Programming & Consulting

Portfolio

My Observatory

About Me

Drake's Simulator

GForge Group

Family

My daughter, Anna Marie, born November 18, 2000

My wife, Lisa and Anna

Me at VA Linux

Sailing

San Francisco Bay

Charleston 5/2003

Florida Keys 5/2001

House

Lisa and I found an amazing home when we came back to Iowa for Christmas, 2000, and we instantly fell in love with it.
House before move-in

Home Theater

I rebuilt my home theater in January 2005, hiring a really high-end trim carpenter add some awesome woodwork in the room and also to build a really great custom wet bar. The theater is complete with stadium seating and Lazy Boy home theater recliners, a 108" projection screen, DLP projector, HD DVD player, 400 Disc DVD JukeBox, NHT Super Zero speakers, and yamaha receiver. High Definition Dish Network DVR and DVD recorder round out the equipment list.

Check out the pictures of the rebuilt home theater

Politics & Environment

I've taken a strong interest in political affairs since the 9/11 attacks and I believe we should be watching events very carefully, to make sure our rights and privacy are not excessively abused in the war on terror.