Outlaw wrote:

New job, get fitter, make a big dent in my deposit savings, and start learning sign language.

I don't think I've ever stuck to a new year's resolution though!

I've got some Sign Language books you can have - think one of them is SL go' Dummies, comes with a Cd as well. Pm me your address if you want. My school is the areas hearing impaired provider as well.

They're like mp3s for discerning folk.

Spend more time with daughter and wife.
Play more games.
Go on more recording trips.
Work less hours but more effectively.
Do more next gen audio shizzle.
Drink a bit less.

Ongoing from last year

Aren't we all unconvicted rapists?

GurtTractor wrote:

Recording trips? Audio shizzle? What is it you do if you don't mind me asking? I'm very much into field recording and music production and the like.

I do audio stuff for games, but making hologram records sounds like it might be fun too.

Is your work in audio? I don't get out to do field recording as often as I'd like but I love it when I do, it's always an adventure.

Billy_Hologram wrote:

GurtTractor wrote:

Recording trips? Audio shizzle? What is it you do if you don't mind me asking? I'm very much into field recording and music production and the like.

I do audio stuff for games, but making hologram records sounds like it might be fun too.

Is your work in audio? I don't get out to do field recording as often as I'd like but I love it when I do, it's always an adventure.

Ooo game sounds, cool! That's an area I've been thinking of getting into actually, don't quite now the best way of going about it yet though. I've been meaning to post in one of the threads(maybe the gubbins thread) to ask about the future of game audio, and whether the dedicated audio chips in the new consoles will make a significant difference to the 3D 'sound-scape' in games. I'll do that soon, maybe make a game-audio discussion thread, talk about favourite game soundworlds, bit niche perhaps.

I don't work in audio yet, in college at the moment, thinking of going into foley or similar. I do like field recording, got a pretty massive sample collection now.

Billy is a talented boy...and very modest!

(and has an awesome star wars jacket!)

Some of these have been resolutions for the past many many years. Might as well keep them on the list.

1. Read less crap on the daily commute and replace with other stuff I've always wanted to read like history books, biographies etc. Or play more handheld games on the commute to reduce back catalogue.

2. Start coding (again) and get a game onto iOS app store by end of year.

3. Buy fewer games, only essentials, make severe headway into pile of shame. Try to eradicate the hoarding urges and dont buy massive collectors editions.

4. Be more health consious, go gym regularly. Already started this, aim is to be similar weight by end of year, but lower body fat percentage.

5. Reduce god damn credit card debts. Related to number 3.

6. Get out and do more photography.

7. Do more thinking about possible career change or second stream of income.

I think that'll do. For now.

beano wrote:

Of the things I will most likely suck and fail at.

1. Stop smoking and

2. train almost daily.

Training warrants a fuck tonne of food. And also a fuck tonne of monitoring. Which I am most likely not to maintain. But we'll see. Another year and all... Of the things I will succeed at.

3. Publish and present three papers,

4. write a workshop,

5. cut down on news,

6. meditate,

7. see more family,

8. maintain home (bin junk stored in attic, 8 monitor svga 64MB gfx card anyone?).

1. Kinda, but only a few months back did I get on ecigs.

New - work down to 0% nicotine or as close to

2. Nowhere near, in fact round it down and say I've done none.

New - invoke this this year else die feebly and far too young, for sure. 

3. Done, done, done.

New - batter the journal circuit.

4. Done, and gone further by taking a qualification in Higher Ed.

New - Finish the qualification, apply for jobs moving forward.

5. Done and I went further and stopped reading comments. On this I note I read comments where it mattered, and only mattered. I couldn't stop the news when I wasn't involved- rolling when at someone or somewhere but heck I can't even be arsed to look into something unless it's awesome or truly awful.

New - bin the coax cable, make the TV a monitor.

6. Done but like the ecig a little late to this and I miss days.

New - Meditate and get on a retreat.

7. Done, but seen less of my blue blood as a result. In fact not seen sis and fambo since less crimbo.

New - see even more family, it's a drug what can I say.

8. Well, it's maintained!

New - perhaps begin the serious overhaul and prep for sale.

That's me!

Number 1 for me us to sort out my finances. Clear the debt and have savings for the first time ever.

Plus maybe make another game seeing as Skerret has finished his phd pretty much.

Cutting down on news. Beano knows.

It's true. I gave up on news a long time ago. I wouldn't say 'happier', though. Less annoyed, sure.

I'm disconnecting the Internet at home too, I forgot to mention.

SpaceGazelle wrote:

Cutting down on news. Beano knows.

I ran into a lad from my past, about seven years ago. I had a paper under my arm. I hadn't seen him for years and before the catch up he told me not to bother with that shit as it will only depress.

Anyway, all this time later did I take his advice.

He's right ofc.

Stop being late for absolutely everything.