I'm doing 27 things
I'm a complete novice at this...
3 weeks ago
...but I’m going to have a go. Would it be like going from couch potato to running a marathon in one? I hope not. I’m just not sure what to write about yet…
eubielicious's Life List
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1. Do more business networking.
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2. learn seo
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3. finish the website for my business
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4. Increase my income from self-employment to £400 per week
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5. Do NaNoWriMo
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6. learn PHP
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7. Learn MySQL
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8. create a prosperity screensaver
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9. make soap
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10. read Walden
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11. read The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky
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12. learn Quicksilver for OS X
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13. learn esperanto
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14. learn Russian
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15. Buy a Tivoli Network Radio
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16. scan all my old photographs
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17. visit new york city
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18. run a marathon
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19. Cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats
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20. compose a symphony
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21. Speak French fluently
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22. complete my degree
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23. buy a house with cash, no mortgage
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24. go to South America
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25. Move to the Highlands of Scotland
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26. Do an evaluation at Toastmasters
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27. Introduce people to classical music
1 entry2 people
How I did it
It made me
Pleased! 
How I did it: I still have a fair bit to do in terms of learning Wordpress and how to fully integrate it into my website, but have been able to get so far by comparing my site to the 'classic' theme that comes with Wordpress. Part of the battle is being able to understand how the stylesheet is put together - i.e. where the different <div> tags determine the location of different elements within the page. It's also about learning the way in which … Read how I did it…
It made me
ready for more!
How I did it: I decided that the area of my life I would pick out would be football and the way supporting my team has been a big part of my life so far. I chose to do my talk on a particular game which was something of a tipping point for my club, in particular 10 minutes of so in which we went 2-0 down but fought back to draw 2-2. Read how I did it…
It made me
pleased!
How I did it: In the same way that I left my previous job, starting out as a self-employed web consultant was a decision, and didn't take time or money in itself.The real trick is to maintain that business and getting clients will be a challenge for all sorts of reasons. I am determined and believe that this will work for our good. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
The joy and delight of classical music
3 weeks ago
Sometimes I feel sorry that I don’t have anyone close to me who appreciates classical music the way I do. I wonder if it is anything to do with the way that classical music tends to be treated as a kind of pleasant ‘muzak’ which isn’t meant to be listened to closely. Also the ‘Relaxing Classics’ type CDs don’t help, and I was slightly annoyed by the description by Classic FM of themselves as ‘the relaxation station’. Try Shostakovich’s 8th Symphony – definitely not relaxing… but wonderful!
I have got half-way through customising a Wordpress theme for my site, but am leaning now towards making the main site static XHTML/CSS rather than Wordpress.
I can work on the same stylesheet for the static pages so that if I want to then add a weblog/podcast later on (as is my aim) then I can add the Wordpress file hierarchy in a separate sub-folder and keep the look & feel of the site as a whole.
Also would like to include more meaningful and useful content – probably pages on social networking, along the lines of how to use them effectively in a small business, along with the pros and cons of each one.
