about

I am a:

  • blogger/writer
  • code hacker
  • a pappa
  • a husband
  • a big brother
  • an anomaly
  • a super hero
  • a cat-hater (though I am a cat, see here)
  • druid and gnome-lover
  • gamer (WoW, Half-Life, Desktop TD, SNES, more…)
  • social networking outcast (I have a MySpace and a Facebook, but no one uses it. oh well)

If you want to know about me, contact me here: ryan at dark matt3r dot com (you do the math)

<code>
PHP, MySQL, HTML, XHTML, Javascript, CSS, MS SQL, ColdFusion, Script.aculo.us, Prototype,

<learning>
Work: ColdFusion, Javascript (more advanced), object-oriented programming
Personal: MVC, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Ruby on Rails, jQuery

<writing>
here, duh.
Obsessable.com
unveiledheroes.com

<music>
Anberlin, BarlowGirl, The Benjamin Gate, Breaking Benjamin, Chasing Furies, Daughtry, David Crowder Band, Emery, Eowyn, Evanescence, Fireflight, Flyleaf, Jars of Clay, Kids in the Way, Lacuna Coil, Mae, Mainstay, Mute Math, Natalie Grant, Nichole Nordeman, Paramore, PFR, Pillar, Plumb, Project 86, Reality Check, Rebecca St. James, Red, Sanctus Real, Sarah Masen, Seventh Day Slumber, Skillet, Superchick, Thousand Foot Krutch, Tobymac, Underoath, The Veronicas, Within Temptation, ZOEgirl.