Lived in the CR my whole life. I consider myself a rational anarchist politically and an agnostic for religion
Computers, Open Source, debate
Explorer!
Photo Enthusiast
Travel Enthusiast
I make a living developing web applications and spend a lot of my free time blogging at http://www.couleeconservatives.com/.
I love experimenting with new web technologies and have really taken to Drupal (especially since the Drupalcon I attended in D.C. in March '09) but I'm also interested in getting familiar with other CMS's including WordPress and Joomla. When I'm not hacking on code I like to read or walk around the banks of the Mississippi to find good fishing spots. I also enjoy camping with the family and making Smores with Reese's peanut butter cups. Yummy! I'm also interested in politics and served as chairman of the La Crosse County Republican Party from 2003-2007.
I will get in to this a bit more later.
Fishing, Hunting, Shopping, Cars
A Minneapolis resident for about 30 years, I recently returned from 2 years living in Stuttgart, Germany. I love the driftless area and the coulees, and often daydream about buying a small piece of land (big enough for a wind generator and generous garden) and building my dream home on it.
Green living, organic food, buying local, farmers markets, alternative energy, etc.
I'm a stay at home mom to two boys, 5 and 3. I've lived in the Coulee Region since moving out here to go to UWL right after getting married. We originally just came here for school, but my husband found a job here and we ended up staying. I really like the area, and I think it will be a great place to raise our kids.
I've been online since using BBSs back in the 80s and 90s and found the internet around 1993. It wasn't long after that I got into building websites for fun, though I never did much with it until recently. In 2005, I found a CMS called Drupal that is just awesome. Using a CMS is 100 times better than doing sites from scratch. I've used it on a bunch of hobby sites as well as a little bit of freelance work here and there. My kids keep me pretty busy so freelance is very part time. Once they're older, I hope to be able to work from home building Drupal sites.
My main hobbies are computers and photography. I've been using computers since I was a teenager in the '80s and have been fascinated by the web since I first stumbled on it around 1994. I've putzed with web design since 1997ish but only got really serious about it a couple years ago when I was pregnant with my son and wanted to make a family page. Since then, I've been actively learning and hope to make a business of it some day.
I also really love photography, though I don't have a lot of time for it between chasing a toddler and working on sites. I started doing mostly nature but got interested in children's photography when my first son was born. Most of the photos I do are of my sons or friends' kids these days. I had toyed with the idea of making a business out of photography but I decided I really want to keep it a hobby.
