We are a few days into the New Year, and it got me thinking about what I
want to improve in my life. I'm writing this here to have a record and
hold me more accountable, LOL. Next 12 months for aLPHA:

- Cut WAY back on alchohol consumption. Moderation is the key to health,
and I've gone waaay over during this pandemic. I'm attempting "dry
January" with my wife. Maybe it'll go longer. My father was a
functioning alchoholic most of his life, and I worry about genetic pre-disposition, and modeling the right behaivor for my kids.

- Exercise, east better and shed a few pounds. I've gained some unwanted
lard during the past few years as well. Nothing that concerning, but I
got a subscription to Class Pass and started moving. Lowered
caloric intake, shifting away from meats and feeling better already. Will
help with blood pressure as well, no doubt.

- "Stop starting and start finishing" with regard to the myriad of
projects and half-completed things, often computer/programming related.
Get shit over the line. Ship it and call it a day...

Oh, I know what they say about "resolutions" and how it often leads to
failure and whatnot, but off to a good start (LOL, 6 days)...

I hope you all "get shit done" in the New Year as well! Or not :)


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On 06 Jan 2022, aLPHA said the following...

We are a few days into the New Year, and it got me thinking about what I want to improve in my life. I'm writing this here to have a record and hold me more accountable, LOL. Next 12 months for aLPHA:

Oh, I know what they say about "resolutions" and how it often leads to failure and whatnot, but off to a good start (LOL, 6 days)...

Good for you aLPHA! Nothin' wrong with adding a little of the positive stuff to your life... Good luck and high marks for even going down that path!

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On 01-06-22 15:31, aLPHA wrote to All <=-

We are a few days into the New Year, and it got me thinking about what
I want to improve in my life. I'm writing this here to have a record
and hold me more accountable, LOL. Next 12 months for aLPHA:

Sounds like some great goals. :) The real challenge will be making those permanent, but it's possible!

- Cut WAY back on alchohol consumption. Moderation is the key to
health, and I've gone waaay over during this pandemic. I'm attempting
"dry January" with my wife. Maybe it'll go longer. My father was a functioning alchoholic most of his life, and I worry about genetic pre-disposition, and modeling the right behaivor for my kids.

Yeah always good to keep alcohol in moderation. I've gone even further, and am now at the point that I don't tolerate even a small amount of alcohol, so my future is definitely going to be very "dry"!

- Exercise, east better and shed a few pounds. I've gained some
unwanted lard during the past few years as well. Nothing that
concerning, but I got a subscription to Class Pass and started moving. Lowered caloric intake, shifting away from meats and feeling better already. Will help with blood pressure as well, no doubt.

Another big one. You'll definitely feel a lot better and be able to do more. OK, I'm at the more extreme of physical activity for a 50 something, but something regular will go a long way. A couple of tips:

1. Find something active that you enjoy - it'll be _much_ easier to stick
ith!
2. In the list found in (1), include things that improve strength and balance, as these are the two biggest factors that will help us in old age - lowers the risk of falls and in the event we do fall, we'll be able to survive it better. It's never too late to build muscle (studies have proven that), though you're obviously not going to reach the same level of strength that's possible in your 20s or 30s.

Oh, I know what they say about "resolutions" and how it often leads to failure and whatnot, but off to a good start (LOL, 6 days)...

Good luck and keep us updated on your prohgress!

I personally don't do specific New Years resolutions, as I already have a routine goal setting process in place that runs all year round.


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On 06 Jan 2022, aLPHA said the following...

I hope you all "get shit done" in the New Year as well! Or not :)

Hey aLPHA, love the list and encouragement for us all to progress on ours. Wishing the the best in 2022 and rooting you on for smashing your list.

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On 06 Jan 2022, aLPHA said the following...

We are a few days into the New Year, and it got me thinking about what I want to improve in my life. I'm writing this here to have a record and hold me more accountable, LOL. Next 12 months for aLPHA:

Good on ya for doing this. I have goals for 2022 but I don't want to call
them resolutions. I think that's a healthy approach. Work life I won't bore
you with, but health wise, anything will be an improvement on 2021 apart from very grave stuff indeed, so I am feeling positive there.

In terms of what's going on with my YT channel, I'm going to do a whole lot
of stuff, hopefully, but in terms of metrics I decided that I'd like to be a bit more serious about it. I have 2.5k subscribers right now, and whilst
that's nothing to sneeze at, I reckon that if I look at the quality of some
of the other channels out there that are (in my opinion of course), lacking
in quality and in interesting content compared to mine, they have a lot more subs, so I'm going to give 2022 a good old nudge to see if I can get subs. If
I can't then I'll reconsider whether it is worth my time. Ultimately I'm in
it for the subs and likes, not for the money at all (that helps pay the bills for things like cameras, mics, screens, autocues and adobe licensing). But no subs+likes tells me either a) what I'm doing sucks and I have an
over-inflated image of myself or b) people that do like the channel just
aren't subscribing or liking and sharing and as a result, it's not growing organically. So, here's the goals:

2022 Goals (as at 31st Dec '21)

TARGET CURRENT (EY '2021)
10K subs on YouTube 2438
400K views on YouTube 240K
40 videos 33
160K views gained 109K
1000 followers on instagram 418
3000 instagram reach 1129 (dn 65%)
1000 followers on twitter 463
20 Patrons / $100 11 / $53
300 Facebook page likes 168
20,000 Facebook page reach 12,270

Patreon puts me just over break-even for my current expenses, so having extra money to actually buy things like green-screens and teleprompters would be great, $100 would be a modest (slow) way to achieving that, so that's reasonable I reckon.

Video ideas:
GIF - The story of how it happened
XENIX (Microsoft)
History of ARM (Acorn)
Ferranti and their demise (inclusing acquisition of clandestine agency
selling illegal arms)
Norton's Programmers Guide to the IBM PC
Top 5/10 Technologies that impacted your life without you knowing:\
- Graphical Interfaces (Mouse, Networking, Doug Engelbart Megademo)
How did Wolf3d come to be (Catacomb Abyss, etc).
The People behind the People/Steve Wozniak (Steve Jobs)
What could have been/ The story of Gary Kildall / DOS/QDOS (Tim Patterson) Whatever Happened to:
- Atari?
- Commodore?
- Sun Microsystems
- People - eg - Tim Allen (Microsoft), Nolan Bushnell, Ken Williams

New (safe & clean) Nuclear Power?
What are APIs?
InfoSec:
NMAP (in production right now)
Favourite hacks of the 80s/90s
Biggest Security Disasters
Old Viruses (90s)
Local Industry things-
-Talks with people in WLG re how they got into infosec +
how they get into it now / career path
-How security has changed over the years
Hacker / Maker:
-Raspberry Pi - Kali Linux?
-Break down the tools in Kali
- Shorts on NMAP, Nessus, Nikto
why they have been sustainable
-Break down networking?

I also have a site that I have ran since 2001 called The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide which has a free ebook which I think I'm going to tidy up and put up
for sale on Google Books & Apple Books. Maybe put up for $4.99 or something...

Anyway, I thought this might interest you into what the plans are...

Cheers,
Al


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
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In terms of what's going on with my YT channel, I'm going to do a
whole lot
of stuff, hopefully, but in terms of metrics I decided that I'd like
to be a
bit more serious about it. I have 2.5k subscribers right now, and
whilst
that's nothing to sneeze at, I reckon that if I look at the quality of
some
of the other channels out there that are (in my opinion of course),
lacking
in quality and in interesting content compared to mine, they have a
lot more
subs, so I'm going to give 2022 a good old nudge to see if I can get
subs.

That's a great list of potential topics, thanks for sharing! I think it's
good to diversify and tap into adjacent audience interests of technology
(and tech history in general). I LOVE the "what ever happened to...?"
topics. I'm a sucker for deep dives into failed/defunct tech, and the
"imagine if they hadn't gone under..." narratives (ala all the Amiga
content out there). I've also been down the rabbit hole with RETRO AHOY,
great production values, story telling, and a soothing voice -- like
yours! Looking forward to more content in '22, hyjinx!







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good to diversify and tap into adjacent audience interests of technology (and tech history in general). I LOVE the "what ever happened to...?" topics. I'm a sucker for deep dives into failed/defunct tech, and the "imagine if they hadn't gone under..." narratives (ala all the Amiga content out there). I've also been down the rabbit hole with RETRO AHOY, great production values, story telling, and a soothing voice -- like yours! Looking forward to more content in '22, hyjinx!

Same, in particular learning about past uses and capbilities
I may not be aware of. I find the older "content" more
interesting than retrospectives. Jim Butterfield vieos
about the C64 and the like

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