Sean Lawler

15 Things You Didn't Know About Me

From November 2009

  1. Devices I would never give up … my iPhone and my Xbox360.  Current technology is amazing.
  2. Three things I can't live without … food, water, air.
  3. My favorite season is … Autumn. Brisk weather, colorful leaves, and the start of the Football season.
  4. My secret talent is ... breaking software on purpose.  I do things that some users would try because they don't know any better.
  5. I love watching ... NCAA and NFL Football.
  6. My least favorite software application … is Microsoft Word. It's HAL 9000 embodied in a text editor.  "I'm sorry, Sean. I'm afraid I can't do that."
  7. Web site I spend the most time on … BoingBoing.net – It's a Directory of Wonderful Things (usually).
  8. I love to take vacations … even if it's only to sample the local restaurants and craft breweries.
  9. Something that really annoys me … mobile texting shorthand.  Y cnt u jst typ xtra ltrs? It dsnt $ mor.  Especially true when seen on the internet.
  10. A favorite hobby of mine is … reading. I'm a voracious reader and used to read over 100 books a year (I'm down to about 30 now).  I learned to read when I was 2 years old!
  11. I make the best… pancakes.  My family has crowned me "The Flapjack King".
  12. I like to read … assorted non-fiction, WWII history, and science fiction/fantasy.
  13. I used to play the ... trombone in the University of Wisconsin Marching Band.  Go Bucky!
  14. What I really think of Twitter…  Twitter can be a great news aggregator if you can handle the signal to noise ratio.  Speed reading is handy.
  15. My favorite type of music is … Electronic.  Whether in the car or playing on my turntables at home, I'm usually listening to some form of Techno.
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