Eventful does not really begin to describe the last month and everything that has happened during it. I guess the eventful parts to this month started at the end of December when things started getting odd in the house. New Years eve came around and me and Claire were over, I had no plans and didn’t really want to sit around at home doing nothing. In the end I went to a mates house and had a great time with loads of other mates who turned up throughout the night, drinking from 6:30pm until 6:30am, was a great night.

So that’s the breakup and new year, onto January and things were sort of ok. I didn’t really want to waste any time in getting moved into the room where my studio currently was, which shocked Claire but I have a lot on my plate this year as far as uni goes, and can’t really waste any time in messing about with something that’s happened. I’m now pretty comfy in the room and getting on with work, finding it very productive in the setup I have now which is great!

My dissertation work is well and truly under way which is fantastic and I’ve also had the opportunity to go and work with the guys from The Pavement who I am doing my dissertation project with. I had a great time while in London during January and have already planned my next trip down during this month which I’m really looking forward to. The iPhone application I’m working on is coming along nicely I feel, and I’ve had to learn an awful lot along the way to getting it this far but it’s been great fun the whole way!

I think I’m getting a real liking of iPhone development, I haven’t really used IB (Interface Builder) all that much as I’m using cocos2d-iPhone game framework which pretty much requires you to get right down to the code and do everything in Objective-C2.0 which I’m really loving. I’m looking at making a few utility apps for my gym sessions with IB, however I need to re-read a few parts of the book I got to remind myself on how to actually use IB properly, it’s been a while since I used it I did however purchase my own iPhone Developer Program subscription finally so I can release apps to the store if I like, and also I’m free of having any uni obligations with the apps I develop (not that I had any anyway but hey), I am still a member of the uni developer team if they need me however.

The gym has become another important aspect of my life, which I now go to nearly every day and do either weight training, or cardio training. Since starting to do this in November and then stopping during December only starting again late in January I’ve felt so much better, not tired all the time, not as stressed, and much fitter. It’s also great to get out the habit of eating junk food, etc. I can’t remember having a McDonalds, or Burger King since October 2009 which for me is fantastic, I always used to use them as fast easy meals when I was hungry, sorting my nutrition out has been such a great thing.

So I think that just about brings me up to present day where I am sat in front of my MacBoook Pro typing this having a rest from coding during having my lunch. I’ll be posting more non uni related things up soon when I get the chance, however with all the work I have at present it’s hard to get any time to do anything of my own for fun. I will be making a special note to get at least one app at least developed of my own this month though, even if it is just a gym utility app!

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