I'm doing 38 things
going alright so far
3 years ago
Since around St. Patrick’s day I’ve lost about 20 pounds. Woohoo!
Michael Raichelson's Life List
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1. learn ruby
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2. lose weight
4 entries . 1 cheer35,287 people -
3. ride my bike in a century
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4. master php
1 cheer311 people -
5. learn JSP
1 entry . 1 cheer28 people -
6. learn java
666 people -
7. finish metal gear solid 3
4 people -
8. beat oddworld stranger's wrath
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9. Be a better blogger
1 cheer1,462 people -
10. witness the end of IE
1 cheer743 people -
11. start podcasting
1 entry . 2 cheers49 people -
12. Take more pictures
2 cheers14,012 people -
13. start using my holga camera
3 people -
14. get things done
2 cheers182 people -
15. Convert my entire CD collection to MP3
106 people -
16. get out of debt
1 cheer10,555 people -
17. live instead of exist
631 people -
18. work because I like to, not because I have to
2 cheers3,376 people -
19. become less enraged at instances of stupidity
1 cheer517 people -
20. finish more knitting projects
1 entry . 1 cheer132 people -
21. master Ruby
176 people -
22. bootstrap my business
14 people -
23. stop procrastinating
26,259 people -
24. Worry less.
4,472 people -
25. start a band
1,837 people -
26. see the northern lights
16,417 people -
27. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
5,444 people -
28. build a cigar-box guitar
1 entry . 1 cheer17 people -
29. Have a totally different life by this time next year
1 cheer983 people -
30. get an apple powerbook
1 cheer510 people -
31. finish writing my webapp and release it to the public
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32. become better at small-talk
1,901 people -
33. podcast more
1 person -
34. Become a better programmer
957 people -
35. build a web application
1 entry36 people -
36. start a business
1,993 people -
37. Beat Proteus with a clue-by-four
1 cheer1 person -
38. start a wow guild
1 person
How I did it
It made me
wewt 
How I did it: Sheer force of will and a little black magic. All I lost was my soul and all I gained were the tools for world domination. Butt3rscotch is totally the greatest thing EVER. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
In the office...
3 years ago
One of the first things I got to do when I started my new job was set up SVN (and Trac) in the office for the development team to use for projects. Went pretty well and seems to be stable for now.
starting over again
3 years ago
Andrea and I started working on our weight again, so far I’m down by 13 pounds in a little over a month.
Keeping our fingers crossed that we can stick with it this time better than before.
