I've been held back from attending SXSW before for money reasons and also for not being able to take time off of work, but I made a promise. After reading all of the tweets, blog posts, podcasts and hearing the chatter from everybody from 2008 I made a promise that I would get to SXSW Interactive in 2009 no matter what. That time has come and I'm happy to say that I will see you in Austin at the Omni and around town!
I've created my card that I'll be handing out so look for that and you can vote for my card on SXSW Cards too. Feel free to leave feedback on the card as well in the comments.
Posted Mar 4 in For Your Information, Web Life | 9 Comments
A friend of mine, Steve Belt, recently tagged me in a meme to explain seven things about me that you, as a reader, most likely wouldn't know from talking with me on a normal basis. This has all the feeling of those lame myspace bulletins, but I feel the added transparency can help open me up and it seems fun and the bottom line; it's content, something I'm otherwise lacking, so here we go:
- I was involved in mixed martial arts before it got trendy and have been through about 13 years on and off of Jiu Jitsu and Pankration training. I originally got started because I was a skinny kid who had a bigger mouth than body to back it up. One of the fireman (my dad was FD) was a 4th degree Black-belt Instructor and had started transitioning to Jiu Jitsu, and after talking with him I did some physical labor and electrical work in his condo he taught me everything, which led to classes and clubs later on. Currently I'm not active, but I would like to get back into some Krav Maga or Savate training but they charge far too much.
- I can't get enough information, whether it be reading more blogs feeds or simply watching endless hours of Discovery, Travel, History or Military Channel. I love knowing everything. It's sometimes a curse.
- I love math, physics, astronomy, and history. This leads to my interest in reverse engineering everything, how things are made, or the reason a dragster was a tenth of a second from crossing the line first.
- I originally went to college for Aeronautical Engineering and got 3/4 of the way through before being introduced to programming for the internet and never looked back. I like the puzzle aspect and problem solving of programming, even though it stresses me out at times.
- I live and breathe competition. This goes for sports, work and even conversations; I can't help it and it aggravates people but I definitely don't like to lose.
- I can name just about every single military aircraft on site, new or old, including x-type and training aircraft. And, just for kicks, I'll throw in that I love air shows and love fly-overs at games or racing events.
- I actually do enjoy volunteering, although I don't do it very much. In the past I've built 6 houses and 4 parks with playgrounds for Habitat for Humanity using my construction background. I've volunteered at Burn camps (summer camps for kids with severe burns) through the fire department and helped with construction and remodel projects for widowed military wives. I like doing it because it makes me feel good but I do pick and choose the recipients.
Thanks for reading and now I'm passing the flame and tagging 7 friends so you can learn more about them as well:
These are the rules to play the game:
- Link your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.
- Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
- Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
- Let them know they’ve been tagged.
Posted Dec 24 in For Your Information | 5 Comments
So for a while now I've been wanting to utilize Brian Shaler's CrappyGraphs.com site. Until recently I never had a thought until I wanted to show how a heavy workload was affecting my health as of late.
Therefore I created the graph above to show that with a normal workload I tend to spend more time working out and eating/drinking properly; however the heavier workload it seems I come under, I start eating worse (fast food and even eating later into the night), drinking more pop/soda/energy drinks (to keep chugging along for longer periods of time), and that usually means working late into the night and sleeping later and missing morning runs or working out altogether. By including mental health, I just mean the stress that comes with a heavy workload usually isn't that good for you either.
Well there's my first graph using CrappyGraphs.com – maybe you can relate, maybe not. Either way – now you've got the 411.
Posted Apr 14 in For Your Information, health | Be First to Comment
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