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My name is Tony Ballinger, and I'm a web designer living in Oak Park, Illinois.
When I'm not designing for the web, I enjoy music, go to concerts and play with gadgets.

Archive for December, 2005

Gadget Lust

Monday, December 19th, 2005

Perhaps it’s the holidays coming, but I’ve got a serious jones for a new gadget. I’ve looked at the RAZR phone from T-Mobile ($49 with a two-year extension of my contract), the video iPod (30GB, becuause the 60GB is too fat), and the iPod shuffle (could be good for grocery shopping, listening to music at [...]

Lost

Monday, December 5th, 2005

For the last two weeks, I’ve been watching Lost episodes like crazy to get caught up to the new season. I’ve watched twenty episodes, and I think I have another twelve to go before I can start watching with the rest of humanity when it regularly airs. The question I’m having is – do I [...]

Engaged

Sunday, December 4th, 2005

It’s official – Faith and I are engaged. We went out for dinner in Chicago this weekend, and went for a carriage ride after – during which, I proposed. Technically, I had proposed a week earlier when we picked out the ring and she wanted to wear it around right after. But this was the [...]