About Me

Arrival.

Began teaching myself piano.

Drew pictures of made-up Mega Man characters and levels.

Second place in the South Florida division of the Nintendo World Championships.

Trying to play the Turkish March as fast as possible!

Made my first video game! Hangman, in QBASIC.

Won some award at SunFest for a painting.

Friend Mark Garvin shows me how to play guitar.

Mastery of the power chord and Nirvana's "Lithium".

Made a text-based RPG and an ASCII shmup in Pascal.

Made some trippy graphics routines with Eric O'Connell involving parametric equations and a bouncing square.

Having trouble learning a Chopin Polonaise; Started taking piano lessons.

Half hour recital with master pianist and Canadian Edward Turgeon.

Got my B.S. in Math from FAU!

Moved to Brooklyn with my fiancee Nicole.

Came down with Pneumonia and Strep at the same time. Major surgery and I recover but lose the ability to sing falsetto. Karaoke career in shambles.

Married Nicole. Can't wait to file jointly!

Joined NYU-Poly's branch of the Games For Learning Institute.

Made my first real-time game, Prime Beef!! with C# and XNA.

Won second place in G4LI's competition!

Started writing jokes.

Got up on stage and told jokes to a room of four or five other comedians.

Auditioned for a spot at New York Comedy Club. More than a hundred comedians, 8 spots available, and I got one!

Got my M.S. in Computer Science from NYU-Poly!

Moved to Rome, Italy. Found out I don't know much Italian.