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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
Star Wars Books I've Read
- Han Solo Trilogy: The Paradise Snare
- Han Solo Trilogy: The Hutt Gambit
- Han Solo Trilogy: Rebel Dawn
- Shadows of the Empire
- The Truce at Bakura
- Rogue Squadron
- Wedge's Gamble
- The Krytos Trap
- The Thrawn Trilogy: Heir to the Empire
- The Thrawn Trilogy: Dark Force Rising
- The Thrawn Trilogy: The Last Command
- The Jedi Academy Trilogy: Jedi Search
- The Jedi Academy Trilogy: Dark Apprentice
- The Jedi Academy Trilogy: Champions of the Force
- I, Jedi
- Children of the Jedi
- Darksaber
- Planet of Twilight
- The Crystal Star
- Specter of the Past
- Vision of the Future
- Vector Prime
- Dark Tide I
- Dark Tide II
- Agents of Chaos: Heroe's Trial
- Agents of Chaos: Jedi Eclipse
- Balance Point
- Edge of Victory: Conquest
- Edge of Victory: Rebirth
- Star by Star
- Dark Journey
- Enemy Lines: Rebel Dream
- Enemy Lines: Rebel Stand
- Traitor
- Destiny's Way
- Force Heretic: Remnant
- Force Heretic: Refugee
- Force Heretic: Reunion
- The Final Prophecy
- The Unifying Force
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