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About Me

I dream of a day when art, science, mathematics and religion are merged into a grand unified theory. Until then I help people get laid on MySpace.
Yes, I work for a small company called MySpace.
I lead a crack (pronounced "crrrrrrraaaaaack") team of folks at MySpace known as the CDN (Content Delivery Network) Group. It's a great team filled with many talented individuals. We're the folks who code up the media acquistion, processing, storage, and delivery on MySpace. Basically, if it's images, music or videos, we've worked on your stuff.
When I'm not working I enjoy... ...wait... ...I am never not working.
Some things you may not know about me:

My wife's name is Kim. She's a fundraiser for several prominent Jewish foundations. She and I met in university in Canada. We were married on June 29, 2003. I am the proud father of a little boy named Isaac, born March 21, 2005. I have worked for MySpace since February, 2004. I was raised in a small farm town outside of Worcester, Massachusetts. I lived for 3 years in Calgary, Canada during my college years (all 7 of them). I was in the studio audience of Saturday Night Live on October 3, 1992 when Sinead O'Connor tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II on live TV. I don't like tomatoes, but bring on the ketchup. I don't eat seafood of any kind. (It's a deal: I don't eat them, and they don't eat me). I love Thai food. I drive a Jetta (though I'm getting that BMW if it kills me). I ski on water and on snow. I dive under the sea. I spent lots of time as a kid on Lake George, NY. I love to spend time at the Huntington Botanical Gardens. I have two chocolate labrador retrievers named Ty and Monty, born August 22, 2003. Yes, I know Human Tom. Also, I talk to Puppet Tom online. I value honesty. I love to go to Huntington Dog Beach with the boys.
Ty
Monty

My Interests

Guitar
I play guitar. Acoustic & electric, though I haven't been doing much with the electric guitar recently.

Photography
Shooting with a Nikon D100. I also own a few old Olympus film cameras. As soon as I get off my lazy ass I will post some more of my photos here.

Huntington Yellow Flowers

Huntington Garden Rose

Graceful Swan

Camellias in Bloom

Apple Picking

Bee on a Sunflower

Sunflower

Pensive Flamingo

Scuba Diving
I dive predominately in Southern California (Channel Islands, Catalina, Mission Bay). I have also done dives in Oahu, Bora Bora, and Rangiroa. Courses

PADI Open Water Diver PADI Advanced Open Water Diver NAUI Rescue Diver GUE DIR Fundamentals Certifications

TDI Nitrox NAUI Wreck NAUI Drysuit Scuba Rig

Halcyon Stainless Steel Backplate Halcyon Pioneer Wings Halcyon 30lb. ACB Weight system 2 Halcyon Scout Lights (mounted on the chest webbing) Scubapro MK25 DIN First Stage Scubapro S600T Primary Second Stage Scubapro R390 Backup Second Stage IDI Turtle Fins with spring heel straps High Pressure Steel 119 tank

I'd like to meet:

Steven Hawking, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy

Music:

Allman Brothers Band The Beatles Jimmy Buffett Eric Clapton Crosby, Stills and Nash Dave Matthews Band Bob Dylan The Grateful Dead Jimi Hendrix Led Zeppelin Lynyrd Skynyrd Neil Young Oasis Ozzy Phish Pink Floyd Queen Styx James Taylor Livingston Taylor Joe Walsh The Who Frank Zappa

Movies:

Animal House Baseketball Blazing Saddles The Blues Brothers Any James Bond Movie (except for Dalton/Lazenby) Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Full Metal Jacket GodFather Trilogy History of the World Part I Indiana Jones Trilogy Lord of the Rings Trilogy Ocean's Eleven Office Space Orgasmo Ruthless People Scarface Shawshank Redemption South Park Spaceballs Spies Like Us Star Wars Trilogy (pre-redux) Terminator Thomas Crown Affair (remake) Trading Places Unforgiven Young Frankenstein

Television:

M*A*S*H Simpsons South Park Star Trek - DS9 Star Trek - TNG

Books:

Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness John Irving - The World According to Garp Bill Maher - When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden

Heroes:

Seymour Butts Bill Clinton Rodney Dangerfield Ron Jeremy John Lennon Oskar Schindler
Bliss

Hawaii Waterfall

Bora Bora Lagoon

My Blog

China, Netherlands and new SCUBA gear

So, I spent a little time away from home this month.China - 11 daysSo I went to Beijing to help deploy MySpace China. We had a few unexpected events which turned a 7 day trip into an 11 day trip.I got...
Posted by Kevin on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:32:00 PST

Simpsons Trailer in HD

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Posted by Kevin on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:01:00 PST

You know him as a rapper, I know him as a calculator...

OK, so the T.I. & friends webcast is going well so far.http://www.myspace.com/sidekickWe're webcasting from the Riviera Theater in Chicago right now, and I'm in the office (Beverly Hills) working remo...
Posted by Kevin on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:29:00 PST

Project Inglewood Launch

Project Inglewood has launched to rave reviews. The story behind the name is this: my team got together and decided to name all new R&D projects after Los Angeles slums. Project Inglewo...
Posted by Kevin on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:02:00 PST

His name is Kevin, he STILL love dem samwiches...

OK. So 45 lbs down, I'm looking and feeling a lot better. I know I promised pictures, but I don't have any, so sorry to disappoint. That Fatty McGee picture on my profile will just n...
Posted by Kevin on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:16:00 PST

MIT, Harvard, and Akamai - Oh my!

First week in February: what a travel itinerary! First stop, Calgary to attend my fraternity's Pig Dinner. Drinking hard liquor and Canadian beer until 5 AM: that's a recipe for a hangover if I ...
Posted by Kevin on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:51:00 PST

His name is Kevin, he love dem samwiches...

So I lost a little weight this month: about 30 lbs.So I'm down at around my college weight, looking to get down to about 200 lbs once all is said and done. I'm really doing this to avoid becomin...
Posted by Kevin on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:40:00 PST

Another Sunday at the Dog Beach - Video Blog

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Posted by Kevin on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:01:00 PST

Ben Folds Webcast: One down, several to go.

Well, the Ben Folds Show went off. There were a few large potholes on the road to execution, but I can (and do) feel proud that I have successfully pulled off my first live webcast. Next stop Miami. N...
Posted by Kevin on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:50:00 PST

How I taught my dog to stop drinking out of the toilet bowl...

So I was home sick today, working on some code for work (yes, I know). Ty and Monty were chilling with me, just hanging out. Then Ty decided to go to the bathroom and wet his whistle. So in order to p...
Posted by Kevin on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:18:00 PST