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- Develop my cooking skills. I need to stop living off of Central Market meals.
- Get better at hybrid picking (guitar)
- Quit my 9-5 and go full time on my side hustle Solfej (Check it out if you're interested in learning music theory https://www.solfej.io/)
- Save more! I bought way too much dumb stuff from Amazon in 2018
- Lose 1-2% body fat while staying at my current weight
- Practice empathy to the max
I am in my 50s and want to start working on Raspberry Pi and Arduino fun projects. But this time do it with the mindset I had when I started out. Take the sample code and modify it without thinking too much about consequences. In many ways experience is good but I feel I have become too “professional” and worry too much about things that aren’t really important in small projects. In short, become a reckless programme…
How do you propose to identify when your dog is in proximity? I've got a Labrador and two cats, so the size differential was such that I was thinking I could probably get away with an ultrasonic distance sensor.
Other possibilities would be a pressure mat (dog is 37kg) or RFID although I never found a suitable RFID solution that had sufficient range.
I also plan on using a car door lock actuator[1] instead of a more conventional solenoid as it can be left in either open or closed position "at rest" without needing a voltage constantly applied.
[1] https://www.jaycar.com.au/slave-door-lock-actuator/p/LR8813
1) Research + decide on a GTM strategy for our Open Source Project 2) Develop and launch a progressive ‘employee-first’ ESOP 3) Join a local tech community
I am in my 50s and want to start working on Raspberry Pi and Arduino fun projects. But this time do it with the mindset I had when I started out. Take the sample code and modify it without thinking too much about consequences. In many ways experience is good but I feel I have become too “professional” and worry too much about things that aren’t really important in small projects. In short, become a reckless programme…
The dog door one is of interest to me. I've noodled over that one a bit at times. How do you propose to identify when your dog is in proximity? I've got a Labrador and two cats, so the size differential was such that I was thinking I could probably get away with an ultrasonic distance sensor. Other possibilities would be a pressure mat (dog is 37kg) or RFID although I never found a suitable RFID solution that had suf…
- keep improving my flexibility: after 25 years of sitting in front of computer my back is a mess. I've started stretching during 2019 but progress is slooooow - get back to doing more independent development after one year of working for an agency - rewrite my SAAS. Right now it feels like it hit plateau and I need to change few major things to get it to next level and hopefully get it to the stage to sustain me ful…
- start mountainbiking again (carry over from last year, got inspired after riding Slick Rock on a vacation)
- climb a 7b grade bouldering route (attained 7a as a goal for 2019)
- be able to do 20 consecutive pullups
- be able to do 40 consecutive pushups
- run a half marathon (attained 18k as a goal for 2019)
Career:
- go to more meetups and networkings events
- start blogging
- keep in touch with old co-workers
- prepare to start working as freelancer/consultant
Other:
- meet up with friends more
- fix my RSI issues
- change my diet to be more plant-based
- pick up some creative non-computer hobby