Hi, my name is Joel. I'm 19 years old. I guess I'll tell you a little bit about myself. As for education, I attended a local Jesuit school called St. Xavier High School. Currently I am attending the University of Cincinati with a major in Computer Science. Hobbies of mine include listening to music, contra dancing, updating my websites, programming, reading Reddit, playing ultimate frisbee and badminton, cubing, and being dorky with my friends.
Let's face it. I'm a tune junky... audiophile... call it what you want. The point is, listen to all kinds of music a have spent a bit too much money on music. Favorite bands? Number one is always Daft Punk. They changed my life. Unfortunetally, I've never been to one of their concerts... but if they do go on tour and come to the United States, I'm so going. Other favorite bands include Nightwish, the Shins, Brand New, Moby, and a little bit of everything else. During the summer of 2008, I was invited by my future girlfriend to go Contra dancing. This, as you may imagine, did not appeal to me at first. I'm a computer nerd and computer nerds like me. After a lot of bribery and death threats, I decided to start attending. Not only has it become a part of my weekly schedule, but I would also highly recommned contra dancing to anyone who has the oppurtunity. It's fun, social, and very casual. Thanks Anna! I've worked on a bunch of different websites in my day, so here's a comprehensive list.
- Wintallo - project by a friend of mine and I. If you're here than you know what it's about.
- Kryptix - a computer challenge website to test your nerdiness.
- Slow Loris Shrine - a website dedicated to the Slow Loris.
- LeahFrederick.com - a website made for a local artist/singer.
- Streamline Signage - a e-commerce website for a local startup business.
My main hobby is programming. The first language I learned was a fun little language called Logo. It was used to navigate a turtle using "steps". I used to take Visual C++ .net lessons, but the whole Object Oriented Programming thing was too hard for me to grasp at the time. I've also known HTML and CSS for a long time (yes, I know. It's not a programming language. It's markup). Because I've spent multiple summer internships doing web design (mostly Javascript, PHP, and mySQL work), I pride myself in being proficient at these web programming skills. Just to show you how much time I've been on the computer here are some random statistics. Since October 26, 2007, I have hit a key on my keyboard 11,985,797 times, moved the mouse 632.384 miles, and I have clicked my mouse 5,482,822 times. These statistics were automagically updated on August 26, 2010. A friend of mine introduced me to the wonders of reddit in my junior year of high school. Since then, I've wasted countless hours reddit. For those who care, my reddit username is mecablaze and my favorite sub-reddits are AskReddit, pics, programming, and bestof. The reason reddit is so awesome is because of the community surrounding it. The basic idea of reddit is that users can submit links (online articles, pictures, videos, etc.) to a central location where other people can upmod or downmod the links based on whether they like them or not. But the best part is the comments redditors leave. So many whitty, clever, hilarious, offbeat people go to reddit that reading the comments alone is hilarious and informative. Ultimate Frisbee has been the only sport I feel passionately about since roughly 6th grade. I could throw a disc for a few hours and not get bored. I also enjoy badminton a whole lot and can totally take you down. Other than these two games, I like enjoy bycyling and obsessivly cleaning my car. A recent venture of mine has been learning how to solve the Rubik's Cube. Currently, my fastest time to solve a fully scrambled cube is 44.51 seconds and my average is 1 minute and 21.06 seconds. Here's a picture of my collection so far. Here's a run-down on all the puzzles I own...
Have fun,
Joel
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