What I Learned This Year
This year I learned…
- How to hack a Tivo
- How to broadcatch Tv shows using RSS feeds
- That while the iPod Shuffle is cool and small, it’s no iPod
- That I hate Biology
- That WordPress kicks MovableType’s butt
- AJAX
- What an NZB file is
- How to make plugins for Xbmc using Python
- Python
- That BlackBerrys are addictive
- LISP
- How to make a Dashboard Widget
- BNF
- That your wedding day truly is the happiest day of your life
- That people living on islands really are as laid back as they say
- How to use one mouse and keyboard with 2 computers
- Other people have life hacks
- That Sony really is the most controlling entity on the planet (We all knew it, but did they prove it this year or what?)
- That a Flickr Pro account really is worth it
- OpenGL with Java
- How to wire a house with ethernet
- That ‘Talk Like a Pirate’ day is mainstream
- Ruby on Rails
- Ruby
- That a single site, like Digg.com, can sometimes render all your RSS feeds useless
- The difference between watching Tv shows, and watching Tv
- That organizing your life with a notebook can be easier than doing it with a computer
- That buying your first home is the most exciting and most nerve racking thing you can do
nice going! keep up with the learning. and congratulations for your marriage and your new home (am i right?). you hate biology….saw march of the penguins yet?
Comment by senapati — December 24, 2005 @ 8:44 am
I feel you on the house buying bit, went through the same experience two months ago. It’s strange waking up the next day and look at that huge thing and know it is yours!
Comment by morten — January 1, 2006 @ 12:50 pm