Hobbies/Interests: Photography, Google SketchUp, Graphic Design, learning to play the guitar, sometimes I think about exercising but I get tired and do something else.
Places I’ve Been: Most of the continental US. Foreign Territories visited include St. Thomas, Turks and Caicos, Cuba, Rio de Janeiro, Acapulco, Playa Del Carmen, New York, Texas, Kentucky, Maine, Montreal, Vancouver, Denmark, Sweden, UK.
Favorite Books: Not a big fiction reader; mostly a magazine and technical book reader. I have read The Cuckoos Egg by Cliff Stoll, Steve Jobs by Walt Isaacson, John Adams by David McCullough.
Favorite Music: Almost anything on RadioParadise.com and KCRW. Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Black Keys, Alison Krauss & Union Staion, Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Thievery Corporation, U2, Pink Floyd, Wilco, Neko Case, way too many others.
Favorite Comedians: Mitch Hedberg, Louis CK, Ron White, Dave Chapelle.
Favorite TV: Big Bang Theory, Family Guy, The Office, 30 Rock, Boardwalk Empire, Nova, Austin City Limits, Frontline
Favorite Movies: Shawshank Redemption, Heat, The Town, Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Bastards, Goodfellas, Dr. Strangelove, Unforgiven, The Hangover (only the first one), way too many documentaries.
Favorite Food: Anything Mexican or seafood.
Favorite Drink: I have a very short drink list; no sodas but I am required to drink sweet tea. Love coffee and really good vodka (not together).
Favorite Apple Products of All Time: I currently own a Mac Pro and a Macbook Pro. I have at least a dozen geriatric Powerbooks lying around along with a Quadra and a couple of functioning Mac 512k.
Favorite Thing About Small Dog: The enthusiasm of the staff and the customers.
Favorite Quote: “Look Back to Move Forward.”
Favorite Apps
Google Sketchup
Adobe Photoshop
Final Cut Pro
BBEdit
Favorite Sites
iFixit
Urban Dictionary
MacDailyNews
Mac Rumors
9to5Mac
TUAW
Machintouch