I'm doing 35 things
I was recently involved in the development of a patent portfolio for a tech startup, and I was shocked and appalled by how broken the US patent system is. I was thinking that it would be fun and exciting to patent an invention of my own, but now that I’ve gone through the process (on someone else’s dime) I really don’t care to try it myself until things improve.
Michael S's Life List
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1. extract my own DNA at home
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2. Learn to use an Airbrush
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3. learn resin casting
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4. create an action figure
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5. learn to build prop replicas
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6. Learn Cocoa
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7. build a musical instrument
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8. learn to play the accordion
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9. learn to tune the piano
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10. hybridize a plant
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11. create a hologram
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12. invent something
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13. live off the grid
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14. Sit on a jury
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15. read the world's religious texts
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16. attend a service for every major religion
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17. work for a nonprofit
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18. Learn to clean, load, and shoot several types of guns
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19. be homeless
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20. Plant a rock garden
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21. Invest
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22. write interactive fiction
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23. learn motion graphics
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24. Own a Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinet
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25. start a laserdisc collection
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26. Design my own house
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27. scan all my old photographs
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28. learn bookbinding
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29. create a fictional universe
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30. Get into pixel art
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31. make chocolate
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32. write a children's book
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33. make an adventure game
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34. dumpster dive more
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35. contribute to an open source project
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Recent entries
Although I was hoping to physically sculpt my figure and then cast it in resin, this is probably not feasible right now. I found a really neat company called Shapeways that will do very cheap 3D printing from 3D data, so I’m modeling my figure in Maya. I’ll model the joints as well, so when the printed pieces are put back together I’ll hopefully have a fully articulated figure.
Last week I had a chance to fire a beretta at an indoor range. It was my first time using a handgun and was a huge amount of fun (though I’m a terrible aim). I’m planning to make trips to the shooting range a regular thing.
