General:
- Save 20% of our income
- Take a family vacation
- Get a nice (professional) family photo taken
- Unsubscribe from at least half my current RSS feeds
- Find a better system for organizing and sharing family photos and videos
Cooking:
- Cook five new things, from at least three from different sources (cookbooks, websites, etc)
- Find a good dairy-free ice cream recipe
Projects:
- Launch at least one project from my brainstorm list
- Automate link updates on my personal site
- Build something involving physical computing (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc)
- Make a game other people can play
Exercise:
- 50 pushups a day (or 350 a week)
- 60 minutes of cardio per week
- 60 minutes of stretching per week
- Find an indoor workout I can stick with
Books to read:
- Song of Achilles
- Light of the Jedi
- Victory's Price
- Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
- The Rising Storm
- The Rancho Gordo Heirloom Bean Guide
- An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace
- Cerci
- Dune
- Dune Messiah
Books in consideration:
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- A Gentleman in Moscow
- Iraq + 100
- 1984
- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
- The Fifth Season
- Battle Cry of Freedom
- Grant
- The Kid Stays in the Picture
- A Plague of Doves
- Moby Dick
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- The Great Gatsby
- Common Ground
- The Library Book
- The Inner Game of Tennis
- These Truths
Cooking:
Feb. 28: I made Kenji Lopez-Alt's orange chicken, which is maybe just chicken nuggets in an orange glaze, but in the best way possible. Now I need to deep fry something else with all the leftover oil.
May 5: Going to count the Tuscan-ish chickpea soup with Swiss chard I made, mostly out of my own head, trying to recreate something I had in Siena in 2003 from memory. It was good.
May 9: Another Kenji Lopez-Alt winner: Hollandaise in two minutes. It actually worked.
May 27: Making Alison Roman's tangy braised short ribs. Hardest part is leaving them alone in the oven.
June 22: Did a version of this salsa verde from Rancho Gordo (using parsley, basil and mint) with white beans. Very good.
July 26: Made Tichi's Moorish chickpea stew from Jose Andres' tapas cookbook. Would make it again, but would probably cook the chickpeas longer before adding the vinegar and spices.