How’s it going?
I thought I’d post a bit of an update on how things are going. I mean, I have the space on the server, and the time between feeds, so why not?
At home, everything is fantastic. Noah, now 8 weeks old, is feeding and sleeping well. He goes for his first round of vaccinations on Tuesday. No doubt, Diane will find that all very traumatic, and Noah will sit calmly, wondering what all the fuss is about. It’s amazing, and a little scary, how fast the last 8 weeks have gone, and how fast Noah has grown in that time. He’s bright and alert, almost ready for his first laptop. The big decision, of course, will be which language to teach him coding with.
As some will know, I started working for ATG round about the time Noah was born. More specifically, I work on the eStara team. It’s been a few weeks of trawling through a *lot* of quite horrible PHP, Java and C++, fixing bugs, and releasing code. The work has potential, and the pay is good, so, I won’t complain.
I have at least one iPhone project “on the go” which I actually think is a good idea. It has, of course, followed the old pattern of quick-out-of-the-blocks enthusiasm, with a huge code splurge into a fresh Subversion repository, followed by the loss of interest and direction. I had planned to submit the project by the start of September. That’s not going to happen now. I really want to get this one finished. If nothing else, it’s been a great learning experience, so far.
Apart from all that, I’m starting to feel a little disconnected. I haven’t really been out of the house for the last couple of months, besides commuting to the office. That means I’ve missed connecting with the peeps at Open Coffee and the like. Twitter maintains a thread of communication, but, it doesn’t quite do the job fully.
Perhaps the wee fella would enjoy an evening of nerdy chat at Charlies. I doubt that his mother would be just as enthusiastic about the visit though.