Task: Collate all of the material produced whilst carrying out the task list, and make it available in a reasonably easy-to-use format.
What my spreadsheet says: Hopefully I can do this on day 1001, but really it's an ongoing task that I should keep on top of during the process.
More Details: This is the wrap to #1, really. I can see me needing a 3-d database structure for a lot of this.
One off task? Nope.
Measurable? Yes, by finishing and wrapping it all up.
Showing posts with label 101things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 101things. Show all posts
Monday, March 9, 2009
#100
Task: Say yes to all of my friends collecting sponsorship money for charity, by doing things outside their comfort zones.
What my spreadsheet says: I do this for a lot of friends, but I don't think I've done it for all of them. People doing RFL, for example, will be sponsored. Tacheback and movember, too (but I want to do the before-and-after shots!). That sort of thing.
More Details: Basically, if you're a friend doing something out of the ordinary, I'll sponsor you. Just nudge me, if I've not said anything to you and you were expecting me.
One off task? Nooooooo.
Measurable? Yes, but in that quiet, understated way.
What my spreadsheet says: I do this for a lot of friends, but I don't think I've done it for all of them. People doing RFL, for example, will be sponsored. Tacheback and movember, too (but I want to do the before-and-after shots!). That sort of thing.
More Details: Basically, if you're a friend doing something out of the ordinary, I'll sponsor you. Just nudge me, if I've not said anything to you and you were expecting me.
One off task? Nooooooo.
Measurable? Yes, but in that quiet, understated way.
#99
Task: Give away all the photographic stuff I don't need.
What my spreadsheet says: Freecycle or to people offline, I have a load of photo paper, spare film, contrast filters that could, admittedly, be turned into something else, dev spools and tanks that could all be gainfully emplyed elsewhere.
More Details: A fair old pile of stuff. Mostly paper, but there might be the odd gem of something useful in there.
One off task? Not really. You never know, though.
Measurable? Yes, by having a lovely void where it used to be.
What my spreadsheet says: Freecycle or to people offline, I have a load of photo paper, spare film, contrast filters that could, admittedly, be turned into something else, dev spools and tanks that could all be gainfully emplyed elsewhere.
More Details: A fair old pile of stuff. Mostly paper, but there might be the odd gem of something useful in there.
One off task? Not really. You never know, though.
Measurable? Yes, by having a lovely void where it used to be.
#98
Task: Declutter the spare room
What my spreadsheet says: This one is fairly involved, but it involes me throwing away, recycling or shredding a tonne of paper, sorting out boxes of bits, organising books and electrical things, and working out where to put stuff. This will be an ongoing task by its very nature and won't be easy.
More Details: Nuff said, really.
One off task? No.
Measurable? Yes, by having a nice tidy room at the end of it.
What my spreadsheet says: This one is fairly involved, but it involes me throwing away, recycling or shredding a tonne of paper, sorting out boxes of bits, organising books and electrical things, and working out where to put stuff. This will be an ongoing task by its very nature and won't be easy.
More Details: Nuff said, really.
One off task? No.
Measurable? Yes, by having a nice tidy room at the end of it.
#97
Task: Go walking with Matt at least eight times over the 1001 days.
What my spreadsheet says: This should be do-able. Co-ordinating timetables is always hilarious, but we should be able to manage eight trips out.
More Details: Matt is one of my oldest friends, and we don't see enough of each other. Going walking is one of the things we enjoy doing, so we should do it more.
One off task? Nope.
Measurable? Yes, by going and writing trip reports.
What my spreadsheet says: This should be do-able. Co-ordinating timetables is always hilarious, but we should be able to manage eight trips out.
More Details: Matt is one of my oldest friends, and we don't see enough of each other. Going walking is one of the things we enjoy doing, so we should do it more.
One off task? Nope.
Measurable? Yes, by going and writing trip reports.
#95
Task: Enter the Charlie Cake competition
What my spreadsheet says: A corner of Armley has a park called Charlie Cake Park. A cake competition happens there every year, and I keep meaning to enter and see how well I do, and I have totally failed to do this so far.
More Details: Charlie Cake Park is such a lovely idea, and having a cake competition there called The Charming Armley Cake Competition is equally inspired. It was a bit too soggy last year, though, so I didn't enter.
One off task? Yes, probably.
Measurable? Yes, by doing, baking and blogging.
What my spreadsheet says: A corner of Armley has a park called Charlie Cake Park. A cake competition happens there every year, and I keep meaning to enter and see how well I do, and I have totally failed to do this so far.
More Details: Charlie Cake Park is such a lovely idea, and having a cake competition there called The Charming Armley Cake Competition is equally inspired. It was a bit too soggy last year, though, so I didn't enter.
One off task? Yes, probably.
Measurable? Yes, by doing, baking and blogging.
#94
Task: Attend I Love West Leeds
What my spreadsheet says: It's a festival celebrating West Leeds! What's not to love?
More Details: I &heart; West Leeds is a cracking idea. It's just a day at the park with some whizzy fun stuff, and who can ask for anything more?
One off task? Yes, but it'll crop up three times during the process. I ought to be able to fit one in.
Measurable? Yes, by going and blogging.
What my spreadsheet says: It's a festival celebrating West Leeds! What's not to love?
More Details: I &heart; West Leeds is a cracking idea. It's just a day at the park with some whizzy fun stuff, and who can ask for anything more?
One off task? Yes, but it'll crop up three times during the process. I ought to be able to fit one in.
Measurable? Yes, by going and blogging.
#93
Task: Attend a lunchtime recital at the Clothworkers
What my spreadsheet says: Clothworkers is part of the School of Music at the UofL. They have termtime Friday recitals of whatever they're practicing at the moment. Some of the stuff they do is not terribly interesting to me, but occasionally they have things I want to hear, and I never remember to go. Foolishness!
More Details: Must try harder.
One off task? Yes, but we'll see if I can squeeze in repeats.
Measurable? Yes, by going and blogging.
What my spreadsheet says: Clothworkers is part of the School of Music at the UofL. They have termtime Friday recitals of whatever they're practicing at the moment. Some of the stuff they do is not terribly interesting to me, but occasionally they have things I want to hear, and I never remember to go. Foolishness!
More Details: Must try harder.
One off task? Yes, but we'll see if I can squeeze in repeats.
Measurable? Yes, by going and blogging.
#92
Task: Make a batch of boiled sweets
What my spreadsheet says: Boiling sugar syrup is FUN, and I've never made boiled sweets despite wanting to ever since I read the Time Life book on Confectionary.
More Details: I've made somewhat runny toffee, but that's about as far as I've gone. Boiled sweets have to be some of the easiest things to make, too. If I have spare fruit from the foraging task I'll try to make sweeties out of that.
One off task? Yes, but if it's really fun...
Measurable? Yes, by blogging the results and handing them out to people.
What my spreadsheet says: Boiling sugar syrup is FUN, and I've never made boiled sweets despite wanting to ever since I read the Time Life book on Confectionary.
More Details: I've made somewhat runny toffee, but that's about as far as I've gone. Boiled sweets have to be some of the easiest things to make, too. If I have spare fruit from the foraging task I'll try to make sweeties out of that.
One off task? Yes, but if it's really fun...
Measurable? Yes, by blogging the results and handing them out to people.
#91
Task: Learn how to use fire poi.
What my spreadsheet says: Burnination! Attempts at learning poi in the past have not gone well, but I think that's because I have short arms and the ropes are too long. I need to pick up the tennis ball ones again, and when I'm comfortable with them move onto fireballs.
More Details: Apparently Gwil is the master of fire toys, so I'll be asking him for lessons later on in the year.
One off task? Maybe not. It depends on the degree of difficulty I want to take this to.
Measurable? Yes, by having some very, very cool photos, and hopefully avoiding the somewhat less-than cool burns.
What my spreadsheet says: Burnination! Attempts at learning poi in the past have not gone well, but I think that's because I have short arms and the ropes are too long. I need to pick up the tennis ball ones again, and when I'm comfortable with them move onto fireballs.
More Details: Apparently Gwil is the master of fire toys, so I'll be asking him for lessons later on in the year.
One off task? Maybe not. It depends on the degree of difficulty I want to take this to.
Measurable? Yes, by having some very, very cool photos, and hopefully avoiding the somewhat less-than cool burns.
#90
Task: Make a calendar.
What my spreadsheet says: A photo per month, with amusing commentary. It could even be the much-discussed "Iain pointing at rocks" calendar.
More Details: I understand that some printing services actually do a calendar service, so I'll be checking that out soon enough.
One off task? Yes.
Measurable? Physical object, so yes.
What my spreadsheet says: A photo per month, with amusing commentary. It could even be the much-discussed "Iain pointing at rocks" calendar.
More Details: I understand that some printing services actually do a calendar service, so I'll be checking that out soon enough.
One off task? Yes.
Measurable? Physical object, so yes.
#89
Task: Build a camera.
What my spreadsheet says: Pinhole is fine, but I should try making one out of a big wooden box with a cannibalised Lubitel lens and ground-glass backplate.
More Details: I've been making pinholes for years, so it's time to kick it up a notch. A big box, knackered Lubitel that's fine to dismantle, and some method of loading film or paper (or home-made glass plates, even), and I think I can re-invent camera technology that's over 150 years old.
One off task? Yes, but with a time commitment.
Measurable? Yes, it's a physical object, and I'll blog the process.
What my spreadsheet says: Pinhole is fine, but I should try making one out of a big wooden box with a cannibalised Lubitel lens and ground-glass backplate.
More Details: I've been making pinholes for years, so it's time to kick it up a notch. A big box, knackered Lubitel that's fine to dismantle, and some method of loading film or paper (or home-made glass plates, even), and I think I can re-invent camera technology that's over 150 years old.
One off task? Yes, but with a time commitment.
Measurable? Yes, it's a physical object, and I'll blog the process.
#88
Task: (as part of 87) Eat breakfast.
What my spreadsheet says: I really should eat some fruit for breakfast, or porridge, or something. Instead, I have this bad habit (#87) which needs stopping.
More Details: Or fruity porridge! Because I don't eat breakfast before leaving the house I can get a bit out of step with meals. Must try harder to eat. And while I'm making breakfast I might as well make lunch, too.
One off task? Nope, and this is a habit-forming exercise
Measurable? Well, yes, but it's a bit dull.
What my spreadsheet says: I really should eat some fruit for breakfast, or porridge, or something. Instead, I have this bad habit (#87) which needs stopping.
More Details: Or fruity porridge! Because I don't eat breakfast before leaving the house I can get a bit out of step with meals. Must try harder to eat. And while I'm making breakfast I might as well make lunch, too.
One off task? Nope, and this is a habit-forming exercise
Measurable? Well, yes, but it's a bit dull.
#87
Task: Stop buying coffee on the way into work.
What my spreadsheet says: 15 quid a week on coffee and a muffin is expensive. Dropping that would be a big help.
More Details: This is my only "stop" thing on the list without a specific target. Also, whilst pastries are a nice treat eating them every day is really not good for the figure.
One off task? Nope, and it should be habit forming.
Measurable? Not really. I just have to get out of the old habit.
What my spreadsheet says: 15 quid a week on coffee and a muffin is expensive. Dropping that would be a big help.
More Details: This is my only "stop" thing on the list without a specific target. Also, whilst pastries are a nice treat eating them every day is really not good for the figure.
One off task? Nope, and it should be habit forming.
Measurable? Not really. I just have to get out of the old habit.
#86
Task: Whack a bucket of balls at a driving range.
What my spreadsheet says: Golf is a complete mystery to me. It's a nice walk, spoiled by having to hit something and keep scores. But, I can see the point of a driving range as a method of removing one's frustrations. So, once, I'll go to a driving range, hire a driver and a bucket o' balls, and practice my swing.
More Details: Apparently someone can help me with this - I'm all for that! The last time I went a-golfing was at Hoylake Municipal, and I think I got round in 150 taking five hours, or something equally daft.
One off task? Yes.
Measurable? Yes, by doing and blogging.
What my spreadsheet says: Golf is a complete mystery to me. It's a nice walk, spoiled by having to hit something and keep scores. But, I can see the point of a driving range as a method of removing one's frustrations. So, once, I'll go to a driving range, hire a driver and a bucket o' balls, and practice my swing.
More Details: Apparently someone can help me with this - I'm all for that! The last time I went a-golfing was at Hoylake Municipal, and I think I got round in 150 taking five hours, or something equally daft.
One off task? Yes.
Measurable? Yes, by doing and blogging.
#85
Task: Attend at least four Exposure Leeds sessions
What my spreadsheet says: I hope to attend more, but we'll have to see how they pan out.
More Details: Exposure Leeds is a group holding monthly meetings to discuss photo technique and skills. I may end up presenting at one, too.
One off task? Nope, there's a minimum of 4.
Measurable? Yes, by going and writing trip reports.
What my spreadsheet says: I hope to attend more, but we'll have to see how they pan out.
More Details: Exposure Leeds is a group holding monthly meetings to discuss photo technique and skills. I may end up presenting at one, too.
One off task? Nope, there's a minimum of 4.
Measurable? Yes, by going and writing trip reports.
#84
Task: Make a lava lamp
What my spreadsheet says: I can see how to do it in my head. Now I want to make one.
More Details: I really can see how to make one, too, so I'm avoiding online tutorials on how to make them. A wine bottle, some candles, interestingly coloured ink, a lightbulb and fitting, and some cardboard and fimo, and I think that's that.
One off task? Yes, but there may be some testing.
Measurable? Yes, it's a physical object one ends up with.
What my spreadsheet says: I can see how to do it in my head. Now I want to make one.
More Details: I really can see how to make one, too, so I'm avoiding online tutorials on how to make them. A wine bottle, some candles, interestingly coloured ink, a lightbulb and fitting, and some cardboard and fimo, and I think that's that.
One off task? Yes, but there may be some testing.
Measurable? Yes, it's a physical object one ends up with.
#83
Task: Do Something About It
What my spreadsheet says: Whenever DSAI contacts me, read the email and follow the instructions (within reason) instead of binning it automagically.
More Details: Do Something About It is a great idea. I don't automagically bin their stuff, I read and act upon it. However, if I receive an email saying "and now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party" with instructions on how to assassinate the president, I think I'll say no. Or would I?
One off task? Nope.
Measurable? Yes, by doing it (but not necessarily blogging it).
What my spreadsheet says: Whenever DSAI contacts me, read the email and follow the instructions (within reason) instead of binning it automagically.
More Details: Do Something About It is a great idea. I don't automagically bin their stuff, I read and act upon it. However, if I receive an email saying "and now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party" with instructions on how to assassinate the president, I think I'll say no. Or would I?
One off task? Nope.
Measurable? Yes, by doing it (but not necessarily blogging it).
#82
Task: Watch a play that's been written by someone I know.
What my spreadsheet says: "The Bee Charmer", by S.J. Wallis, June 12th 2009, Birmingham.
More Details: I keep on getting the date and theatre wrong. But, I'm absurdly happy about this one.
One off task? Yes, but I hope it won't remain so.
Measurable? yes, by going and writing a trip report.
What my spreadsheet says: "The Bee Charmer", by S.J. Wallis, June 12th 2009, Birmingham.
More Details: I keep on getting the date and theatre wrong. But, I'm absurdly happy about this one.
One off task? Yes, but I hope it won't remain so.
Measurable? yes, by going and writing a trip report.
#81
Task: Take the bike out at least 250 times
What my spreadsheet says: If I can find a velo track somewhere, so much the better.
More Details: I don't go cycling enough, although if I carry out the walking and swimming tasks the cycling will take me well over the top for exercise quality. 250 times is once in four days, but I imagine it'll be more frequently in the summer, less so in winter.
One off task? Nope; this is one of the "habit forming" tasks.
Measurable? Yes, by doing it and logging it all in Ascent.
What my spreadsheet says: If I can find a velo track somewhere, so much the better.
More Details: I don't go cycling enough, although if I carry out the walking and swimming tasks the cycling will take me well over the top for exercise quality. 250 times is once in four days, but I imagine it'll be more frequently in the summer, less so in winter.
One off task? Nope; this is one of the "habit forming" tasks.
Measurable? Yes, by doing it and logging it all in Ascent.
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