My 10 Best Photos of 2010

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January 2nd, 2011

I took a lot of pictures in 2010 thanks to Project 365.  It was very hard to narrow it down to just 10 favorites (and if I did it again I might choose differently), but here they are in no particular order:

2010 Travel Summary

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January 2nd, 2011

After starting the year in exile, I was finally able to get a Swiss visa and officially move into Zurich.  Most of my travels this year were between Switzerland and the US of A, with a few vacations within Europe too. Here are the stats:

• Number of Countries Visited: 6
  • USA, Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria, Spain
• Number of US States Visited: 8
  • CA, WA, VA, NY, IN, IL, MA, OR
• Number of Trips: 13
• Number of Flight Segments: 31
• Number of Miles Flown: 60,883
• Number of Airlines Flown: 7
  • Air France, Continental, KLM, Lufthansa, Swiss, United, US Airways
• Number of Trans-Atlantic Flights: 9

Travel summaries from previous years: 2009, 2008, 2007

Follow-up on 2010 Goals

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January 2nd, 2011

Final Count: 9/14

1. Get married! – Emily and I were married on August 27th in San Francisco!
   
2. Project 365 – 1 photo everyday for a year - It was tough, but I made it the whole year.  It was definitely challenging at times, but it was a great experience.  I think my photography improved just by taking so many pictures and coming up with new photo ideas really forced me to use my creativity too.  The full set can be found on Flickr and on my Project365 blog.
   
3. Visit 1 new country – Weekend in Vienna, Austria
4. Read 36 books  – Only read 18 books this year…
5. Graduate from CLSC – Success!  I kept the family tradition alive by graduating from CLSC this year.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend the graduation ceremony in person though.
6. Read 3 programming books - Easily got this since I started grad school
7. Build and launch 1 new website – Launched Mini Motivation
8. Finish lifestream and webtemplategenerator.com (carried over from last year)  – Never started on these
9. Increase traffic on devcheatsheet.com 10x to 1k uniques/day – After a lot of work on adding content and SEO, I was able to get traffic up to around 1k unique visits/day
10. Max ROTH IRA contribution  – Not this year
11. Save $10k toward retirement  – Not this year
12. Improve eating habits – smaller portions, more fruits and veggies, daily vitamin, less fried foods, less pop – After reading In Defense of Food
    (which I highly recommend) and French Women Don’t Get Fat, I changed my eating habits and haven’t looked back since.  The main differences are smaller portions and lots more veggies.
    
13. Weigh 215 lbs or less – Thanks to my new eating habits, I was finally able to get my weight down and keep it there all year.
14. Improve flexibility – Still needs improvement.  I should stretch and/or do yoga more often…

Goals for 2011

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January 1st, 2011

It’s that time of year again.  As I’ve done for previous years (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), here are my personal goals for this year:

1. Graduate from ETH (finish my masters in computer science)
2. Visit 1 new country
3. Develop and launch an Android app
4. Develop and launch at least one new website
5. Maintain and improve minimotivation.com
6. Maintain and improve DevCheatSheet.com
7. Weigh 210 lbs
8. Workout regularly all year-long (at least 2-3 times per week)