Hey Peeps.
Possibly my worst ride in this morning to work. i got clipped by a BMW driver on the A13 London Bound, around the Dagenham Bowl area at about 0610-0615.
fortunately i missed out of bodily harm and managed to keep control of the bike. i was actually in the inside lane NOT filtering, and she decided to pull into me from the middle lane without looking.
she managed to damage my gear selector and bent it almost back on itself. With the bike stuck in 1st i manage to get it over to the side of the road further up in a lay by. She did NOT pull up...
i didn't get her registration as i was a bit busy...
although a young lad on his way to work saw the whole thing and pulled up beside me and offered his assistance. Between the pair of us we managed to sort of bend the gear selector enough that i could just get a foot under it to get to work.
my biggest thanks a total respect goes to the young lad that stopped to help me, a fellow biker no less....
THANK-YOU
Thursday 1 May 2014
Monday 28 April 2014
Android Beginnings
My programming repertoire has expanded in multiple directions recently. i have just completed a course around Games Development which saw my introduction into Java development, specifically for the Android platform using the Eclipse range of tools.
the introduction was fantastic and clearly illustrates how my programming history can easily be ported into this language for developing apps from the Android market.
Watch this space.
the introduction was fantastic and clearly illustrates how my programming history can easily be ported into this language for developing apps from the Android market.
Watch this space.
Dev Production iPhone App
Hey peeps.
i mentioned previously i was working on some iphone development projects, 1 of which is a game which i will detail soon, but the other which i have completed recently has been an internal project that can be used internally where i currently work. The task was set myself and has been developed offline at home. i wanted to create this project as 2 streams
Once i knew this was in place and collecting data as necessary i then started with the iPhone side. This was more fun as it involved a physical look and aesthetics.
This was the bigger challenge, because although i know C# as my primary language using xCode on the MAC pushed me to expand to Objective-C.
now, i know i could have used some well known compilers, but a friend of mine said simply "why not just learn it...? surely it is better then to know 2 languages?" so that is what i have been doing.
The project as a whole has taken some time, but i have a working model which is released as a development tool. i have posted some screenshots below. i will be posting more bits & pieces later especially on the game front, nothing too complex as i am doing it all myself at home.
i mentioned previously i was working on some iphone development projects, 1 of which is a game which i will detail soon, but the other which i have completed recently has been an internal project that can be used internally where i currently work. The task was set myself and has been developed offline at home. i wanted to create this project as 2 streams
- Web Service creation
- to manage the data workload
- iPhone Front End GUI
Once i knew this was in place and collecting data as necessary i then started with the iPhone side. This was more fun as it involved a physical look and aesthetics.
This was the bigger challenge, because although i know C# as my primary language using xCode on the MAC pushed me to expand to Objective-C.
now, i know i could have used some well known compilers, but a friend of mine said simply "why not just learn it...? surely it is better then to know 2 languages?" so that is what i have been doing.
The project as a whole has taken some time, but i have a working model which is released as a development tool. i have posted some screenshots below. i will be posting more bits & pieces later especially on the game front, nothing too complex as i am doing it all myself at home.
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| This is a shot of a simple table that contains reference data to work tickets. This allows the user to add work time a selected ticket. |
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| A follow-on from the previous pane, this is the pop up that allows the actual time to be entered. |
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| By selecting an individual work ticket from the list above you are given more information to use |
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| Although i have removed most references, this is the first selection you are given, and that is to choice a client to investigate. |
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| Another shot, shows how you can select individual host data. This is helpful for engineers on the move. The has scope to be expanded with much more information. |
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| This is a simple loading page |
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| The initial log on page, which will allow access to the product |
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| This is my favourite page as it shows the TOC style readings of alerts in the system. |
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| This is the breakdown of those alerts in detail, and from this screen the alerts can be closed accordingly. |
Tuesday 18 March 2014
2014, for starters.
Well, where do i start...
i have not posted anything since August last year soooo.. i was nudged by a friend to make some updates. i have been very very busy indeed in terms of workload "at Work", "at Home" and on the bike. i will try to tackle these 3 separately for now.
"At Work"
i have been busy working on a couple of development projects which have expanded my learning and exposure massively. the first is an internal "Intranet" project. The project is to collect data from all of our vendor applications and bring them together into 1 place so we can drill down on various aspects of information when\where we need it. It has aptly been named "Syntranet".
the second piece has been to create a middle-ware platform so some of our clients applications can communicate easily with their associated email exchange platforms via "EWS".
Both are really fun and have given me some great satisfaction.
"At Home"
other than the general DIY, which constantly rears its ugly head, i have undertaken a couple of on-line course. The first was an introduction to Forensic Science. it was a bit left field, but i really enjoy this kind of thing and found the course fascinating. it lasted 6 weeks and really whetted my appetite to learn more in this field.
the second is a JAVA programming course centered around creating a basic Brick blaster routine. i am skilled in C#, VB.NET, Powershell and have never tried JAVA although it is quite close to C# and C, so this course is really great. It is all done on the Android Google platform, so the game can port to Android devices.
Alongside this i have been learning Objective-C for the iphone using the MAC tool X-Code. i have been developing an iphone version of the "Syntranet" so it can be accessed on the move by our engineers. This project is purely in my own time and is teaching me a lot of new stuff, so i can add this to my development belt. i am still working on this and will post updates soon.
"The Bike"
i still have the Triumph and since my last blog have been a few places. France, Essex Air Ambulance Run and all over Essex. i have enjoyed every last mile. i have done 10000 miles since i got the bike in August, and is a treat each and every day. i am not too far away from the big 12000 mile service... (not looking forward to paying for that). i plan to do a couple of trips as well this year, but will see how things pan out.
anyway, i think I'll let you chew on that and will update the blog soonest.
i have not posted anything since August last year soooo.. i was nudged by a friend to make some updates. i have been very very busy indeed in terms of workload "at Work", "at Home" and on the bike. i will try to tackle these 3 separately for now.
"At Work"
i have been busy working on a couple of development projects which have expanded my learning and exposure massively. the first is an internal "Intranet" project. The project is to collect data from all of our vendor applications and bring them together into 1 place so we can drill down on various aspects of information when\where we need it. It has aptly been named "Syntranet".
the second piece has been to create a middle-ware platform so some of our clients applications can communicate easily with their associated email exchange platforms via "EWS".
Both are really fun and have given me some great satisfaction.
"At Home"
other than the general DIY, which constantly rears its ugly head, i have undertaken a couple of on-line course. The first was an introduction to Forensic Science. it was a bit left field, but i really enjoy this kind of thing and found the course fascinating. it lasted 6 weeks and really whetted my appetite to learn more in this field.
the second is a JAVA programming course centered around creating a basic Brick blaster routine. i am skilled in C#, VB.NET, Powershell and have never tried JAVA although it is quite close to C# and C, so this course is really great. It is all done on the Android Google platform, so the game can port to Android devices.
Alongside this i have been learning Objective-C for the iphone using the MAC tool X-Code. i have been developing an iphone version of the "Syntranet" so it can be accessed on the move by our engineers. This project is purely in my own time and is teaching me a lot of new stuff, so i can add this to my development belt. i am still working on this and will post updates soon.
"The Bike"
i still have the Triumph and since my last blog have been a few places. France, Essex Air Ambulance Run and all over Essex. i have enjoyed every last mile. i have done 10000 miles since i got the bike in August, and is a treat each and every day. i am not too far away from the big 12000 mile service... (not looking forward to paying for that). i plan to do a couple of trips as well this year, but will see how things pan out.
anyway, i think I'll let you chew on that and will update the blog soonest.