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things to do

some items have been moved to lifetango.com or superviva.com

bullet make pool table with concrete
bullet hydroponics system
bullet plant carpobrotus and delosperma
bullet dental work
bullet dissolve lime buildup on glass
bullet make transportation wiki
bullet publish info and hold workshops
bullet make and sequester charcoal powder
bullet make coin/bill acceptor
bullet start newspaper
bullet make rock-shaped solar panels
bullet make 1-bottle cooler
bullet build and connect unternet nodes
bullet dig well
bullet make tuna wine
bullet make wing sails attached to top of back with harness
bullet wiki for Rosetta Stone
bullet add more data to openstreetmap.org
bullet mulch, irrigate, enrich (with ash, charcoal powder, compost) soil
bullet build innertube jacket
bullet make stilts
bullet make rocket stove
bullet improve on hexayurt
bullet make bottle blocks
bullet make solar distiller and/or stovetop distiller
bullet install scanning IR camera
bullet replace south wall with bottle wall
bullet work on colorForth
bullet experiment with thermite cutting and welding
bullet add motor to bicycle
bullet make hollow surfboard that can hold luggage, with movement alarm
bullet make electronic music
bullet make big (concrete?) old-fashioned grinding wheel and trough
bullet build 14-inch hand-powered bandsaw using plywood sandwich wheels and flywheel
bullet fix COS solar well
bullet implement solar panel tracking
bullet practice 2-legged and 4-legged falls and jumps
bullet make arched trusses for greenhouse, bridge across arroyo, others
bullet find way to shoot bamboo skewers
bullet experiment with ballistic launchers for cargo transportation
bullet build lipo charger with PICkit
bullet sell bulk foods from shebeen
bullet set up Unternet automatic URLs
bullet mount handlebars on skateboard
bullet build 1-wire or other LAN
bullet write childrens book about dimensions, mandelbrot set, other such stuff
bullet learn about storing vaccines
bullet build portable generators with pull cords and small flywheels
bullet investigate flowmeter for lagoon
bullet make security gate for community with emergency lamps/horns
bullet make green printer using cheap pens and xyz steppers
bullet implement standard hitch for trailer
bullet make barrel cactus chutney
bullet get gold during arroyo flow
bullet bury speakers in various places for alarm system
bullet make search engine also searching exif tags
bullet ultralight trike clusterbots
bullet stockpile food, silver, other necessities
bullet build shelves and organize stuff
bullet repair wheel bearings
bullet visit AllElectronics in LA, Florence stop west to Compton south few blocks
bullet build banks of mirrors using sunlight as laser alternative
bullet build and sell LED replacements for flourescents with various angles
bullet check out graveyards when traveling
bullet check out price of Deming to Las Cruces on EPLA or Tres Estrellas de Oro
bullet check out organic gardener in Deming Sunshine Rd 3 miles west to La Bajada, 1 mile north to 120 Rivera Rd SW
bullet coffee roaster turbine in rocket stove
bullet make hammermill, tree chopper, well drill from tablesaw blades
bullet make quicklime, lime, castings (grinding wheels, pottery, ?)
bullet make rock floor with drain at window
bullet make wanted to buy site on unternet
bullet pad dirtboard for belly ride
bullet dollar giveaway at unternet
bullet check out banana yucca in foothills during fruiting season
bullet grow potatoes in tires or stacked wood boxes, with wood ash, keeping at least 4 inches of green above stack
bullet make tanstaafl flag
bullet fix 12V power line, put fuse in waterproof box past wind generator
bullet take out wind generator and put back in correctly, wires out the base
bullet mount flash ram to wrt54g using floppy cable hack
bullet python bidsnipe script
bullet build 12v/18v charge controller
bullet build webcam driver
bullet finish COS lot map and print for community
bullet make instructional videos for youtube
bullet homebased mail forwarding service
bullet uC-controlled hose fills reservoirs from distance
bullet combo shield sail wing
bullet get big rocks from arroyo near highway
bullet make donuts
bullet eyewash 3x/day to cure vision: cayenne, eyebright, others
bullet collect neighbors coffeegrounds and compostables
bullet 5 gallon and 7 gallon container gardens
bullet make plant identification website
bullet find way to split salt to chlorinate water temporarily
bullet experiment with eccentric wheels for HPV design
bullet use foam noodles as pool table bumpers
bullet mount sail pole where bike seat goes after figure out how to make bike stand upright
bullet scan Fran's weed book and post to Project Gutenburg
bullet rig hammock as sail by rolling it on drum, use pulleys to handwheel and to top of mast
bullet chording keyboard uses spring-loaded plastic deactuators, pulling in grounds that finger
bullet build laser weapon
bullet make prototype COS vote page
bullet 3 alternating lines, first phonetic, 2nd volume, 3rd pitch, each letter 1/96 sec or maybe 1/144 sec so each 72-char line represents 1/2 sec, as alternative to midi codec
bullet make salt pork, for fat and flavoring (or Basque chorizo)
bullet continue Brown's Gas experiments
bullet make prototype of elliptical drive mechanism
bullet make front wheel with detent to keep straight but allow turn with drag from oar
bullet teach fermentation workshop
bullet build stand-up workstation with saddle seat
bullet buy or make kit for easier prototyping of drive mechanisms
bullet honeycomb structure with balls, roller on flexible shaft to engage one or more balls
bullet twinwheel trike, tracks made of square tubing, ends sealed with closed-cell foam or whatever
bullet harness makes body an instant hammock, so down outerwear won't compress
bullet use teflon ball for piston in PVC cylinder as pump, check valves at input and output
bullet write program to split image pixels such that image only appears when crosseyed
bullet write operating system page like matrix screen where each process and iostream is a vertical line
bullet build exoskeleton of aluminum or titanium as extreme sports cage
bullet implement smart files/directories as a module, check cloop for example
bullet make COS calendar page
bullet pick juniper berries in season
bullet weld rock, glass, other stuff together with brownsgas for building materials
bullet hang seats from ceiling
bullet drill well at end of swale during monsoon
bullet try smooth white surface for parabolic solar concentrator instead of mirrors
bullet make water filter from large stovepipe and old clothes
bullet howto on thawte freemail cert
bullet make a windtrap (from Dune)
bullet make peroxide by bubbling ozone through cold water
bullet tetrahedonal kinetic structure, trailer with two skates, operator at top moves skates
bullet drive mechanism where belt is both tire and powertrain
bullet make big open 3-wheel cage scooter with rolldown covers and solar panel atop
bullet enclosed bike can store stuff and be parked on city street
bullet guerilla gardening in bay area
bullet web leggings with pockets make any pants into cargo pants
bullet get embroidered property tags for stuff
bullet practice with firestarter
bullet pay COS dues
bullet polartech socks and gloves keep you warm even when wet
bullet pickle red pepper and garlic for chorizo experiment
bullet try using peroxide to remove amalgam from teeth
bullet make portable battery pack with AA cells in tubing, wires with nail ends surrounded by slit smaller tubing separating them
bullet build my tribe and alliances among tribes
check add wheels to backpack
check sell Deming lot
check fix hat lights
check convert songs to low-quality mp3 to free up storage space
check rewrite website
check open EasySend account at HSBC
check hook computer to other solar panel
check fix sail
check rig shebeen lights to flash (Morse code?)
check pay property tax before leaving for Mexico
check give Wes his lagbolts back (50 1/4 inch bolts)
check work on PlayaInfo.org site
check build reel for solar well
check use old computer fans for beer chiller
check howto on wild cider
check attend Bay area Maker Faire next May 3-4 in San Mateo, CA
check donate to recovery fund, PO Box 70, Santa Clara, NM 88026
check make 2nd rifle scope quickmount
check read Philip K. Dick
check census classes 10AM wednesday
check free gardening class Jan 31st
check lard and butter in drybags
check hookup webcam in shebeen to stream audio/video to server
check get industrial blowers and tires from lagoon area
check fix handtruck
check work on postFORTH (moved to LifeTango)
check make biscuits
check finish USPS KSAs
check send warranty deed to land buyer
check take DVD blanks to library
check make micropadding with beanbags (did it with foam noodles instead)
check remove little woodstove and use bricks for kiln
check see Lee about computer
check see Al about internet
check make mesquite-pod beer
check mount solar panels properly
check read Chomsky
check take bullet to museum to see if it's from Pancho Villa days
check create Mandelbrot prints for art show at museum, show running program on laptop (to LifeTango)
check distill urine in bake bags
check ask Verlie about how to boil mesquite pods down to syrup
check send Dale estimates on scanners and computers
check renew my PO box (costs too much, $14, not going to do it)
check return Mexico visa
check howtos on desert hammock, woodstove popcorn
check talk with Maya about Chris
check make bumper sticker "New Mexico: Last In, First Out" (John Muzzio's idea) (nope, wasn't last in, AZ was)
check write a Mandelbrot java application
check find assembly instructions for Molle 2
check notify bikinfools and gloryhogs about photos
check wikihow on quickmount scope
check 2 passport photos, 20 dollar money order, passport, signed DS-82 to National Passport Processing Center, PO Box 90155, Phila, PA 19190-0155, m.o. to dept of state, full name and date of birth
check new ssh keys on Debian servers for all users
check finish Mandelbrot article on WikiHow
check solder LEDs to hat
check mount computer from ceiling
check read Don's articles
check buy Maker Faire ticket before April 25
check make archery target
check buy bus ticket to SF before April 23
check put all old 6v batteries wired for 18v on 2nd pallet
check mount solar oven on east side (moved to lifetango)
check make a signature file using postscript curveto operators
check make bus poster
check arrange couchsurfing in SF and Eureka
check clean syringe and ears with peroxide
check build better outhouse
check edibility test torpid yucca bees
check computer sound output and remote-control to amplifier
check use 555 with zener for voltage stepdown (probably won't work, use buck-boost circuit instead)
check carry snakebite kit in fanny pack
check see Jesus Martinez at Frontera hardware store for permission to visit lake
check make reusable wipes
check python webbrowser script to withdraw paypal funds (bad idea, would require password stored on server)
check find out why sunrise appears to be in northeast
check make flash drive bootable
check put slotted waveguide at CC
check upload photos to flickr
check go to mollyrichwedding@gmail.com 4pm 29th 455 se spokane st, portland
check try french butter dish using lard
check setup pop retrieval of gmail
check automate emailing tadalists weekly
check get Mexico visa
check learn 10 words a day in my Language of the Year (to LifeTango)
check run a half hour a day (to LifeTango.com)
check make this year's LOTY German
check butcher duck
check make sumac wine
check set up iphone-dev toolkit
check sight in scope
check replace derailleur screw with setscrew so I can mount either trailer hitch or fatwheels (won't work, has funky nut on other side)
check post shebeen location at openstreetmap.org
check convert 1975 bylaws to PDF
check build wearable computer (moved to LifeTango)
check rent roof in LA area (no longer necessary at this time 2008-12-21)
check mount 2nd wind generator (gave to Fran)
check finish 2nd rainbarrel
check move bed to roof
check rewire house
check winterize door
check build battery pack in NEMA enclosure
check finish backup of hard drive for Esther
check pick up 250-gallon catchment reservoir
check move water storage tank where bed was
check finish walkway
check imaging work-at-home (cancelling, no longer think this is worthwhile or workable)
check convert build process to Linux and stop traveling with Windows laptop
check pay terry $60
check work on PCDecisions (no longer necessary, USGA pulling the plug)
check make rugged, light, luggage carrier
check attach velcro to taillight
check scan COS docs and other stuff
check edit COS by-laws online
check build ultralight current transformers using capacitors instead of inductors?
check fix leather pants (giving up on leather pants, forget it)
check go to El Paso for some to-buy items
check install baling-wire clotheslines
check get large wheel from Fran, make vehicle (no longer considered useful after seeing KSR designs at Burning Man 2007)
check convert hammock to cot
check take guns to Dwayne
check make howtos on rabbit, dove, rolling luggage, pulling pump, walmart tent lamps both ac and dc, reusable wipes (decided not to do AC tent lamp, too dangerous)
check build drive mechanism that uses both arms and legs (to LifeTango in the form of HPV)
check join CAW http://caw.org/index.php
check build prototype AC LED lamps for community center
check make rabbit-hunting uC-controlled missile (overkill, removing this after getting good at crossbow)
check fix glasses to push points on eyes to improve vision (bad idea, switching to eyewash instead)

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