I'm doing 17 things
Thanks everyone!
14 months ago
I appreciate the wedding wishes. If I think to, I’ll post a picture from the wedding when we get there … should be this year, hopefully September or October.
Daniel Spils's Life List
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1. be happy
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2. Make 43 Things better
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3. Find other people with Alopecia Universalis
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4. learn Logic Pro 8
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5. find out my blood type
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6. get unstuck
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7. go walking every day that I can
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8. improve my freestyle swimming stroke
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9. learn Seattle's new recycling, compost & garabage categories
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10. eat more leafy greens
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11. commission a quilt
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12. learn how to swim butterfly style
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13. make a plan for financial independence
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14. visit all 50 states
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15. motorcycle from Anchorage to Prudhoe Bay
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16. Go camping more often.
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17. build an iPhone app
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How I did it
It made me
relieved 
How I did it: You know that this-person-is-totally-trying-to-screw-me feeling? That's what happened when I took my 2002 Suzuki DRZ 400E to the dealer with the cracked crankcase. It's funny because the parts and sales department has always been so good to me: honest, fair pricing, helpful. I must have bumped into a rat in the service department - they nicely identified the issue and correctly pointed out that the crankcase couldn't be welded in this cas… Read how I did it…
It made me
more bald than not 
How I did it: I've been having some patch hair growth on my head -- not full hair growth, but chunks that aren't fully realized. I also have big missing patches between the parts with partial hair. I decided to grow it out to see what would happen. Today I stopped the experiment because it was looking not-so-pretty. Read how I did it…
It made me
kind of hate drums
How I did it: I just finished putting together a recording studio in my basement fully equipped to record a live drum set. It didn't occur to me when I began that recording drums (or not) is the fundamental question when deciding what gear to buy and how to build a home recording studio. For example:Not recording drums? You'll need: computer recording software 1 to 3 microphones 1 preamp & AtoD conve… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Facebook Connect in the house
16 months ago
I’m testing this out with Buster and it seems pretty hot. Once you connect your 43T account via Facebook Connect (this is all done on 43 Things) you can see your Facebook buddies that use 43T and when you post entries and adopt goals they appear in your Facebook stream, which seems to me to “make 43 things better”. Yeah?
We should have it pushed out in an hour or so.
I got it in my head that I want a camper van
16 months ago
Specifically, a VW Eurovan with a pop top, the theory being that I prefer car camping over tent camping. Just enough of the creature comforts to make it more fun than adventuresome. I’m working on buying a 2003 with low miles. If so, I’ll either love it or it’ll be that stupid thing I bought compulsively in order to fulfill an invented need. Pretty much the modern condition. Sometimes I feel that way when I order french fries. I didn’t really need (or want) french fries … I just ordered them because they were there on the menu. But once in a while french fries are simply wonderful.
Okay, so back to camping. I want to go camping this summer and sleep in a well-appointed van. I think that would be awesome.
