CATHastrophic Mediocrity

It’s very futile for me to try squeezing my brains out for something to say. It feels like I’ve been losing my usual self just because of pressure. The thesis is on its way to completion (hopefully in a matter of a week) after exploring new and strange technologies. Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise when all of my other extra-curricular activities are moved two weeks from now. It did help! I’m working on beating the deadlines for the school paper this week. I think I do need a clone to get all of these things done. But God had been so good that I am still able to keep my sanity at bay. He’s good that I can still joke around and smile my way through all the stress.

I didn’t wonder anymore when I learned that one of us was diagnosed with anxiety depression, or the other having problems with his head(!!!???). It was all because of the pressure. I didn’t wonder that my bestfriend(BFF) and I had countless arguments about his girlfriend and my guy. I didn’t wonder when I screamed at his face for being such a meddler in my life(as though he knows my hubby enough to accuse him of infidelity against me). This was the week when we had the most number of fights since last August when he nagged me almost everyday for dating my guy instead of having lunch with him and the rest of the gang. I do understand that he had been trying to be a brother and a protective bestfriend to me, but sometimes he goes overboard. But I thank the Lord that we can mend things easy in the end of the day, as though no fight happened between us.

My guy and I haven’t seen each other for a month already. He had financial problems, and still adjusting in his new job. I am also having a hard time trying to manage all things that need to be done. maybe I aam lucky enough tohave someone who understands that we both have priorities of our own thast we can’t set aside.

Am I sick of obsessive-compulsive disorder? That’s what my psychology major friend told me. Hmm.. Maybe i’ve been too workaholic these past days.. Xiao..

I haven’t had much problems with programming in college. As long as I am familiar with the paradigm and the syntax, the logic goes with it. But lately, I’ve been trying to learn a language I’m barely familiar with. I was on a hunt of someone who could possibly tutor me with this stuff, but I can’t find someone. I’m done with the basics. Duh! Someone out there! SOS!! Novice needs HELP!!

Questions:

• How can I attach and record an audio (mic) over a netstream object? Can I possibly do it without a Flash Media Server since extraction of data is on the client-side?
• After searching on forums, and attempts to do it on my own, I found out that SoundMixer.computeSpectrum() really does not work with Microphone.getMicrophone(). However, there were classes in AS3 that can extract and control the panning and amplitude of streamed audio. Is it possible to extract the same data from an audio input after being published and upon playing through a netstream object?
• I’m really done with accessing the microphone object and rerouting it to other sound devices, as well as extracting amplitude and sound properties of streamed audio, and visualization of this activity. However, I am apparently stucked on how to make both of this things work together?
• Flash CS4 to PHP : I am apparently trying to figure out how to pass values from Flash CS4 to server-side scripting language like PHP. Gone to a lot of tutorials really, and it doesn’t seem to work. Tried LoadVars() but it came with compatibility issues with AS3. Trying out another method (URLRequest.Method.POST|GET) doesn’t seem to work too…