Wow, thanks for the feedback and discussion guys
Since my last post I've started in university and for the programming module we have to learn java. Although it isnt my favourite language i thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of implementing the "Eratosthenes Sieve" algorithm since it gave me such a buzz to figure out the code to work the algorithm in the most efficient way i possibly could with java and my laptop. I played around with the code and used it to find series of prime numbers up to the highest limit i could. I really had fun
Unfortunately the java programming isnt satisfying my programming-for-edutainment needs at the moment so i started working on a little project in C++ which is to create a binary tree structure and implement efficient searching methods for it. I'm not asking for help because i want to do it myself to learn C++
I'm also getting the hang of a text editor called vim (also Gvim which is the GUI equivalent). I really like it because it has a lot of syntax highlighting support and just learning the commands offered by the editor is a fun challenge because there are so many. After learning the editor's commands i'll be able to automate some of my programming by using the commands to build macros that the editor runs. I've also been recommended emacs for programming but i havent had the chance to get to use it yet. I'm really enjoying university because of these new areas of programming i'm being exposed to (among other reasons!)