Introducing the MoTinkerGnome

Introduction goes here.

Hello world.

We all seem to start a new endeavor in technology with that simple phrase. Since this is an introduction I suppose it is the proper first sentence. Now that that is out of the way. I would like to introduce myself. I am the MoTinkerGnome.

You may have been able to decern that from the first 2 letters that I am in Missouri. How correct you are. If you are reading this from parts far away. Missouri is a state in the USA that is pretty much smack dab in the middle. Popular media tends to paint the residents of Missouri as some backwoods hicks, or a rioting mob. I can assure you with utmost certainty that is only about 50% of the state. (cue rimshot)

I am a married 39 year old father of 3. Being an interesting husband and dad is the most important thing in my life. As such I try to keep things interesting with little projects that will get the kiddo's thinking about how to fix and make things.

Professionally I am a network administrator, and volunteer as a firefighter in our town. unprofessionally I am a mad scientist that loves to tinker with making stuff out of junk. Before my untimely shut down by the FAA I had perfected an fully autonomous drone that would have sped up the process of wide area search. After that little business was shuttered due to crushing government regulation. I cut my losses and focused on working on other things that interested me.

Outside of technology, I like hunting, camping, fishing, cheering on the StL Cardinals and Blues, playing guitar and video games, photography, along with reading and furniture making. I would document my builds on Instructables and youtube, however, I became tired of someone else profiting off of my work. I self-fund my projects to show others how I did it, but there is only so much I could do for a that is cool.

My hope is to use steemit to share my tinkerings and thoughts to replace both Youtube, Facebook, and Instructables. If someone else appreciates what I do cool. If not that is cool too.

I guess I should post a pic of me or something sorry about the selfie.