(Temporarily) Abandoned, but not forgotten

It has been around 6 months since I last posted a new article on this site.

For the last 6 months I have been in full blown tight deadline project mode, which has resulted in a general lack of ability to pursue personal projects at night time. The one personal project which has seen some updates is the Pythonista Dropbox Sync script.

As this first phase of the project I have been working on is drawing to a close, personal projects and research should be returning. The first item on the list however, will be writing up the Pythonista Dropbox Sync script, as it’s current feature set is described by a set of GitHub issue tickets and nothing else.

Fitness Tracking

I have been quiet for a little while, in part due to needing a rest in my free time away from code. Now I have some personal projects on the go, and one is about ready to see the light of day.

Since just after Christmas I have been trying to get a bit fitter, and I am trying to achieve this by cycling on an exercise bike. I am getting the hang of playing Xbox games while on the bike (currently a mixture of Watch_Dogs and Saints Row IV) so I can combine a lazy activity with an active one!

Of course I’ve been keeping track of my cycling sessions, since the new year at least, so I wanted to build something to visualise this data.

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