Here we are again: the {end of | new} year post on what I achieved in the past year and what I want to accomplish in the coming one. 2009 edition is here: Drops of goals.
Of the goals listed for 2009 in the linked post, I manage to achieve the following:
- My thesis was not so bad. I am almost satisfied with it, although the paper is not ready yet
- I’m a Ph.D. student at Brown University and will hopefully advance to candidacy by the end of the academic year.
- I wrote a lot of code during the past year, but it was mostly for experiments on my research work or for course projects. I think my partecipation to the FreeBSD project can be improved and have some plans about it.
- I like my posts and other people seem to like them too, from what I can tell from the comments. Thanks everyone.
- Eventually, thanks to AS220, I learned how to develop and print my black and white films. I still have a lot to learn but at least I know the basis and can and do develop and print on my own. Yay!
- I didn’t read much, if at all, from my Books’ whishlist, but I read a lot of books anyway. A book I really liked (and read twice) is “American Gods” by Neil Gaiman.
- Last, but most important for me, the relationship I was referring to was “finalized” in the best possible way. I will not give any additional details. Who knows about it, knows about it. Who doesn’t, won’t.
Some goals for 2010:
- Get a paper published
- Complete my coursework, do good research, and advance to candidacy
- Lose weight. My girlfriend and my family made me promise that I will lose at least 10 Kilos. More is better. I’ll try hard.
- Improve my photographic skills, from capture to development to printing.
- It seems to always come last in the list but it is the first in my heart and head: further develop my relationship with Marta.
That’s all for now. See you next year. =)






