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

Harper Reed: Software, PHP, MySQL, XMPP, Hacking, Baphomet

sorta car sick.

its like the rat that has to step on the shocking plate to get the morphine drip to his brain. i am using my laptop and playing on the internet while riding in a car. it is making my stomach uneasy. but i love the internet. so confusing.
i am excited to finally exit the [...]

driving across the world.

It rules. I am having a great time. it is really fun to hang out with my cousin cole, my mom and hiromi. I am going to miss hiromi when she leaves.
Cole is becoming a pretty good yoyoer. that rules

harry potter rules.

I just finished the newest harry potter book. I quite enjoyed it. (i have turned the spiolers white - unless you are in an RSS reader) I was of course about dumbledore’s demise and snape turning(hah) evil. but i was more bummed about harry’s ejection of ginny. WHY. they are so cute. hahaha.
anyway. i [...]

nyc. gay porn again.

I am in nyc. sitting at tommie’s apartment - listening to remixes and puffy electro. awesome.
the yoyo contest was a lot of fun. i inadvertently may have starred in my first “porn” movie. As a joke on another yoyo player - me and some Duncan kids got naked and recorded over some of their [...]

YoYo

I am in orlando. yoyoing. it is incredibly nerdy.
so so nerdy

guess what

no job for me.
i have lots and LOTS of things going on.
Here is my travel schedule -
so if you are around during these times let me know
07/28-07/30: Orlando - world yoyo contest
07/30-08/04: NYC - work
08/11-08/13: colorado - play/work
come play. it would be fun.
I desprately need a new laptop. seriously. this is killing [...]

holy butterball

I am back. i have been back since sunday night - it was a trip. I really liked san fran and i really liked hanging with noah and the gravity guys. Nice. The office was super class and they are doing such cool stuff. I stayed in this dope hotel and ate at really nice [...]

busy busy busy

This last couple days have been insane. So obviously i was in nyc working. then i hung out and partied all night in manhatten with amjad. That ended with us eating tater tots at 4 in the morning. and INCREDIBLE idea. seriously. whoever invented that was smart. S M R T. then the plane [...]

yea. i am going to punch airports in the nuts

I hate airports as of yesterday.
It all started about 1.5 months ago. I got word that i was coming to NYC for some work stuff so i went on orbitz and purchased some tickets. about two weeks after that i double checked and noticed much to my surprise that i had purchased tickets for [...]

heh. dichotomy. wtf

So i was chilling in phoenix and i called my dad. i told him that i wanted to make a website for my grandfather and that my mom and dad should start scanning pictures - or send them to me to scan. and my dad was like.. umm why don’t you come out here and [...]

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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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