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  • AboutThere are a lot of things about me that you probably want to know. Unfortunately I know me so I don’t know what’s interesting to you, so I thought I would write down a list of things off the top of my head, based purely on what I can remember about myself. General I was born in Spanish Harlem in 1977 I went to public school all my life I was breast fed My mother is German and father is English They got married in the 70?s England in jeans I was adorable as a child I was a fat kid I am dyslexic I am artsy I have problems asking for what I want Things I love Burgers, except if you put them on an English Muffin. Fuck you too buddy. I prefer beer to just about every other alcoholic beverage, let’s not get fancy here people Music that sounds like the person singing it isn’t pretending they can sing Blunt honesty. Tell me what you’re thinking, guaranteed I’ll make fun of it. Weird English comedies. The Goon Show? yup. I dig incoherent ramblings. Relationships that don’t work. Right?! How much do I love these! Comedy. Got into improvisation…
  • ArchivesI started writing in this weblog after I graduated from college. I heard about blogs from my then grilfriend, who introduced me to the exquisite time wasting activity. The blog was on Blogger and then called Fun Time Tree House where I gained the nickname Funtime Ben.  I now have two blogs, this one and Improvoker.com. Going back through the archives I’m amazed at how hilarious I thought my writing was. It’s wordy, overbearing, and often gramatically incorrect, but it was where I was at 24 so I guess it’s a part of me. You may also notice some strange characters in the body of posts. Things like “Hi there”:http://google.com That’s because of an old formatting system Wordpress used to use in the olden days called textile. I’ve been going through the archives and getting rid of it, but there is still a lot of it left, so pardon that as well. Welcome to my time machine, hope you enjoy.
  • Vivaldi Web Browser

    Mar 8, 2015

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    Funtime Ben
    in Everyday

    Vivaldi is a new web browser, built with the purpose of making your internet surfing easier. The only downside right now is that it doesn’t have the extensions I need, but an interesting project.

  • Top Pens of 2014 on CodePen

    Jan 12, 2015

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    Funtime Ben
    in Web Design

    Top Pens of 2014 on CodePen are just that. There is a pretty impressive range of code and features in the selections. Definitely worth a look.

  • Top 10 Albums of 2014

    Jan 10, 2015

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    by

    Funtime Ben
    in Music

    Top 10 Albums of 2014 is a damn fine list of great alt music from 2014 by Thomas Schrijer. Most of my favorites or honorable mentions are present for sure and a few surprises are there as well. All albums provided as Spotify links so you can get to the listening immediately.

  • The Software and Services Apple Needs to Fix

    Jan 10, 2015

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    by

    Funtime Ben
    in Apple

    The Software and Services Apple Needs to Fix is an in depth look at Apple’s seemingly insatiable thirst to update their products with broken versions. I have been recently pushed to build a PC rather than buy a new Mac. Unfortunately I don’t believe this trend by Apple will end anytime soon.

  • Happy New Year 2015

    Jan 5, 2015

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    by

    Funtime Ben
    in Everyday

    I can’t believe that 2014 is done. It has been one hell of a year; I got married, started teaching, and really started taking my career seriously. Each one of these are worth going into in great depth… but I won’t.

    Thanks for being awesome and catching up! How are you guys?

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