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

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

trout. i mean lobster.

i really want to go dancing - big band style. all of a sudden. or just watch triplets of belleville. something. just not be up or at work. I am tired of wearing “business casual” clothing. I really want to just wear jeans. or whatever. just something that isn’t “business casual.” I suppose I will get over it. ;) I go through these…

METALLICA!!!

haha.
so this weekend was pretty ridiculous. it was generally out of control. basically I just hung out and did the things that make my life incredible. haha. it all started on Wednesday (of course). so for the past couple weeks I have been working nights a lot. so I have also had a LOT of screwed up sleep - i.e. none. especially at night. soo… on Wednesday I was struggl…

stupid sick :: jokesareawesome.com

i hate being sick. it totally blows. I love black metal. I really don’t know how they are related. but I have listened to black metal for the last couple months. and it rules. today was all emporer.
i got bored of choosign music for my ipod - so I let itunes do it this time. it did a pretty good job. I am proud. anyway. last night I played yoyo and cleaned my room. it was co…

oh yea. thats right. no idea whats going on.

i woke up this morning with both a strange sickness in my throat and an feeling that I had lost all ability to type. it was weird. this weekend was pretty good. I basically just hung out with some friends, saw some good shows and all that nonsense. It all started on thrusday. oh yea. crobar. we all hung out. hiromi was drinking a little more than she usually does so that was hilarious….

when dinosaurs attack

so this day has been weird already and it is barely 9:30. first last night I got home from juggling club and was notified that my paypal account was terminated due to 3gscreensaver having porn on it. I actually don’t know if that was the reason they just sent me a terse email with this link. so I am…

yoyoyo all the good men are dieing.

so the past month - I have reengaged my ears in a black metal journey. it is awesome. I

mass

today I went downtown and picked up voltage converter and some clothes. everyone has been telling me to go and get light colored clothing so that I don’t A) burn up and B) get attacked by bugs. apparently there are a lot of bugs. I am not a fan of disease so I guess I will head their suggestions. stupid disease. so I got some clothes. mostly brown pants and nice

skinny puppy

so when I was little. skinny puppy was my favorite band. now they are apparently back and touring. I discovered this when I woke up on sunday and had a shiny metal urge to chekc the readers early warning list. much to my amaze - skinny puppy was playing at the vic. so I immediately attempted to secure tickets. no luck. all sold out. in fact I think they were SOLD OUT. like in caps. pixies style. …

blah blah blah

i don’t feel like updating my blog today. stupid stupid stupid stupid blog. I really want my new phone to come. I hate trusting vendors with more than 50 dollars. yeah yeah yeah. this weekend was a good time. it created a tired person out of me however. on friday

yoyo website

the last couple days I have been working in all my spare time to finish this yoyo website. I think it is going to be really fun. I will be doing a bunch of fancy things to make it good. I am excited to attempt a new website. I haven’t made one in a couple of weeks. video editing is different. I think we need to eventually reshoot a bunch of stuff. but that is…

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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.

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