About
Thanks for stopping by Exit171. I started blogging in June 2005 on Blogger.com (This Just In) and made the move to Wordpress and Bluehost a few months later.
You’ll find a mix of things on Exit171 — quickie reviews of my favorite “toys”, the weather from the roof of my house, my exercise log, and links to interesting sites and articles I stumble upon.
Some recent updates:
Exit172.com (formerly my photo blog) has now become my business portal. It will lead you to my online travel agency, Exit172 Travel, and my freelance photography site, Exit172 Photography.
My Moblog pics (stuff from my iPhone phone) can now be viewed on my Flickr. If you’re in Facebook, you’ll also see some Moblog pics in my profile too.
A little about Dio…
Favorite Activities
Playing with my kids, chillin’ with friends, meeting interesting people, eating out (especially sushi or anything grilled), traveling to new places, people watching, messing with Photoshop, moblogging, trying new drinks, jammin on the drums or guitar, downloading free Trance live sets, testing Web 2.0 betas, zoning-out on the beach, bi-phasic sleep, demonstrating my SlingBox or iPhone, loitering in the Apple store, red-lining any motor vehicle, eating White Castles at 3AM, making money, spending money, making people laugh…
Interests
Emerging Technology, Photography, Digital Imaging, Music (drums/guitar), Cycling, Running, Motor Sports (F1/NASCAR), Amateur Radio (KW2DIO), Watch Collecting (IWC), Traveling, Wine
Movies
Bourne Trilogy, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Gladiator, Amadeus, Children of Men, Office Space, Fight Club, Roadhouse, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Terminator 2, Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story, Team America: World Police, Rain Man, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Shawshank Redemption, The 10 Commandments, Wall Street, Hunt for Red October, The Matrix, Repo Man, Top Secret, 300, Good Will Hunting, Almost Famous
Music
Led Zeppelin, Rage Against the Machine, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Nirvana, AC/DC, Motorhead, Paul Oakenfold, PsiloPysBen, Underfoot, Paul van Dyk, Timo Maas, Tiesto, BT, Sasha, Fatboy Slim, Chemical Brothers, Scooter, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Basia, Hank Mobley, Hapa, Cousin IZ, John Mayer, Lords of Acid, Sara Vaughan, Corinne Bailey Rae, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Bob Marley, Charlie Parker, U2, Ramones, Elvis Costello, Foo Fighters, Guns N Roses, Goo Goo Dolls, Moby, NIN, Spyro Gyra, Velvet Revolver, Yo-Yo Ma, 2Pac, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Mozart, Buzzkill, New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Chieli Minucci, George Benson, James Taylor, Maroon 5, Matchbox 20, Regina Spektor, Diana Krall
TV
Seinfeld, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 24, Cops, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, and alright I admit it… American Idol (the audition episodes)
Authors
Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, Scott Kelby, Martin Evening
Favorite Quotes
“…be the change you wish to see…” -Mahatma Gandhi
“Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.” -Jim Horning
“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” -Victor Borge
“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” -Ansel Adams
“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” -Albert Einstein
“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.” -Socrates
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