Piano Lesson Software To Help You Play

If you have a love for music and you want to learn to play an instrument then perhaps the piano is a good place to start. You might be able to get a piano to practice on or even a keyboard, but you will need to have lessons if you hope to learn how to play properly and actually learn some songs. One of the best and easiest ways to do this is to get piano lesson software.

If you don't want to go to lessons with a teacher, or you find that this is too expensive, you can easily save money and learn all your favorite songs, but downloading some piano lesson software. This will give you the exact lessons that a teacher would give you, and it will build your confidence too.

There might be some people who don't want to attend lessons because they are afraid of looking silly or they are scared that they will be no good. The good news is that you can use the piano lesson software to learn the basics and then go for more advanced lessons when you are more confident.

When you want to become a good piano player you should think about getting this software. You might want to become good enough to play professionally, or perhaps you just want to do it as a hobby to have fun and be able to entertain the family at the next Christmas or birthday party.

When you search online you will come across various different piano lessons that you can download. This means that you can start out with the basics and then work your way through a number of other lessons to learn what you want, when you want. The best way to learn to play the piano is to get some do it yourself home lessons.

Check this website out if you want to learn Piano the easy and cheapest way.

http://tinyurl.com/pxdpdb

Anyone of Us

I've just listened to this song yesterday or to be exact, someone recommend it to me.

Actually, I do aware that it is one of the top rated song currently I guess. But, I'm just too lazy to search nor to listen till that day.

Below are the lyrics. Please don't get me wrong. This has nothing to do with anyone! I just wrote it because it sounds good.

*His voice is similar to mine somewhat :P

** Anyone of Us **

I've been letting you down, down

Girl I know I've been such a fool

Giving in to temptation

When I should've played it cool

The situation got out of hand

I hope you understand

[chorus]

It can happen to..

Anyone of us, anyone you think of

Anyone can fall

Anyone can hurt someone they love

Hearts will break

cause I made a stupid mistake

It can happen to..

Anyone of us, say you will forgive me

Anyone can fail

Say you will believe me

I can't take my heart will break

cause I made a stupid mistake

A stupid mistake

She was kind of exciting

A little crazy I should've known

She must have altered my senses

cause I offered to walk her home

The situation got out of hand

I hope you understand

[chorus]

A stupid mistake

She means nothing to me

(nothing to me)

I swear every word is true

Don't wanna lose you

** The end **

Artist : Gareth Gates

Source : www.lyrics007.com

Can't Wait for Attachment

yes .. I can't wait anymore ..left only about 1 week for my Industrial Training to commence at ST Electronics(Info-Software System) Pte Ltd .

so let me do some research about the company itself.

ST stands for Singapore Technologies .. The company has many departments which are :
- Large-Scale Systems Group
- Info Comm
- Satcom & Sensor Systems
- Info-Software Systems
- Training & Simulation Systems

STEE-InfoSoft is a Command, Control and Intelligence solutions provider. It provides superior defence simulation applications, homeland security systems and enterprise solutions to both civil and defence customers worldwide. Recently, STEE-InfoSoft has been awarded an S$8.2m contract by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA)to do some projects related to private and HDB properties registration system.

According to my Liason Officer, I am the only one who got posted to ST Electronics(Info-Software). I'm not sure whether there would be other interns from other institues or not. The ITP will be for about 6 weeks. The exiting part is that I'll be doing some programming stuff and they will teach me extra related stuff. Alhamdulillah I'll be able to do a job that I have passion for it.. Moreover , I am so grateful to be able to work for a reputable company when businesses are not doing so well.

That's all for today. ^_^

A Little Too Not Over You

I got this song from my sibling. It sounds good so I just went ahead and post the lyrics . The lyrics was taken from http://songlyrics.com ... Please enjoy

//lyrics begin
It never crossed my mind at all
It's what I tell myself
What we had is come and gone
You better offer someone else
It's for the best, I know it is
But I see you sometimes
I try to hide what I feel inside

And I turn around
You're with him now
I just can't figure it out

Tell me why you're so hard to forget
Don't remind me, I'm not over it
Tell me why I can't seem to face the truth
I'm just a little too not over you

Memories supposed to fade
What's wrong with my heart
Shake it off, let it go
Didn't think it'd be this hard
Should be strong, moving on
But I see you sometimes
I try to hide what I feel inside

And I turn around
You're with him now
I just can't figure it out

Tell me why you're so hard to forget
Don't remind me, I'm not over it
Tell me why I can't seem to face the truth
I'm just a little too not over you

Maybe I regret everything I said
No way to take it all back, yeah
Now I'm on my own, how I let you go
I'll never understand
I'll never understand
Yeah, oh no
Oh

Tell me why you're so hard to forget
Don't remind me, I'm not over it
Tell me why I can't seem to face the truth
I'm just a little too not over you

Tell me why you're so hard to forget
Don't remind me, I'm not over it
Tell me why I can't seem to face the truth
And I really don't know what to do
I'm just a little too not over you

Artist : David Archuletta
link : http://songlyrics.com

Tic Tac Toe Artificial Intelligence

In this post I'm gonna include some of the codes I used personally to construct the computer AI.

It is mainly consist of if-else condition and it is not that relieable. If I were given a 2nd chance, I'll write a better AI codes that this one such as using switch/map/binary tree/etc .

If you are a student searching for an AI reference, I strongly recommend you to use your own creativity and understanding and please dont copy mine 100% . Because by copying my codes,
you'll not be able to gain the satisfaction feeling after you have comlpeted the codes.

Oh , one more thing! my AI is only about 70% intelligent I guess . I ensure you that you can't beat my AI if you are the 2nd player . Enjoy!

//-------AI codes begin ..............

if( (board[0]==human)&&(board[1]==human)&&(board[2]=='c') ) // blocks human moves 0 , 1 , 2 { move = 2 ; cout << "c" << endl ; return move ; } if( (board[0]==human)&&(board[2]==human)&&(board[1]=='b') ) // blocks human moves { move = 1 ; cout << "b" << endl ; return move ; } if( (board[2]==human)&&(board[1]==human)&&(board[0]=='a') ) // blocks human moves { move = 0 ; cout << "a" << endl ; return move ; }
if( (board[3]==human)&&(board[4]==human)&&(board[5]=='f') ) // blocks human moves 3 , 4 , 5 { move = 5 ; cout << "f" << endl ; return move ; }
if( (board[4]==human)&&(board[5]==human)&&(board[3]=='d') ) // blocks human moves { move = 3 ; cout << "d" << endl ; return move ; }
if( (board[6]==human)&&(board[7]==human)&&(board[8]=='i') ) // blocks human moves 6 , 7 , 8 { move = 8 ; cout << "i" << endl ; return move ; } if( (board[8]==human)&&(board[6]==human)&&(board[7]=='h') ) // blocks human moves { move = 7 ; cout << "h" << endl ; return move ; } if( (board[8]==human)&&(board[7]==human)&&(board[6]=='g') ) // blocks human moves { move = 6 ; cout << "g" << endl ; return move ; }
if( (board[0]==human)&&(board[3]==human)&&(board[6]=='g') ) // blocks human moves 0 , 3 , 6 { move = 6 ; cout << "g" << endl ; return move ; } if( (board[6]==human)&&(board[3]==human)&&(board[0]=='a') ) // blocks human moves { move = 0 ; cout << "a" << endl ; return move ; } if( (board[6]==human)&&(board[0]==human)&&(board[3]=='d') ) // blocks human moves { move = 3 ; cout << "d" << endl ; return move ; }
if( (board[1]==human)&&(board[4]==human)&&(board[7]=='h') ) // blocks human moves 1 , 4 , 7 { move = 7 ; cout << "h" << endl ; return move ; }
if( (board[4]==human)&&(board[7]==human)&&(board[1]=='b') ) // blocks human moves { move = 1 ; cout << "b" << endl ; return move ; }
if( (board[2]==human)&&(board[5]==human)&&(board[8]=='i') ) // blocks human moves 2 , 5 , 8 { move = 8 ; cout << "i" << endl ; return move ; } if( (board[8]==human)&&(board[2]==human)&&(board[5]=='f') ) // blocks human moves { move = 5 ; cout << "f" << endl ; return move ; } if( (board[5]==human)&&(board[8]==human)&&(board[2]=='c') ) // blocks human moves { move = 2 ; cout << "c" << endl ; return move ; }
if( (board[2]==human)&&(board[4]==human)&&(board[6]=='g') ) // blocks human moves 2 , 4 , 6 { move = 6 ; cout << "g" << endl ; return move ; }
if( (board[4]==human)&&(board[6]==human)&&(board[2]=='c') ) // blocks human moves { move = 2 ; cout << "c" << endl ; return move ; }
if(board[4] == 'e') { move = 4 ; cout << " e " << endl ; return move ; } if(board[0]=='a') { move = 0 ; cout << " a " << endl ; return move ; } if(board[2]=='c') { move = 2 ; cout << " c " << endl ; return move ; } if(board[6]=='f') { move = 6 ; cout << " g " << endl ; return move ; } if(board[8]=='i') { move = 8 ; cout << " i " << endl ; return move ; } if(board[1]=='b') { move = 1 ; cout << " b " << endl ; return move ; } if(board[3]=='d') { move = 3 ; cout << " d " << endl ; return move ; } if(board[5]=='f') { move = 5 ; cout << " f " << endl ; return move ; } if(board[7]=='h') { move = 7 ; cout << " h " << endl ; return move ; }

Tic Tac Toe Source

Whoa!! finally I managed to complete these humble source codes for Tic Tac Toe . It took me about 2 weeks to deal with the obstacles . Now , I understand what does a programmer feels when someone download/crack their files illegally . Please note that the codes shown below are not the ideal source codes for Tic Tac Toe . It is just a simpe version of the codes that my mind can understand . Please enjoy !

//===========codes starts here=======
#include
#include
#include

using namespace std;

char X = 'X' ;
char O = 'O' ;
char EMPTY = ' ' ;
char TIE = 'T' ;
char NO_ONE = 'N' ;
char playAgain ;


void instructions() ; //display instructions //
char askYesNo(string question) ; //ask whether you want to go 1st
char humanPiece() ; //determine human piece . returns 'x' / 'o' //
char opponent(char piece) ; //returns 'x'/'o' based on the previous choice //
void displayBoard(const vector &board) ; //display board on e screen //
int computerMove(vector board) ; //calculate computer's move,receives board n computer's piece,retutns com's move //
int isLegal(const vector board , int index) ; //
char winningCondition(vectorboard) ; //determines the game winner //




int main()

{
do
{
bool TrueFalse ;
char move , a ;
//int NUM_SQUARES = 9 ;
char alpha[] = { 'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i' } ;
vector board(alpha , alpha+9) ;
int size = board.size() ;
vector :: iterator it ;
instructions() ; //
char human = humanPiece() ; //
char computer = opponent(human) ; //
char turn = X ;
displayBoard(board) ; //
char winner = NO_ONE ;
int legal = 0 ;
char check ;
int index ;
while(winner == NO_ONE ) //
{
if(turn == human)
{
do
{
cout << "Please enter an alphabet to choose that move : " ;
cin >> move ;


it = find(board.begin(), board.end(), move); //
index = it-board.begin() ; //replace it with this //
//cout << index ;
//cout << it ;
//cout << *it ;
legal = isLegal(board , index) ; // it replaced with index //

if(legal == 0)
{
cout << "invalid move , please enter the correct alphabet! " << endl ;
}
else
{
cout << "That move is valid" << endl ;
}
}while(legal != 1 ) ;
if(move == 'a') //
{
board.erase(board.begin()) ;
board.insert(board.begin() , 1 , human) ;
}
if(move == 'b') //
{
board.erase(board.begin()+1) ;
board.insert(board.begin()+1 , 1 , human) ;
}
if(move == 'c') //
{
board.erase(board.begin()+2) ;
board.insert(board.begin()+2 , 1 , human) ;
}
if(move == 'd') //
{
board.erase(board.begin()+3) ;
board.insert(board.begin()+3 , 1 , human) ;
}
if(move == 'e') //
{
board.erase(board.begin()+4) ;
board.insert(board.begin()+4 , 1 , human) ;
}
if(move == 'f') //
{
board.erase(board.begin()+5) ;
board.insert(board.begin()+5 , 1 , human) ;
}
if(move == 'g') //
{
board.erase(board.begin()+6) ;
board.insert(board.begin()+6 , 1 , human) ;
}
if(move == 'h') //
{
board.erase(board.begin()+7) ;
board.insert(board.begin()+7 , 1 , human) ;
}
if(move == 'i') //
{
board.erase(board.begin()+8) ;
board.insert(board.begin()+8 , 1 , human) ;
}
}
else
{
int ComMove = computerMove(board) ;
board.erase(board.begin()+ComMove) ;
board.insert(board.begin()+ComMove , 1 , computer) ;
}
displayBoard(board) ; //
turn = opponent(turn) ; //
check = winningCondition(board) ; //
//cout << "check is : " << check ;
//cout << "winner is : " << winner ;
winner = check ;
//cout << "winner is : " << winner ;

}
if((winner=='w') && (human == X)) // X condition for human
{
cout << "Congratulation human! you have won ... I'll defeat you next time!" << endl ;
}
if((winner=='w') && (computer==X)) //X for computer condition
{
cout << "I have defeated you human ... Is that all you got?! " << endl ;
}
if((winner=='c') && (human==O)) // O's condition for human
{
cout << "Congratulation human! you have won ... I'll defeat you next time!" << endl ;
}
if((winner=='c') && (computer==O))
{
cout << "I have defeated you human ... Is that all you got?! " << endl ;
}
if(winner == TIE)
{
cout << "Seems that our skills are equal .. Hence , its a draw! " << endl ;
}

cout << " do you want to play again ? " ;
cin >> playAgain ;


}while(playAgain == 'y') ;
return 0;

}

void instructions()
{
cout << "Welcome to the Tic Tac Toe game." << endl ;
cout << "You will be playing against the Computer (Com)." << endl ;
cout << "You need to make your move by entering character a-i" << endl ;
cout << "The number corresponds to the desired board postion as shown" << endl ;

cout << " a | b | c " << endl ;
cout << " --------- " << endl ;
cout << " d | e | f " << endl ;
cout << " --------- " << endl ;
cout << " g | h | i " << endl ;

cout << "Now, prepare yourself! The game is about to begin.." << endl<}

char askYesNo(string question)
{
char response ;
do
{
cout << question << " Yes (y) / No (n) : " << endl ;
cin >> response ;
}
while (response!='y' && response !='n') ;

return response ;
}

/*int askNumber(string question , int high , int low)
{
int number ;
do
{
cout << question << " (" << low << " - " << high << ") : " ;
cin >> number ;
}while(number>high || number
return number ;
}*/

char humanPiece()
{
char go_first = askYesNo("Do you want to move first ? ") ;
if(go_first == 'y')
{
cout << "Then , take the 1st move ! You'll be using X as your character piece" << endl ;
return X ;
}
else
{
cout << "Then, I'll go first" << endl ;
return O ;
}
}

char opponent(char piece)
{
if(piece == O)
return X ;
else
return O ;
}

void displayBoard(const vector&board)
{
cout << board[0] << " | " << board[1] << " | " << board[2] << endl ;
cout << "---------" << endl ;
cout << board[3] << " | " << board[4] << " | " << board[5] << endl ;
cout << "---------" << endl ;
cout << board[6] << " | " << board[7] << " | " << board[8] << endl ;
cout << endl ;
}

int isLegal(const vector board , int index)
{

//if((board[index]==X)&&(board[index]==O)) //('a'||'b'||'c'||'d'||'e'||'f'||'g'||'h'||'i'))
if(board[index] == 'a')
{
return 1 ;
}
if(board[index] == 'b')
{
return 1 ;
}
if(board[index] == 'c')
{
return 1 ;
}
if(board[index] == 'd')
{
return 1 ;
}
if(board[index] == 'e')
{
return 1 ;
}
if(board[index] == 'f')
{
return 1 ;
}
if(board[index] == 'g')
{
return 1 ;
}
if(board[index] == 'h')
{
return 1 ;
}
if(board[index] == 'i')
{
return 1 ;
}
else
{
return 0 ;
}
}

/*bool isLegal(int move , const vector &board)
{
return (board[move] != (X||O)) ;
}*/
int computerMove(vectorboard)
{
int move ;
cout << "I shall take " ;
//if no one can win
if(board[4] == 'e')
{
move = 4 ;
cout << " e " << endl ;
return move ;
}
if(board[2] == 'c')
{
move = 2 ;
cout << " c " << endl ;
return move ;
}
if(board[6] == 'g')
{
move = 6 ;
cout << " g " << endl ;
return move ;
}
if(board[8] == 'i')
{
move = 8 ;
cout << " c " << endl ;
return move ;
}
if(board[3] == 'd')
{
move = 3 ;
cout << " d " << endl ;
return move ;
}
if(board[4] == 'a')
{
move = 4 ;
cout << " a " << endl ;
return move ;
}
if(board[5] == 'f')
{
move = 5 ;
cout << " f " << endl ;
return move ;
}
if(board[1] == 'b')
{
move = 1 ;
cout << " b " << endl ;
return move ;
}
if(board[7] == 'h')
{
move = 7 ;
cout << " h " << endl ;
return move ;
}
}

char winningCondition(vector board)
{
if((board[0]==X)&&(board[1]==X)&&(board[2]==X))
{
return 'w' ; //someone has won
}
if((board[3]==X)&&(board[4]==X)&&(board[5]==X))
{
return 'w' ;
}
if((board[6]==X)&&(board[7]==X)&&(board[8]==X))
{
return 'w' ;
}
if((board[0]==X)&&(board[3]==X)&&(board[6]==X))
{
return 'w' ;
}
if((board[1]==X)&&(board[4]==X)&&(board[7]==X))
{
return 'w' ;
}
if((board[2]==X)&&(board[5]==X)&&(board[8]==X))
{
return 'w' ;
}
if((board[2]==X)&&(board[4]==X)&&(board[6]==X))
{
return 'w' ;
}
if((board[0]==X)&&(board[4]==X)&&(board[8]==X))
{
return 'w' ;
}

//O's winning condition return 2
if((board[0]==O)&&(board[1]==O)&&(board[2]==O))
{
return 'c' ; //O's user has won
}
if((board[3]==O)&&(board[4]==O)&&(board[5]==O))
{
return 'c' ;
}
if((board[6]==O)&&(board[7]==O)&&(board[8]==O))
{
return 'c' ;
}
if((board[0]==O)&&(board[3]==O)&&(board[6]==O))
{
return 'c' ;
}
if((board[1]==O)&&(board[4]==O)&&(board[7]==O))
{
return 'c' ;
}
if((board[2]==O)&&(board[5]==O)&&(board[8]==O))
{
return 'c' ;
}
if((board[2]==O)&&(board[4]==O)&&(board[6]==O))
{
return 'c' ;
}
if((board[0]==O)&&(board[4]==O)&&(board[8]==O))
{
return 'c' ;
}
//if( (board[0]==(X&&O)) , (board[1]==(X&&O)) , (board[2]==(X&&O)) , (board[3]==(X&&O)) , (board[4]==(X&&O)) , (board[5]==(X&&O)) , (board[6]==(X&&O)) , (board[7]==(X&&O)) , (board[8]==(X&&O)) )
//if(board[0],board[1],board[2],board[3],board[4],board[5],board[6],board[7],board[8]==(X||O))
if( ((board[0]==X)||(board[0]==O)) && ((board[1]==X)||(board[1]==O)) && ((board[2]==X)||board[2]==O) && ((board[3]==X)||(board[3]==O)) && ((board[4]==X)||(board[4]==O)) && ((board[5]==X)||(board[5]==O)) && ((board[6]==X)||(board[6]==O)) && ((board[7]==X)||(board[7]==O)) && ((board[8]==X)||(board[8]==O)) )
{
return TIE ;
}
else
{
return NO_ONE ; // indicate no one has won
}
}

My Treassure

Nah .. I'm not talking about treassure hunt or anything like that ...

Last Thursday , when I came back home at about 4.00pm , I immediately set up my tools to do some simple works . Those works should be finished by tomorrow according to my schedule .

Here is the tool box that I personally use .

This is the top layer of my toolbox contents which consist of basic tools and wires .

This is the second layer of my toolbox which consist of all kind of prototype circuits .

So , what is prototyped circuits actually ?

It is circuit samples and simulations before you do the actual circuit implemantation .

The circuits below are the end actual working circuits after prototyping it several times . These circuits with another one that I did not included in this post will be integrated with a microcontroller and keypad LCD . I'll do so by next week when we finished programmig the microcontroller to control inputs and outputs perfectly .

These are buzzer , LED's and IR circuits which will be connected to diffrent port pins of microcontroller accordng to our project proposal .

Below are the simulations of my IR circuit to send inputs to microcontroller and further process will proceed which I'm lazy to write and explain what am I doing actually .

Both circuits are the same . The only difference is the signal it send to MCT . You observe by yourself ar!