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A Word or Two About Me

I am a full time employee (FTE) with University Housing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I graduated in May 1998 with a bachelors degree in Computer Science.Many years ago, I wanted to be either a Mechanical Engineer or an Agricultural Engineer, but that interest faded as I became more experienced in computer troubleshooting.

I'm a military brat, even though most people can't tell that just from looking. I was more fortunate than most in that I only remember 2 of the moves that I made when I was a kid. Some day I'll find a picture of a KC-135 (or maybe even an EC-135) to put up so you'll know what my dad flew, the short version is: Flying Gas Station.

My dad is now retired from the Air Force and manages the family farm full time. A fancy title for this would be OEO (Only Executive Officer) of the place, about 750 acres in total, split over two counties. I spent many a summer on the farm as a kid, and miss it dearly now. All of those summers after I turned 13 were spent detasselling for Pioneer Hi-Bred International. If you don't know what detasselling is, ask a farm kid. Trust me, it's torture.

My Interests

• Wife
  • Alisha graduated with a BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. She is currently employed by Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL. She started in Telemetry, moved to Cardiovascular ICU and Surgical ICU and is now a House Officer. We met in high school and have been dating ever since. I finally got up the guts to pop the all important question and we got married June 5, 1999.
• Robin
  • Alisha gave birth to a wonderful baby boy in January 2006. We're both having fun learning to be parents.
• Jonathan
  • Alisha gave birth to a second baby boy in April 2010. We're both having fun with a 4 year old and a newborn in the house.
• Computers
  • My personal computer is probably the worst vice that I have, chewing up dollar after dollar as I try to get better and better performance. Hardware junkies will want to check out the computers page for a description of my machine(s).
  • I got a little geekier, I bought a QuickCam. And I made it a WebCam . It's now hanging off my linux box, so I qualify as a dweeb.
• Work
  • Housing Computing Services at the University of Illinois as a Senior Network Administrator.
  • Hoopeston Area Schools CUSD #11 also contracts my services for UNIX administration and PC hardware troubleshooting. More recently I have become involved in their project to network the school district.
  • The Hoopeston Public Library employs me for PC hardware troubleshooting and PC installations and upgrades.

Obviously, I've got my priorities in the right order.

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