Some interesting stuff in here. I will never disagree with anything chris byrne posts. If I did in the past, it was a typo.
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1-p-player's pics are quite nice. I like how it's possible to share stuff like that here. On that note, I've been playing guitar for a bit over 2 years.
Here's a lousy quality little wing intro (recorded by dangling a headset from the sound hole, lol):
http://www.jessescornerpocket.com/littlefail.mp3
+1 rofl for vagabond and pharoah.
I see dave and a bunch of others are drummers. Coincidentally today I was learning the song "Everlong" and I stumbled on this youtube video of a wicked drummer -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97pgUkT6kvI
had no idea how awesome drumming is, in general. Makes me want to try.
Dave, I've read everything by the authors you listed, I really love all of them. Reading's a big hobby of mine, I used to work through 3 paperbacks a week, now it's like 1. If you want to try something in the same genre that you might otherwise overlook, check out Carol O'Connell. Yes, a woman can pwn as hard as a man at the "tough cop vs. serial killer" books.
I fix computers and build websites for a little dosh on the side.
I'm a noob but here's a random page I did:
http://www.porterhousemaine.com/index.htm
Generally I'm a big computer nerd, A+ certified, network savvy, etc.
I'm ok at design and have picked up a ton of knowledge at working with various programs as a result (photoshop, illustrator, indesign, quark, 3D rendering, etc). I know a lot about making signs, vehicle and window graphics, commercial printing, etc.
I used to be a huge video game freak and travel across the country (and to canada) for tournaments in virtua fighter. I also got into the various capcom fighting games and tekken. My name is well known among fans of a goofy little shooting game called Gunbound.
http://creedo.gbgl-hq.com/
Pro at Origami.
There's other stuff but this is pretty long already.
