I am in the zone. I'm happy because Hack Mars is coming together quickly. Sound has been implemented. The colony structure (as seen yesterday) is finished. The hab is 50% done. Customizing each part of the colony and adding custom structures is a task I will enjoy. I'm listening to my audio collection in random order. Nirvana, Matchbox 20, David Bowie, Bjork, Third Eye Blind, and The Pillows in a row. Absolutely. I have such a large audio collection that it can last days, but it's not so large that it fills a raid array or nothing. I have such a variety that I can pick a genre and randomize, then change genre, randomize, add genre, randomize, add genre, randomize, clear, add two opposing genres, randomize. My audio collection really complements itself. And it supplements me while in my zone.
I had this idea in my head a few weeks ago that I could keep up an insane programming pace for 2 months or possibly forever. That is how I feel when I'm doing well. Well, starting last friday, I have been in a slump just like all the times before. In fact, my programming zone lasted exactly 2 weeks. The 2 weeks before it were a major slump. The 2 weeks before that was a programming zone which netted me $2000 (but I only worked ~4 per day). 2 weeks before that was yet another slump. Do you see the rhythm? Yeah. I'm going to try to do a lot of work tomorrow. If I keep up that rhythm, it'll take twice as long as full speed. And full speed may not be fast enough. I'm thinking about all the work this will be and there is little chance that I can do all that I have planned in 3 weeks even at an amazing pace. So I'll try to find out what I can do in 3 weeks and do it. If I can make a very good demo in 1 week, I can make a small game in 3 weeks. I probably wouldn't want to sell it. That would mean another month to do the work which wouldn't be bad except that I have not figured that into my plan.
Greetings. I now know what being a few days ahead is like. It's good for doing timeless stuff, but these rants are not cool. You see I'm 3 days ahead and so I just upload the new files everyday. I don't get to explain my opinion on something because then it will get confusing. Writing 3 days ahead? What brain surgeon came up with that one? Well, I simply can't do it.
For every process there may be many ways to do it, but only one way can be chosen at a time.
