About
Me in summer 2012
Hi there! I’m a 25-year-old software developer and web designer from Kentucky. I work at CirrusMio, helping to develop CivicRush. I enjoy programming, playing video games, and reading. When I have a free moment, I’m often found playing Skyrim, Dragon Age: Origins, Animal Crossing, or The Sims 3, or hanging out with my boyfriend Jon. I also enjoy games like Dominion, Settlers of Catan, and Carcassonne. I play Dungeons and Dragons as well, fourth edition; I’m an elven healer cleric. I got my B.S. and Master’s in computer science from the University of Kentucky.
Music-wise, I use Spotify and Turntable.FM a lot to find new music in genres like electronic, indie pop, and trip-hop. I listen to music almost constantly throughout the day, whether I’m at my desk at work, on the couch at home, or driving. My three favorite bands of the moment are Yelle, Florence + the Machine, and Lana Del Ray.
As someone who enjoys programming and is a perfectionist about it, sites like Stack Overflow are a godsend. I participate there a lot, particularly when I’m stumped on something at work. Some of my projects can be found on Github as well, including my Master’s project. I also can be found in the WordPress Plugin Directory.
With respect to entertainment, I like Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, and American Horror Story. I like several of Hayao Miyazaki‘s movies along with movies like The Matrix, 300, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Snatch. The best books I’ve read recently include the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin and The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.
About 3till7.net
This domain was purchased through DreamHost on December 31, 2003 by my dad. The name came to me one evening at 6:57 PM when I checked the time–”three till seven” just sounded cool. I’ve enjoyed maintaining it over the years, using it as an outlet for sharing the programming tricks I’ve learned, as well as rants and opinions that just have to be expressed. Sometimes I feel like the cobbler’s kids in that I do all this neat CSS and JavaScript stuff for work, then don’t do anything fancy for this site. I go through periods where I update and tweak and style this site like crazy, then hit a dry spell where I don’t blog for months. I always come back, though, because web design and blogging remain favorite pastimes.
The current layout is based on the awesome Pinboard theme. I make use of patterns from Colour Lovers:
