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dpickett




I'm doing 38 things
  

dpickett's Life List

  2. 1. raise a family
    		268 people
  3. 2. get rich
    		2,081 people
  4. 3. get a dog
    		3,848 people
  5. 4. Finish reading all the books I own before reading new ones
    		210 people
  6. 5. learn cpr
    		305 people
  7. 6. Get an MBA
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  8. 7. be more creative
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  9. 8. present at a conference
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  10. 9. Stop getting into car accidents
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  11. 10. Take more pictures
    		14,282 people
  12. 11. Save money
    		14,675 people
  13. 12. Learn to speed read
    		471 people
  14. 13. Invest
    		868 people
  15. 14. go to Macworld
    2 team members     		20 people
  16. 15. get an iPhone
    2 team members     		188 people
  17. 16. get into a routine
    1 cheer     		40 people
  18. 17. be a leader
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  19. 18. get married, stay married, and live happily ever after
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1,892 people
  20. 19. keep my house cleaner
    		126 people
  21. 20. get press in a magazine or on a website
    		2 people
  22. 21. write more
    		3,493 people
  23. 22. program smarter
    		1 person
  24. 23. Contribute to an open source software project
    		801 people
  25. 24. learn Itallian
    		11 people
  26. 25. buy a house
    		12,536 people
  27. 26. speak French
    		511 people
  28. 27. Own a successful business
    		90 people
  29. 28. Finish my company website
    		4 people
  30. 29. be a CEO
    		34 people
  31. 30. Get into an exercise routine
    		111 people
  32. 31. write a book
    		25,988 people
  33. 32. Make new friends
    		12,715 people
  34. 33. play more guitar
    		238 people
  35. 34. pay off my student loans
    		2,838 people
  36. 35. cook more
    		1,927 people
  37. 36. learn to fix my car
    		85 people
  38. 37. design and build my own home
    		166 people
  39. 38. Become an expert rails programmer
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person

How I did it
How to do more unit testing
It took me
6 months
It made me
happy

How I did it: I used autotest, part of ZenTest's suite. I started with RSPEC, but I'm now actively using Shoulda as it's built on top of test::unit. I use CruiseControl.rb for continuous integration although I'm looking at integrity Read how I did it…

Dec 08, 2008, 04:31PM PST | 0 comments


Recent entries
Become an expert rails programmer
I'm now a full time consultant 11 months ago

I now contract full time in Rails Development. I’m getting better at it every day!

Dec 08, 2008, 04:34PM PST | 0 comments


get married, stay married, and live happily ever after
I'm engaged 11 months ago

I got engaged and we couldn’t be happier. We’re now planning the wedding for May and our love is growing every day.

Dec 08, 2008, 04:32PM PST | 1 cheer | 1 comment


Pay off car loan
All Done 16 months ago

I send my payoff balance a few months ago, and it is really nice to not have that extra payment. What’s great, is I’ve taken the monthly expense and started putting in my savings account

Jul 14, 2008, 08:52AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


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