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Palamedes - Historical Reference

A name used throughout history, Palamedes was a member of the Greek expedition against Troy and made an enemy of Odysseus by exposing him when he pretended to be mad in order to avoid going. In revenge, Odysseus made it look as if Palamedes had been betraying the Greeks to the Trojans in return for gold and caused Palamedes to be put to death. The inventor of dice as well as several of the letters in our alphabet, all sources depicted Palamedes as clever… right up until the end I guess.

Vihravendrel

Tescht Vihravendrel Ambjuri’Belshiva is a character name that I have used for years and years in every game imaginable. From Warhammer and D&D to Everquest and World of Warcraft.

Both names I have come to identify with, and were you to call out either, I would answer - both names are me, and yet neither are…

Jason Ellis - Resume

My real name is Jason Ellis. I’m 36 years old and I live and work in Austin Texas.

I am a software engineer for IBM, specifically working on their Build Forge product as the Senior UI Developer. I’m an avid programmer coding all manner of rich web applications using Ajax, PHP, Javascript, JSON, XML, XHTML DOM, CSS, and every other trendy acronym you care to throw in there.. When it comes to web development, I’ve done it - most of it professionally.

Hobbies

My hobbies include just about anything you can think of; I consider myself a very craftsy person and really enjoy making things. I make or have made armor (chain, leather, plate), bows (crossbow), and really enjoy turning wood.

I also enjoy reading and writing, though I will be the first to admit I’m not the greatest writer in the world.

I am an avid game player and have plans in the works to create my very own. I enjoy MMO style games though I am tired of the current fantasy trend of games.

I have aspirations to play the piano and have even purchased a very nice keyboard with intent to play it one day, but just haven’t managed to find the time.

I am keenly interested in 3D graphics and animation and consider myself a very good 3d modeler, though as with all things I could be better.

I used to be an extreme paintball player and by extreme I mean I played a lot. I started playing in 1987 and continued to play it occasionally though I’m burned out on it now. I played semi-pro, doing the whole master circuit thing for a while but just didn’t like it.

Oh and I program a bit as well.

US Army

My life to date has been a good one - I can’t complain about anything. Right after high school my father got remarried, so I decided it was time for me to get out of the house so that he and his new wife could have a life together without me in the way..

I decided to join the Army - or maybe it was decided for me .. not sure. I’m forced to thank my step brother for this one though as it was his idea (he made it sound so cool - he was doing it at the time), and it was a good idea at that.

While the army in and of itself sucked, I met some of the best people in the world and am still friends with most of them. I got to do some very cool things while in and I got to go to some very .. interesting.. places.

Glad it’s over now. I tell people all the time, “The Army’s over all experience was excellent - the individual minutes sucked.”

Things are always better when you look back at them. Sometimes I can’t believe how long ago it was; It seems like only yesterday - boy how time flies. At this point I have been out of the army for twice the length of time I was in, and that just seems strange. Those days that took forever to go by, now seem very distant and that they went by in a flash.

I was in the army for 5 years as a 98CKP, for those of you who have no idea what that is, I was a signals intelligence analyst and a Korean linguist - I make a mean cup of coffee for the golfs who are reading this.

The job sounds cool! It isn’t. Actually it was damn boring - I ended up fixing trucks in the motor pool more than anything.

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That’s me in a nut shell - of course there is a lot more to know but you’ll have to read the rest of the site to get it. One thing you may notice, I don’t use spell checker, and I really should. Sorry about that - please forgive any typos.

In the end, my writing style is my own be it good, bad or ugly… I’m the one at the keyboard.

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