Hi, there

Well, the only thing I'm worse about than answering my e-mail in a timely manner is updating my webpage. I suppose that should be embarrasing for someone who works with computers all day, except that... well, you don't exactly see tech support people on the phone after work, do you?

So - about me. You get the short version, because if you want the long version I'm sure you'll e-mail me. I live in Austin, TX where it's beautiful and sunny most of the time (although it's snowed twice in the last two years and both times I vowed to move further south). I work for a company in San Antonio called Digital Defense, and they're quickly shaping up to be the longest job I've held since leaving school :) Some of my friends seem to think I have a talent for destroying companies, since I've only left one company where I wasn't one of the last employees laid off. I think it's just that the other companies weren't smart enough to hire me as a developer, so they had to go :-) For a list of my past companies, see here.

So what do I do while I'm not working? Hello! I'm a computer person... I spend the time I'm not working asleep, having nightmares about work! Ok, so not really. My recreation involves working on my house (bought it in December of 1999 - it's *very* small, though), building things out of wood, and taking vacations.

So what else can we talk about? I'm a PADI certified advanced scuba diver (if you want go diving, let me know and I *will* be on the next plane :-)), I drive my car all around the country far too much (I put 100K miles on my Acura in 2 years), I use my cell phone perhaps a bit too much (3000-4000 minutes/month), and I'm planning to build a plane as soon as I get done building my woodworking shed in my backyard. So no, I haven't been keeping myself busy :)

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