I'm doing 38 things
You don't HAVE to buy the expensive ones
16 months ago
Sometimes, it’s a better idea just to find old toy cameras on the street and use those to make a new lens.
Like this one: http://is.gd/N7L
Orin Zebest's Life List
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1. Become Financially Independent
1 cheer5,389 people -
2. legally change my name
1 entry . 3 cheers124 people -
3. try acupuncture
1 entry . 4 cheers108 people -
4. give blood
2 entries . 3 cheers2,951 people -
5. Get a tattoo
2 cheers20,223 people -
6. get more people to read my blog
3 entries . 1 cheer724 people -
7. make caramel apples
1 entry . 3 cheers1 person -
8. design and spray my own stencil
1 cheer2 people -
9. learn to play the ukelele
4 cheers66 people -
10. form a band
206 people -
11. fill my ipod
1 entry . 3 cheers101 people -
12. Get BoingBoinged
1 entry2 people -
13. design a font
29 people -
14. Learn to speed read
471 people -
15. start yoga
1 cheer173 people -
16. firewalk
1 cheer39 people -
17. Skydive
1 cheer10,154 people -
18. ride a monowheel
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19. go to a nude beach
1 entry . 1 cheer888 people -
20. wear a speedo without shame
1 entry . 3 cheers5 people -
21. get into a barfight over beernuts
2 cheers4 people -
22. flavor my own personal toothpicks
2 cheers1 person -
23. throw someone a surprise birthday party
2 cheers2 people -
24. Eat a durian
1 cheer17 people -
25. grow mushrooms
1 cheer39 people -
26. pierce my nipple
31 people -
27. Shave my head
2 cheers944 people -
28. get corrective eye surgery or lasik
1,158 people -
29. raise a kitten to a cat
3 cheers1 person -
30. learn lucid dreaming
2 entries . 3 cheers184 people -
31. have an out-of-body experience
1 cheer131 people -
32. pay off my student loans
1 entry . 1 cheer2,838 people -
33. write a novel
2 entries9,663 people -
34. invent something
1 entry . 1 cheer1,295 people -
35. be a father
1 cheer154 people -
36. witness a birth
4 cheers39 people -
37. write my memoirs
3 cheers130 people -
38. stop wasting time on the internet
2 cheers297 people
How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: I refuse to say that I'm disappointed. No. I just think that maybe, if you're gonna drink beer for the taste, you ought to start on an evening when you aren't already drunk. For instance, New Year's might not be the best choice. Read how I did it…
It made me 
How I did it: Ha! You didn’t even notice it, but something has definitely changed. GLOT is different. Believe it or not, you’re not reading this the same place as you would’ve been last week. Server’s changed. After the seamless file copy from the old to the new, the nameserver pointers repropagate, and no one’s the wiser. Like *that*. It’s their own dumb fault. I’d been hosting homepie.org with Lunarpages for four years and had few problems. Of … Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: Had a good reason to make one, read through the instructions, double-checked, then installed it on multiple sites to triple-check. I chose to distribute through wordpress.org, and that's done pretty well. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
You can't ever stop completely.
16 months ago
Not every moment of one’s life is a choice. It’s a nice thought, but… no. It just wouldn’t do. There are certain things one should be compelled to say. “Thank you.” “Sorry.” “That’s a nice dress.” I won’t give those up, just because sometimes I say things and don’t mean them.
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16 months ago
With a little help from girlfriend’s dad, and a sunny afternoon up at “the property,” it can be done.
