About

Currently I’m living in Hillsboro, Oregon with Nadine, my beautiful fiance, she somehow has the patience to put up with the long hours I spend in front of the computer monitor. We share a passion for good food and the finer things in life such as camping.

I’ve got a number of web sites and profiles on a number of web services. You can find a sometimes-updated list of these accounts on my claimID page.

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Some facts (in random order…)

  • I will choose a movie with subtitles over a scary movie almost every time.
  • I’d like to have more artistic ability.
  • I’m geeky enough to want to be recognized by Googlism.
  • I believe in the ideas of a conservative democracy[5. I don't know what I believe anymore] and free markets.
  • I’ve never been able to choose a favorite band because there’s so much good stuff out there that’s different from anything else. Despite this, Weezer comes very close.
  • I believe in God.[1. But I don't exactly know why or the extent.]
  • The internet takes up a lot of my time.
  • If you offer me coffee I will politely decline unless you counter offer with some hot chocolate. I don’t do caffeine.
  • I’m a HAM Radio operator, my callsign is KC7ICI
  • My favorite TV show is “The Shield”
  • — Add hosted by (mt) — Picture — Callsign — The Shield

Things that interest me

  • My family (See our family blog here)
  • Digital Photography (See Joetography.net for my photos)
  • Digital Video

Caveat Lector

I’ll try to make this as simple as it gets: any and all information on this site reflects my thoughts and my thoughts alone. They should never be construed as the thoughts or opinions or stances of anyone but me. The list of people who are “not me” includes my employers, family, friends, pets, neighbors, subcontractors, soulmates, ex-girlfriends, employees of Yahoo!, and one very funny smelling guy in eastern Gresham, OR, among others. Sometimes, the opinions expressed on my site aren’t even my actual opinions. As a firm believer in “you don’t truly understand something until you can argue it from either side of the fence” I might post a viewpoint that isn’t mine just so I can practice a different side of the argument. Or to get someone else to defend a point with which I agree. Any questions about something I’ve said? Contact me.

Terms of Use

My comment policy is simple. If you’re a reasonable person, you won’t have any trouble.

I will edit comments when…

  • The comment contains misspelled words or bad grammar.* the comment contains some moderate HTML flaws[6. Please use the tag inside of tags to save me the trouble, or the handy "Quote Me" links I've provided (via a plugin). Wrap links in , mmmmk?]
  • The commenter asks me to edit the post to correct something.
  • The comment is “signed.” Don’t include your name at the end of your comment – it will appear with your comment if you’ve filled out the “Name” text field.

I will delete comments when…

  • It’s spam.
  • The comment is so malformed that I don’t want to spend the time to fix it.
  • The comment contains little or no content except a link to another site. If you want to tell me you’ve blogged about one of my entries, send a ping/trackback.
  • The commenter unnecessarily insults others. Insulting ideas, actions, and even beliefs is usually fine. Just don’t insult the actual people[2. Doing something stupid is not the same thing as being stupid.].
  • The comment adds no value to the discussion or is off-topic[3. This is at my discretion, you bet, but it's my blog.].
  • The comment contains excessively inappropriate language.
  • The commenter does not leave a valid email address.[4. I only expend the necessary energy to determine the validity of an email address by one of two methods: a) it's obvious (i.e. "screw@you.com") or b) I reply and it bounces.] You can disagree with me all you want. This blog has comments that disagree with something I’ve said. Just do so with some level of respect, and talk about what was said, not the person who said them.

By commenting on this blog, you grant me perpetual use to the content of your comment.

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