Technologist For Hire

So, according to Michelangelo van Dam’s helpful “Who Tagged Who” tool, I can see that I was “tagged” by 4 people in this amazing PHP-Community-based-blog-meme. The rules are simple, and I have waited long enough to fulfill my duties to contribute. Better late than never!

7 Things you may not know about me:

1. I’ve been working at the same desk job since I was 15 (now 22). I was a hardware technician at first, then became the network engineer/system admin, and am now a systems developer (fancy title for programmer).
2. I have a slight obsession with collecting and passing out stickers.
3. My nickname (spoon) originates from a mock stand-up comedy routine I did during a class in Middle School. In the script, someone was insulting me with names of common household items. One of the insults was “SPOON!” Ever since then, it just stuck with me. Yes, boring, lame, I know. I used to tell people I was either obsessed with The Tick! or an ex-heroine addict.
4. I use PHP on windows, exclusively. That isn’t the shocking part. Are you ready for it? I use PHP, on windows… with Apache – exclusively. *GASP* Yes, I am one of the few, the proud, the WAMP stack users (in a production environment, no less!!!)
5. I co-own a few web properties with my Fiance, Katie Soltysiak, which include: DIYscene – Alternative Craft and Indie Design Forum, eBurl – Short, Trackable eBay URLs, OwnTheHour – Independent Etsy Promotion
6. I am scared of Linux.
7. I have a police record in the state of Wisconsin.

7 More people to add to this meme.
Now, since I am so late with getting my post written, almost everyone I can personally think of has been tagged. So I will do my best.

1. Cory Mawhorter: Cory is a past co-worker and friend. He went on to become a professional vagabond and created FLIR (FaceLift Image Replacement) – an alternative to sIFR.
2. Tony Bibbs: I don’t know you, but you started this, and have yet to be tagged. TAG *runs*
3. Jack Bauer
4. I give up.
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Ok, so, I failed. Anyways, here are the rules for… Cory & Jack to follow:

• Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.
• Share seven facts about yourself in the post – some random, some weird.
• 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 by leaving a comment on their blogs and/or Twitter.