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Eynar Oxartum

slɐoƃ sıɥ ɥɔɐǝɹ oʇ ʇsnɾ uʍop ǝpısdn sı



I'm doing 42 things
  

Eynar Oxartum's Life List

  2. 1. Work on my secret goal
    1 entry . 31 cheers     		59 people
  3. 2. Get used to do interesting experiments every day
    6 entries . 18 cheers     		1 person
  4. 3. Spread my parents' ashes in India
    1 entry . 17 cheers     		1 person
  5. 4. Publish a paper
    15 cheers     		176 people
  6. 5. Get a PhD
    1 entry . 20 cheers     		2,962 people
  7. 6. Run a sub 7min/mile 10k
    20 entries . 12 cheers     		2 people
  8. 7. Run a marathon
    14 entries . 18 cheers     		12,470 people
  9. 8. Get more sleep
    21 entries . 17 cheers     		4,405 people
  10. 9. Understand quantum field theory
    5 entries . 13 cheers     		6 people
  11. 10. Reach my ideal weight
    8 entries . 9 cheers     		170 people
  12. 11. Make a smaller ecological footprint
    4 entries . 15 cheers     		1,029 people
  13. 12. Learn Irish
    9 entries . 16 cheers     		161 people
  14. 13. Cycle from Dublin to Madrid
    5 entries . 14 cheers     		1 person
  15. 14. Use three new English words every day
    14 cheers     		3 people
  16. 15. Be proficient in Java
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		8 people
  17. 16. Be fluent in German
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		260 people
  18. 17. Make my own light alarm clock
    6 cheers     		1 person
  19. 18. Get my driving licence
    16 cheers     		154 people
  20. 19. Collect myself a pebble, stone or mineral from every EU country
    6 entries . 19 cheers     		1 person
  21. 20. Learn Russian
    8 cheers     		2,748 people
  22. 21. Go to the Kerguelen Islands
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		4 people
  23. 22. Learn Hungarian
    4 cheers     		202 people
  24. 23. Create a board game and have it produced
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		6 people
  25. 24. Write a science fiction novel
    9 cheers     		61 people
  26. 25. Live in Berlin
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		143 people
  27. 26. Plant trees
    2 entries . 13 cheers     		100 people
  28. 27. Improve my Portuguese
    9 entries . 1 cheer     		42 people
  29. 28. Teach my partner Italian
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  30. 29. Do one hundred consecutive push-ups
    6 entries     		310 people
  31. 30. Collect euro coins of each value from every country in the Eurozone
    13 entries . 2 cheers     		6 people
  32. 31. Be able to name all 16 of my great great grandparents
    3 entries . 4 cheers     		10 people
  33. 32. Write a book about astronomy in Veneto
    2 cheers     		1 person
  34. 33. Write a guide to Dublin in Esperanto
    1 cheer     		1 person
  35. 34. Start my own company
    8 cheers     		962 people
  36. 35. Learn the constellations
    1 entry . 16 cheers     		812 people
  37. 36. Teach Esperanto to ten people
    4 cheers     		2 people
  38. 37. Learn to identify plants, flowers, and trees
    5 entries . 17 cheers     		119 people
  39. 38. Learn to speak Latin fluently
    3 cheers     		3 people
  40. 39. Learn more about India
    5 cheers     		3 people
  41. 40. Learn Hindi
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		666 people
  42. 41. Learn to speak Toki Pona
    3 cheers     		20 people
  43. 42. Finish reading Don Quixote
    5 entries . 9 cheers     		13 people

How I did it
How to learn to play go
It took me
2 months
It made me
a newbie go player

How I did it: I love maths and physics. In these areas people speak and think about very simple systems that become complex. I always heard go has very simple rules, but it is very difficult to play well. The great chess player Edward Lasker said once "While the Baroque rules of Chess could only have been created by humans, the rules of Go are so elegant, organic, and rigorously logical that if intelligent life forms exist elsewhere in the universe, th… Read how I did it…

Jan 31, 2009, 11:47AM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to make a career change to bioinformatics
It took me
9 months
It made me
PhD student

How I did it: I have studied Physics, but I always liked science in general, and I knew that, to feel fulfilled, I had to be part of an interdisciplinary team.A few months before finishing my degree in physics, I started to check several laboratories that worked in something related to bioinformatics.After having checked several options, I realised that the most interesting was a laboratory about proteomics in Madrid. Even if I preferred to live in a n… Read how I did it…

Nov 27, 2008, 06:58AM PST | 1 comment | 1 cheer


How to learn esperanto
It took me
1 month
It made me
multilingual

How I did it: I had a lot of time in summer, so I picked up a book from the local library about that interesting language I had heard about when I was too busy with highschool homework.I just started teching myself Esperanto, which was not difficult, as it is very easy: no exceptions, fexible, regular spelling and easy vocabulary (when you don't know the word for something, you can create a word just using the roots and suffixes you already know). As I… Read how I did it…

Sep 23, 2008, 12:36PM PDT | 2 comments | 5 cheers


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Recent entries
learn Irish (read all 9 entries…)
Motivation

Finding media in Irish is not quite easy (or, at least, not as easy as finding media in German or some other languages). However, you can find a lot of tv programs in Irish language here:

tg4.ie

I visit TG4 website from time to time, and I get motivated, as I want to understand what is going on.

Feb 12, 02:53PM PST | 0 comments


learn the constellations
Lepus

Today I have been watching Lepus. I like this constellation, as it is “home” to one of the first brown dwarves ever discovered, Gliese 229B (it is far too dim to be observable, however, but it is nice to know it is there).

Lepus is right under Orion, which makes it easy to spot, even though its stars are not really bright.

Feb 02, 01:56PM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


run a marathon (read all 14 entries…)
My 5th half marathon!

I am restarting to run now (yes, again). I should find an interesting marathon and sign up, as time-framed goals are easier to achieve.

For the moment I have signed up for my 5th half marathon, which will be at Villalba in few weeks.

Jan 31, 03:35PM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments


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look great indigostrings wants to run 10 miles Buy a motorcycle start a blog learn calligraphy become a magazine editor learn to walk in heels see the Daily Show live control my jealousy wear sunscreen MEET VALENTINO ROSSI find my dad become fit and healthy Discover secret coves of wholesome fun in Vancouver (and area). learn to draw Fall in love Read all the books in the Warriors Series by: Erin Hunter write a novel latenitewanderer wants to Learn to dance Argentine tango go to amsterdam visit all 50 states be hot learn to swing dance how to make a friendster layout using my picture? stop being such a packrat watch invader zim episodes Micky wants to Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100 Visit 50 of the world heritage sites
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