Seeing an idea through to completion is a rewarding process. I’ve invented a directory indexing system for a web page that I’m really proud of. It’s still in progress, but it’s being used on more than one website.
aredridel's Life List
-
1. Get all my mp3's properly tagged
2 cheers488 people -
2. Get (or renew) a passport
346 people -
3. Fill every idea/sketch book I own
2 cheers188 people -
4. Finish reading Godel, Escher, Bach
3 cheers27 people -
5. Build a zeppelin
1 cheer52 people -
6. Do my taxes
2 entries193 people -
7. Learn all of the Chinese radicals and their stroke order.
1 cheer54 people -
8. Learn Japanese
2 cheers10,615 people -
9. Make my blog bilingual
1 cheer1 person -
10. walk 20 minutes (or more) a day
3 cheers3 people -
11. Learn Lisp
2 cheers265 people -
12. witness the end of IE
1 cheer681 people -
13. get a Mac mini
1 cheer95 people -
14. Read Casting SPELs in LISP
1 entry . 1 cheer2 people -
15. start a revolution
1 cheer1,026 people -
16. Finish getting my wiki implementation publishable.
1 person -
17. Kiss in the rain
1 cheer15,299 people -
18. Clean my office
1 cheer146 people -
19. develop a fun and interesting web application like flickr or 43things
1 cheer70 people -
20. speed up ruby
2 people -
21. Visit nice and interesting places
11 people -
22. Get up when my clock goes off
75 people -
23. have friends on every subcontinent
1 cheer3 people -
24. get a motorcycle licence
1 entry . 1 cheer100 people -
25. Kiss a friend
4 people -
26. Rewrite the PLD installer
1 person -
27. Play in a pub session in Ireland
2 people -
28. Stab someone in the eye
1 cheer3 people -
29. Learn to ride a Motorcycle
2 cheers1,904 people -
30. Patch the English translation of eJabberd
1 person -
31. Become a large, non-evil ISP.
1 cheer2 people -
32. Help test Tootietails: the next new thing from The Robot Co-op
176 people -
33. Buy a camera
253 people -
34. Help a third-party candidate win
1 cheer1 person -
35. Get a tattoo
1 cheer22,046 people -
36. Visit Japan
5,981 people -
37. open a bakery
258 people
How I did it: I left from Vancouver, BC with my bike and two friends -- I got to there by train, Lorin by bike from Wisconsin, and Cory is a native of Vancouver.We biked south, mostly following the ACA maps, with a little island hopping to see NBTSC friends in Port Townsend and Vashon. We crossed the Columbia 30 miles from Portland, and then biked out to Astoria, and south on US 101 to Newport. We biked in to Corvallis, then south on US 99W into Eugene… Read how I did it…
Well, not my children. I’ve helped other kids leave school and take charge of their educations themselves. It’s a rewarding thing for me to do.
And I continue to be creative.
Travel helps. A lot. A muse helps. A lot. Sleeping next to your muse in Golden Gate Park? Priceless.
