24 Nov
Posted by Harper in General at 08:11 PM
Tags: google, harper, harper-reed, nerd, search-engines, seo, web
So my name is harper. It isn’t a very common name, so I have always had luck with being pretty high ranked in the results when a person searches for my full name “harper reed,” but when you search for my first name I am often beat out by such “cultural giants” as ben harper, harpers [...]
09 Mar
Posted by Harper in General, Technology at 04:24 AM
Tags: ambientagent, gumstix, hiromi, myspace, nerd, php, podcasting
The last couple weeks have been ultra nerdy. It has been great. I got my gumstix and have been rocking that - attempting to get a handle on how i am going to make that work. It doesn’t seem like it will be all that hard to theoretically make. I am worried about having to [...]
03 Mar
Posted by Harper in General at 01:34 PM
Tags: aim, brooks, broox, dad, nerd, subversion, travel, watership
so I have been thinking about going to des moines to see my friend derek and I was talkign to him and he was all surprised that I woudl be coming out:(11:42:00) Derek Brooks: just to hang out?(11:42:02) Work Aim: yea(11:42:06) Derek Brooks: cool(11:42:27)
01 Sep
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 04:51 PM
Tags: apple, cell, chicago, development, haxored, juggling, laptop, nerd, nokia, phone, search, travel, war
so today - I am chilling - taking a shower and my wall attacked me. I was just brushing my teeth in the shower and I turned around and the wall that was facing my back lost all the tiles. It was …
12 Apr
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 11:31 PM
Tags: fear, india, mom, nerd, php, server, war
casshern will be an awesome movie. check out the trailer. >my work may send me to india. that would be pretty cool. ahh. I pull so much bandwidth and have such a fast connection. rule.
rsync: wrote 5848268254 bytes read 2629260 bytes 1479554.31…
01 Apr
Posted by Harper in General at 04:04 AM
Tags: awesome, machine, mobile, nerd, phones, review, Technology, tmobile
While i was at home for the holidays i saw my friends Sidekick and he showed me the terminal program on it. at the time i was havinging a hell of a time with my server and was always looking for an SSH client while i was traveling. So when i got back to chicago [...]
08 Mar
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 10:39 PM
Tags: chicago, food, google, harper, metal, nerd, nokia, phone, rock, war
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
10 Feb
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 09:12 PM
Tags: advertising, aim, chicago, chris, family, google, hacking, hong, ipod, kungfu, linux, mom, nerd, phone, php, reed, search, security, tools
so a week or so ago I went to this party for the chicago thong organization, it was really funny and strange - but my friend chris and I participated in the activities and wore thongs and capes(which was the costume of choice). well later that night we were at a club and one of our friends snapped this really great
16 Jan
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 05:07 PM
Tags: ella, games, hiromi, kstar, nerd, rock, taiwan
So my friend and best fan in taiwan, ella, met with my roommate hiromi in taiwan. I sent a care package with hiromi for ella. she seemed to like her a care package - which is good.
12 Nov
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 06:53 PM
Tags: blogs, health, nerd, php, school, Sites, war
This morning was awesome. I really feel that getting up leisurely at 10:30 is a healthy way to live. last night I attempted to stay up late to help with work stuff. but I onlly made it to about 3:30ish.. I was bummed out. I had planned to stay up late. but I didn’t get a chance to take my much needed afternoon nap. I suppose I could have used this opportunity to start doing cocaine ;) hahah. umm…
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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