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rodhilton




I'm doing 17 things
  

rodhilton's Life List

  2. 1. finish thesis
    2 cheers     		23 people
  3. 2. get married
    1 cheer     		17,865 people
  4. 3. give a talk
    		2 people
  5. 4. learn to play the guitar
    		12,290 people
  6. 5. pass scbcd
    		1 person
  7. 6. learn spring
    		32 people
  8. 7. work for google
    		391 people
  9. 8. review a technical book
    		1 person
  10. 9. sell a screenplay
    1 cheer     		148 people
  11. 10. join the ACM
    		1 person
  12. 11. launch a web app
    		9 people
  13. 12. publish a book
    		2,043 people
  14. 13. learn electrical engineering
    		2 people
  15. 14. finish my tattoo
    		175 people
  16. 15. blog once a week
    		24 people
  17. 16. learn a martial art
    		1,410 people
  18. 17. learn spanish
    		14,858 people

How I did it
How to pay off my credit card
It took me
16 months
It made me
free

How I did it: There were three things that were instrumental in paying off the card. STOP USING IT - It may seem obvious, but you really have to do it, no exceptions.  I started using my debit card for all purchases instead, which basically forced me to have enough money in the bank to buy whatever it was I was planning on buying. DON'T WORRY ABOUT OTHER CARDS - Focus on one card at a time, specifically the one with the highest interest rate.&nb… Read how I did it…

Mar 28, 06:55AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to write an android application
It took me
3 days
It made me

How I did it: Just used the online docs to get a handle on the whole thing in general, and then used the ApiDemos examples to figure my way around.The Eclipse plugin makes things pretty easy to develop, and mostly you need to do a lot of trial and error to figure out the layout engine.  The Eclipse plugin updates your R.java file automatically for you as well, which is nice. Read how I did it…

Jan 15, 06:22PM PST | 0 comments


How to lose weight
It took me
1 year
It made me

How I did it: Watched what I ate and went to the gym.  Seriously, no diets, no fads, nothing like that.  Cut my calorie intake and worked out regularly, then as I lost weight I'd cut more calories and spend longer at the gym. Read how I did it…

Nov 11, 06:05PM PST | 1 comment | 2 cheers


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Recent entries
Learn Ruby
Ruby and Rails together 12 months ago

Learning Ruby helped me become a better programmer in other languages (learning any language generally accomplishes this). I’m not a huge fan of Ruby, because I feel that there are language design flaws that prevent it from being appropriate on large applications, but the Rails framework is easily the best web framework I’ve ever used. Ruby is decent, Rails is great.

Jul 09, 2008, 08:15AM PDT | 0 comments


learn C#
Learned for a class 12 months ago

Took a class that required learning C#. It’s an well-designed language, and it addresses a lot of flaws with Java. If I still used Windows, C# would be my language of choice for native application development.

Jul 09, 2008, 08:12AM PDT | 0 comments


Switch to linux
Untitled 2 years ago

linux definitely comes up short in a number of surprising areas (file networking being my primary problem), but just knowing I am free is nice. Go linux!

Dec 07, 2006, 09:09AM PST | 0 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

learn to sew be on radio1 reguarly keep track of my period Mother Extroidinaire! wants to Learn Spanish kayak go to more concerts Start an NGO, which doesn't just take your money and throw it condescendingly at people, but actually does some good. see the aurora borealis See HIM again stay healthy Take more pictures learn to love myself Fall in love drink more water ain88 wants to Buy a House build a workshop Learn how to say 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch' Let go of the past make the guy i love love me back Eat better Make a CD of all HAPPY SONGS! Travel route 66 get married find a house jsherry wants to watch all of Spike Lee's films run more own a house buy a new car
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