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timobrien




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  2. 1. play racquetball
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  3. 2. Get a digital SLR camera
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  4. 3. get out of debt
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  5. 4. attend boot camp
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  6. 5. create a cliustered, falut-tolerant system to serve several hundred websites
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  7. 6. optimize dealer inventory
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  8. 7. purchase a year's supply of lightbulbs
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  9. 8. create duplicates of my keys
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  10. 9. create a network of branded websites
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  11. 10. initialize variables
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  12. 11. walk from evanston to the loop
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  13. 12. create something novel and sell it
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  14. 13. visualize connections between people using foaf
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  15. 14. finish my work on time
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  16. 15. find my keys
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  17. 16. eat less candy
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  18. 17. eat more candy
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  19. 18. compile a vast library
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  20. 19. get in shape
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  21. 20. cook more
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  22. 21. have better posture
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  23. 22. Start my own business
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  24. 23. lose weight
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  25. 24. practice yoga
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  26. 25. learn six swimming strokes
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  27. 26. eat less sugar
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  28. 27. learn spanish
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  29. 28. compile java into bytecode
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  30. 29. Learn AJAX style programming
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  31. 30. exercise more
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  32. 31. Read more books
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  33. 32. Visit Canada
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  34. 33. Get more sleep
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  35. 34. master CSS
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  36. 35. Take more pictures
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  37. 36. stop procrastinating
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  38. 37. stop wasting time
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  39. 38. see the northern lights
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  40. 39. witness the end of IE
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  41. 40. visit the coast of oregon
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subvert the dominant paradigm
Not worth the constant suffering 3 years ago

I did this, it quickly became a trial. I had to constant explain myself to friends and family, and finally, when my accountant told how much it would cost, I decided that it just wasn’t worth the effort. Now that I’ve turned my life around, I’m seeing nothing but blue skies. Thanks Dominant Paradigm, Thanks.

Feb 20, 2006, 10:24PM PST | 0 comments


learn ruby on rails
Blernk 3 years ago

Maybe I’m a contrarian, but Rails == same as the others. Nothing truly differentiates rails from other frameworks, except, of course, the marketing.

Feb 20, 2006, 10:21PM PST | 11 comments


Read "Code Complete"
Can't say it was helpful 4 years ago

Full of good advice, it’s nothing more than that, and I’ve worked with more than a few very bad programmers who would always refer to this book as a tome of brillance. Instead of reading a book that has generalizations about programming, dive into the guts of a technology. You will come to the same conclusions but they won’t be spoon fed to you. These books “Code Complete” and “Pragmatic Programmer” attempt to teach lessons that must be learned on your own, otherwise your are just echoing memes.

Aug 28, 2005, 10:15AM PDT | 0 comments


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