Not exactly game related

But since I haven't had a chance to say hey to everyone in a while I thought I'd post a status and a "hey look at me" note.

My surgery seems to have gone well. I'm in a little less pain now, but it's a different pain, so that's good because it means it should fade. I spend 23 hours a day in bed and walk the other hour. I did get out yesterday and ride in our local parade, but instead of driving myself I had one of my employees drive my truck and I rode in the passenger seat and tossed candy - The whole driving experience is still not fun.

So, while lying in bed bored, between rounds of Minecraft (the only game I have on my work laptop, which runs Linux by the way,) and connecting to the work VPN to keep up with projects, I taught myself Java and learned to develop Android applications. I now have two in the Android Marketplace; a free mileage log and a low cost utility to download ebooks from a Calibre server.

I'm now working on a combination bedside clock and all-day ring controller that will stop your phone from ringing under certain conditions (like blocked caller-id) or override a silent SMS ringer if the sender puts in an exclamation mark or is on a specific list or something. Still in the early stages. Any Android users in IT()E who know how to use ADB and might want to beta test? I've still got another couple week of bed rest, so no doubt I'll have a test version by the end of the week.