Day 1 of supervised programming

Things are looking up. I was much more productive today.
One of the things that helped was to play with parental controls on my computer. Those controls allow me to block certain websites and prevent me from wasting time with random browsing. I know the password to get around it, but usually the request for it is a good reminder that I shouldn’t be going there. Unfortunately, because it is PARENTAL control, it feels the need to block me from any adult sites, such as Facebook, YouTube, and LiveJournal. I just wanted to block digg.com, which I find to be my biggest nemesis for productivity.
But, in programming I finally got the sea level control window up and running acceptably. It failed its first UI test with an end-user, but I got valuable feedback. Thanks S.! I want to mull over the opinions and figure out the best way to implement them.
Tomorrow I have a few real world chores to do, but I also have a list of some features I want to get done:

  • Get a correct percentage of ocean cover on a planet that is a sphere. (Yes, I realize that is most planets, but I do most of my testing with planets that are either flat or cylinders. They make better pictures.)
  • Allow water to appear in shades according to depth, instead of a constant blue.
  • Support the appearance of water in the relief view.

I think I can get those three things done. And if I can, I’ll feel good about starting to use version control.
I’ve been wanting to get to using that for awhile.