contact

please feel free to send email to justincwatt at gmail dot com.

why i blog

i started by reading blogs, and the ones i was reading at the time had this eerie tendency to mention things i had just recently discovered and found interesting. i was inspired by the idea that i could contribute ideas off the top of my head to a place where other people could stumble upon them.

At Webzine 2005 I was videotaped discussing some of my thoughts on blogging.

this is what i look like

hiking the Grand Canyon in September 2008

hiking the Grand Canyon in May 2005.

about me

• i value consistency
• i have a strong aversion to wearing clothing that exposes my shoulders and upper arms
• i try to never begin a communicative act by apologizing
• civilization as we know it would not be possible if it weren’t for small garbage cans in every room (and shelving, lots and lots of shelving) and bag clips
• when my fingernails get too long, i find it difficult to concentrate on anything until i clip them
• i subconsciously refuse to read books people tell me “you should read”
• i like all the hangers in my bedroom closet to be the same—i don’t want an ugly hanger subtly influencing the shirt i pick to wear in the morning
• if i drink milk at other peoples houses, i prefer to drink it with ice. the colder the milk, the fresher it seems.
• i like to wash my face at night in order to sleep comfortably
• i don’t have cable because when i’m watching tv, i have great difficulty focusing on anything else or turning it off (i also don’t own a tv)
• i am slightly averse to acquiring heavy things, like couches and tvs, that i can’t singlehandedly move on my own
• irregular noises, like the sound of subwoofers through the walls in my apartment, make me anxious. i prefer to have control over the noise i hear, and when i’m not listening to music i prefer silence or white noise.
• i am notoriously slow at framing things
• i like water and i like to drink it cold
• sometimes i’ll add something to a todo list only so i can cross it off

about justinsomnia

• hosting: dreamhost, via epia me6000, debian gnu/linux, godaddy, zoneedit
• cms: wordpress, gallery, blogger, haloscan
• wordpress plugins: monthchunks, live comment preview, recent comments list, audio player, similar posts
• tools: ubuntu, firefox, editplus, gimp, winscp, fireworks

archived homepages

• 2002-2003: grad school first year
• 2001-2002: senior year home page
• 2000-2001: junior year home page
• 1999-2000: sophomore year home page
• 1998-1999: freshman year home page