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Re: Introduce yourself to everyone
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2007, 06:54:19 AM »

I'm from: Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario Canada, living nearby in the small town of Palmerston
I found RT when: Spending too much time figuring out how to use Drupal, found Joomla, then RT themes!
For a living I: Worked at an ISP for 10yrs, couldn't stand the commuting/cubicle anymore, started by own business
The best film I've ever seen is: Definitely not "Ghost Rider", can I have my 2 hours back please!
On the iPod right now and always will be: T.Rex
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is: Scuba dive with my  wife and kids.
Something I'm really proud of is: Being a stay at home Dad, while trying to run a new business
Hobbies: first it was Thomas the Train, then Bionicles Lego, currently Star Wars Lego rules the house - thanks boys.
Favourite Food: Spicy!, followed by a good beer... or two
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« Reply #16 on: July 03, 2007, 09:14:44 PM »

I'm from: Orlando, Florida
found RT when: Google'ing Joomla templates
For a living I: mostly school, some freelance web design
The best film I've ever seen is: If it has Al Pacino, George Clooney or Denzel Washington in it, then yes
On the iPod right now and always will be: anything and everything classical and jazz (mostly latin)
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is: Travel to Italy and Australia
Something I'm really proud of is: Actually running a web business while in school
Hobbies: Life
Favourite Food: two requirements: it has to be edible, and its main feeding audience is humans
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Re: Introduce yourself to everyone
« Reply #17 on: July 03, 2007, 11:32:50 PM »

Is it too cheeky of me to make this my first post?  Consider it an ice breaker for me  Smiley

I'm from: near Vancouver, Canada
found RT when: Some brilliant guy from Joomla! got me hooked
For a living I: manage a retail garden centre while doing web work on the side
The best film I've ever seen is: Tough one.  Anything created by David Lynch. (Twin Peaks FWWM most notably)
On the iPod right now and always will be: Van Halen, The Black Crowes, Belly, Blue Rodeo, Pearl Jam, Sigur Ros, Labyrinth Soundtrack, and many more...
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is: Record a song
Something I'm really proud of is: Being Canadian of course!
Hobbies: photography, music, web design, horticulture, movies,
Favourite Food: Anything that "tastes like burning!" Gotta be spicy. 
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« Reply #18 on: July 04, 2007, 10:37:48 AM »

I'm from: Manchester, England
Found RT when: Google search
For a living I: Ceramic Technician.
The best film I've ever seen is: Yo'jimbo, Seven Samurai, LOTR trilogy, Godfather part I & II, Akira, ghost in the Shell.
On the iPod right now and always will be: The Doors, The Prodigy, Rolling Stones, Guns 'n' Roses, Faithless, Chemical Brothers.
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is: Swim with a Great White, Wrestle a Crocodile, & Visit Tokyo.
Something I'm really proud of is: *Being able to Draw with one hand and Write with the other at the same time & having a slight Eidetic Memory (basically having a photographic memory) with numbers.*
Hobbies: Football (for Americans Soccer), Boxing, Running, Gym, Beer, Man UTD, Counter Strike: Source, Going out with friends/girlfriend.
Favourite Food: Nepalese Rogan Josh.
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Re: Introduce yourself to everyone
« Reply #19 on: July 11, 2007, 08:41:38 PM »


Hi
My name is Ken Little and I'm from Brisbane Australia.

My challenge at this moment is to find my Joomla Admin area
in cPanel.

Any help would be most welcome.

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« Reply #20 on: July 12, 2007, 02:50:16 PM »

I'm from: Richmond, Virginia USA
I found RT when: Looking for quality Joomla themes
For a living I: Work for a MAJOR credit card company as a Business Systems Analyst supporting a financial reconciliation system.
On the iPod right now and always will be: Hip Hop, Punk, Classic Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop, anything but country and opera Smiley
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is:  Buy a Boxer dog.
Something I'm really proud of is: my current stance in my life.  Recently married, great job, great wife, great friends, eh good family too.
Hobbies: online gaming (BF2 currently), Joomla & RT, web development, computers, working in my yard, wakeboarding, snowboarding, love the beach.
Favourite Food: Pizza - no matter what I do or how much I eat, I always have room for a slice of pizza. 
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« Reply #21 on: July 12, 2007, 02:54:37 PM »

I'm from: born in Norway, my mother is german and spanish, have no currently place called home.
I found RT when: it was called something else. Back in the Mambo days.
For a living I: don't do a jack. Or maybe a Steve...
The best film I've ever seen is: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
On the iPod right now and always will be: Don't have an iPod. But if I had, it would have been filled with Metallica.
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is: Travel to USA (Atlanta, GA).
Something I'm really proud of is: my friends, I would guess.
Favorite Foods: CHICKEN!!! Bak, bak, baaak..
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« Reply #22 on: July 29, 2007, 06:08:57 PM »

I'm from: Born and raised in the heartland of the US, Omaha , Nebraska.
I found RT when: during a WoW break
For a living I: am a Sr System Admin for the 3rd largest cable/communications company in the US
The best film I've ever seen is: Brotherhood of the Wolves
On the iPod right now and always will be: Black Sabbath: The Dio Years
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is: Visit Stonehenge
Something I'm really proud of is: My beatiful 3 daughters
Favorite Foods: Can it really be anything other then PIZZA???
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« Reply #23 on: July 30, 2007, 12:26:37 AM »

I'm from: Northern Canada, now living and working in Munich Germany.
For a living I: I am a resident Geek at and International School. Design, bad coding, interface design, network administrator for 600+ macs and 40 PCs
I Found RT: Looking around for a template for my dad's art site, signed up two years ago, now started to interact with the community..
On the iPod right now: CBC radio 3 podcast
Best Film: Fight Club and Princesses Bride
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is: travel northern Europe, and learn how to save money better
Something I'm really proud of is: That I am 28 and I am happy with my life
Favorite hobbies of mine: running, video editing, reading, hiking
Favourite Food: Anything Asian or Indian (like spicy)
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« Reply #24 on: July 30, 2007, 01:48:02 AM »

I'm from: Rutland .. rural England born and bred county boy
I found RT when: hmm dunno but when i did i was really happy
For a living I: Run company, Training to be a chav beater ( secruity guard)
The best films I've ever seen are: Equilibrium , Plunkett and Mclaine, V is for vendetta
On the iPod right now and always will be: Ipods suck.. on the pc is Helloween, Maiden, Yngwie
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is: die?
Something I'm really proud of is: Getting out my wheelchair and learning MA with one leg ( dw second one works now)
Hobbies: Martial arts, Philosphy, Phsyco anilising ppl (heh) , Driving ( dangerously) and computing
Favourite Food: Chicken feet, grouch soup ( chicken stomach lining), Blue steak.
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« Reply #25 on: July 31, 2007, 10:29:09 AM »

I'm from:  Orlando Florida , its so damned hot outside right now!
I found RT when:  I was on a rabid hunt for a mootools based dropdown menu for my joomla sites.
For a living I:  Business owner - web designer - among other things.  Yes I work all the time!
The best film I've ever seen is:  Too many to list but Sorted Lives is funny as shit .... oh and I cant resist a good vamp movie.
On the iPod right now and always will be:  Dont do ipod but love music, mostly rock, industrial, world music, and anything generally paganish.
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is:  Build a village in the mountains.
Something I'm really proud of is:  Keeping my sanity in this freaked out world.
Hobbies:  Anything out in nature, study of the arcane, design of all kinds.
Favorite Food:  Thai , hindu, italian, french ..... mmmm foooooood...  must eat now...
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« Reply #26 on: August 01, 2007, 01:10:02 PM »

I'm from: Wimborne, Dorset - UK.
I found RT when: I got asked to re-write my band's website, it was written several Mambo generations ago - I had no idea what was going on. Started playing with templates, then realised that to get anything decent - you have to reach for that wallet
For a living I: Teach Science, Chemistry and ICT to 12 - 18 year olds.
The best film I've ever seen is: Thats a toughie, the Star Wars trilogy, but currently be a hard choice between Life of Brian or Madagascar (I do a great King Julian).
On the iPod right now and always will be: Umm don't own an iPod, have large autochanger in car and never seen the need. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Tower of Power (as well as any other Big Band Jazz and Classical)
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is: Big list, most of it really selfish, learn to scuba dive, fly a plane, learn to write my own code rather than nick other peoples...
Something I'm really proud of is: My wife and 2 beautiful little girls. Teaching a unit of Applied A2 ICT using Joomla!
Hobbies:  Swing Unlimited Big Band, anything ICT, Joomla, my family, driving
Favorite Food: Umm anything, but my local kebab house does a really mean mixed kebab.
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« Reply #27 on: August 09, 2007, 03:13:39 PM »

Here goes...

I'm from: Torquay, England - The place where Fawlty towers was based
I found RT when: surfing for templates once I moved from Mambo - sure glad I splashed the cash
For a living I: am an Regional Manager for LDV vans, also a hypnotists and web designer host.
The best films I've ever seen are: Blade Trilogy, Cube, Shogun
On the iPod right now and always will be: Car CD player - Beautiful South and Meatloaf
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is: retire a rich man Smiley
Something I'm really proud of is: my grand-daughter (she is 18mths old)
Hobbies: DIY, Drinking wine, and loving my wife
Favourite Food: Thai, Chinese or Indian

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« Reply #28 on: August 14, 2007, 04:46:17 PM »

I'm from: Guayaquil Ecuador - South America - Nice place with nice beachs, nice rivers and much history places
I found RT when: Im new over the design business, at january a client told me about joomla and i found RT since there im a Menber, i guess that in a few months i will upgrade my menbership
For a living I: I m the TenisEcuador.com owner. also a a few months ago we fund Webs Solutions ( with that we make sites on ecuador), have 2 clienst sports-investment.com and nicolaslapentti.com ( the former ecuadorian player)
The best films I've ever seen are: Carlitos Way, Casino, GoodFellas, The Godfather, and im a lover from the Quantum Leap series.
On the iPod right now and always will be: I dont have it yet
The thing I'd like most to do, Dream, but with my open eyes that means work hard for reach them
Something I'm really proud of is: Be happy now
Hobbies: Tennis, see the matches (when i went to the tournament at the Nasdat at Miami was nice), go to the beach,and cook im a so good at the kitchen
Favourite Food: Pizza, Lasagna Ceviches, Pure de Papas (potatoes)
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« Reply #29 on: August 14, 2007, 07:38:14 PM »

I'm from: Waterloo, Ontario. Moved to Sydney, Australia. Living in Abbotsford, BC
I found RT when: I found a link to in the footer of the Joomla! sites
For a living I: Build Websites
The best film I've ever seen is: Umm..
On the iPod right now and always will be: Dont have one. Rather get an iPhone anyway
The thing I'd like most to do, right now, that I haven't done is: Visit Japan
Something I'm really proud of is: Being Member of the Month (July 2007) on the Joomla! Forums.
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