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Name: Shane Winegard
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Profession: Information Technology director for a Chicago-based consulting company

My Interests

Besides the obvious, I enjoy reading, listening to music, photography, and travelling. I'm sure I'm leaving a ton of stuff out, but those are the first that come to mind.

Why a Weblog?

Since I enjoy the feeling of fulfillment instilled by creating, designing and coding, I thought that the best way to preserve that emotion would be to create a sandbox for it. This sandbox - coinz.org - is a personal Web site that helps me collect my thoughts, jot down useful links, share information, and showcase my skills. Anyway, it is what it is and you are here. Welcome.

The Main Page

I update this page as often as I can with information that I find interesting, be it links, my thoughts on technology, design & usability, or general gleanings/ramblings. Everything I post is archived, so make sure you spend some time checking out the old stuff.

Disclaimer

This site, its design and its content are not affiliated with any company, including any and all employers that I have worked for in the past or may work for in the future.

Technologies Used

Web server

Microsoft-IIS/6.0

Operating System

Microsoft 2003 Server R2 SP2

Hardware

Shuttle X100R, 2.16GHZ - 667MHZ - 4MB Intel Core 2 DUO T7400, 2GB RAM, 250GB HD

Content Management

Blogger Pro*

* All weblog posts (recent blog entries, archives, etc.) are currently powered by Blogger Pro and transferred as XML to my web server where they are then transformed.

Languages Used

Code

CSS, Javascript, PHP, XML, XSL/XSLT

Database

mySQL

DOCTYPE

XHTML 1.1

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Favorite...

Book
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera

Movie
Apocalypse Now

Band
Radiohead