Blog 2.0

After what seems like an age of no posts, I’ve finally come back to my blog. My lack of posting has coincided with me taking a new role within Hostelworld, the company I work for. It’s so much more challenging than what I was doing before, and completely different as well. It’s taken me a while to get used to the new workload, though I’m starting to get a grip with it now, leaving me with a bit more free time.

I suppose the best thing for me to do would be to quickly run down what’s been happening with me:

  • I bought a new phone, the Nokia 5580. I’m really liking this phone, well prefer it over my old LG Cookie.
  • Arranged to go to Download in Donnington this year. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE AC/DC AGAIN!!!!!
  • Started listening to Major Nelson (http://majornelson.com/) podcast as well as the PSNation (http://www.psnation.org/) podcast. Both are great listens (people say great reads so I can say great listens)
  • I’ve actually started to complete games. So far I’ve worked my way through AVP, Heavy Rain (absolutely awesome), Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and currently working my way through God of War 3
  • Softball has started back up again. Trying my hand at pitcher, but it is one TOUGH gig.
  • Prepping for WrestleMania 26 this weekend. Michaels v Taker II will be an epic.

In relation to development, I’ve started doing some simple Zend Framework stuff to try and get my head around it. If anyone knows any good tutorials, screencasts, books etc relating to this, please pop it into the comments.

I will be posting more regularly from now on (if I don’t, please harass me in the street and publicly ridicule me), and if people want me to talk about anything in particular, just suggest it to me, or you can message me on Facebook or Twitter. Laters!

The weekend and new development

New post!

Weekend was good and bad. Liverpool were beaten 2-0 by Portsmouth, but then United had to go and get whooped 3-0 by Fulham. I really don’t know. Got to drown my sorrows meeting my girlfriend’s extended family though, so weekend wasn’t a total loss.

Decided this weekend that I’m going to do some personal development. I’ve been quite lazy regarding this recently, with the Monastery Poker Tour and Christmas among other things taking up the majority of my time. I’ve set my mind on a sports tracking site, it’s an idea I’ve had banging around for the best part of 4 months, mostly due to starting to play softball. I’m going to cater it towards my softball team, and see how that goes. I may also do up something quick for the Monastery Poker Tour, which is coming back after Christmas for its second season. (I really didn’t think I could fit so many inside jokes into one post).

I’m going to keep updates of my progress posted here, much like I did when doing my 4th year project in DCU. It kept my head focused, so I’m hoping it will do that again.

I’ll leave you with, in what was the highlight of the first rounds of poker (well, for me anyway), a picture of my after coming first and taking the plaudits, not to mention people’s money too:

First prize, first prize, first prize!!

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