Technology Nerd » Tech Resolutions http://tnerd.com (Technology, as it happens, When it happens!) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:27:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 25+ Geeky New Year Resolutions! http://tnerd.com/2008/12/28/25-geeky-new-year-resolutions/ http://tnerd.com/2008/12/28/25-geeky-new-year-resolutions/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:31:38 +0000 Abbas http://tnerd.com/?p=2571 The year is coming to an end and one of the favorite things to do besides partying is coming up with our list of resolutions we almost never achieve.

Here is a list of resolutions you are most likely to see on a Geeks list.

  1. Get laid (Carried forward from the last year and the year before that)
  2. Release my own version of Linux
  3. Get laid
  4. Make more money from Adsense
  5. Attend next Digg Meetup
  6. Launch the next Facebook or Google.. or at least get a job in one ;)
  7. Seed at least 500 torrents
  8. Get a Pirate Bay T-shirt
  9. Get in shape
  10. Use Open Source only
  11. Spend less time on-line (get a life)
  12. Defrag my hard-drive
  13. Get a real girlfriend (get laid)
  14. Host the first LAN party of 2009
  15. Stop sending e-mails and leaving messages on social networks after getting drunk
  16. Download HD videos from Youtube
  17. Kick start the first thread of 2009 on my Favorite forum
  18. Code an algorithm to attract geek chicks (get laid)
  19. Leave parents house and get a paying job
  20. Update my existing softwares
  21. Stop using paid softwares (Start cracking them)
  22. Watch the Matrix series on the New Years eve
  23. Enter the new year playing WOW
  24. Add and Subscribe to everyone who calls me a NERD on SU and Digg
  25. Put my own character in Counter-Strike
  26. Launch my own IRC server
  27. Add to my Online Mojo.. add more avatars to my profile
  28. Meet the project dead lines
  29. Get laid!

Here are a few from Twitter:

  • conniereece: NewYear’s resolution: throw Mac Mighty Mouse in the blender, grind it to dust, then go buy a mouse that will actually scroll.
  • punkdoggy: I pledge to start updating my Twitter more often. Hey, that could be my New Year’s resolution :D
  • adamrucker: I’m considering a New Year’s resolution that would limit my daily Internet usage… Anyway I’ll think about that while I go to sleep…
  • galexdiaz: 1st resolution for the new year: Learn how to say NO.
  • MeWookie: New Year’s Resolution #3 Get everyone to give me more belly rubs
  • gtips: Extreme green New Year’s Resolution: Vow to cut your carbon footprint in half. http://www.carbonfootprint.com/
  • isilien: New Year’s Resolution; to get out of parents’ house and maybe better paying job.
  • prdude: PR new year’s resolution (#5) i will no longer give special preference to the big 3 newspapers WSJ, USAT and NYT on major exclusives.

So those were few of the resolutions you will see around for a while.. Whats your resolution this year?

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