfers, tell your staff what to do and much more. It's a great website, and if you want to sign up, right now, click here. I am in the Division 3, in a group called Cyclone. Join now, it's FREE!

P.S: I did a trade on Neopets, and it got me 60,000 np!

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Happy Birthday!

Loads of stuff is happening on Neopets. They're celebrating their seventh birthday, so there is a whole new sidebar, just for the day! Go here to see it (it is too late to see the different sidebar now), or why not sign up, just for the occasion. Then you get to see my brand new lookup, just because I have been on
Neopets for more than 40 months! Come and see! My lookup is from ticklishdesigns.com.

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*Slurp*.....*Slurp*

Hey guys, I made redeagle205 drink this disgusting drink (because I spent a lot of neopoints on it), but once again, he was awkard, and decided to refuse. I didn't even bother trying dementedfrog205. Anyway, on the upside, I got a new avatar for the neoboards!

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I'm Back!

Hey, I'm back. I wasn't for a while because the new term has just started :( Anyways, back to Neopets, I have been updating my gallery, which full of useless items on the Neopets site that you don't want. If you are a Neopets user then please donate these rubbish items to me. My username is juliancann. If you want to see my gallery, then click here. I hope you like it!

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Success!

Two great things have just happened for me on Neopets! The first thing is, after I raided my bank account for some np. I was able to buy the Tiny Umbrella, for my quest. I gave it to the Faerie, and she boosted dementedfrog205's attack power! So afterwards, I began to chat on boards. While on boards, a random event meant that I found a codestone. I am going to sell it in my shop, so that maybe I can gain a few more np! (See picture on left).

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Alert! Alert! Faerie Quest!

Yes, I have just received a quest from the mysterious creatures known as faeries, who live in Faerieland, Neopia (see Worlds of Neopia). A Faerie of fire, has asked me to bring her a Tiny Umbrella. I have excepted this quest, hopefully, I will complete it. Unfortunately, on a Faerie Quest, you cannot use the Shop Wizard (a service that searches every shop in Neopia for the item you want). Will I be able to complete this quest? The rewards will be great....

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