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david a. parker a.k.a. dave, DP, dap, d-funk

contact me at david at neongoat dot com.

i lead R&D at Novacoast. at UC Santa Barbara i studied computer science from the college of creative studies, linguistics (minor), and business economics (masters). at the moment i am 42 years and 13 days old.

wingman

my current project is a computer-based music jukebox with movie-size touchscreen, gps navigation, portable internet connectivity with theft protection, and car diagnostics/statistics tracking. it has replaced the factory stereo in my car and is powered by linux and mostly open source software. check it out.

food

burrito book

the infamous mats olson and i set out to rate every burrito in santa barbara, california (partial list).

crocklog

getting feisty with crock pots

pizzalog

featuring (usually) square sauceless pizzas.

breadlog

only the ones i don't burn make it here.

photo gallery

causing general ruckus, life at ucsb, and the one i'm most proud of, henry with the ghostbusters.
and of course the quesadilla parties: qpXI · qpX · qpIX · qpVIII · qpVII · qpVI · qpV · qpIV · qpIII · qpII · qpI

travels

australia

cairns, cape tribulation

new zealand

north and south islands

israel

10 days, oranim birthright group 398

todo

spain, greece, the rest of europe, brazil, east coast, thailand, india, israel

retired projects

libdbi

babelfish for databases: essentially perl DBI for C.

debian

linux with no BS. without this there would be no Ubuntu.

vibecast

a digital broadcasting suite originally written for Brentwood Radio

mp3report

catalogs your mp3 collection with customized report styles.