About
Hi, I’m Steven. I am a 27 year old web developer, car enthusiast and (former) small business owner from northern California. I’m the general jack of all trades, master of none type. I am an exceptional JavaScript, .NET and PHP developer who also has moonlighted as a web designer and system administrator. I can do just about anything with computers.
I started learning to program when I was quite young, around thirteen or so if I remember. By fourteen I was writing windows desktop applications to screw with people on AOL (yes, it was that long ago). At fifteen I was writing arcade games in C. I started doing freelance web development work just before I turned sixteen. My very first freelance job was building a JavaScript DHTML system for some graphics designer I knew over the internet.
Since then, I’ve learned over a dozen programming languages and have worked on countless web sites. I built one of the first blogging web applications, though I called it an “online news publication system” and I created the first eBay auction tracker ever to hit the internet. Suffice it to say that I’ve since learned the value of a patent.
Now-a-days I occupy my time by working as a web developer. My current specialties are JavaScript, HTML/CSS and C# .NET development.
This blog
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My obsessions
I am absolutely fixated on all things computing. Web development is my particular area of expertise, but I’ve done plenty of desktop development as well as networking. I can program in JavaScript, C#, PHP, Perl, HTML, CSS, XSLT, SQL, et al. Back in the day I even worked with Pascal and COBOL, but those don’t really count do they.
Microsoft Windows is my desktop operating system of choice, I can get by on a Mac, but it really isn’t my style. I used to own an iMac, but I ended up giving it to a friend because I never found a use for it. For servers I prefer Linux, well Ubuntu to be exact, but I’m more than proficient with Windows Server and Solaris.
I love gaming. I built my home desktop for the particular purpose of gaming. I’m interested in all kinds of games, everything from EVE Online to Team Fortress 2. I am proud to say that I kicked the World of Warcraft addiction two years ago now.
As well as the computer stuff I am a true armchair scientist. I love science, particularly theoretical physics and astronomy, probably a little too much Star Trek as a child.
I’m also a huge car nut.
Cars are awesome
Did I mention that I’m a fairly passionate car enthusiast? I’m not the kind of guy who would take out a loan to buy a car, so I never have the latest and greatest. But I’ve had several great sports cars, everything from my 80’s Toyota Celica to my current car, a ‘91 Corvette. I love to drive, and enjoy doing my own work, when I have spare time.
