1st June 2012

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explore-blog: The first page of Thomas Edison’s 1988 to-do list of “things doing or to be done,” including: Cotton picker New standard phonograph Hand turning phonograph Deaf apparatus Electrical piano New expansion pyromagnetic dynamo Artificial silk Phonographic clock Marine telegraphy Chalk battery Ink for blind It is my great hope that someday when I leave the earth, my undone “to-do” list is 10% as awesome as this. I’d settle for one “marine telegraphy”

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The first page of Thomas Edison’s 1988 to-do list of “things doing or to be done,” including:

  • Cotton picker
  • New standard phonograph
  • Hand turning phonograph
  • Deaf apparatus
  • Electrical piano
  • New expansion pyromagnetic dynamo
  • Artificial silk
  • Phonographic clock
  • Marine telegraphy
  • Chalk battery
  • Ink for blind

It is my great hope that someday when I leave the earth, my undone “to-do” list is 10% as awesome as this. I’d settle for one “marine telegraphy”

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    Is your TODO list this lofty?
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    Now I’d like to see how Tesla’s to-do list compares..
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    Motivation fuel.
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    Igual a mi lista..igual
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    Next to Thomas Edison, my to-do lists just look sad.
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