Updated Blog, and the Un-Bucket List
It started out simple: for Comp 578 - Data Mining, I need to have a place to post my assignments. So I thought that instead of using the school's system, I'd use my own website. In the process, I also thought it was time to get my blog ready for Django 1.0. This all turned out to be not nearly as easy as I expected, but it was all doable. If there was one thing I knew beforehand, however, it would be this: Django kept trying to write the form submission URL for the login page to /django.fcgi/admin, which is incorrect. Using FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME = '', I was able to solve the problem of not being able to log in.
So, now that I got it running, and got my assignment page created, I think it's time to post my "un-bucket" list. This list started out as a list of things I want to do someday, and was named as such because I'm not planning on dying any time soon, but simply want to do these things "some day." I also thought it'd be helpful if I could write down what's stopping me from accomplishing it, so that I can work around those things in the future.
- Learn to fly
What's stopping me? Cost - Learn to scuba dive
What's stopping me? Cost - Live somewhere different
What's stopping me? Cost, fear of the unknown - Teach a college course
What's stopping me? Now it's just time - next semester I believe I'm eligible as a MSCS student - Go to all 7 continents
What's stopping me? Cost, time, fear of the unknown - Make a piece of software for my personal profit. (i.e. not something I wrote as an employee of somebody else, or just for kicks like this blog)
What's stopping me? Creativity (or lack thereof), Employer's "Invention Agreement", lack of business savvy Learn more about my heritage
Actually started this one last weekend visiting my grandfather and great-grandmother. Pictures from the turn of the 20th century to come as soon as I get a scanner worth using.- Visit (some) states bordering the 49th parallel, as well as New England. (NYC and NJ aren't what I had in mind...those were for business anyways.) And I have this weird desire to visit Maine more than the others, and drive through the forest. Or Oregon or Washington. Or Wyoming. Or Colorado.
What's stopping me? Cost, time - Lose weight (to <200)
What's stopping me? Lack of self control, discipline - Make 6 figures/year
What's stopping me? Time, education, environment, experience
I like to think that this list is lofty, yet doable. Sure, it won't be next week or anything, but I can consider them life goals, and work towards them. Plus, completing some helps with the completion of others - making six figures a year helps pay for flying or SCUBA lessons, for example. Now, let's see which one I can check off first.
Tyler says:
I need to make one of these to help me focus. And if you plan on going to ground school for your personal pilot's license any time soon, let me know. It's also on my short list of things to do in the near future.