2023 in review
This is my yearly review #14. Amazing that I’ve kept up with this for 14 years.
Even though it’s not anything advanced, I really like looking back at the year to see what has happened. Maybe it’s a very light version of a reverse bucket list, and I can see that it provides some of the same happiness benefits.
2023 Non-Geek Achievements
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All my three kids are happy and healthy.
It’s thanks to Veronica, but I’d like to think I’ve contributed something.
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Wrote 17 blog posts!
Most of them were written (and published) in the last quarter where I got bitten by the blogging bug.
2023 Geek Achievements
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I built a VORON and got into 3D printing.
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Two of my blog posts got to the front page of Hacker News.
I’ve always blogged to write for myself and never because I wanted my blog to be popular, but it was still nice to see some people appreciate it.
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I gave the blog a sorely needed facelift.
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I wrapped up my series about the T-34 keyboard layout.
2023 Misadventures
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While I finished the eBook of my book, I only made it available for purchase using cryptocurrencies a short amount of time.
The reason is that I made it available with my payment processor, but I ran out of energy so I shut down the server. I really need to get it together and just upload it somewhere so it’s purchasable normally.
Maybe I should just make it available for free, so I can close the chapter on the book project?
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I didn’t read that many books—at least I don’t remember that I did.
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Despite me trying to reduce it, the boardgame list of shame grew this year.
There’s a complete stop to Kickstarters and buying new games until I correct this mess.
Plans for 2024
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Focus on mental and physical health, with a focus on strength training.
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Finally complete the book project by putting the eBook widely available and finishing the How I wrote ‘Why Cryptocurrencies?’ series.
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Finish my planned mods on my VORON 3D printer and complete the blog series.
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Complete my Git rewrite in Rust project, that i left hanging back in 2020.
I’m already thinking of postponing this again… But maybe I can make some amount of progress at least?
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Start a new long-term project.
I’ve promised myself to finish up my ongoing projects before I’m allowed to do this, but we’ll see how that goes. (Not well I suppose.)