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New Years 2011 Resolution Revisited

Every year, I share my resolutions in order to help me keep myself on track. Sometimes, goals just aren’t refined enough to do, and sometimes goals are just too hard to do. Here they are, and let’s see which ones I’ve failed.

[Success] Spend at least one month using no credit cards or debit cards to pay for purchases, excluding online purchases. ATM withdrawals are fine.
Thanks to being in Munich where cash is the only type of transaction that I can only have, that helped.

[Failed] Keep track of every expense for a month, and can use Mint.com or Quicken, or other financial tracking program if desired.
This is still a good idea. I should still do it.

[Failed] List of books - Get it organized and make a queue of what to read next
What the *bleep* was I thinking with this one…

[Failed] Paleo diet for at least 30 consecutive days
I started reading into the paleo diet. It sounds great, but I don’t think I’m having that much gastro-inflammation with the current diet I have now.

[Quasi-success] Website redesigning + Create personal Website
Blog got redesigned. Personal website = not.

[Failed] $8.00 or less meals
What can I say. I was travelling and got guilty.

[Failed] At least 40 new books read
I almost did it. I got to 37 books. Lesson learned.

[Failed] Produce a webshow with at least six “pilot” episodes
I’m still going to do it. It has a premise now. I finished my other book, so I’ll start script writing soon.

[Failed] No High Fructose Corn Syrup for 2011
Before you know it, you are dipping french fries in ketchup, or use ketchup in some other ways. Gosh, restaurants do not use organic ketchup.

[Failed] Pass my EIT exam
I’m signed up for the next test in April. I missed the deadline in August.

[Failed] Cook at least one new recipe every week (Or an accumulation of over 50 new recipes), with documentation
I didn’t document them, but I did cook many different recipes. Probably not 50 new ones though.

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Best of the Blog, 2011

In the spirit of the best of series of this blog, I must release 2011. It’s a bit late, but I hope you find this as interesting as I write this.

January


TV Shows by State

February

Cell Phone chargers in a Chris Jordan Work of Art

March


The Wall of Beer: It’s much more vast now.

April

Oh gosh, there’s one video that I can’t stop laughing at. Little Chefs.

May

I’m not going to explain this one.

June


Very strong sign.

July

My stay in Munich: this picture is of the Mary Column.

August

Somehow, in 2011, Star Wars is still strong with references.

September

Sometimes being awkward is funny, and sometimes it isn’t.

October

This is how my roommate described his current life as. 

November

Carving that Thanksgiving Turkey.

December

I really didn’t post much in December, except for songs around Christmas time. So I did an about me post instead.

And don’t forget that I do link roll posts. They have tons of gems.

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The 2011 Predictions

Last year I was wrong for the most part, especially the Apple announcement of the iPad. But I got one or two right, like increased android sales. w00t!

Well, here goes nothing yet again.

- Another devastation of a EU country on the brink of economic collapse that gets a bailout

- Groupon does not get acquired

- iPad 2 (Or other name) will outsell more than iPad (4.19 million worldwide, from an article written on November 2nd)

- 3D televisions will not make it big

- Superbowl commercials will not create another viral hit (Old Spice last year)

- No alien diplomacy

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