1) Cooking. I have a few standbys that I can make on a regular basis, but I'd like to expand a bit and find some more dishes both my wife and I enjoy. (She's a vegetarian, I am not.)
2) Systems / low-level programming. Mostly for my own amusement, but I'd like to have a better understanding of operating systems and how software interacts with hardware in general.
3) Improved parallel programming. I'm an HPC sysadmin and I am good enough with parallel programming to get by with helping debug users' code, but I'd like to be a lot better, especially since I often interact with complex applications that scale to thousands of nodes.
4) Math and physics refresher. I have a B.S. in Physics but I've been in computing for a while, and I'd like to re-assure myself that I know about more than computers. :) I plan to spend some time on old books, notes, and problem sets for both basics (Mechanics, EM, Quantum) and some favorite subfields (solid-state).
5) Machine shop skills... probably take some classes at the TechShop in San Jose.
And of course, just about anything I see that I think looks interesting in the next year. :) Be interesting to look at this list again next December and see what I actually did.
1) Cooking. I have a few standbys that I can make on a regular basis, but I'd like to expand a bit and find some more dishes both my wife and I enjoy. (She's a vegetarian, I am not.)
2) Systems / low-level programming. Mostly for my own amusement, but I'd like to have a better understanding of operating systems and how software interacts with hardware in general.
3) Improved parallel programming. I'm an HPC sysadmin and I am good enough with parallel programming to get by with helping debug users' code, but I'd like to be a lot better, especially since I often interact with complex applications that scale to thousands of nodes.
4) Math and physics refresher. I have a B.S. in Physics but I've been in computing for a while, and I'd like to re-assure myself that I know about more than computers. :) I plan to spend some time on old books, notes, and problem sets for both basics (Mechanics, EM, Quantum) and some favorite subfields (solid-state).
5) Machine shop skills... probably take some classes at the TechShop in San Jose.
And of course, just about anything I see that I think looks interesting in the next year. :) Be interesting to look at this list again next December and see what I actually did.