Ian Yorston




I'm doing 42 things
 

Ian Yorston's Life List

  1. 1. learn about wine
    756 people
  2. 2. Learn to play the piano
    2 cheers
    6,052 people
  3. 3. Watch a space shuttle launch
    905 people
  4. 4. Learn how to remember peoples' names
    3 cheers
    1,496 people
  5. 5. Work on a political campaign
    1 cheer
    148 people
  6. 6. write a book
    3 cheers
    21,080 people
  7. 7. Start my own business
    1 cheer
    7,201 people
  8. 8. run a marathon
    8,147 people
  9. 9. appreciate nature more
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    22 people
  10. 10. Photograph 43 things with the number 43 on them
    3 entries . 5 cheers
    79 people
  11. 11. master CSS
    783 people
  12. 12. learn javascript
    302 people
  13. 13. Master PHP
    1 cheer
    294 people
  14. 14. explore how 43 Things can promote online learning
    2 cheers
    62 people
  15. 15. Invite 43 People to 43 Things
    2 team members
    24 people
  16. 16. Organize a conference for 43 people
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    11 people
  17. 17. Change the world
    2,831 people
  18. 18. Go out more with friends and do things other than meals, movies, bars, and concerts
    92 people
  19. 19. digitalize all the family photos
    66 people
  20. 20. live on an island
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    148 people
  21. 21. Tell my wife I love her everyday
    5 cheers
    106 people
  22. 22. learn to draw
    1,679 people
  23. 23. get my instrument rating
    15 people
  24. 24. be happy
    1 cheer
    18,691 people
  25. 25. travel to iceland
    1 cheer
    371 people
  26. 26. Go Completely Wireless
    1 cheer
    32 people
  27. 27. Lose 10 pounds
    1 cheer
    5,369 people
  28. 28. Explore how 43 things can be a social change tool
    1 cheer
    169 people
  29. 29. learn how to prepare 10 excellent meals
    2 cheers
    791 people
  30. 30. simplify my life
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    1,003 people
  31. 31. start a nonprofit to help get rural liberals web-enabled
    1 cheer
    2 people
  32. 32. learn something new everyday
    1 cheer
    255 people
  33. 33. Create a 43 things suggestion box
    2 entries
    7 people
  34. 34. Learn about art
    60 people
  35. 35. rationalise my tags
    2 team members . 2 entries
    8 people
  36. 36. Read 43 books
    1 entry
    14 people
  37. 37. relearn calculus so I intuitively understand it
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    29 people
  38. 38. Complete a Messier Marathon
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    3 people
  39. 39. make a film
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    780 people
  40. 40. become a better chess player
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    83 people
  41. 41. Read the entire "Encyclopædia Britannica"
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    9 people
  42. 42. learn ruby on rails
    1,318 people
Recent entries
Photograph 43 things with the number 43 on them (read all 3 entries…)
UK National Cycle Route 3 years ago

National Route 43 of the National Cycle Network connects Swansea with Builth Wells. Most of the Route is awaiting development, although a 13 mile traffic-free section out of Swansea is currently open and signed – shown on the Celtic Trail (east) map.

See: http://www.sustrans.org.uk/


Read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
Important meme 3 years ago

Lots of ideas in here have profoundly influenced people’s sub-conscious acceptance of technology…

... see the Movie site here


Read the entire "Encyclopædia Britannica"
How to Know it All 3 years ago

Like others, I am inspired by the recent book The Know-it-All

I have a 1993 copy of EB which I was given as a Wedding present by my Mother (who obviously felt that she should address my woeful ignorance). And I am more and more impressed by the usefulness of the structure everytime I open a volume.

There are quicker ways of finding information (Google Suggest et al) and there are some excellent Encyclopedia’s on-line (Wikipedia and others).

But, as a framework for knowledge acquisition, EB looks hard to beat.


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