Ian Yorston




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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.



become a better chess player
Fools Mate 3 years ago

Because my 4 year old son is looking dangerously close to beating me.

He can pretty reliably see two moves ahead and I struggle with 3…



make a film
2nd Assistant Co-Producer's Friend... 3 years ago

Actually I’d be quite happy to simply be involved at the fringes… I just think that the process of film (or documentary) production would be really interesting. I probably need to do this in conjunction something else I do – like popularising Physics/Science.

If I knew what being Best Boy or Key Grip involved then perhaps that would move me a little further forward…



Complete a Messier Marathon
Night Sky 3 years ago

Neat idea – and there must be a technical/automatic solution…



relearn calculus so I intuitively understand it
Journey through Genius 3 years ago

I need a context for all the Maths I did at school, some 25 years ago…

I’m currently reading “Journey through Genius” which is a great historical and mathematical grounding.

Amazon: Journey through Genius



simplify my life
and then Live Simply 3 years ago

which is another goal on 43 Things.

They both have the “simplify” tag now…



Read 43 books
Read N Books... 3 years ago

... where N is 35, 43, 50, 52, 100 etc depending on whose goals you reference.

But since this is “43 Things”, I’m happy to target 43 books.

List of 43 Books to follow.



rationalise my tags (read all 2 entries…)
Some reading material... 3 years ago


Photograph 43 things with the number 43 on them (read all 3 entries…)
43 Letters - via 43 Things 3 years ago

You have no idea how long I had to wait for exactly 43 Users…

Link: Just Letters – A browser based multi-user Flash game.



rationalise my tags (read all 2 entries…)
Tags - via 43 Things 3 years ago

Between Furl, Bloglines, Flickr, 43 Things, my weblog, etc I have w-a-ay too many tags which I need to rationalise… this fits somewhere into GTD (“Getting Things Done”

43 Things



Create a 43 things suggestion box (read all 2 entries…)
List of "Your 43 Things" - display Tags? 3 years ago

Could tags be displayed under each goal in the List view of “Your 43 Things” as well as on each goal’s individual page?



Photograph 43 things with the number 43 on them (read all 3 entries…)
43 Songs 3 years ago

43Songs



Create a 43 things suggestion box (read all 2 entries…)
Blog Entries 3 years ago

Could Blog postings go out with a Title suffix of ”- via 43 Things:”?

That way this entry would appear on my weblog with the title:

“Blog Entries – via 43 things”



get a treo
Treo 600 3 years ago

Fantastic piece of kit. Wish we could get the Treo 650 here in UK. If Internet access was cheaper via my Telecom/ISP I’d use the treo for everything – but $2 per MB is a touch expensive…



file a bug for 43 things
Very small bug 3 years ago

When you choose an image file to upload, the very small preview of that file (that appears next to the Choose File button) appears to be upside down.

Doesn’t seem to affect the full size preview of the final upload.



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