Matthew




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Matthew's Life List

  1. 1. Learn Ruby
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  2. 2. learn ruby on rails
    1,343 people
  3. 3. learn xslt
    56 people
  4. 4. learn python
    754 people
  5. 5. Improve my Javascript
    3 people
  6. 6. Contribute something to The Believer.
    2 people
  7. 7. Convert all my recipes to mass rather than volume.
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  8. 8. Measure everything in metric.
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  9. 9. Master sourdough baking.
    3 people
  10. 10. learn ajax
    354 people
  11. 11. invest in the stock market
    251 people
  12. 12. finish my websites
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    19 people
  13. 13. overcome my Seasonal Affective Disorder
    11 people
  14. 14. get a passport
    1,755 people
  15. 15. Start my own business
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  16. 16. kiss her
    61 people
  17. 17. visit New Zealand
    1,412 people
  18. 18. Get a MacBook Pro
    202 people
  19. 19. live abroad
    1,312 people
  20. 20. master TextMate
    4 people
  21. 21. Learn to use Adobe Illustrator
    195 people
  22. 22. Get a new wardrobe
    226 people
  23. 23. Make out more often
    2 people
  24. 24. Send a postcard to Postsecret
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  25. 25. be in more pictures
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finish my websites
Lousy IE. 23 months ago

I always spend a ton of time making a mockup and then a lot of time translating that into good clean XHTML/CSS that works in all the browsers on my Mac. (I code by hand and always validate.) Then I look at what I’ve done in IE 5 or 6 for Windows and it crushes my soul and makes me want to give up. So I guess my goal should be more along the lines of “figure out how to code for Internet Explorer”. Anybody got any tips for good starting points on that one?



Get an aquarium
Oops. 23 months ago

I found a 10 gallon aquarium that somebody was throwing away in their front yard. I took it home and washed it out. When it didn’t leak and appeared to be in pretty good shape, I thought something along the lines of “well, now that I’ve got the tank I may as well go ahead and buy the other stuff.” Turns out the tank isn’t even one of the more expensive things you have to buy. I’ve spent way more money on “other stuff” (heater, filter, cover/light, pH and Nitrate kits, decor, thermometer, food, gravel vac, etc.)

Several months and $200+ later I’ve got a nice, simple, stable tank set up with two fish living in it. I’m hoping to get a few more soon. Anyway. Keeping fish is a good hobby if you have the patience and the money for it.



make sourdough bread
Untitled 4 years ago

I’ve been after outstanding sourdough bread for almost 3 years now. Patience truly is key. Anybody just starting out is bound to be disappointed a few times, but don’t give up and don’t be afraid to fail. Really.

I just fashioned myself a “poor man’s cloche” out of a large, unglazed terra cotta flower pot, which is intended to emulate a masonry/hearth oven. The difference between cooking under a flower pot and cooking in a metal loaf pan is astounding.



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