Thank you for visiting and taking the time to read! My plan is to learn about HTML and web design by experience and through whatever study I can manage using W3schools.com. I'll probably fuss continuously over the overall design of my website and the tone I express in writing. As you may remember, I have trouble reading certain fonts and colour combinations on screens, so I'll likely adjust style settings frequently. I feel pretty free to meander and write fuzzily since I have an open canvas before me and I think things will eventually take structure the more I iterate. I'm not the type to list my interests and intend to simply share my interests on any whim at all. I would love if you'd give fair attention to what I share when you've got the time and drop a line if talking interests you.
The last time I maintained a genuine blog was from roughly 2011 to 2014 for reviewing and sharing music and it veered staunchly artistic in expression. I conducted a fair share of interviews and while I may return to the habit, I don't have one sole express purpose for this page. I plan to share my own music and my experimental mixtape "entanglement" will be the first official entry in the bulletin log as the website beyond this index page takes shape. I'm really excited for the 2025 Formula 1 season, the 2025 roller coaster park season, and hopefully taking some serious steps in my career, and those are the main things on my mind at the time I'm writing this.
I've been an audio-video technician for nearly 10 years now and consider the bulk of my more detailed experience gained with my current employer over the past 7 years. I'm a Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) through the AVIXA organisation and am studying to obtain my CTS-D to move into designing solutions. I'm studying programs through Crestron Technical Institute to expand my skills into programming and will pursue a more intense study with Biamp who partners with us for most of our DSPs. It is rare for onsite support to also provide programming support or be involved directly in designing solutions for the client and I'm hoping to hone my skills to create such opportunities for myself. While I will learn some knowledge that is specific to my industry, Crestron programming uses C, C+, and C#, and I can springboard from there to other career paths or continue to develop my own within A/V.
I'd really like to apply this gained knowledge creatively. I'm familiar with Max MSP & PureData but I couldn't help but feel the expression of the design's limit. That is, of course, as pretentious as it sounds. Being able to create my own tools would seriously broaden my expression. I'd like to be able to imagine a Virtual Studio Technology and simply make it from my own effort. Renoise has it's own scripting language that I can learn. Maybe I'll eventually do something even so bold as design a video game. I read recently that good games are built on the foundation of interesting systems and that crystallised feelings I hold about my favourite games that inspire me. It seems more than ever that these sorts of knowledge are easier to access and I've steadily built a foundation for myself to invest myself into a craft on a whim. I think I'm a big dreamer and I believe life is very long. There is so much to learn every day and there will be so many days to stay learning. There is so much I already know that I can keep using and developing every day.
I recently learned that my company has worked within the theme park industry to design A/V solutions for rides. It would be such a dream! There is a lot to learn for me to even be able to envision such things but am on the path to learn the skills necessary to execute and am interested in taking part at even the most entry-level position. I'm not going to wait to start dreaming and designing. When I "retire", I might still like to operate rides. It would be amazing to be part of a ride being created by then, but I'll be happy just to send people on any fun ride. I love to play Rollercoaster Tycoon and have recently taken a break since I'm trying to disconnect from major services like Twitch. I enjoy having the visual presentation of a livestream, so I'd like to figure out my own solution for that, but I may share engineering-oriented design problems and the solutions I develop. RCT may not be scientific design software, but I've always liked the game. The full-scale design stuff can happen when I'm ready for that, too.
I'm excited to get more experience riding rollercoasters this year and would like to travel more to do so. I'd really love to go to Montreal for the Formula 1 Grand Prix with my girlfriend Pia some year, as well, and there's an epic new coaster to ride in Canada's Wonderland. I'm studying written and spoken languages through Duolingo, as well, so when we travel to a country we can respectfully interact with its people. I know the person would be delighted to discuss even simple things with a foreigner without the imposition that it would have to be through English. Knowing some French might be helpful in some areas of Canada, but I'd like to visit Germany with Pia and maybe eventually Japan, especially for the rabbit island (OK and also Eejanaika (and maybe even the Suzuka GP)). Germany has some great coasters, including one I'm hoping to keep a surprise for Pia, and is home to some excellent racetracks. Her and I have daydreamed a little of camping in the mountainside during the 24 hours of Nurburgring. We could easily get up to a lot together.
This Formula 1 season is looking very exciting and I have yet planned to attend a race with Pia this year. We enjoyed the NASCAR Chicago Street Race last year but I think we'll try to attend some sportscar racing or Indycar in Wisconsin at Road America. The Indycar weekend should be pretty awesome. I'll no doubt be excitedly posting about whatever I get up to.
Thank you for reading and visiting! I'll eventually learn an RSS feed to keep you updated of new posts but please don't stress about checking too frequently. If I gain a rhythm, you'll notice, so don't worry about missing anything. For my next post, I'm going to talk about the philosophy, influences, and practice behind my experimental mixtape. You'll be able to download it for free! Until next time, be good!