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My #1 goal for 2011 is to put the house in order. I'm a good programmer. You'll just have to take my word for it, as I have no proof. I have no links to offer to which I can say "I did this". That's the problem. I've spent the last 10 years toiling away as a random code monkey. A well appreciated code monkey who can solve problems and learn new things quickly, mind you. But not so outside the hours of 9-5. A recent e…
Get a girl
- Top 100k pageviews/month average on my tech blog
- Write first book
- Write first webapp or mobile app
- Create something for sale (eBook, tutorials, etc.) for passive income
- Graduate from college
- Spend more time with family and away from the computer
- Something exciting and unexpected ... that's what makes life special, after all!
- Learn more about fundamental analysis and incorporate that with the current technical analysis style trading I currently do to get a better return in 2011 than 2010 (if it weren't for that speculative BP catching-a-falling-knife trade I would've beat the S&P)
- Learn more functional programming like F# (which might also help with starting up on automated trading again)
Are you specifically planning to get a RepRap or are you considering one of the MakerBot line?
Which would you pick and why ? I was thinking of starting out with a makerbot and then using that to build something a bit more ambitious. I've had a 3D milling machine/plasmacutter with an 10'x5' bed so I'm a bit spoiled in the size department (cutting 3/8" steel from full size sheets to assemble your prototypes with is a really nice capability to have) but I currently can't house a machine that size, also plasma cu…