this siteSo why TonyPhalen.com? Well, I had a small About Us page on my racing site (CompetitionX.com) but it was more about that site than about me. Since I had a little spare time and the resources, why not make a personal site for myself?
Then there's the love of working with computers and the internet. 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. So here it is.
technologiesBeing a hands-on, techy type of guy, I get my best work done by doing instead of learning. That being said, my original TonyPhalen.com site design and programming was all hand-coded script. Yes, by hand. No Dreamweaver. No FrontPage...just a simple notepad and LOTS of spare time. Hand-coding gave me the great feeling of accomplishment and complete control over the site...no extraneous tags or code floating around that I would have to keep track of.
In early 2009 I was turned on to Adobe's Dreamweaver. While I still work 100% in the Code window (still building every site by hand), Dreamweaver does automate a few of the tasks that actually move things along a little faster. I guess I'll lower my guard enough to allow a few changes in my life.
I'm also an avid user of Adobe's Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and Soundbooth. These programs get a daily workout on my quest for web supremacy.
working systemBecause I work in so many resource-intensive programs at one time, I wanted a system that could keep up with me.
specs:
• HP Pavilion DV8T 1200 Noteboook
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• Intel Core i7 -720QM Quad Core Processor (1.6GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
with Turbo Boost up to 2.8GHz
• 8GB DDR3 System Memory
• 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
• 1GB Nvidie GeForce GT 230M
• 18.4" diagonal High Def HP Ultra Brightview Infinity Display
• Western Digital 1TB Network Drive
• Western Digital 60GB Travel Drive
• Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
personalname: tony phalen
dob: 03 january
home: lakewood, ca, usa
handed: right
fluent: english, pig-latin
hobbiesrc, video games, movies, music, long random drives, web design, eating
key favoritesmusic: pretty much anything except for
country. playing daily: kOrn, Metallica
Static-X, Chemical Brothers, Rush,
Blue October, Eminem
vehicles (own): 2005 Ford Ranger Edge
vehicles (want): Datsun 510, Nissan GTR
foods: When it comes to food, i'll try
anything once. Pizza and anything
Italian top my list.
drinks: Monster (blue label), Diet Dr.
Pepper, Sam Adams or Newcastle.
Sometimes a Guiness.
proficiencies• Adobe Graphic Products (Photoshop,
Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Acrobat,
Dreamweaver)
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Web Design
• HTML Coding
• Search Engine Optimization
• PDF Management
• Core FTP
• Solidworks 2006
• E-Commerce
• Online Marketing & Advertising
• Wordpress Web Sites