If the house were on fire and I could only save one thing, this list is what I would save.
Like most people, I waited too long to start numbering secret plans. Many were forgotten before I realized I should be writing them down. That’s sad, but there are still more items on this list than I’ll ever be able to finish, and it’s still growing.
Some of the items below have been completed already. Some never will be. A few probably need to stay secret forever, but most will be okay to talk about at some point soon.
Secret Plans
1. An unusual chronometer
Status: Sketches completed 1978, additional work 1994, never built
Details: still secret
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31. Wacky Robot Races
Status: Completed 1997, additional work 1998
Details: Partial information (old website) posted here.
Blog entry: Day 44: Robot Mayhem
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54. Advent Toblerone
Status: Scheduled to complete December 2008
Blog entry: Day 84: Lasers, Sugar and Dizziness
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68. Construction Vehicle Amusement Park
Status: Completed 2008 by Ed Mumm in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Details: Company is called Dig This, URL is www.20tonsoffun.com. Newspaper article (Wall Street Journal) posted here.
Blog entry: Day 76: Daisies and Big Machines
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118. Pressure Reducing Micro-Generator
Status: Never built, still an idea.
Blog entry: Day 58: Potential Energy
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158. What would I do with 3 months off work?
Status: In progress, started May 2008
Details: Complete journal at http://stuntrabbit.net
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162. Big surprise for the muse.
Attempt to use cleverness and luck to obtain front-row Chris Isaak tickets.
Status: Completed 7/20/2008. Absolute raging success.
Blog entry: Day 65: Plums and a Guitar Pick
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174. New Encoder Server for the Mt. Wilson Observatory
Status: In progress, started July 2008
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Secret Plan 158 
This is reassuring. I was afraid that maybe secret meant something other than what I thought it meant, sort of like “Inconceivable”; but no, the Iocaine powder is still in both cups. Phew!