{"id":2,"date":"2008-10-17T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-12-11T01:44:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T09:44:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/about","title":{"rendered":"About &#038; Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">About the Author, License and Disclaimer, Contact Form<\/h2>\n<div class=\"hr\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Marty&#8217;s Paradox <\/em>is brought to you by Martin Falatic<\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hi there!\u00a0 Glad to make your acquaintance! A brief history of me, in resume order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ideal growth conditions:<\/strong> Somewhere in the mountains of the Upper Northwest perhaps&#8230; somewhere without fire ants, earthquakes or hurricanes.\u00a0 Tornadoes I can live with&#8230; thunderstorms I love, snow is beautiful, and a full dose of each season is best.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat and range:<\/strong> San Francisco, California<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustenance and foraging: <\/strong>I&#8217;m currently working as a software engineer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Early adulthood:<\/strong> I went to Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and managed to somehow end up with two degrees:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BSCS<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.purdue.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Computer Science<\/a>) August 1998<\/li>\n<li><strong>BSMSE<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/MSE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Materials Science Engineering<\/a>) August 1996<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adolescence:<\/strong> I grew up in the town of Gary, Indiana<\/li>\n<li><strong>Birth:<\/strong> early 1970 in the middle of a snowstorm.\u00a0 Well, not out <em>in the snow<\/em> per se&#8230; it was in a hospital.\u00a0 A warm hospital.\u00a0 With comfy chairs and all that.\u00a0 But I still had to cry about it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gestation:<\/strong> around the critical 3 month juncture, I may have heard the news as the first men walked on the moon (in a rather muffled way), thus sparking a lifelong fascination with science. Or perhaps that simply explains my lifelong fascination with the mysterious muted phrase, &#8220;Hoofson, der Beagle vas banded!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"hr\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">LICENSE AND DISCLAIMER:<\/span><\/strong> All creative materials here authored by myself are copyrighted but may be distributed freely <strong>without<\/strong> modification and <strong>with<\/strong> proper attribution.\u00a0 No other publication is allowed without my written approval, except for short excerpts in critical reviews. If you see something here you like, let me know.\u00a0 I just mean to protect my rights as an author. All opinions expressed are mine and mine alone and are independent of my employer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hr\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CONTACT:<\/span><\/strong> You can contact me personally using the form below:<br \/>\n\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f534-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"534\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2#wpcf7-f534-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<fieldset class=\"hidden-fields-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"534\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"6.1.5\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_US\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f534-o1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><label> Your name<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-name\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-name\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><label> Your email<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-email\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"your-email\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><label> Subject<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-subject\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-subject\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><label> Your message (optional)<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-message\"><textarea cols=\"40\" rows=\"10\" maxlength=\"2000\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-textarea\" aria-invalid=\"false\" name=\"your-message\"><\/textarea><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit has-spinner\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" \/>\n<\/p><p style=\"display: none !important;\" class=\"akismet-fields-container\" data-prefix=\"_wpcf7_ak_\"><label>&#916;<textarea name=\"_wpcf7_ak_hp_textarea\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"100\"><\/textarea><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ak_js_1\" name=\"_wpcf7_ak_js\" value=\"169\"\/><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\ndocument.getElementById( \"ak_js_1\" ).setAttribute( \"value\", ( new Date() ).getTime() );\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n<\/p><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Author, License and Disclaimer, Contact Form Marty&#8217;s Paradox is brought to you by Martin Falatic ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Hi there!\u00a0 Glad to make your acquaintance! 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