I'm doing 26 things
I’ve learned some interesting things from Wikipedia over the past few years. Now that I’ve tagged 43 articles, what am I to do?
Brian Egge's Life List
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1. run a marathon on every continent
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2. pray more often
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3. take more risks
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4. be a better husband
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5. Stay in Sweden's Ice Hotel
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6. sail around the world
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7. go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
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8. be financially secure
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9. grow closer to Christ
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10. ride in a hot air balloon
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11. Travel on the Trans-Siberia railway
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12. Travel on a freighter
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13. own my own piano lounge bar with red velvet walls
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14. live in a house with a secret passageway
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15. walk on the beach when it snows
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16. Get my Private Pilot License
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17. Get a tattoo
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18. go for a cricket match
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19. read every book I own
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20. have a tea party
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21. Learn to surf
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22. take a photography class
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23. Watch "The Wizard of Oz" at the same time as listening to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"
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24. master pecha-kucha
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25. Learn Scala
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26. get a black belt on javablackbelt.com
3 entries . 1 cheer1 person
How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: My first domain name I purchased was lithiumdata.com. I wanted to be goldsoftware.com, or something like that, and all the popular metals had been purchased. I liked lithium because of the high energy batteries, but most people associate lithium with the drug for treating depression. When I got married, I decided to buy a domain for my wife and I to list our travels on. We came up with www.theeggeadventure.com. &nb… Read how I did it…
It made me 
How I did it: I have a list of about thirty ideas for apps. I picked what I thought would be a simple one for my first app.First, I joined Apple's developer program for $99, and started going through the Stanford iPhone course on iTunes U.Next I hired an illustrator and a programmer on oDesk.com. I can't draw, and I'm just learning Objective-C, so this seemed like the logical thing to do.After much testing, I submitted my app to the App Sto… Read how I did it…
It made me 
How I did it: I studied all the materials provided, and did the chapter questions 2-3 times. I also used some Kaplan flash cards. Most days I would study for two hours, and then on the weekend I would study for 4-8. I have a 30 minute commute and an hour for lunch. Using that time kept me on schedule. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Kiva’s change to allow you to relend sooner free’d up almost $300 in my account, allowing my to bring my total number of loans up to 49.
I’m not sure I’ll see any ROI at Macquarie Group, as they don’t seem to place a lot of value on IT knowing anything about the business. You’ll notice on all the ITG job postings, ‘finance experience’ is always one line at the bottom, and is not a requirement from the most junior programmer to the ‘enterprise architect’ roles. However, it may be worthwhile if I switch roles, and I certainly think it would help me at many of the US investment banks.
