About Myself and Lunarnoon
Professionally Myself
I am an avid web developer, photographer and meteorologist currently working for the National Center for Atmospheric Research's
Earth Observing Laboratory as a Web Developer. At my current job I am responsible for designing and building webpages for the
group as a whole, as well as the multiple field projects they preform each year. Some of the field projects out of NCAR EOL include
VOTREXII, PREDICT, HIPPO, and other various smaller projects.
Additionally, I am a freelance web developer with multiple large, successful projects under my belt. These
include being the Student Director of Technology for the University of Utah, as well as a developer for the
Department of Meteorology (now Atmospheric Sciences) at the University of Utah. From these posts and others,
I have been responsible for a variety of websites that recieve over 5 million hits total during 2009.
The Other 16 Hours of the Day
When I am not working you can usually find me somewhere outside, that is if you can find me. I am infamous
for my monthly travels and last-minute trips that I take as often as possible. Most of these trips either
take me to a fun city or somewhere outdoors. While I love going to airports, road triping is just as fun
and I have spend many days put thousands of miles on my car during holiday traveling. I am an avid hiker,
camper, backpacker, skier, biker, and anything else that gets me outside.
Also, you will probably find me working more when I am not officially at 'work'. I have enough side projects
and personal projects to keep me plenty busy into the wee hours of the morning. These projects range from
freelance hirings to work for friends and family. And when all is said and done, I occasionally will get
some sleep, but there is plenty of time to sleep when you are dead.
Where Lunarnoon Has Been
While it might no longer be under the same name, this web site is already 10 years old and still growing and changing
as much as ever. It all started out as FishWorld way back in 1999, my first personal website that I used to post newsletters
and photos for my friend and neighbour that had moved to India. By 2002, it had become The Melee a blog and motion-picture
group (which quickly made me realize I was better at still photography). These finally blended into Fading Moon in 2004,
where I really began to grasp professional web design and photography. Three years later, the site still follows the
tradition of FishWorld being being clean and fresh. Who knows where it will be in another few years!