this siteSo why TonyPhalen.com? Well, I did have About Us page on my racing site (CompetitionX.com) but it never really said anything about me. I figured I have the time and I have the resources, why not?
Then there's the love of working with computers and the web. Both of these were evil when I was a kid...the kind of evil that I had to be a part of. Let's just say I got into my share of trouble back in the day.
And then there's the fact that I wanted a personal web site. And I can do it. And it's easy. And I enjoy it.
technologiesThe original site design and programming was all coded by hand. Yes, by hand. No Dreamweaver. No FrontPage...just lil ol' 1st Page 2000 and LOTS of spare time.
In early 2009 I was turned on to Dreamweaver and, well, while I still code most my sites by hand, I do get to take some shortcuts by using the programs pre-set features.
personalname: Tony Phalen
dob: 03 January
home: Lakewood, CA, USA
hobbiesrc, video games, long drives, web design
additional• rc racing career
key favoritesmusic: pretty much anything (kOrn,
Metallica, Static-X, Chemical Brothers,
Blue October, etc) except country.
vehicles (own): 2006 MazdaSpeed6,
2005 Ford Ranger Edge
vehicles (want): Nissan GTR, Saleen S7
foods: I'll try anything once. That being
said, pretty much anything, especially
anything Danna makes.
drinks: beer or wine...depends on the
occasion. Daily requests being my
morning Monster and a Diet Dr.
Pepper.
proficiencies• Adobe Graphic Products (Photoshop,
Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Acrobat,
Dreamweaver)
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Web Design
• HTML Coding
• Search Engine Optimization
• 1st Page 2000
• PDF Management
• Core FTP
• Solidworks 2006
• E-Commerce
• Online Marketing & Advertising