Invisible Man In my defence, Officer… everyone else was doing it

WSD – over

So I finally finished my fifth subject – Web Services Development – by handing in my second assignment.

It is a very, very nice feeling to finally be done with this semester.

Or to be more specific, since the semester isn’t exactly over… it’s very nice to only have to worry about the exams now. Where worry is a completely inappropriate word because well… they will all be very easy.

I’m currently riding a high of eureka adrenaline – which is what I’m calling the rush/happiness you get when you solve a difficult/annoying technical issue/bug. It’s very much like the Eureka moment of Archimedes – the moment at which everything falls into place and you understand the universe that tiny bit more. I love this feeling.

Web Services Development

Web Services Development – also known as ’stressing out’

Well, not really. I’m not too bothered by web services development.

At least, I keep trying to convince myself that. In fact, logically, I have no concerns regarding it – at all. Hell, I probably have the assignment in a position where it could get a high distinction. In fact, I know I do.

However, my ego will not permit me to pass up the ‘bonus part’ task – I don’t want to get 40/40, I want 50/40. I know I can get it.

So for the last hour or two I’ve been staring at the bonus section, wondering how to start. I’m slowly getting my head wrapped around it and thus beginning to feel happier with the world. It’s just quite confusing at the start, hence apprehension/stress/etc

There’s a few other things I’d like to write about, but right now I need to grab some food and make my way to the local drinking establishment in order that I might observe something called State of Origin.

edit:

I’m seriously considering just giving up on this part. I’m having no end of difficulty trying to set up Apache Axis, which apparently means I need to set up Apache Ant, which has documentation that I cannot make sense of. The plan at this point is to get work done on the secret project which James isn’t allowed to know about, and then possibly work on the assignment after that, at uni.