The List (101 things in 1001 days)

16 completed and 9 started (as of 10/16/08)

  1. Read more classic literature

  2. Learn more about different pastas

  3. Get more products on website- particularly t-shirts

  4. Use the screen printing kit

  5. Design two new t-shirts

  6. Get pictures and posters framed

  7. Make more trips to see family

  8. Spend more time learning to read music-Work in Progress

  9. More time on music theory

  10. Learn more about other countries, esp. Mexico

  11. Read the books that I've purchased

  12. Read through one of those Mastering or Bibles books cover to cover-Started

  13. Learn Lightwave

  14. Learn Flash better

  15. Learn PHP better-Started

  16. Learn JavaScript better

  17. Take more commercial photographs

  18. Learn SQL Server better

  19. Start learning Oracle

  20. Get a pen pal from another country, esp. a Latin country

  21. Create a database of the books that I own

  22. Finish ripping my CD collection to MP3s

  23. Finish converting my VHS movies to DVD

  24. Finish converting my cassette tapes to MP3

  25. Transfer my multitrack master tapes to Audacity or Cakewalk or something

  26. Contribute documentation to an Open Source Project

  27. Re-establish contacts with old friends (Facebook and LinkedIn profiles are doing this) -Work in Progress

  28. Learn to build furniture

  29. Finish watching all of the MASH series

  30. Learn more about the American Revolution-Started

  31. Find the “Spies of the American Revolution” book that I read as a child

  32. Start a band that meets my needs

  33. Finish building my network

  34. Redesign my network- Work in Progress

  35. Get a HiDef TV

  36. Get a BluRay DVD player

  37. Build a new computer every 18 months

  38. Spend more time with Rose and Caleb - Work in Progress

  39. Make a cartoon book of Angst Technology (finish collecting the strips)-Started collecting the strips

  40. Design the layout of the book

  41. Get a new digital camera

  42. Get a better digital camcorder

  43. Go visit Germany

  44. Find the other Lawrence Block books featuring Evan Tanner

  45. Learn how to use sewing machine

  46. Create a database of books I've read

  47. Visit the Library more often

  48. Research and invest in stocks that are “green”

  49. Invest in some CD's (the money kind)

  50. Make my shed a good working environment (less clutter, more organization, finish insulation etc.)-Work in Progress




  1. Learn Spanish enough to speak fluently with a native speaker. (Started)

  2. Finish writing the Nanowrimo 2007 book

  3. Shoot a short movie (20 minutes)

  4. Release a new CD

  5. Release the movie on DVD

  6. Finish the Basketball goal area

  7. Create a walkway to the shed and cover it

  8. Finish the balances app in PHP

  9. Finish the balances app in VB.net

  10. Learn ASP.net

  11. Learn ColdFusion

  12. Play basketball several days a week

  13. Lose 25 pounds (Starting weight- 235 lbs.)

  14. Pass the Perl test -Started

  15. Pass the two E-Commerce tests

  16. Pass the CEH test

  17. Get MCPD: Web Developer certified

  18. Save three months emergency fund

  19. Go to Disneyland in CA

  20. Save for trip to Disneyland Paris

  21. Save $1001 by end of event

  22. Learn to play cello (taking lessons)

  23. Paint a non –abstract painting

  24. Start restoring an old Beetle

  1. Learn to skydive

  2. Go to at least 6 concerts by the end of the event-Work in Progress

  3. Help out on a Habitat for Humanity house

  4. Learn to scuba dive(Asthma will prevent this one, but it can be marked off of the list)

  5. Start back at a college with MIS degree

  6. Fix the balances app in JavaScript

  7. Visit family in Pensacola more often

  8. Write and send out Christmas cards next year

  9. Create a coffee table book of photographs (artsy types of pictures)-Started

  10. Redo logo for Greymatterideas.com

  11. Redo Vagnini.net website

  12. Finish tips and tricks for Wicketbang.com

  13. Finish the database integration section of Wicketbang.com

  14. Build a tree house in the back yard (or a pirate ship)

  15. Participate and finish NaNoWriMo next year (2008)

  16. Straighten out shed

  17. Do more italian cooking

  18. Do more cajun cooking

  19. Learn to juggle

  20. Get eyes checked

  21. Get a tattoo

  22. Do more yoga

  23. Do more taebo

  24. Learn “Let's go crazy”

  25. Learn “Walk this way”

  26. Read all of Jules Vernes works

  27. Do a timeline of pirates-Started