I'm doing 38 things
You don't HAVE to buy the expensive ones
12 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 cheer5,150 people -
2. legally change my name
1 entry . 3 cheers118 people -
3. try acupuncture
1 entry . 4 cheers107 people -
4. give blood
2 entries . 3 cheers2,865 people -
5. Get a tattoo
2 cheers19,569 people -
6. get more people to read my blog
3 entries . 1 cheer723 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 cheers64 people -
10. form a band
200 people -
11. fill my ipod
1 entry . 3 cheers101 people -
12. Get BoingBoinged
1 entry2 people -
13. design a font
26 people -
14. Learn to speed read
465 people -
15. start yoga
1 cheer166 people -
16. firewalk
1 cheer36 people -
17. Skydive
1 cheer9,851 people -
18. ride a monowheel
1 person -
19. go to a nude beach
1 entry . 1 cheer853 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 cheer37 people -
26. pierce my nipple
32 people -
27. Shave my head
2 cheers928 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 cheers182 people -
31. have an out-of-body experience
2 cheers129 people -
32. pay off my student loans
1 entry . 1 cheer2,742 people -
33. write a novel
2 entries9,282 people -
34. invent something
1 entry . 1 cheer1,261 people -
35. be a father
1 cheer153 people -
36. witness a birth
4 cheers38 people -
37. write my memoirs
3 cheers122 people -
38. stop wasting time on the internet
2 cheers286 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.
12 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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12 months ago
With a little help from girlfriend’s dad, and a sunny afternoon up at “the property,” it can be done.
