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 cheer36,397 people -
3. ride my bike in a century
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4. master php
1 cheer316 people -
5. learn JSP
1 entry . 1 cheer28 people -
6. learn java
682 people -
7. finish metal gear solid 3
4 people -
8. beat oddworld stranger's wrath
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9. Be a better blogger
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10. witness the end of IE
1 cheer740 people -
11. start podcasting
1 entry . 2 cheers49 people -
12. Take more pictures
2 cheers14,327 people -
13. start using my holga camera
1 cheer3 people -
14. get things done
2 cheers185 people -
15. Convert my entire CD collection to MP3
104 people -
16. get out of debt
1 cheer11,042 people -
17. live instead of exist
641 people -
18. work because I like to, not because I have to
2 cheers3,440 people -
19. become less enraged at instances of stupidity
1 cheer513 people -
20. finish more knitting projects
1 entry . 1 cheer134 people -
21. master Ruby
179 people -
22. bootstrap my business
14 people -
23. stop procrastinating
26,996 people -
24. Worry less.
4,569 people -
25. start a band
1,881 people -
26. see the northern lights
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27. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
5,509 people -
28. build a cigar-box guitar
1 entry . 1 cheer20 people -
29. Have a totally different life by this time next year
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30. get an apple powerbook
1 cheer503 people -
31. finish writing my webapp and release it to the public
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32. become better at small-talk
2,014 people -
33. podcast more
1 person -
34. Become a better programmer
951 people -
35. build a web application
1 entry37 people -
36. start a business
2,084 people -
37. Beat Proteus with a clue-by-four
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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.
