I feel like I’ve been busy, but then I come to this blog to talk about what I’ve been busy doing and think to myself “really, I’ve done almost nothing.” That aside, I’m going to talk about the things I have been doing.

I’ve realised I don’t deal with stress too well. When I’m asked “what would you say is your biggest weakness?” in a job interview I think I’ll have to reply that I get stressed. I’ve noticed I only get stressed when there’s something I need to do, but there’s something out of my control that’s stopping me doing it.

For instance, I’m working on my Java assignment and get stuck. I couldn’t explain my problem well enough to go and Google it, so I had to contact my tutor who didn’t reply to my email (no big deal), but then I couldn’t track him down either. So I was stuck, staring at this code that I had no idea how to fix, and no one around who was able to help me. That’s really what gets me stressed the most.

The problem I was having, which my tutor told me within seconds of seeing my code, could be fixed by declaring the variable as the super class, and you can still give it the reference to an object that extends that super class. I had no idea you could do that. So now everything’s fixed and going well with my Java assignment now.

I’ve also been working on Leafcanvas, which is a web development company I’ve set up. The app isn’t exactly finished yet. I want to look more into using Tumblr as a sort of cloud service to hold data for a blog I want to put on Leafcanvas, and use the API to nab the content.

I’m working on a game called n0ded, which I expected to be finished by now but I decided to make it object orientated rather than procedural as it started. I’m also going to make it a facebook based game too, so I need to add the facebook API.