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Offline businessman332211

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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #30 on: October 26, 2006, 03:57:42 PM »
That, uh.
No, I can't believe that, this whole time, this whole entire time, I thought you were a girl.
This entire time.
That is something I have never imagined.
So you are a guy:S
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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #31 on: October 26, 2006, 04:06:39 PM »
you know my profile does say I am a boy and I have mentioned my wife several times before...even in this thread..
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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #32 on: October 26, 2006, 04:14:05 PM »
uhh, that is something I wasn't expecting.
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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #33 on: October 26, 2006, 04:37:17 PM »
My turn. :)

I'm 55(!). Born, raised, and still live in New Jersey. Currently single (widowed). My wife died in July, 2005 after a long battle with a rare form of cancer. We had been married for 26 years, no kids. If you want to read her story, go to http://www.helenas-memorial.com/ and click on the "Read the Saga". (warning it's long).

I've been in the computer field for over 30 years. In 1980, I got hooked on the operating system that I'm still working on -- OpenVMS from HP (back in 1980 it was called VAX/VMS from Digital).

I found the ARPAnet (now the Internet) in 1974 when I was able to access from the college I attended (Rutgers in New Jersey). I became hooked on reading NetNews (USEnet) in the mid to late 1980's. Using WAIS and Gopher soon followed. And that led me to discovering the Web in about 1992. I discovered PHP in about 1998 and got my first paying web site in 1999.  I tried to start my own web design company, but two things caused it to fail -- I'm not a sales person, I can write the code, but can't sell anything; and the dot-com collapse happened just as I was starting up.

Other interests include Modern Western Square Dancing, cooking & baking, wine, meteorology. Most of the web sites I've created have to do with at least one of these interests...

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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #34 on: October 26, 2006, 04:44:49 PM »
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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #35 on: October 26, 2006, 10:13:45 PM »
Nightslyr - don't want this to sound condescending because god only know what it's like to go through what you have, but i find it extremely admirable that you wish to make your own way despite the physical setbacks.  that's not at all to say you're incapable, but i can imagine that after so much effort and pain just to get to this point it could be all too easy to rely on disability.  kudos man, it's inspiring.

as for you older fellers (andy, ken, barry: i'm looking mainly at you here):  i can only guess how much nostalgia about technology you guys can summon up.  even i have the occasional "when i was in elementary" comment, and i'm only just nearing the end of my post-sec education.  "cell phones?  broadband?  polygon games?  BLASPHEMY, WE HAD NOT THESE THINGS!" "SNES used to be all the rage, you know" (still is, in my opinion), etc.
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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #36 on: October 26, 2006, 10:28:49 PM »
Quote from: akitchin on October 26, 2006, 10:13:45 PM
Nightslyr - ... kudos man, it's inspiring.

Double Kudos buddy. It seems like you are keeping your head up through everything and that is great. Mind over Matter. Your mind will always wins. If you wanna feel great then put a smile on, if you wanna feel sorry for yourself then join the rest of the world. I think it's awesome that there are people out there that can still lead happy and productive lives even if it isn't like others'.

I'm glad to have you on the site, please let me know if you need any help with anything :)

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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #37 on: October 28, 2006, 12:06:23 PM »
In case any of you are interested I took some updated pics of my Mapex set with the new cymbols (which i need to clean) :)



Later,
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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #38 on: October 29, 2006, 07:00:04 PM »
Interesting read, all of you.  I wasn't expecting for so many details from so many of you, but it's all good nonetheless.

I was still hoping to hear from a few others... Barand for example, and wildteen ;)
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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #39 on: November 06, 2006, 04:48:25 AM »
Here is a few words about me...

I'm 33 years old and living at Inderøy in Norway (skandinavia, northern europe).
I have 4 kids (3 boys and 1 girl) and the 5'th is due in february (i think...)
My oldest son is 12 and the latest 3 kids is between 1.8 and 4.8 years (lol).
I'm not married, still holding back on that seremony.

I work full time as an electrician (house installations, maintainance and repair on industrial machines, fully computerized feeding and heating systems in big farms etc etc - you name it. It's a wide area full of challenges.)

I have a hobby with cars and mainly car electronics and diagnostic systems <- thats the interesting part - and i am more or less constantly occupied with fixing one of them in one way or the other.
I'm also renovating our house completely on my own (on the 3'rd year now), and it never seems to come to an end. Mostly cash is the limit.

Inbetween i try to work with the fantastic world on the web, but i constantly struggle to have the time for everything. I do however get to work with programming from time to time at work, making applications useful for my company.

I can add that i got my very first computer 5-6 years ago, an old server from my employer, with Win 98 on it (i think) and roughly 900 Mb of hard-disk. That sucker crashed a couple of times every night since i didn't know what the h*ll i was doing on it at all. A friend showed me how to turn it on and how to use Outlook Express + Internet Explorer -and he was on ICQ himself and turned that noisy (cnock-cnock) feature on for me. Other than that it was just a box from hell. Things have changed....
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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #40 on: November 08, 2006, 08:22:40 PM »
Hey my name is vlad, i am new at this forum. Been coding PHP for a year but haven't really in last 4 months or so, now decided to get back to it and go further and become good :) Hope you guys can help me on this forum :D
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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #41 on: November 09, 2006, 11:41:06 AM »
Hey Procode! Welcome to the forum!

There are a lot of good people on here and I'm sure we can help you :)

-Chris
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« Reply #42 on: November 09, 2006, 05:02:45 PM »
Okay! My turn  :o

Full name is Ronald Leon Steelman, Jr. and I am 19 years old. I am 6'2", 140 lbs, dark hair, and color-changing eyes (a defect due to my being color blind, a male only disease!).

I got interested in Web when I was 12.  First thing I taught myself was HTML.  From there I got into JavaScript, (X)HTML, CSS, PHP/MySQL, Java, Visual Basic, and XML.

I am not married, currently I am single, and I am far from having kids, though I wouldn't mind having a boy at some point.  When I am not programming or doing web design, and sometimes when I am, I am listening to my music.  I love my music! I listen to punk rock only!  Good Charlotte is the best band of all time, none beats them in my book, but some others include, but is not limited to:  Simple Plan, The Vincent Black Shadow, Evanescence, Alkaline Trio, Hinder, and many many more!  As you may have guessed from my music, that is pretty much my style. Black is my favorite color, AND NO I AM NO DAMN EMO KID!

When I am not on the computer, my iPOD and I are tearing up the cement on my Element board (one of my pride and joys).  If I don't feel like keeping balance then I throw on the blades. I am pretty fair at both of them, and I enjoy them o-so much!

If I am not doing any of that, I am deeply involved in my Playstation 2 or some computer game!  Final Fantasy is my biggest game, followed closely by Counter Strike (I hated Final Fantasy 10, 10-2, and 9 BTW. WTF was SquareSoft thinking?!?!).

I am a Democrate with strong moderate views.  Some things I am liberal, and others I am conservative.  Don't start debating politics with me, because it is a passion and nothing can move me from my views (WOOO WHOO! Democrates took control of the House and the Senate today! And for the first time, a woman stands third in line from being President!).

Lets see, I don't think I covered television/movies yet. See, I own a video store and so I am a big critic on movies. Television includes: Grey's Anatomy (mainly for her anatomy!), E.R., Angel, Law and Order, Charmed, Fooly Cooly, AquaTeenHungerForce, Family Guy, and a few others.  Movies include: Matrix (all), Hackers, American Pie 1-3, She's The Man, Mission Impossible 1 - 3, Minority Report, FERRIS BULLERS DAY OFF (Buller...Buller....Buller...Buller), The Breakfast Club (don't mess with the bull or you will get the horns), and a lot more.

Favorite foods?  Almost anything. I like chocolate, but I am allergic to it  :'( . Watermellon, strawberries, Steak, Roast, Stew, Shrimp, Crab, Snake, Gator, Caviar, Pork Chop, BACON, and lots of others.

Well, that seems to be all you need to know about me :)  If you want to know more, Google me. I actually show up as a Google result!   ;D
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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #43 on: November 09, 2006, 07:47:56 PM »
here ron i made this just for you!

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Re: Get to know your fellow coder
« Reply #44 on: November 09, 2006, 08:12:33 PM »
Zing! ;D
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