I'm doing 38 things
Python Zope -> Ruby on Rails
4 years ago
I have been a daily Python and Zope/Plone programmer for over 6 years and am very drawn to Ruby on Rails. Remixing elements in web applications is great but the weight of Zope is draining.
chipski's Life List
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1. Live in Verbier
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2. Fall in love
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3. learn to sail
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4. speak less and listen more
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5. do 101 things before i die
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6. finish my masters
266 people -
7. Research my family tree
823 people -
8. sell my junk on ebay
143 people -
9. live in the moment
1,925 people -
10. Get a better job
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11. camp more
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12. Buy original art
1 cheer89 people -
13. work because I like to, not because I have to
17 team members3,432 people -
14. Be a better Father
5 cheers252 people -
15. Give 100 cheers
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16. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
18,535 people -
17. have better posture
7,686 people -
18. have mindblowing sex.
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19. identify 100 things that make me happy.
2,249 people -
20. remember my password
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21. Get an iPod
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22. Live life fully
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23. Ski more
128 people -
24. redesign website
69 people -
25. Release my code
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26. learn how to prepare 10 excellent meals
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27. rails
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28. Finish my website
872 people -
29. write in my journal more often
1 cheer549 people -
30. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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31. Take more Pictures
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32. Make new friends
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33. live
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34. Help test 43people.com: the next new thing from The Robot Co-op
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35. Learn Czech
1 cheer169 people -
36. Re-read the Chronicles of Narnia
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37. drink more water
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38. Travel to Australia
1 cheer726 people
How I did it
It made me
Yes! 
How I did it: Decided and within 3 weeks was getting off a plane, collected my rental car and off on the road from Frankfurt. Visited over a dozen medieval villages in France and am now sitting on a beach on the French riviera. Last night was a wonderful meal with a beach view and today's luch was in a cozy cafe in Saint Tropez visiting with a charming French family. Amazing time and my definition of a life lived passionately. I will do this again … Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Finally got a 15" Powerbook
4 years ago
I have been a *nix and Windows user for over 15 years and never had the opportunity to go Mac. For the first time I did not have a laptop provided by my employer and needed to buy my own laptop. I bought a Mac and could not be happier.
Everything just works!!
No more installing drivers ans fighting software. This is such a pleasure.
Best year of my life (so far;)
4 years ago
Jumped on my bike in Boulder Colorado, worked a summer in New Bern NC, then rode up to NYC. Virginia was OK but riding through the Cotswolds in England was so much better. Welsh hunting lodges, Seaside Castles in Cornwall, Monkeries in Belguim, then Santa Claus in Holland. So many wonderful adventures and so many more to be had. I skiied in the Swiss, French, & Austian Alps, and rode the hills of Tuscany and the Riviera. Slept on the beach in Cannes during the film festival, partied on Ibiza for a crazy drunked week, and picked grapes near Sevilla in Antalusia. The time riding through Morocco were a bit of a for some reason but it was all good.
Definitely go!
