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A collection of stuff I think is cool.

I love what I do and I love making a difference through what I do. Seeing someone else smile because of something I did is my greatest goal.

Who am I?

I am Anthony Pizzimenti.

I'm a Java and web engineer from Iowa City, Iowa. For the last year, I've worked freelance, improving my skills in frontend and backend web development as well as software engineering. I now work for the West Side Story as a web developer, IT consultant, and podcast guy.

I don't have a lot of spare time, but when I do, I play ice hockey for the Varsity high school team (also, LGRW!). I like doing crossword puzzles and playing StarCraft II, probably my favorite video game of all time. I also enjoy playing recreational soccer (although I'll be trying out for the school team next year) with my friends and cooking. My friend Louis and I run a podcast called TechTalk, where we discuss recent news surrounding the technological news sphere as well as do a whole portion of the show dedicated to helping people troubleshoot their PC problems on reddit.

My Tools

Brackets, my HTML/CSS/JS editor. With a few added extensions, it (almost) becomes an IDE.
eclipse, my Java IDE. It's a great editor and not TOO too heavy. Easily my favorite feature is auto-building.
Not really a tool, per se, but Chrome is a great browser. I'll post a list of the extensions I use soon enough. Also, the devtools are great.
I use the command line for a lot of stuff. I use Git to organize and publish my work, and as I don't really like the desktop app, I use the command line. I also use SASS as a preprocessor, so I run SASS commands from the command line as well.

I'm Anthony Pizzimenti. I'm a Java and web engineer from Iowa City, Iowa. This is my blog about music, web and software engineering, robotics, dinner parties, and whatever else I can muster. This is the mobile version of the site, so if you want a better experience with more content, visit this page on a computer.

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June 29, 2015

Keeping it Sharp

Small Activities

Lately, I've been a bit bored. Every day for at least an hour, I've been riding the city bus home. It's a great time to sit and reflect on life - or to do a crossword puzzle. These dizzy dinky daily dastardly riddles baffle my brain and test my memory to a tee.

... sorry.

Anyway, I've taken to them. They're fun to do and getting angry at how abstract or vague the clues can be is the second best part of doing the puzzle. I now keep a pencil and a pen in my backpack at all times.

The Daily Show

Since school is over and I work on projects for about 2-3 hours a day, I have quite a bit of free time. So, I've taken to watching The Daily Show again. Even though it's a comedy show, it's an okay way to stay informed and have a few laughs at the same time.

My favorite show, though, is Last Week Tonight.  I've loved John Oliver since his premier days on The Daily Show, and when he took over the show while John Stewart was making Rosewater. Oliver does an excellent job on his show, especially with his big interview of Edward Snowden. He is purely content, and points out hypocrisy and injustice through a comedic medium. It's pretty awesome, and I highly recommend it.

The other thing I was is standup comedy. Lots and lots of standup comedy.

Keeping it Dull?

I've also been surfing reddit almost ALL the time. I read AskReddit threads, browse dank memes, and read articles on offseason NHL trades. It is a great content website that's updated almost constantly, so I'm there most of the time. A lot of the stuff I get is also from Tabbie, my absolute favorite browser extension. I have HackerNews and GitHub extensions, too, that let me browse news and cool repos.
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