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I’m surprised I’ve gotten this far… I’m really stretching it for some of these.

22) This Japanese dude put all sorts of business and engineering together to make this nifty gizmo that’ll safely detonate landmines. This is pretty awesome, and really quite useful I’d think. Landmines are pretty evil things. Landmines are no problem for this thing, but it’s not quite at the level of solving that pesky Godzilla problem. I’d really be into a project like this if one ever came my way. The combination of business, technology and some pretty innovative engineering combined with such a worthy cause would probably be enough to keep me an engineer.

23) I think I could be the Stanley Cup guard when that other guy retires. He’s the guy who lives with the cup and follows it anywhere it goes in the world when it’s not in the Hall of Fame. Man that guy is whipped.

24)Stocks! Bonds! Sometimes I can find press releases interesting, which is a definate requirement for any investor. And I read almost constantly on not only videogames but companies in the games industry. If I was into risking my money, I’m pretty sure I know enough about the different companies to make smart investments. Though with the videogame industry in a huge bubble, which many think might pop sometime soon (though I’d say not until the next generation of hardware) it could prove to be profitable. Whether I’d be hardcore enough to make a living out of it, by say investing in mutual funds and futures and real investments, probably not. But I could say I own a stake in Ubisoft! That would be cool.

I’ve been clocking 10 or 11 hour days for about a week now. There’s a lot of stuff I need to get done before I leave. I’m glad it’s not burning me out. I don’t really mind working so much, even without pay, but if i’m going to work that much in my career, it had better be something a lot more fulfilling than programming.

That’s something I do in my spare time.