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Leon Atkinson

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  • Leon Atkinson

  • 39 / Male
  • Martinez, CALIFORNIA, US
  • Last Login: 11/6/2009

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Interests

  • General

    • Martinez—The Center of the Universe
    • Objectivism
    • Web programming & digital marketing
    • Absurdist humor, non-sequiturs being a particular favorite, Good Sir Frog!
    • Boardgames—especially Reiner Knizia games
    • Arguing
    • FSMism and the Pirate lifestyle—Look below for what I'm reading.
    • Business—especially tech vendor sports
    • Podcasts—Gillmor Gang is a must-listen for me and podcasts in general have made my commute to work bearable.
    • Open Source Software

  • Music

    Recent Downloads: complete discographies of Motorhead and Judas Priest thanks to the soundtracks and more blog.
    All Time Favorites: AC/DC, Agent Orange, Angry Samoans, Aquabats, Chuck Berry, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Circle Jerks, Cirith Ungol, John Coltrane, DEVO, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Minor Threat, Modern Lovers, Thelonius Monk, Willie Nelson, Charlie Parker, Jonathan Richman, Henry Rollins, Semisonic, Bruce Springsteen

  • Movies

    All Time Favorites: The Fountainhead, Greaser's Palace.

  • Television

    All Time Favorites: Upright Citizens Brigade, The Vacant Lot, Star Trek: TOS

  • Books

    Currently Reading: The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
    All Time Favorites: Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead

  • Heroes

    Ayn Rand, Hank Aaron, George Washington

Details

  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: Martinez
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Religion: Atheist
  • Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
  • Education: College graduate
  • Occupation: Chief Technologist

Schools

Companies

  • Clear Ink

    • Walnut Creek, CA US
    • Chief Technologist
    1997-2000

  • Clear Ink

    • Berkeley, CA US
    • Chief Technologist
    2003-present

  • Quantal International

    • Berkeley, CA US
    • Programmer
    1995-1997

  • Independent Consultant

    • Martinez, CA US
    • Owner
    2000-2003

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About me:

I grew up and still live in Martinez, California. I have a wonderful wife and two sons. We live in the house I grew up in, since I was lucky enough to have bought it from my parents several years ago.

I have a weekly game night with my buddies Jeff, Carl, Emilio, Ricky, Bob, Quentin & Szeder. We play boardgames for the most part, although we did go through a D&D revival several years ago.

I've been working as a programmer for my entire career. Most of that time has been at one of the two incarnations of Clear Ink, so I have lots of experience with programming for the Web and digital marketing. I also wrote a couple of books, Core PHP and Core MySQL. A lot of people have seen the PHP book since it was the first book in English about PHP.

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  • MedusaMedusa Snakegirl

    Dec 29 2008 3:10 AM

    "Our way of life can be preserved"...oh Leon, must you bum me out like that? Haha. That's just SAD! That pic of the scorpion's pinchers on that bull's balls weirds me out. I mean, as a guy-does that make you go "OUUUCCH" & kind of cringe or what? Haha.
    It's just plain WRONG!
  • MedusaMedusa Snakegirl

    Dec 26 2008 9:12 AM

    WTF is that pic all about???!!! Oh you DIDN'T just send me a weird pic of a scorpion pinching a bull's balls! Hahahaha! Do they really DO THAT?!! :/
  • MedusaMedusa Snakegirl

    Dec 25 2008 8:45 AM

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS LEON!

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    :)
    ~C*
  • Marck }=))>Marck Menke

    Dec 25 2008 4:43 AM

    "At last," U exclaim, "Marck's new New Year poem is up, out & on!"

    Actually, I considered following this year's one-line slogan, '2008: Great!', with a stylistic sequel: '2009: Fine!', but then decided 2 B a tad less uber-minimalist 4 next year and composed the following instead... N-joy! }=))>



    P.S. I'm not teasing Rocking Ruby Rose Lee about her aliases. I'm just sincerely confused, that's all.
  • Marck }=))>Marck Menke

    Nov 24 2008 1:11 AM

    Hi Leon,

    Holy Night sounds wholly fun. I'll be there in spirit so be careful not to imbibe me during the revels!

    Cheers,

    Marck }=))>
  • Marck }=))>Marck Menke

    Nov 23 2008 6:14 AM

    Hi Leon, Just read your blog. It was a great explanation with some useful tech solutions too. Yes, I can see how F-Book can inspire rebelliousness! My own attempt is to get it act like an ersatz MySpace... though they do block me at every turn... 'The Book and 'The Space' are both good for networking in private cliques but what I love about MySpace is how you can take it more public, personalized and/or peculiar without nearly so much flack.

    Is Holy Night Xmas or T.G. or ??

    Cheers,

    Marck }=))>
  • LeonLeon Atkinson

    Nov 19 2008 10:52 PM

    On MySpace, it seems to be expected that you'd be more irreverent. It makes being rebellious a lot harder than on Facebook where everything seems so conservative. For me, it fuels the insanity. I'm not sure if you could see what went on last week on FB, but many of us were all changing out our profiles to look like Jeremy H. And that's sparked some interesting ideas for strange photoshop mashups.
    For example: