A Bug's Life

Some people have been listing 101 things they'd like to do in 1001 days.
With the confidence born of someone who is really bad at project planning, I want to do 101 things in 101 days - my Summer Holiday of Fri 1 Jun to Sun 9 Sep. And then go to Edinburgh and do an MSc for a year. 101 days is circa 14 weeks.

I'll update the list as I go. If you think I've forgotten anything, or you'd like to suggest anything, leave a comment :-)

Last updated: Day 101.


Done: 45 Things
1. Bend a spoon
3. Move to Edinburgh
4. See Hockneys at Royal Academy
7. Start TAFF race
9. One final half-day of work (Jun 7). Write resignation letter.
10. Help run a Unicon (www.recombination.org.uk)
11. Go to Stabcon (Jul 6-8)
12. Go to Cambridge Folk Festival (Jul 27-29)
18. Eat 505 portions of fruit and vegetables
20. Go to Tate Modern Hayward Gallery
21. Walk to Ely
23. Update Unicon web page (www.unicon.org.uk)
24. Walk for 101 hours
29. Visit Happisburgh
32. House-sorting #2 – clean/get rid of rugs in garage
34. Update bank accounts
35. Check savings accounts
36. Do tax return 2006-7 EARLY
37. Dental checkup :-(
40. Have a barbeque or party
41. Have friends round for board-gaming
43. Do admin relating to move to Edinburgh
44. Do packing relating to move to Edinburgh
49. Assess lace-making, and decide whether to complete current project, start new one, or pack it all away for a year in favour of the less complicated and more easily portable cross-stitch.
51. Learn for good when to use “which” and when to use “that”.
53. Prepare for course in Edinburgh: module choice, start advance reading of books/internet sources for concepts I’m not yet familiar with.
54. RPG: create Paranoia character
69. Watch Angel season 5
71. Talk about stuff with Simon
75. Collect ideas and outstanding projects and plan a much smaller and realistically achievable set to do while in Edinburgh!
76. Proofread 101 pages for Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreading
82. Have friends to dinner three times
85. Finish painting shed
86. Some other craft project (I’m sure I’ll get inspired):- the Diesel Sweeties fridge mosaic...
89. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #2: reach a new personal best body temperature of 104 °F!
90. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #3: Learn to pump up bicycle tyres
91. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #4: Um, separate.
92. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #5: lunch with 1ngi
93. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #6: Three pieces of lace.
94. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #7: Walk round lots of green parts of Cambridge.
95. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #8: Clear out 5 feet of unwanted books.
96. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #9: Deal with convention aftermath.
97. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #10: All the ironing.
98. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #11: Chase a very old COA.
99. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #12: Report a stolen bicycle.
100. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #13: Test the courage of my convictions. Twice.


The rest of the list (good progress on some of them)
2. Scan covers of Foundation journal (100 issues)
5. Go to the theatre 3 2 times (Going Postal Jun 22, )
6. Write TAFF report
8. Do TAFF accounts and newsletter
13. Do Tai Chi 14 times
14. Doctor Who ceilidh
15. Build theremin
16. Do Pilates 14 2 times
17. Do Pilates another 14 times
19. Go to Victoria and Albert Museum
22. Read 14 6 books
25. Do APAzines for Turbo Jun Jul/Aug and TWP x2
26. Do a fanzine
27. Finish a cross-stitch piece
28. Make three bags
31. House-sorting #1
39. Visit Grandma
42. Update CV
45. Loc some fanzines
46. File away paperwork relating to Dad’s estate; final financial statement.
47. Type up Foundation journal contents lists for web/index (if it goes ahead)
48. File final Concussion paperwork
50. Fix the few pieces of jewellery I have that/which need fixing.
52. Do some NLP with Anne in an effort to reduce my difficulties in completing certain sorts of tasks (like writing up logbook report).
55. Research some career options: might affect module choices
56. Work on my LinkedIn profile
57. Go to three gigs/club nights
58. SA1: Work through some student assignments for hands-on programming practice. Software Fundamentals (Java)
59. SA2: Systems Modelling (design)
60. SA3: Systems Analysis and Design (SQL, Access, EARs)
61. SA4: Systems Programming (Java2)
62. SA5: Object-oriented Tools and Techniques (Java/design)
63. SA6: Information Systems Tools and Concepts (SQL/database admin)
64. SA7: Object Oriented Systems Design (fancy name for Java3 with C++)
65. SA8: Declarative Languages (Lisp/Python)
66. Investigate source of noise and slowness on PC. Do quant.suff. of housekeeping, set up backup procedures.
67. Take 14 2 days off from using a computer
68. Visit Amanda and Maureen
70. Watch Battlestar Galactica season 3
72. Make chocolates for Claire
74. Work through that website AlexMc suggested
77. Lose 14 lb (start 15:02). [Lost 12 lb.]
78. File house-related stuff, and all the things I’ve just hid in the filing cabinet in a heap...
79. Paint my silk-painting kit
81. Eat at three one restaurant in Cambridge I’ve not been to before [Rainbow Cafe, Jinling Noodle]
83. Non-hamster-related blog?
84. Make mosaic/mirror wall-hanging for bathroom
87. Scan Great Aunt Evelyn’s paintings, burn to CD for Aunts
88. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #1: Project
101. Thing which will undoubtedly crop up and need doing #14:

Ain't gonna happen
30. Go to Barcelona - Ran out of time.
33. House-sorting #3 – digitise audio cassettes? - No time. I'll just stick them in a box.
38. Watch a cricket match at Fenner’s - Missed the season.
73. Do Morning Pages every morning [11 days] - Didn't work out for me. I prefer going for a walk first thing.
80. Cycle for 14 8 hours (objective: be able to do hand signals without falling off) - Bicycle got stolen.