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2 January, 2010Hello blog. It’s been a while. I was feeling gloomy, and really, there’s already plenty of angst on the Internet without me adding to it 
So, here we are in 2010, my flying car is, presumably, in the post, and some traditions are worth keeping 
Last year’s resolutions:
- Learn some electronics: failed miserably, and destroyed two soldering iron tips in the process. Maybe I should stick to code…
- Fix procrastination problem: some success. The simple tools are usually the best.
Resolutions for 2010:
- Contribute to an OSS project. I got all this awesome software for free; I’d like to put something back, even if it’s just a few bug triages now and then.
- Do things even if I am scared of them*. I am scared of a surprising array of not-actually-very-scary things. This is quite silly.
* I am scared of posting this, in case people call me on it. You know who you are.
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