The Space Foundation supported my coworker designer/developer Luciana and I in a trip to New York to attend Do It with Drupal October 11 – 14, 2011, organized by the Drupal training experts Lullabot. Previously attending the 2009 event, this was something I was highly looking forward to revisiting. New York was amazing and overwhelming. [...]
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011A Visit to Cheyenne Mountain Complex
Sunday, December 5th, 2010Photo Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NORADNorth-Portal.jpg Recently I had the joy and honor of joining members of the Space Foundation team on an unclassified tour of Cheyenne Mountain, sarting home of NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command). It’s ironic as a tour has been on my to-do list ever since I could remember. I just never thought that [...]
Summer Family and Travel Update
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010Photo by Amanda Stevens While I was in Florida watching Atlantis launch, Amanda traveled to Louisville, Kentucky with her dad to see where she was born, and to meet her godmother, Mrs. Sherill. Photo by Bob Dockins Mrs. Sherill was the land lady for Amanda’s parents during her early childhood months before they moved to [...]
Final Scheduled Launch of Shuttle Atlantis
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010The Space Foundation sent a delegation of employees including myself to see Shuttle Atlantis launch, a beautiful success without delay. First launched in 1985, this was the shuttle’s 32nd and final scheduled launch. Atlantis was the first shuttle to dock with Mir station, and the last to service the Hubble telescope recently (On a side [...]
Successful 26th National Space Symposium
Monday, April 26th, 2010Roughly 9,000 people from 20 countries attended the 26th National Space Symposium, breaking all attendance records! The exhibit halls were sold out months in advance. The new sub-events/programs (Cyber 1.0, and New Generation Initiative programs were filled up before the event. There were top notch speakers, panels, and new fun twists. Organized and launched by [...]
Family and Wedding in Las Vegas
Saturday, March 6th, 2010Above: Troy, Annette, and Riley looked fantastic as we headed out to the chapel! Amanda and I took a trip to Las Vegas to attend Troy and Annette’s wedding. It was a great opportunity to spend time with family. The trip over was great, with some quality time spent with Uncle Dan and Aunt Valli, [...]
Holiday Greetings from a Buck in Grandma’s Front Yard
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010A buck with holiday cheer passed by Grandma’s window in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Amanda captured the video after Dad brought him to our attention. Amanda and I had a fantastic week long visit with family in Wyoming. It was great to spend time with everyone, catch up, and avoid technology for a while. Happy new year!
Do It With Drupal Seminar in New Orleans
Monday, December 14th, 2009I just got back from Do It With Drupal, a three day seminar held in New Orleans. IT WAS AMAZING! I was able to interact with roughly 200 developers from Canada to Sweden, who spoke the same Drupal talk. TONS of information was absorbed. I was able to get up to date on what’s going [...]
Sister Emma Playing Football with Meeteetse Longhorns
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009Amanda and I had a chance to travel to Wyoming over the weekend to spend time with family and watch Emma play football as part of the Meeteetse Longhorns! Emma played as captain on Meeteetse’s senior day game vs the Farson Pronghorns, their last home game for the season. She switched out with different players [...]
Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy Grand Opening
Thursday, August 27th, 2009Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy (JSAA), an aerospace themed middle school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, had their grand opening event yesterday. District 11 partnered with the Space Foundation to make the school a national example to help kids excel in STEM: (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). The event was largely covered by the media. (Channel 13′s [...]
Bailey
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Weekend before last, Amanda and I traveled to Cheyenne to spend time time with Amanda’s brother before he went back to school, and to get to know the new family addition, Bailey. Bailey is a rescued beagle, about two years old. We met her while traveling back from Christian’s wedding. She was VERY shy. This [...]
Space Foundation Education Trip to Pikes Peak
Saturday, August 15th, 2009Photo by Luciana Mendes The Space Foundation marketing team took a professional development day last Wednesday to learn more about Space Foundation Education. I stepped away from the computer and drove one of 4 vans of teachers up Pikes Peak, a mountain over 14,000 feet high in Colorado (also known as a 14′er). We drove/rode [...]
Christian and Aranda Get Married
Monday, August 3rd, 2009Amanda and I took off for a brief yet well spent trip to South Dakota for my cousin Christian and his new wife Aranda’s wedding. Christian asked me to be his best man and I was honored to be there for him (and very grateful for the time off while newly employed!). Between South Dakota [...]
4th of July in Manitou Springs, Colorado
Saturday, July 4th, 2009Happy 4th! Amanda’s parents and brother came to Colorado Springs for the holiday. Special thanks to Aunt Valley and Uncle Dan’s foldout couch they gave us, and a bit more room in our new apartment, everyone was able to sleep in the house! We took a quick trip to Manitou Springs where it rained. We [...]
Black Squirrels in Colorado Springs
Sunday, June 21st, 2009Amanda took a photo of the squirrels eating bird seed in our front yard, one being a black/dark gray squirrel. This is the first time we’ve ever seen a black squirrel. This one is a lot more skiddish than the other squirrels, who don’t mind walking a couple feet away while watching the bird feeders [...]
New Jobs. New Town. New Apartment.
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009In a single trip on Saturday, the family caravan moved all of our boxes and furniture to a new apartment in Colorado Springs! I started my new job as web designer and developer at the Space Foundation on Monday while Amanda started her new job today. She is now a seasonal supervisor at a much [...]
New Personal/Professional Website Launched!
Monday, April 20th, 2009While in the process of rebooting my professional identity, the need for a new website was extreme. After all, it represents my work. Previously an experimental blog and random place to upload other random toys, www.christopherstevens.cc has become my business website. Expect more shortly including twitter/blog integration, subscriptions, chat, a fun Flash intro that arrives [...]
Writing While It’s Still June
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Happy June! It’s time to write as there is not much June left. This may be my first post without an added image. I hate posting without an image, perhaps because I enjoy looking at blogs with pictures, more likely to read the post if the image is interesting. Well, I guess that’s that. There’s [...]
Grandpa Jim Photo
Monday, February 11th, 2008I thought this was neat. Grandpa Jim sent over a photo of him with his horse. He moved his stallion closer to town, making it easier to take care of him,and ride him more often. Grandpa Jim is keeping busy in Montana. He’s still kicking, helping an old friend with his cattle once in a [...]
A Break in Estes Park
Monday, October 29th, 2007Away from the city! Amanda and I left Denver for Estes Park, Colorado for the weekend. Rocky Mountain National Park was one of our destinations (photo above). The purpose of the trip was to leave technology, get rest, and breathe clean air. I also find these trips to recharge my creative drive and motivation. Bear [...]
No Rockies Tickets For You
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007The waiting screen of death! Millions of visits combined with unprepared web preparations caused chaos across Denver today and yesterday as everyone was forced to buy world series tickets online. I’ve heard everything from constant cookie errors, page loading timeouts, and people getting in then getting kicked out after entering credit card info. Yesterday only [...]
Town Center Dentistry and Orthodontics
Monday, October 22nd, 2007www.makeyoursmilegreat.com After a year in the waiting, it’s live! This design was created roughly one year ago compliments of Commotion to aid in Dr. Brett Kessler’s success. Dr. Kessler was busy for some time, unable to provide content. I was also busy with a new job recently, making finishing tweaks during the weekend when there [...]
October to October in a Nutshell
Monday, October 15th, 2007As a year has past without posting anything here, the time has come for a new look, a look back at the last year. My brother had a baby. My sister had a baby. I didn’t have a baby. I’m a year older this year than I was last year, along with everybody else. I [...]
Vacation in Thermopolis, Wyoming
Thursday, July 27th, 2006Vacation! Amanda and I took time off from work to visit my hometown Thermopolis, Wyoming. It was great to spend time with family and show Amanda all that Thermopolis had to offer. There was plenty of time to catch up on family going-ons, an abundance of food to eat, and conversation. We had a chance [...]
Gay Pride in Front Yard
Monday, June 26th, 2006It’s amazing what one can wake up to in the morning! After being shaken out of bed by loud motorcycle engines and continuous cheers, Amanda and I went outside to see what was up. It was the Gay Pride Parade! The parade route included my street here in Denver, Colorado. It was a quieter part [...]
Broncos Fan Fair
Monday, June 19th, 2006The Broncos Fan Fair the 3rd and 4th was fantastickkkkkkly hot! While it was cloudy for a little while, most of the day was spent waiting in lines for signatures and baking my scalp off in the sun. Sandra, Eric, Nathan, and Amanda sit in front of the stadium by a Bronco statue arrangement. Amanda [...]
Denver International Auto Show
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006Amanda, Bob, and Sandra, Amanda’s parents Yay for cars! I admit that I am not very knowledgeable about car makes and models. That’s no excuse though not to admire innovative machines with extreme power and design. Amanda’s gang and I got together at the Denver International Auto Show. There was much of the latest and [...]
32nd Annual Denver March Powwow
Saturday, March 25th, 2006This was the second time I attended the Denver March Powwow. It was just as as exciting as last year! The annual powwow brings natives and visitors from regions as far as Canada and beyond. Social dances and competitions are held in the Denver Coliseum while crafts are on display behind the stands. forty-two drum/singing [...]
At the Zoo With Striped Mongooses
Wednesday, March 8th, 2006Amanda and I took a trip to the Denver Zoo! I decided not to take the camera as the zoo is one of those over-photographed locations where everything is out of reach. I did manage to get a picture of the striped mongooses near the entrance using my camera phone. They were my favorite! We [...]
Kicked Phone Off Balcony
Saturday, November 12th, 2005Breaking news! I was making my Halloween costume outside on the 3rd floor balcony and accidentally kicked my phone off. It broke. Luckily, it was time to re-up my Verizon contract, so I got a camera phone for super cheap. I can’t say that the phone has a super camera, but for a phone it [...]
Race For the Cure – Parking Stripe Advertising
Monday, October 3rd, 2005Sponsors Halliburton and Ford used Parking Stripe Advertising to show their support for the Race For the Cure event today (actually yesterday by a few minutes). Instead of using the printed parking stripes in parking lots, they were used as starting line and finish line strips. Seen by all 65,000+ runners/walkers, the stripes were a [...]
Out of School
Sunday, September 4th, 2005All done! With my BA in Interactive Media Design out of the way, some sleep is in order. I broke my record of staying awake. I was up for 26 hours, took a 1 hour nap, then attended graduation activities through a night party with my family. It was a good time. I was glad [...]
Summer Break – Overnight Camping
Monday, June 27th, 2005It’s summer break! Amanda and I took an overnight trip to Southern Colorado to get away and explore for a while. We both took shifts taking pictures as there was so much to see! We had a very good time. Our original plan was to travel to the Great Sand Dunes and play at the [...]
