I ought to take a moment to indulge in an introduction.  My name is Chris, and this is RockDoggy.com.  I am a software developer in the Detroit area.

I am the same person who once ran the internet radio station at this address, named RockDoggy Radio.  Back in 2003 & 2004, I had some fun being (possibly) the most popular oldies station on the web.  No other station had as many listeners while focusing solely on the music from 1955-1974.  I served up to 250 concurrent streams at the station’s height of popularity.

A few facts intruded on the fun, though.  It turns out that bandwidth is expensive.  Who knew?  At least as important was the fact that music royalties & licensing in the digital world are prohibitively expensive.  But most importantly, having infant triplets (born in January, 2004) put a crimp in one’s disposable income as well as one’s free time.  Both disappear, in short.

And so it was that RockDoggy Radio had to disappear in 2004.  But I never let go of the URL.  I always knew I wanted to make something useful out of it once again, but only recently have been able to carve enough time out to try my hand at blogging.

Will I resurrect the radio station?  Are we gettin’ the band back together?  Nope.  Not a chance.  Bandwidth, royalties and licensing fees have only gotten more expensive.  I can use that money for the kids’ college funds.  Also, the death of Joel Platfoot in 2006 took any remaining wind out of my webcasting sails.  Joel was the owner of Generation Rock Radio, the first internet radio station I got hooked on in 2003.  Joel’s friends have kept Joel’s station and memory alive there since his passing.  But half the fun for me was the friendly competition with Joel, and I’m just not interested without him around.

Instead, I’ll focus my attention on the family, a constant source of joy.  Sure, higher order multiples are hard to raise, but it’s a unique experience I wouldn’t trade for anything.

So my intention here is to dump my thoughts on whatever I want.  It is my site, after all!  I intend to document my woodworking projects, interesting tech notes, observations, and thoughts.  If you enjoy it, let me know.  If it needs improvement, I’m open to constructive criticism.  If you hate it, then move on, nothing to see here.

More to come!