Hello! My name is Stephen, and I am the website creator of [whatever-I'm-going-to-call-this-website]. I am a recent graduate of Hope College in Holland, MI, where I earned a BA in computer science and theatre. As of right now, I'm working as a freelance lighting and sound technician.
In my free time, I like to spend time working on my website and reading webcomics like Girl Genius, Stuff No-One Told Me, and Left-Handed Toons.
A few other things about me: I play the piano (a little bit), and I took one semester of private organ lessons. I was also a percussionist for 7 years in grade school. I like camping, bicycling, and kayaking. I also enjoy card games like Hearts and Euchre. I'm very involved with my church theatre, and try to help them out tech-wise whenever I'm in the area. I would also like to become fluent in Spanish, but I have a feeling that that is more of a dream than reality.
Most of what I have learned about PHP, HTML, and CSS has been self-taught. I did learn a lot of general concepts from college, though, and those have been enormously helpful to me in making the backend of my website more extendable and maintainable. Overall, my main focus (in general and for this site) is on the backend, making it as solid, secure, and flexible enough for everything I throw at it. Looks and user interfaces have never been my strong point, though I try to make them the best I can. Eventually, I hope to convince a bunch of people I've never met (aka. you) to come here and create a bunch of awesome content for me. Until that happens, I'm afraid you'll have to listen to me ramble about who-knows-what.
Feel free to leave me a note on my main message board, General Chatter. I'd love to hear from you! Otherwise, send me an email at stephen(at)echnaretspage(dot)com.
Thanks for stopping by my website! I hope to see you again soon (and bring your friends!).
- Echnaret