Harper Reed: Tech, Phones, Yo-yoing and Death Metal

Harper Reed: Software, PHP, MySQL, YoYo, Juggling, Baphomet

So a couple weeks ago I found weewar and applied for an invite. Once I got in, I invited some friends. Then we fought our little wars. They were wee. Weewar is basically a turn based strategy game where you have little guy who have different roles. You attempt to capture your opponents bases and [...]

hifi zone

haha.
anyway.. i am going to build out a new stereo for my room. i am pretty excited. It will be a simple inexpensive/expensive hifi system. some good speakers, a preamp, a good amp, a cd player, an ipod dock and that is about it. I have been excited about the T-amp from Sonic Impact [...]

New York Peeps: check out Heath’s new group for watching movies. and such. i imagine it will be a good time.
I have been playing with my PSP a lot more. today on the bus i solved contra. that game is damned hard. seriously. wtf. what kid is going to be able to do that. [...]

i got up late today. it was a bummer. I did na mean to. but I kept
having WEIRD dreams about doing menial tasks at work. so nerve
wrecking. they were stressful dreams. not as awesome as other dreams.
and my eyes are sleepy. and I am hungry. and and andlast night
we went to the science and industry museum - it was closed. suxor.
hah.  so I think I am going to go tomorrow with h…

i am listening to some awesome music.

i think the mix is grave diggaz, front line assembly, himsa, bleeding through and fischerspooner. haha. it rules. it is also a lot better on shuffle. ;) I love mp3s. last night all I did was play video games. I played gish for about an hour - it is a lot of fun. I enjoyed the motif quite a bit. I do wish it really looked like the still gra…

woooooooooooo hooooooo

this weekend was really fun. I liked it. basically I just hung out and played video games, went to clubs and drank vodka. yea know. the usual. it all started on thrusday (as it always does)… so thursday I went to sushi wabi with claudia. then to sonotech. and I saw elisa. I was so excited. I hadn’t seen her in ages. I lke my friends. then we went to bungalow to see jordan and chad -…

heh. yea so my friends have “caught” me. busted for sure:

[@vanwinkle] is harper giving up blogging?
[clock] yeah I think so its been forever
[@vanwinkle] whatever happened to three post per day minumum?
[@scottv] he got a job

So basically I have been just chilling out hard. not doig anything. I get home…

my eyes are dripping tiredness

however, I don’t feel very tired. I really don’t understand how it is that I am able to lead this weird dual life. my friend adam equated it to the original mods from the 50s and 60s. he said they used to have normal jobs(working 9-5) and look like business people - then after work they would transform into these fashion seeking scene people. right after my friend adam told me this he started s…

so tired. this weekend. etv. weddings are fun and weird

this weekend I went to colorado to see my friend sarah get married. it was pretty fun. I really enjoy weddings even though they are so weird. sara h and matt were really cute. it was nice that they got …

totoro. medicine women

this is pretty funny. sometimes I wish I had a secret place to store things. like a mary poppins bag of sorts that I could carry around and remove HUGE objects from. it would rule. but that technology is full of ninjas right now.tonight I watched anchorman. it was very funny. I LOVED brick. that actor cracks me up. he sure love…

« Previous Entries  

Hi. My name is Harper. I am an engineer and software architect involved in social networks and the open source software. I am very happily employed as the CTO to the awesome skinnyCorp in Chicago, IL. We make some really cool stuff. This is obviously my blog. I write about everything from being a professional yoyoer to hacking the newest Internet appliance. Be sure and check out my homepage at harperreed.org. If you are so interested, my resume is located here. I love getting emails and what not so feel free to contact me through here.

Be sure and take a gander at my photos.

If you want to contact me click here to start a chat.

Status

Pictures