I'm doing 20 things
It's A Start
3 years ago
Well, I’ve written an ebook at least. 30 pages of technical page-turning content on Rubyisms in Rails. Maybe I’ll get up to a full book in the future.
Jacob Harris's Life List
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1. take better pictures
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2. Improve my culinary knife skills
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3. read Programming Rails
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4. write more poetry
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5. zombie-proof my home
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6. contribute code to Ruby on Rails
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7. Attend the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
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8. witness the end of IE
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9. write a book
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10. develop an interesting website
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11. spoil it for everybody
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12. eat more cupcakes
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13. network more with people
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14. Start using PostgreSQL
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15. blow glass again
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16. learn to SCUBA dive
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17. practice mindful consumption
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18. bike to work at least twice a week
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19. stop picking at my nails
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20. Learn Spanish
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Recent entries
Got the Agile Web Development with Rails book
3 years ago
Very nicely written. It’s so much easier when you have an excellent reference on your side.
Hard, Very Hard
3 years ago
The last few days have been very tense and difficult. Basically, I have been consciously aware of how much I mess with my nails and really working to not do that (with the aforementioned rubber band acting as a reminder of sorts). But there have been small lapses and internal swearing.
The result of my habit is that I feel a slight sensation of burning even in my fingertips as the urge to pick at them nervously (and subconsciously) is averted. I hope it will subside over the next few days, but it’s a difficult hump to get over in the short term.
