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timobrien




I'm doing 40 things
  

timobrien's Life List

  1. 1. finish my work on time
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  2. 2. play racquetball
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  3. 3. Learn AJAX style programming
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  4. 4. initialize variables
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  5. 5. compile java into bytecode
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  6. 6. get in shape
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  7. 7. learn spanish
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  8. 8. eat less sugar
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  9. 9. learn six swimming strokes
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  10. 10. practice yoga
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  11. 11. get out of debt
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  12. 12. lose weight
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  13. 13. Start my own business
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  14. 14. exercise more
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  15. 15. Read more books
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  16. 16. witness the end of IE
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  17. 17. see the northern lights
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  18. 18. Get a digital SLR camera
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  19. 19. stop wasting time
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  20. 20. stop procrastinating
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  21. 21. Take more pictures
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  22. 22. master CSS
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  23. 23. Get more sleep
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  24. 24. Visit Canada
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  25. 25. have better posture
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  26. 26. cook more
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  27. 27. create a network of branded websites
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  28. 28. visualize connections between people using foaf
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  29. 29. eat more candy
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  30. 30. eat less candy
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  31. 31. find my keys
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  32. 32. create duplicates of my keys
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  33. 33. walk from evanston to the loop
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  34. 34. visit the coast of oregon
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  35. 35. purchase a year's supply of lightbulbs
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  36. 36. create something novel and sell it
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  37. 37. optimize dealer inventory
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  38. 38. create a cliustered, falut-tolerant system to serve several hundred websites
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  39. 39. attend boot camp
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  40. 40. compile a vast library
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Recent entries
subvert the dominant paradigm
Not worth the constant suffering 2 years ago

I did this, it quickly became a trial. I had to constant explain myself to friends and family, and finally, when my accountant told how much it would cost, I decided that it just wasn’t worth the effort. Now that I’ve turned my life around, I’m seeing nothing but blue skies. Thanks Dominant Paradigm, Thanks.

Feb 20, 2006, 10:24PM PST | 0 comments


learn ruby on rails
Blernk 2 years ago

Maybe I’m a contrarian, but Rails == same as the others. Nothing truly differentiates rails from other frameworks, except, of course, the marketing.

Feb 20, 2006, 10:21PM PST | 11 comments


Read "Code Complete"
Can't say it was helpful 3 years ago

Full of good advice, it’s nothing more than that, and I’ve worked with more than a few very bad programmers who would always refer to this book as a tome of brillance. Instead of reading a book that has generalizations about programming, dive into the guts of a technology. You will come to the same conclusions but they won’t be spoon fed to you. These books “Code Complete” and “Pragmatic Programmer” attempt to teach lessons that must be learned on your own, otherwise your are just echoing memes.

Aug 28, 2005, 10:15AM PDT | 0 comments


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Start my own business be someone's hero write daily Be an extra in a movie mba be brave design my own tattoo Live in a cottage in the mountains start a business lacienj wants to keep my house clean give my parents as much as they have given me make myself a bebo skin Swim with dolphins sleep! Poptart wants to Quit Smoking become a ninja Learn Salsa Dancing visit new york Learn Spanish remodel my kitchen move to San Francisco get skinny scrapbook see a meteor shower stop drinking win him back Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working