With the recent release of Chrome with V8 and the upcoming release of Firefox 3.1 with Tracemonkey, learning Prototype/Scriptaculous, Dojo, Rico, MochiKit, and/or whatever else has become even more important. The revolution is nigh, and I’m excited.
Luca Masters's Life List
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1. Learn Python
1 entry . 14 cheers750 people -
2. Learn Ruby
2 entries . 9 cheers1,841 people -
3. Learn Vim
2 entries . 5 cheers15 people -
4. learn flex
1 entry . 3 cheers20 people -
5. make a Firefox extension
1 entry . 22 cheers16 people -
6. master prototype
2 entries . 1 cheer2 people -
7. Learn Dvorak
1 entry . 8 cheers187 people -
8. Read "The Pragmatic Programmer"
8 cheers142 people -
9. Go to Defcon
7 cheers10 people -
10. Learn German
2 entries . 17 cheers4,519 people -
11. Learn French
23 cheers10,555 people -
12. Learn Latin
17 cheers1,880 people -
13. Learn Sindarin
1 entry . 6 cheers67 people -
14. improve my vocabulary
23 cheers1,067 people -
15. Contribute more to the Wiktionary
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16. Read the complete works of Shakespeare
1 entry . 27 cheers239 people -
17. read all the Discworld novels
11 cheers32 people -
18. Re-learn the math I forgot from school, and learn how to do math I never learned in the past
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19. Donate regularly to the EFF, ACLU, and public radio
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20. Sit on a jury
16 cheers86 people -
21. make a smaller ecological footprint
1 entry . 23 cheers1,042 people -
22. Win the canasta tournament
2 entries . 7 cheers1 person -
23. Get better at chess
1 entry . 11 cheers194 people -
24. ride a bike to work
37 cheers16 people -
25. 100 push ups
2 entries . 8 cheers3 people -
26. Watch every episode of Star Trek
1 entry . 10 cheers480 people -
27. not talk for a month
2 entries . 11 cheers6 people -
28. start a fire without matches
2 entries . 9 cheers47 people -
29. Watch "The Wizard of Oz" at the same time as listening to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"
1 entry . 8 cheers424 people -
30. share pictures of bathroom graffiti from all over the world
1 entry . 17 cheers3 people -
31. recite a Shakespeare soliloquy in front of lots of people who aren't expecting it (like in an airport terminal, or in a movie theatre line)
1 entry . 31 cheers37 people -
32. live forever
3 entries . 9 cheers765 people -
33. make some cool stuff for 43t
3 team members . 1 entry . 5 cheers2 people
Recent entries
Important
13 months ago
Requirement
16 months ago
I work outside in Texas, so I usually get closer to two gallons per day. They tell me I’m still dehydrated (because I usually only pee once from 8-5), but I usually feel all right. I sweat a lot more than most of my co-workers.
Combat boots
16 months ago
I got some black ‘SWAT’ combat boots from a military surplus store for work. They were impressively comfortable, but the soles got holes from cedar after 3-4 months. I still wear them from time to time, as they’re much more comfortable than my new work boots. Just, you know, they have a hole in the bottom.
