ka-ching (2005 levels)
I like to learn and practice stuff. I am a meta-hobbyist.
As per last year, here are the skills that I gained significantly in during 2005, with ratings given in this 26-point scale. Hours over number of levels changed are shown in parentheses.
drawing: below average → above average (166/2) postgreSQL: unskilled → good (11/12) biology (mostly cell & physiology): below average → average (70/1) knitting: poor → average (102/2) toss juggling: beginner → poor (16/1) drop spindle spinning: beginner → not very good (55/2) ECMAScript: novice → poor (11/1) cooking: novice → poor (39/1) ham radio: novice → poor (17/1) braille: unskilled → poor (20/4) horseback riding: unskilled → novice (10/2) stunt kite flying: unskilled → novice (17/2) 3d modeling (blender & poser): unskilled → novice (30/2)
As always, it is easiest to progress from nothing to something (and wicked fun). “Marine mammalogy” deserves an sort of honorable mention for taking up about 70 hours of my study-time without meriting a level increase (I already know so much, it’s hard to get better). The vast majority of the 166 drawing hours were spent on the comic, which was the whole idea. Overall I did less studying this year and more producing things. Things like websites at the level of website-goodness that I already knew how to produce. But one must harvest the fruits of ones’ labors at some point.
As per last year, here are the skills that I gained significantly in during 2005, with ratings given in this 26-point scale. Hours over number of levels changed are shown in parentheses.
As always, it is easiest to progress from nothing to something (and wicked fun). “Marine mammalogy” deserves an sort of honorable mention for taking up about 70 hours of my study-time without meriting a level increase (I already know so much, it’s hard to get better). The vast majority of the 166 drawing hours were spent on the comic, which was the whole idea. Overall I did less studying this year and more producing things. Things like websites at the level of website-goodness that I already knew how to produce. But one must harvest the fruits of ones’ labors at some point.