About

Hello, I am Randy Hammons, a full time front-end web developer, and freelancing web and print designer who recently relocated to Cleveland, Ohio. This website is an experimental and first-hand lifestream for my non-work related endeavors and social network feeds. There is an entirely different website devoted to my work that you can check out here.

Bits about me:

• I am married, and loving every bit of it.
• I live and work in Cleveland, Ohio USA. You can find some hilarious information about Cleveland, here and here.
• I work for the what I believe is the finest interactive agency in Cleveland, Optiem.
• I'm originally from Sandusky, Ohio. In fact, the original "Apartment 17" inspiring this website's namesake exists, in Sandusky.
• I love photography, in the amateur hobbyist sense. If it became a job for me, it might change my mind. My current photog gear consists of the following:
  • Canon Rebel XS
  • Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens
  • Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
  • Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG Macro Telephoto Zoom Lens
• I am an HTPC nerd, and currently this is my setup
  • Mac Mini - 2.0ghz C2D, 2 gigabytes RAM, running Apple OS X Snow Leopard
  • Boxee
  • Sometimes Plex, something I've only recently switched away from.
  • Westinghouse 37" 1080p Monitor connected to Mac Mini via DVI
  • A 1000W Samsung HTIB solution with Optical Audio in from Mac Mini
  • 3 - 1 Terrabyte USB HardDrives
  • Snatch Remote
  • Transmission
  • Onyx
• Being an HTPC nerd also makes me a Movie and TV nerd. I try not to watch too much, some of my favorite movies are:
  • True Romance
  • Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
  • Snatch
  • Clerks
  • Chasing Amy
  • Reservoir Dogs
  • Children of Men
  • The Wire
  • LOST
  • Weeds
  • Dexter
  • Californication
  • Rescue Me
  • Battlestar Galactica
• I dig a good existential read, like Nietzche or Camus.
• I love Camping, BBQing, Frisbee, and most outdoor summer-time things, but usually prefer the Fall or Winter weather.

About The Site

Every now and again I get a questions about this site; primarily how it was created and what I used to create it. So, in hopes to clear up any of these questions and share some of my favorite tools, here goes:

• Site is hosted at DreamHost
• The back-end is SweetCron
• The site is developed using XHTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript (Primarily using the Prototype.JS framework)
• When it comes to design, I primarily use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• For Development and Deployment I use Panic Software's Coda
• Almost exclusively on a Mac running OSX Snow Leopard.

Welcome to the lifestream of Randy Hammons, print and web producer. This site represents a real-time flow of my activities on this amazing series of tubes we call the Internet.