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Ezra Free

Ezra Free

About Me

Hi, my name is Ezra Free. I am a web applications developer specializing in search engine optimization, website optimization, web standards compliance and website optimization. I write XHTML markup with CSS styling and PHP backend scripting using Mysql database to store the data. I run a web hosting and development company:
www.websightdesigns.com

I also do web development work for a datacenter here in Orlando, so if you or your company is looking for a great place to obtain managed hosting or co-location please visit their website:
www.onyxlight.net

I am an advocate of open source software and when I have some free time I contribute to a couple of great open source projects (and you should, too):
www.gware.org (an unobtrusive packaged GNOME installation for Slackware)
www.slackbuilds.org (a SlackBuilds directory built by the Slackware community)

I lead a very slow-paced life and am in general very calm and relaxed these days. I will hurry nor worry for anyone. I spend my time trying to work as hard as I can. I am a very hard worker, and I get endless joy out of every drop of sweat.

I guess anything else you want to know about me, just ask.

Just for today
I will not anger
I will not worry
I will be humble
I will be honest in my work
I will be compassionate to myself and others

- from Mikao Usui's Reiki Precepts

"Did you know that "If" is the middle word in life? If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you. I mean, I'm know - I - I can't - I'm just a little man."

- Dennis Hopper, Apocalypse Now

"Person who chases two rabbits catches neither."

- Confucious

"Problems are only opportunities in work clothes."

- Henry J. Kaiser

My Interests

music, electronic music, wicked nasty nu-skool breaks, turntablism, jam bands, technology, computers, writing code, solving logic problems, dreams, reiki, energy healing, dancing, spirituality, skateboarding, tantra, yoga, breathing is always fun, following my excitement

I'd like to meet:

Anyone really, I love meeting new people.



Leave me a comment:

Music:

i like electronic music acts such as Young American Primitive, Rabbit In The Moon, Shpongle, LunaSol, Masssive Attack, Mixmaster Morris, Psychic Warriors ov Gaia, Spacetime Continuum, Electric Skychurch, B12, King Britt, Mousse T, Peace Division, Peace Orchestra, Tosca, Kruder & Dorfmeister, DJ Who, Sabres of Paradise, Boards of Canada, Future Sound of London, Brian Eno, Bill Laswell, Pete Namlook, Atomic Hooligan, Krafty Kuts, Chris Carter, Precision Cuts, Dub Pistols, Plump DJs, Care in the Community, The Carbon Community, Autobots, Adam Freeland, Rennie Pilgrem, Evil Nine, The Autobots, Stanton Warriors, Dubtribe Sound System, Beth Orton, Scott Hardkiss, Jackal & Hyde, DJ Monk, Omicron, Mysteries of Science, Infusion, Mephisto Odyssey and many, many more...

i love to go see jam bands such as Phish, Umphrey's McGee, Perpetual Groove, Jazz Mandolin Project, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Jennifer Hartswick Band, The Wailers, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, and even local bands such as Bluelegs, funkUs, Mobius, The Goldminers, Florganism, The Spam All-Stars, The Legendary JCs, and many, many more...

I love singers/songwriters such as Jack Johnson, Damien Rice, Nellie McKay and Howie Day. I love "emo" bands such as Jump Little Children and Bright Eyes.

and of course the classics, like Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Traffic, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, and still yet a good many more...

I love old school punk like Minor Threat, Operation Ivy, Fugazi, Circle Jerks, and the like.

I don't really listen to any one genre of music all the time. It pretty much depends on my mood. I'd say I probably listen to electronic music the most often but even that I will sometimes find I am just not in the mood for.

I'm always open to new music so if there's an artist that you feel I should check out based on what I've said here, by all means send me a message.

Movies:

Waking Life, Altered States, Bittersweet Motel, Scratch, Wave Riders, Love Ludlow, Dolls, The Catch, A Bronx Tale, Elephant.

Television:

I don't watch television programming

Books:

Behold A Pale Horse by William Cooper, Ice: The Ultimate Disaster by Richard W. Noone, The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda, Universal Wisdom by Bede Griffiths, Beginners Mind Beginners Zen by Shunryu Suzuki, Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh, Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, Archaic Revival by Terrence McKenna, Feirce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins, A Man In Full by Tom Wolfe, Paradise Lost by John Milton, Diet for a New America by John Robbins, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Heroes:

My grandfather whom I never had the pleasure of meeting. My magnificent grandmother whom I love dearly. Terrence McKenna. Dennis McKenna. Timothy Leary. Bill Graham of Bill Graham Presents. Astor Piazzolla. Laura White. Dr. Luis Edwardo Luna, one of the leading ethnobotanists on the subject of Ayahuasca in the world. Rick Doblin, leading the way along the straight path with MAPS. all the Shamen of the Amazon and the rest of the world. Urban shamen unite! the Factory Visuals crew. Cosmic Baby. anyone else whom I've forgotten...

For The Stalkers

Status: Alive and well.
Here for: You
Orientation: Clockwise
Hometown: Earth
Body Type: Organic
Ethnicity: Earthling
Sign: DO NOT ENTER
Occupation: Stealin' Women From Their Men

My Blog

One With Everything

Did you hear the joke about the Zen Master who ordered a hot dog?He said, "I'll have one with everything."Recently I've been forced into making some pretty major changes in my life due to financial st...
Posted by Ezra Free on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:23:00 PST

Trapped by a Notion from Thich Nhat Hanhs book No Death No Fear

(The following is an excerpt from "No Death, No Fear", a book by Thich Nhat Hanh. Copyright © 2002 Unified Buddhist Church. All rights reserved.)"The Budhha offered an interesting parable concerning i...
Posted by Ezra Free on Mon, 12 May 2008 10:14:00 PST

Vacations and Lessons

I’m back from a bit of a mental vacation. You can take a vacation halfway across the world if you want, but not rest your mind. You can have as great of a time partying as you’d like, and ...
Posted by Ezra Free on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:33:00 PST

Out There

Out there, in the blueWhere the night sky fades into youGently skipping along each hueJust doing what you were supposed to doOut here, in the blueThe night grew dark until you knewNo turning back left...
Posted by Ezra Free on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:05:00 PST

Myspace’s supposed auto-detection of "Phishing"

So it's happened to me about three times this past month and I finally decided to post a blog about it. It may do no good but I'm going to forward the URL to this blog to Myspace's technical support o...
Posted by Ezra Free on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:31:00 PST

Good vs. Bad & The Power of Speech and Thoughts

Good vs. Bad & The Power of Speech and Thoughts by Ezra Free Is there really a difference between good and bad? How could we appreciate the good things that happen in our life if we didn't experi...
Posted by Ezra Free on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:59:00 PST

How To Spot A Spammer - Add Trains

Anyone who's bulletin or blog claims "I am not a spammer" or "I hate spammers", is probably a spammer.Anyone who claims that if you "Add these accounts" they will get you "100K in adds" is lying. They...
Posted by Ezra Free on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:07:00 PST

Eat Your Heart Out, iPhone!

Today for my last run I decided to see how it would go to tune into Stoutcast.com from my new phone, a Sprint Mogul by HTC. This is a PPC-6800 model number. I used to have the Sprint Apache, model PPC...
Posted by Ezra Free on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:51:00 PST

Colorado, Day 1

So today was my first day out on the slopes. I wasn't as out of shape as I thought I'd be, actually. I did make the mistake of looking back at one point on my last run and busted my ass nice and hard....
Posted by Ezra Free on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:10:00 PST

Goodbye

I'm not cryingIt's just raining on my faceShe's not dyingShe's just going to a better placeLay back, this won't hurt a bitNothing more then a pin-prickFade away into scarlet flamesA lotus flower for y...
Posted by Ezra Free on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:16:00 PST