Saturday, July 19, 2008

Just Blogging

Well, we're all having great fun, but we're not really doing loads of interesting things. I've finished doing overtime, and been paid for it (it paid off the baby's crib, pram, and playpen, which had gone onto the visa). Other Ocean Interactive have released Super Monkey Ball for the iPhone, and it's a great success. This was good, but I've had no part in making it, so I can't take any credit. It's worth mentioning here, because some of you were curious about what the company worked on. And because I want to get my hands on the iPhone Software Development Kit!

The humidity's been getting to us, and we've spent $100 on fans. It's been 20 degrees at night, and 30 degrees during the day sometimes. And then the humidity.

I've started building up the baby stuff, with help from Chris. We got the downstairs crib built up (there's two cribs, a high chair, a changing table (which came built up), a pram, and a playpen), and the prams done.

Chris' bike seized up (the steering wouldn't work) so we had to fix it. New ball bearings, bought them at Smooth Cycle (well, Mel, Liz and Chris did, while I was at work). Chris helped me to fix it today. Then we took it out for a test ride. Mel and Liz went to the bingo (Mel was going to give it a miss, but I had plans with Chris, so she decided to just go). We went for a game of pool at Dooley's. Chris was pleased, and he thoroughly enjoyed himself. We'll do that again, as it's only $5 an hour for the table.

Well, I'm not sure just how many of you really read this, but there's not much news. Mel's feeling OK, except for the heat. Liz is managing to sleep on the hide a bed, and Chris is having a hard time, as there's not many kids around at this time of year (all at camp we think). Baby's due August 10th, and we're all nervous and excited (well, I am!) but we're ready.
Aren't we?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fully read and digested.

Anonymous said...

oh and I seen that monkey ball thing. $9.99, any chance of a discount? and it says it sega

David said...

We, the developers, get very little credit for anything. Unfortunately, that's just the way it is. the publisher gets their name plastered all over the thing, and we are lucky to get a mention in the credits (which no one ever bothers with). However, I'm pretty sure that there's a wee fish logo somewhere obvious in this game.
Would love to get you a discount, but it's not gonna happen. Publishers again, I'm afraid. The AppStore's been well and truly hacked, anyway. it's a bit of a test to get the iPhone to play cracked apps, but it's been done now.