3 Weeks in Lagos

Apolgies again for the lack of posts. Today marks three weeks since I left the UK and I have been quite busy here, but most of what I've been doing hasn't really inspired me to post.

I've basically been finishing off the Data Entry System for our enumeration project. Apart from some testing that's still required after deployment it's all but complete. I would still like to include some other features but because our project office is in Hiatus I haven't been able to get the data I need for them. The system will work fine without them, it's just they have been part of my design of this new phase 2 system and I still think it'd be very valuable.

I did hope to see it installed and in place in our project office this week, it's been ready since last weekend, but due to "The Nigeria Factor"^TM Things haven't worked out that way.
I haven't even been able to get into the project office, despite 3 separate visits, because the keyholder wasn't 'On Seat' as they say.

Apart from that I've been working hard on my OU coursework. I have just this minute posted the second of two assignments due today, so now I'm free to relax a little for the rest of my trip.

Both OU courses are becoming much more interesting to me, as we are now covering things that are unfamiliar to me. my course M255 - Object Oriented Programming with Java has introduced some of the new features of Java 1.5 which seem really great. Might think about using Java more often as I can see it's getting as useful as Perl but still enforces higher coding standards. I do intend though to use Python in my next project.

The C++ Course, "MT262 Putting Computer Systems To Work" is also going very well. I particularly enjoyed this latest Assignment as it had some quite challenging stuff to do, and it gave me room to show off a bit. I fulfilled all the requirements to the letter, but added some extra stuff that was sort of hinted at in the course texts. I probably won't get any extra marks for it but I just couldn't say it was 'finished' without it.

Well That's about it really. I'm planning a trip to Abuja to meet some people and also a bit of a jolly, whether or not I do get to go I'll find out this weekend.

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