Developments

Well, I got the other assignment completed relatively swiftly - this was looking at modify statements, so it was more awkward to try to feel my way through the problem (only one was complex, the other was very simple) due to the way the assessment software is designed, but I got there. I've found the next section is based off some videos that have been brought forward in the running schedule from last time, so its new work for me. I've now watched 3 out of 5 of the videos, and done one of the quizzes (out of 3 that are due in this weekend, though I want to go through it again as I only scored 6 out of 8). This weekend is the mid term exam, but its only covering up to what I am working on now, so I shouldn't have to work overly hard, though a review before sitting the test may be wise.

Regarding the C#, we started working with GUI functions last week, which went well. I remain unconvinced about the technical skill of the teacher, given she was telling me I would need some ghastly combination of Ifs and loops to work with 3 non-exclusive checkboxes, when in fact all I required was a simple XOR on each one to reverse its value. I dread to think how long the coding would have taken had I tried to work it with loops rather than thinking 'surely there is an easier way' and hitting google. She freely admits to basically having no time for this course and finding exercises for us online, so its not exactly filling me with confidence.

I've been watching a few videos on MDX and DAX from talks that were done at various SQL Bits events, which have been very informative and have actually given me a much clearer idea of what the languages actually do. I've still got a lot to learn, but I think now I know what value there really is to learning it, and have come concept of what the two each do, and why there are two of them, when they do very similar things.

In other news, things are going to be even busier for me soon, as to add to all this learning I am now moving house too. By this time next month everything should be done, but for now things are going to be a bit manic. Not the best time for the hassle, to be fair, but what can you do.

Oh, and I gave up on the wheat thing. I put on weight, rather than lost it, and didn't feel any different. I also concluded I rather like an awful lot of wheat products so it would have had to do something pretty damn amazing, and it wasn't.