So many things…

by | Nov 18, 2005 | Personal | 2 comments

Have I bitched about having so many things I wanted to do before? I think I have. And did I mention my complete lack of motivation for any of them? Probably. Well, Lauren and I were talking over dinner last night and she suggested I divide the things I want to do into categories and then pick 1 and don’t start another until I finish it. As she pointed out, I have Monday’s all to myself and could do any of this if I really wanted to. She’s right of course, she’s always more practical than I am. So, here goes. This is a list, mostly for myself, based on cost, time and priority.

Free/Quick:
-Mod a keyboard. $5 in paint and an hour or two in drying time.
-Update this page with a better theme
-Finish my Drupal install (that Chris helped me start, thanks Chris!)
-Design a layout for Chris’ new page
-Adjust TCC logo’s for tshirt printing and submit them

Under $50/Medium Length (day or two):
-Register and setup new domain (secret project)
-Mod my Xbox (mod chip + new hard drive)
-Mod my 2nd case (basic mod, paint only)
-Redesign TCC page

Expensive/Time Consuming:
-Design afor mentioned secret project (free but time consuming)
-Heavily RE-Mod my current case (going all out this time)
-Build a car-puter/mp3 player
-Build a HTPC for the living room (cross off if Xbox mod is successful)

That’s all I can think of at the moment. I’m sure there’s more in the back of my head somewhere… Now, where should I start???

2 Comments

  1. Nagle
    Nagle on November 18, 2005 at 11:52 am

    I have one to add from a previous post:

    Besides that, I’m also toying with the idea of starting a group editorial news/blog page. You of course would be invited to join. I could envision myself writing about games and tech, Jason about music maybe, Nagle about art/design and cool web stuff, Chip and Chris about tech and programming and other cool stuff. I’m fairly serious about it though. I’d want to go at it hardcore, really try and make something out of it. I dunno. You guys even interested in something like that. I’d covering the setup and hosting costs, but would you guys want to contribute if given the chance?

    Self-serving, yes, but I’m pretty excited to work on a collaborative site with my homies from back in the day. 🙂 (Could this be the “secret project?”)

    If that isn’t on the table…a car-puter sounds pretty interesting (perhaps a Mac mini with touch screen?Maybe document the process online, that’d be HOT.)

  2. Matt
    Matt on November 18, 2005 at 4:33 pm

    Oh no! They’ve figured me out! Quick, run, before zee-germanz come!

    *cough*

    Ok, seriously, yeah, that’s the project. I’ve even thought of a name. But I don’t want to mention the name for fear that the domain will get registered. Fear not though, Yahoo is doing $2.99 domains, so, probably come Monday, I’ll spring the name on ya 🙂

    And the car-puter, yeah, I’ve already thought out the parts. A micro-atx car ready case with digital audio jacks and a 7″ touch-screen to mount in the dash.

    Check out the stuff on this page:
    http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.101/.f

    Oh, and I think this Monday I’m going to mod a keyboard. I’m gonna start off small and work my way up 😛