18 posts from 2006
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
How are you ringing in the New Year tonight?
Hanging out with my lady and our various canine companions.
What were your New Year's resolutions for 2006? How did you do?
Roughly, these were my goals/resolutions
* Money
o Accumulate a nest egg of about $6K
o Accumulate a down payment on a house ~$10K
* Professional
o Finish my book
o Make everything I do at work a success or learn from less-than-success
o Collaborate more. View mailing lists, weblogs and meetings as an MMORPG; constantly seek out XP and level up often
* Personal
o Spend more time volunteering for rescue and feral organizations
o Publish more often
o Perform standup, improv or sketch comedy
* Potpurri
o Stick to making backups
o Stick to an organizational system
I didn't do so bad. I saved about as much money as I wanted to; I ended up buying a house rather than just saving up for one. I didn't quite finish my book, but I have done pretty well in what I did at the job I started in January. I really hit it out of the park on "collaborating" more: the quantity and quality of my communication with other programmers and tech-heads is far better than I could have hoped.
I spent a little bit more time this year helping animal rescue organizations, though I'd like to find a way to help out more. I had meant to write more often, but I think its a push as to whether I succeeded there. I didn't get back into standup or start doing improv like I'd hoped, but I think my USS Ruby sketch definitely counts towards something.
Rounding it out, I did manage to get with regular backups, thanks to Super Duper, though I think switching and/or re-jiggering every two weeks hardly counts to sticking with an organizational system.
Never doubt my typing skills. Or, judging by the image above, my hairy hands. Think you can best me in typing. Go ahead and try.
What's on your holiday wish list?
If I had infinite time, I'd put these on my list:
What is your pet peeve, the one thing which really drives you mad?
Submitted by Beki.
Misspellings, and to a lesser extent, "the red squiggly".
What are your top 5 movies/DVDs of 2006?
Just found this great Alan Kay quote:
If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.
The wind can't blow 'cuz the sky is gone
Courtney sent me an article about the stuffed Bobo toys that PetSmart has been selling. Sounds like the campaign has been a huge success. Lord knows Courtney and I have about fourteen billion. Not to mention the other fourteen billion owned by her friends on the Dachshund forum.
