joined on 10/28/05
last updated 06/19/09
about me
My full name is Christopher William Stebbins.
I was born in San Diego, California in December, 10th, 1969 (barely made the 60's!) With the exception of a couple of years in Richmond Virginia, I grew up in San Diego and was there until I was 23 in Fall 1993. I then (finally) transferred and applied to a university after taking along time going to school, surfing, and living at home.
A little about my Santa Barbara background, I went to UCSB from 1993 to 1996, graduated in Geography and Anthropology. In school I focused on technical geography, namely Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remotely-sensed imagery of the earth.
While at UCSB, I made many good friends while I was involved with the environmental organization called the Surfrider Foundation and then the conservation organization named the Conception Coast Project (CCP). The greater circle of friends related to the CCP grew into the SB Music Phreaks, and then the circle just kept growing from there into a big, happy, music-loving phamily. I stayed in Santa Barbara until my girlfriend Christine and I left for Oregon in Sept. 2002, when we had an epic going-away party at the Mt. House in the hills above Santa Barbara, which still makes us remember how lucky we are to have such great friends still in SB.
We love Oregon, though, it's been treating us really well, Christine and I have made it a priority to go to the annual Horning's Hideout event in Oregon every year.
I'm now a GIS professional coordinating a partnership called the Benton Fish Passage Improvement Program, based here in Corvallis, Oregon. I'm working toward establishing a system of natural resource inventory of barriers to migrating fish (anadromous salmon and trout) using mobile mapping technology and global positioning systems.
! * fractal forest * !,
!!!SAFETY THIRD!!!,
* Troubled Youth! *,
**Harry Potter ÜBER Fanatics**,
-{> ZILLA <}-,
..::Unicorn Bliss::..,
Alan Moore,
Alex Grey,
ALO *Animal Liberation Orchestra*,
Anti-Racist-Action,
Apple II,
Arthur C. Clarke's Universe,
Atheists for Jesus,
bassnectar,
Belle & Sebastian,
bless-the-crowd,
Boards of Canada,
Boycott Walmart!,
Campabarbara,
Cascadians,
Cat Lovers,
Complexity Theory,
Creative Blasphemy,
Cult of Laziness,
Curb Your Enthusiasm,
DIVERSION,
edIT,
EMRG +N+ SEE 2008!,
ESL Music (Thievery Corporation),
Extreme Honesty,
Falcor and Friends,
Fat Cats,
For the Love of Sushi,
Freek Factory,
Fresh Sounds,
FUNGUS AMONG US !,
GAIA - the earth is alive,
Garaj Mahal,
Glitch-Hop,
Graduate Students,
GRE Study Group,
Healthy Food for Lazy People,
HighSierraMusic,
Horning's Hideout,
IDM,
IMA PDXparty,
Jake Shimabukuro,
JamBase,
Kombucha Tea,
Kraddy Ferilla,
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"There was once a president of the United States recently in the news named Jimmy Carter. He thought that there was an energy problem and he gave, in effect, talks to the nation in his cardigan sweater saying about how you should save electricity. He put into the roof of the White House a solar thermal converter which circulated cold water to the roof, and on sunny days in Washington sunlight heated this water and in repeated passes it made it very hot, and when it was time for a Presidential shower, here was hot water that did not rely on a power plant. He was succeeded by a President named Ronald Reagan. One of the first acts in office of President Reagan was to rip out the solar thermal converter from the roof of the White House at considerable cost—after all, it was in there and working—because he was ideologically opposed to alternatives to fossil fuels. We lost twelve years in research into these alternatives during the Reagan-Bush administration."
Carl Sagan -- 1994 Keynote
Banksy Prank
( miscellaneous » websites )
"Oh my god, thank you for posting!"
This guy IS my hero, I never heard of him before this. Be sure to check out the other articles of his exploits on that Paris Hilton CD prank page, under "SEE ALSO".
I love this quote from his web site, "The time of getting fame for your name o...
read more
recommendation posted on Thu, September 7, 2006 - 6:01 AM
Bassnectar: Mezmorizing the Ultra
( local favorites » bands / djs / musicians )
"From what I've listened to so far..."
The CD is sick!
recommendation posted on Fri, January 27, 2006 - 3:36 AM
Sybaris Bistro
( local favorites » restaurants )
"Best restaurant in the Willamette Valley"
Yes, it's in Albany, Oregon. On 1st street downtown, across the street from the city park. It's one of the best culinary experiences my girlfriend and I have had in Oregon. The place is beautiful inside, the service is the absolute best, and th...
read more
recommendation posted on Sun, October 30, 2005 - 10:03 AM
Banksy Prank
( miscellaneous » websites )
"Oh my god, thank you for posting!"
This guy IS my hero, I never heard of him before this. Be sure to check out the other articles of his exploits on that Paris Hilton CD prank page, under "SEE ALSO".
I love this quote from his web site, "The time of getting fame for your name o...
read more
recommendation posted on Thu, September 7, 2006 - 6:01 AM
Bassnectar: Mezmorizing the Ultra
( local favorites » bands / djs / musicians )
"From what I've listened to so far..."
The CD is sick!
recommendation posted on Fri, January 27, 2006 - 3:36 AM
Sybaris Bistro
( local favorites » restaurants )
"Best restaurant in the Willamette Valley"
Yes, it's in Albany, Oregon. On 1st street downtown, across the street from the city park. It's one of the best culinary experiences my girlfriend and I have had in Oregon. The place is beautiful inside, the service is the absolute best, and th...
read more
recommendation posted on Sun, October 30, 2005 - 10:03 AM
* Pan's Labyrinth
* V for Vendetta
* Little Miss Sunshine
* The Science of Sleep
* C.R.A.Z.Y.
* The Chorus
* Stranger than Fiction
* Belle Epoque
* Brokeback Mountain
* Schulz Gets the Blues
* The Girl in the Cafe
* Dirty Pretty Things
* Kinky Boots
* Dave Chappelle's Block Party
* Big Fish
* Crash
* Before Sunset
* Before Sunrise
* Tampopo
* The Station Agent
* The Motorcycle Diaries
documentaries:
* An Inconvenient Truth
* Who Killed the Electric Car?
* Rize (L.A. crumping movie)
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