July 22, 2010
I’m making more progress on my iPad game, Race For Space. Still not a playable game quite yet. When it is, I’ll need to start getting people to play it and give feedback. Let me know if you’re interested.
Anyone, or know someone, good at writing up good descriptions/press releases? I could use a rewrite to my app descriptions and get a press release kind of thing to give some blogs to hopefully post a review and get some attention.
We signed up for Hulu Plus at hulu.com/plus. So far, not really impressed. Most of the features they claim haven’t been noticed for us on any shows we watch.
I’m getting ready to take the final for my second of two class this semester. So if I pass, that gives me about three months to squeeze in another class, which I need to do if I want to be done by Nov 2011.
July 12, 2010
Suzy and I went camping from the 2nd to the 4th. It was tons of fun. We did lots of hiking. We cooked all our meals on the fire. And other than when I woke up before everyone else (and played Angry Birds or read ebooks on my iPad) and taking pictures, nobody used electronics. I’ve posted pics and videos on MobileMe.
Durning a tire rotation, Firestone found we need some new engine mounts. Thankfully, they’re covered under the car warranty for free! Firestone wanted $1,000 to do it. Kia dealer would have done it for only $500, but will do it free since it’s covered. However, that’s not the only repair. Our windshield cracked a few months ago and we keep putting that off, but apparently this month is our month to get the car inspected. So, new windshield and new brake pads too.
I passed a class final. The class was Web Site Design and Development. Pretty interesting. Too bad I don’t have time. It’d be fun to try out some things on the family site.
I spent last weekend fighting my dying shared server. It was down more often than not this month. I kept contacting the hosting company to restart it and then they said they’d have someone look at it to see why it kept dying. So I spent the weekend writing an app my laptop can run to do most the work for my iPhone/iPad app, Weather Watcher. Now that it’s done if my shared server goes down, people can still get their weather updates. It does seem my shared server got looked at; It has been up all day today! First time all month.
June 24, 2010
Well, I got in line for the iPhone 4 this morning at about 4:40. At about 7:40 I had mine. The store opened at 7 and there were about 100 people in front of me. When I first got here, there were about 600 or so in front of me, but most hadn’t reserved it and they split the line into reserved and walk-ins and reserved got to go first.
It is really, very pretty. The text and images are so crisp and clear. I haven’t used it much yet, but will play with it more later today. I just finished downloading iMovie for it so I can make fun HD movies on the go.
June 17, 2010
A couple days ago I pre-ordered the iPhone 4. I should be getting it the morning of the 24th.
My semester started on the 1st of this month. I’ve scheduled my web development class final for 8 July. I’m hoping I can get that and my database class done quickly so I can get an extra class or two in this semester and cut it down to about a year left of school.
We got saddle bags for the motorcycle. It’s so nice not to wear a backpack all the time anymore.
I’m making more progress on my iPad board game. It’s getting pretty cool looking. It’s hard to get more done while trying to get so much school done.
I’ve been getting better at waking up earlier in the morning to get some exercising done. I’ve also been going for walks and reading outside for some lunch breaks when it’s warm.
June 14, 2010
Well, we made it home. Yesterday we spent the day unpacking and getting ready for regular life again. The trip was a lot of fun.
I scheduled my first final for the semester for 8 July. It’s the Web Site Design class. I was hoping to take it this month, but the first opening was July. I’m hoping to quickly get that class and my other class, Databases, out of the way quickly and add another 6 or so credits (making a total of 18). If I can do that, I can get it so I might be able to get school done in just shy of a year. Otherwise it’s as much as 2 years from now.
It’s really nice to be driving the motorcycle again instead of taking the sub. Though all that walking was nice. Helped counteract the three or so lunches and two dinners most days. Unfortunately it seems to have gotten cold again. I swear it was around 70 when I left and now it’s back in the 50s. Darn weather.
I didn’t get any school or programming done on vacation like I wanted to. I underestimated how much time we could spend doing things and staying busy exploring. I didn’t think anyone else would be quite so outgoing.
Today I’m hanging flyers around work for the blood drive I’ve scheduled for 1 July from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm. If any of you are interested and can make it, I can schedule you an appointment. Walk ins are welcome if you’re unsure. It’ll be in the building across the street from Clark Planetarium on the first floor. 90 South 400 West. You’ll be saving lives and get treats for donating!
May 3, 2010
Well, I just got tickets to Boston for next week. I’ll be gone from the 9th – 16th. I’m going to go work on a new iPad app. So it’ll probably be a lot of late nights working. Should be fun! I’m excited. Suzy can’t get off work, so she’ll get to stay and keep the dogs company. Hopefully she gets the week off next month (so far she can) for our trip to New York City. We’ve already got tickets to see Wicked. I’m looking forward to the two trips (especially with the iPad with 3G) but not so much looking forward to about 40 hours in the air and at airports between the two round trips. It’s about 8-9 hours there and about 11-13 back.
I’ve made some progress on our iPad board game. I think I’m going to wait to post screenshots or specifics about it until it’s closer to release. Most have you have seen the idea anyway.
I finally got my first of two essays done for my last class of the semester. I have about a week or two to do the other essay. Plus my first hasn’t been graded yet, so I’m still hoping it passes without having to do any revisions.
April 28, 2010
I got my update to Weather Watcher submitted. I’m really excited to get it released. It looks way better than what is currently on the iPhone. Then I can get to work on making the iPhone part pretty too.
I passed my motorcycle class. I passed on the 250cc the class provides and then I passed again on our 750cc. That was on Sunday. So Monday on the way to work, I stopped at the DMV to show them the pass card and they gave me my endorsement. So I was able to take the freeway to work. Now we need to get Suzy to take the class.
I’ve slacked off my school work again so that I could push Weather Watcher out before the iPad with WiFi+3G came out in hope that I could get a boost of sales from that. So, back to huge amounts of essay writing in order to finish in the next couple weeks.
April 23, 2010
I’ve been hard at work on a huge update to my iPhone OS app, Weather Watcher. That school, dogs, and Suzy keep me plenty busy after I get off work. I’ve also nearly worked out all the artwork for the board game we’re making for the iPad.
Yesterday was my first of three days in a motorcycle class. Saturday and Sunday are the next days. The first day was all class room. Most of the rest is on the range. It’s going well so far. I was dumb enough to ride this morning. I was completely soaked from the waist down. My jacket and helmet kept the top half dry and comfortable, but my jeans did no such thing. I finally finished drying just now. It’s been about 7 hours.
April 7, 2010
Well, another week. I’ve made progress on my iPhone/iPad apps. I’ve gotten two submitted (SCUBA and Photo Shooter). I’m still waiting for artwork on Weather Watcher and Race For Space. The preliminary stuff I’ve gotten for them so far look amazing. I’m very excited to get them done and able to be shown.
I’m writing this up on my new iPad. I love it. This site is actually even more fun and easier to work on from the iPad than a desktop or iPhone.
I got a bunch of birthdays updated on the family calendar. If you still don’t see yours or someone you think should be on there, email it to me. I need name, date and month. Year is optional, but nice for records.
March 31, 2010
I just finished another class. I passed the huge final for my programming class. I have one more class this semester. The class is Critical Thinking Essays. I have to write a 10-15 page essay and then an 8 – 10 page essay on what I thought before, during, and after writing that first essay. So, that’s going slowly.
I’ve been writing iPad apps in what free time I can muster up (details here if you want to see). Usually on the bus. Suzy and I have invented a board game that I have been trying to write for the iPad as well. That’s quite a large project. I just hired a graphic artist that is currently working on making all the pretty artwork for it. I’m really excited to see that. I’ll share when I get it.
Suzy and I have bought tickets for the planes and Wicked. We’re there the second week in June. Should be lots of fun. We’re going with my group of friends from high school.
Work has me doing overtime until May or so. They’re buying us lunch on Fridays to make up for the extra hours. This week we have Friday off. Graciously, they’re getting us lunch on Thursday instead. Looks like it might be Sugarhouse BBQ so far.
