Being the last day of 2012, I thought I’d take a minute and check out how I did with the goals I set for last year.

The big one was finishing my floor and moving back in. I had the ridiculous notion that it would have been done early in the year. They were basically finished the week before Thanksgiving, which is when I moved back home. So, while I did achieve the goal the time frame was WAY off.

  • Learn more C
    Achieved this goal. I was spending some time after work in the library and did advance some. I’d like to continue this in 2013
  • Use Blender to make a model and send to Shapeways to get fabricated
    Nope, didn’t do anything here except install Blender
  • Arduino game of picking out states on map
    Got it started and bought parts, but still more work to be done
  • Get and use Eagle to make a simple PCB and have it fabricated
    Installed eagle and started working through the tutorials, but nowhere near ready to do a complete board.
  • Get a better understanding of how and when to use JSON
    Didn’t do much with that.
  • Drawing lessons
    Nothing here
  • Piano lessons
    Didn’t do anything here
  • Learn some basic statistics
    Nothing on this
  • Get started with GPU programming
    I can’t do anything with this until I get a better grasp of C
  • Build a workbench
    Looked into buying some legs, but then didn’t do it, so failed on this
  • Learn to weld
    Nothing
  • Work on a novel
    Nothing on this
  • Set up a Win7/Linux workstation for development work
    Installed a few linux virtual machines on my new laptop and could play around with them
  • Write up PDF on how to make linux as domain server and put it up for sale somewhere
    Nothing on this
  • Learn how to animate with Blender
    I got as far as installing Blender
  • Organize my tools/workspace
    I did move them all to the basement, but they’re still a mess
  • Learn an alternative mail system to Sendmail
    Didn’t do anything with this.
  • Go to some Ruby meetups
    Yep, did this. Went to some Ruby meetups
  • Pay for myself to go to a technical conference somewhere
    Yep, went to Windy City Rails
  • Make a dining room table and bench
    Nowhere near ready to start making furniture
  • Get my digital camera working with my telescope and go somewhere dark to see if I can get a good picture
    Not even on my radar over the year
  • Travel someplace that I’ve never been
    It’s weak, but I did got to a park on my birthday that I never went to before. I’m sure I had something a bit more ambitious in mind when I wrote that down.