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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.

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Hawaii Trip

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Faith and I had the extraordinarily good timing to elope around the same time as our Gerard Design Hawaii retreat, which made the trip sort of a honeymoon for Faith and I. Hawaii really is like paradise. It was a first trip to Hawaii for Faith and I, and Faith has a newfound love for [...]

Married

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Faith and I have done it – we’re married. You might have heard that we were having an October wedding in Iowa, which was true. However, neither of us were all too fired up to plan all the details. For example, we had been engaged a year, and hadn’t picked colors yet. When we received [...]

Everything I Currently Know About Excercise

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

I’ve been working with a personal trainer for the past three weeks, and this post is an effort to both share what I’ve learned and have a record of what I’m learning. To lose body fat and maintain (or increase) muscle you need to do three things: eat right, weight train and do cardio. This [...]

Everything I Currently Know About Nutrition

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

I’ve been working with a personal trainer for the past three weeks, and this post is an effort to both share what I’ve learned and have a record of what I’m learning. To lose body fat and maintain (or increase) muscle you need to do three things: eat right, weight train and do cardio. This [...]

Thanksgiving

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

One of the many good things about working for Gerard Design is that they’re pretty generous with the vacation days, particularly around the holidays. So Faith and I were able to spend a bit of extra time back home. The nice thing about going home these days, is that while I enjoy my life in [...]

Vegas Vacation

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

Faith and I just got back from a short vacation in Las Vegas. This was our first time in Las Vegas together, and I can certainly say I had a better time this time than I did on my last visit. Not that I didn’t have a great time on my last visit. I was [...]