2011 in Review
It’s time to wrap up the year that’s been. Be warned for slight ego boosting here.
2011 Geek Achievements
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Wrote three games this year:
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Bought a new computer!
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Bought a mechanical keyboard.
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Bought custom Starcraft 2 keycaps for the keyboard.
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Learned 68k assembly.
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Learned about algorithms and data structures.
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Bought a lot of programming books.
- The Pragmatic Programmer
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
- Introduction to Algorithms
- Modern Perl
- Effective Java
- Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!
- Land of Lisp
- Maybe something more…
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Read a lot of programming books. Modern Perl and The Pragmatic Programmer were my favourites.
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Learned some Ada.
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Learned a lot of Perl.
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Learned a tiny bit of Haskell.
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Learned some emacs
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Got a hint of design understanding thanks to Design for Hackers
2011 Non-Geek Achievements
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Went to a dance course with Veronica.
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My stumach is in good shape!
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Read and loved A Song of Ice and Fire.
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Achieved 7 kup in Taekwon-do.
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Read a lot of manga. Some recommendations:
- Bakuman. A nice slice of life manga about… making manga. Surprisingly captivating.
- Gamaran. A slightly brutal battle manga with loads of weapons.
- Vinland Saga. A bit more brutal battle manga about vikings and war.
- Beelzebub. Battle manga but with a ton of light hearted humor.
- The Breaker. Another battle manga, a bit more direct perhaps.
2011 Failures
- Didn’t produce enough games.
- Didn’t write enough code.
- Did not learn enough Haskell.
- Have a lot of books I haven’t read yet.
- Did not have enough free time.
Plans for 2012
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Keep Veronica happy!
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Make more games.
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Code more! Much more!
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Blog more!
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Learn more Haskell (yet again)…
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Transform my site to something new, something that I don’t dread to use.
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Improve in Taekwon-do.
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Be more disciplined in studying, coding, training and cleaning.
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Read the programming books I have but have not read yet.
- A book about Erlang.
- K&R C Programming language.
- SICP, all important for every programmers. I hear.
- Probably missed something… Damn I’ve got many.
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Get good results in school.
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Try to be a bit more social (it’s hard).
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Get more free time somehow.
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Complete a larger personal project.
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Learn more mathematics.