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Hugo bases
Sitting on the dining room table are 37 Hugo bases. (32 is the maximum number that could possibly be needed.) No nameplates yet, since voting hasn't finished. But they're done.
It took 2.5 months of at least an hour or two every night of work, often many more. I'm really proud of the process I developed for making them, and as soon the design isn't secret I'll post details. But it's still pretty labor intensive, and anything times 37 takes a lot of effort to get done. I listened to 155 hours of lecture serieses over this period. That includes listening time on my commute etc, but I think it gives a good idea of the amount of time sunk in this project. I don't regret it in the slightest, but I can't deny I'm glad to have it done with plenty of time to spare.
It took 2.5 months of at least an hour or two every night of work, often many more. I'm really proud of the process I developed for making them, and as soon the design isn't secret I'll post details. But it's still pretty labor intensive, and anything times 37 takes a lot of effort to get done. I listened to 155 hours of lecture serieses over this period. That includes listening time on my commute etc, but I think it gives a good idea of the amount of time sunk in this project. I don't regret it in the slightest, but I can't deny I'm glad to have it done with plenty of time to spare.
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* The Story of Human Language
* The Great Ideas of Philosophy
* Writing and Civilization: From Ancient Worlds to Modernity
* 1066: The Year that Changed Everything
* Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon
* Philosophy of Science
* No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life
* Origins of Life
* Tocqueville and the American Experiment
* Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language Usage
* History of Science: Antiquity to 1700
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But, yeah, sometimes a good idea can remain a good idea throughout and still be utterly overwhelming.
Maybe that's the best, though, because you simultaneously feel accomplishment and relief when you finish.
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I'm going to bug the Hugo admins about getting a photo of the massed awards.