After starting off with 2 great weeks on the 101 things list, week 3 was a disaster. I should start off by pointing out that: I’m sick (flu-like symptoms, and I spent most of the week running mild fever) I had a colleague in town, so I had to go to the office everyday I’m …
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Week #2
Time (actually very late) for another update on the 101 things list. I sent my Rolleiflex camera in for service (#55), it works out that the taking lens has a small chip in it (grrr…), but apparently it’s pretty minor, and I went ahead and approved the repairs to the mechanicals (shutter and transport overhaul …
Diversification
After many (profitable) years of having a completely tech-driven portfolio, I finally chickened out and diversified my holdings. It’s still tech heavy, and I’m continuing to emphasize growth stocks, but there should be somewhat less risk overall. Here’s a bit of eye-candy on my current allocations. by Industry by Region of the World There’s still …
Skiing (at last)
With the past couple of days being cooler than the recent (globally warmed) trend, I managed to head out to Deep Creek Lake for a little skiing at Wisp. Temperatures stayed mostiy in the high 30’s to low 40’s and snow conditions were pretty good considering the high temperatures over the last month. Wisp managed …
Beginning of the New Year
Just a quick update after one week of the New Year, and 1001 days. With 7 days down, I’ve managed to knock-off a couple of minor items from the 101, mostly just buying small stuff around the house. A quck trip to Ikea and the local big-box home stores yielded a $50 faux-persian rug for …
A little help from my friends…
BTW: I just wanted to mention that if anyone has any ideas/suggestions/want to help or participate with the accomplishment of the 101 things, please let me know. I don’t think there’s anyway I’m going to get these done without a little help from my friends. Or maybe even a lot of help… 🙂
101 things in 1001 days
My list of 101 things in 1001 days. Officially started 1/1/07, and due 9/28/09. It’s currently in random loosely organized order, and I’m not positive about all of the items. It was harder than I imagined to come up with this whole list, and I’m not sure I can pull off all this stuff in …
Long Term Goals
I just posted a quick list of some of my long-term goals. I’m going to try to pull some of the more tractable one, or first steps for bigger ones, into the 101 things list. You comments are welcome!
Long time, no post
I admit it, I’ve been slacking. Not just with posting, but in general. Hopefully this post will signal the beginning of a more active period overall. There’s plenty I’ve been meaning to post about, and hopefully you’ll hear about some of these things and ideas in the coming days: Building a HD MythTV system Zen …
Of Lightning Strikes and Motorcycles
It was a long weekend. Thursday night the torrential downpours brought with them a lovely spate of lightning; which in turn struck the oak tree just in front of my house. While chilling and interesting at the time, the real relevance didn’t become evident until somewhat later. Our DSL modem and Linksys router both got …