Busy. busy, busy...
Posted: 22nd November 2009
...is what I have been!
University work has hotted up considerably recently with 4 assignments due in roughly the same time (two for C++, one for Architecture and another for graphics and animation). Add this to the ever present Interaction Design module where we are creating a prototype of a game I am spending a lot of my time in the university library with a thermos full of tea and my laptop. However it has actually been quite fun and since I have completed a couple of the assignments already I am feeling more and more confident about my ability. Still lots to do but now it seems enjoyable (which is amazing given that one of the assignments requires optimization of a C++ compiler and assembly language - something I had learnt a long time ago and hoped I would never see again)! I may upload a couple of files soon as part of my portfolio.
In other news, I've pretty much given up on the athletics. I haven't been and can't find the time to go to training so my performance has decreased significantly. I still haven't made it to a skiing session but looking forward to the trip in January. I AM going to meet up with friends from my old workplace Renovo in Manchester next Friday and the week after I'm going to Snowdonia for some outdoor climbing, both of which I am very much looking forward to. Hopefully I'll be able to get some pictures of the latter (and maybe a picture of me to prove that I do actually climb). Other than my programming skills my climbing is improving - I've started to do 6As regularly and my bouldering has improved (I think I'm beginning to understand the issue of weight distribution now).
Other than that, not much to report except I tutored a first year student last week in software engineering. I hope I was able to help him in his studies.