Pouring hot water from a kettle or a teapot has a wonderful calming sound. It’s as though there is nothing else at that moment. Cold water does not compare at all. Next time you make a cup of tea really listen.
Arup Sen's Life List
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1. speak swedish fluently
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2. sell stuff on ebay
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3. take a nap
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4. increase my typing speed
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5. learn ruby on rails
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6. clean my windows
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7. get into typography
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8. declutter
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9. cycle 100 miles each week
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10. Keep up with current web trends
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11. blog more
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12. record an album
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13. eat more fruit
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14. visit my friends
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15. floss every day
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16. do a handstand
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17. visit my holiday home in Sweden
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18. give stuff away on freecycle
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19. be more relaxed
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20. do fun and relaxing things
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21. get Internet Explorer banned
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22. drink more beer
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23. make a list of simple pleasures
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24. Get more sleep
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25. be nice to the Missus
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26. organize my address books
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27. computer science degree
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28. start wet shaving
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29. join audax
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30. Learn the C programming language
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31. read all of Dostoyevsky's novels
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32. write a facebook application
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33. build 100 bicycle wheels in 2008
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34. submit a css zen garden design
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35. learn to straight shave
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36. mysql certification
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37. Read at least one book each month
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How I did it: I read it in the bath mainly and on Sunday evenings. I kept pestering a developer friend with questions and he would point me to resources. You need to read the whole book to understand what it's about really unless you are already a developer or programmer. Read how I did it…
How I did it: When I bought my ibook G4 second hand it had only a 30GB hard disk. This was fine as it was going to be a home from home machine and it would only be used for low level work - nothing too demanding. But when I recently installed the latest operating system, Leopard Mac OSX 10.5.4 much of the space got used up. Being home from home also meant that I needed to have access to other files and carrying an external drive with me wasn't always p… Read how I did it…
At the last count it was around 75. Can’t see me doing another 25 in the next few days. But I have documented each wheel in my blog and it’s really great to be able to see them all and remember each one. I didn’t keep many records for the names of the clients though.
So I’m gonna hold out with the number till the 31st comes around and then declare the result.
Got a bottle of Famous Grouse for doing some IT support. Not single malt but will fill the whisky vacuum for the time being.
