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| I never left Plymouth State University. After graduation I was hired on at the IT department as a Web Application Engineer (PHP, MySQL, Oracle, PL/SQL, JavaScript, etc) and teach the occasional College course here and there. | | I never left Plymouth State University. After graduation I was hired on at the IT department as a Web Application Engineer (PHP, MySQL, Oracle, PL/SQL, JavaScript, etc) and teach the occasional College course here and there. |
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| | ==Abbreviated Life in a Nutshell== |
| | # Born |
| | # Moved around a bunch early on |
| | # Grew up in Arizona, USA...mostly on a Ranch in the boonies (you know, riding horses, roping cattle, building fences, killing snakes) |
| | # Skipped 7th & 8th grade to jump right in to highschool |
| | ## was introduced to Star Wars CCG and Star Wars RPG. Much fun was had |
| | ## used the library to teach myself HTML and start coding my first website on Geocities |
| | # Graduated at 16 and moved to New Hampshire, USA for college |
| | # Chose Computer Science as major despite never owning a computer (it seemed fun) |
| | ## Played an e-mail based SW RPG |
| | ## Joined the EH Imperial Senate my freshman year |
| | ## Became the EH Imperial Senate Minister of Communications (webpage slut) for a LOOONG time |
| | ### hosted the Imperial Senate sites for years |
| | ### designed a number of other EH sites outside of the Imperial Senate |
| | ## Became the EH Imperial Senate Chancellor |
| | ## Retired from EH Imperial Senate |
| | ## Played D&D for the first time and loved it |
| | ## Played Shadowrun RPG |
| | ## Met a cool girl that eventually became my wife |
| | # Graduated in 2003 with my Bachelor of Science |
| | # Began working for the same university I graduated from as a programmer |
| | ## Got married |
| | ## Started Blogging (http://borkweb.com ) |
| | ## Started Playing World of Warcraft, got addicted, quit, started again very un-addicted like |
| | ## Began teaching college courses on occasion (only 6 so far) |
| | ## Though of, Designed, and Developed http://masterwish.com with two co-workers |
| | ## Learned the power of JavaScript and how it applied to AJAX |
| | # Joined the DB |
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| ==Miscellaneous== | | ==Miscellaneous== |
Template:User infobox
This is for the RL person behind Orv Dessrx. For the Dark Brotherhood character, see Orv Dessrx.
Brief History
Born in Portsmouth, NH to a Navy family. I moved around a lot.
High School
My high school years were spent at Coolidge Christian School in Coolidge, AZ where I worked hard, played harder, and graduated at the ripe 'ole age of 16.
Plymouth State University
After graduation, I moved out to Plymouth, NH - worked for a year to gain residency - then started college full time. I graduated 4 years later with a BS in Applied Computer Science.
Professional
I never left Plymouth State University. After graduation I was hired on at the IT department as a Web Application Engineer (PHP, MySQL, Oracle, PL/SQL, JavaScript, etc) and teach the occasional College course here and there.
Abbreviated Life in a Nutshell
- Born
- Moved around a bunch early on
- Grew up in Arizona, USA...mostly on a Ranch in the boonies (you know, riding horses, roping cattle, building fences, killing snakes)
- Skipped 7th & 8th grade to jump right in to highschool
- was introduced to Star Wars CCG and Star Wars RPG. Much fun was had
- used the library to teach myself HTML and start coding my first website on Geocities
- Graduated at 16 and moved to New Hampshire, USA for college
- Chose Computer Science as major despite never owning a computer (it seemed fun)
- Played an e-mail based SW RPG
- Joined the EH Imperial Senate my freshman year
- Became the EH Imperial Senate Minister of Communications (webpage slut) for a LOOONG time
- hosted the Imperial Senate sites for years
- designed a number of other EH sites outside of the Imperial Senate
- Became the EH Imperial Senate Chancellor
- Retired from EH Imperial Senate
- Played D&D for the first time and loved it
- Played Shadowrun RPG
- Met a cool girl that eventually became my wife
- Graduated in 2003 with my Bachelor of Science
- Began working for the same university I graduated from as a programmer
- Got married
- Started Blogging (http://borkweb.com )
- Started Playing World of Warcraft, got addicted, quit, started again very un-addicted like
- Began teaching college courses on occasion (only 6 so far)
- Though of, Designed, and Developed http://masterwish.com with two co-workers
- Learned the power of JavaScript and how it applied to AJAX
- Joined the DB
Miscellaneous
I'm a computer geek. I program for work and for fun. I architect web applications and always have a couple of projects on the wings. I'm a blogger: [BorkWeb]. I play [World of Warcraft]. I own a Wii. I fiddle with Graphic design. I like Strawberry Gushers. I'm married. I have a cat named Ducky Chicken Finger.
Mad Skillz, Yo
I've a number of geek related abilities:
General Applications
Application Architecture
- Ajax
- Database Abstraction
- Database Design in an Enterprise Environment
- Templating
Languages, Markup, & Databases
- CSS
- Java
- JavaScript
- MySQL
- PHP
- PL/SQL
- Oracle
- XHTML
External Links
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This user's time zone is GMT-5.
(Eastern Time)
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