I have been changing up the look and feel often, trying to see what works the best and is easiest to navigate. It’s been on the backburner as it were. Work is consuming, the link campaign is coming out really well in my opinion. One day i’m going to have to write a blog about how my excel workbook is setup, i think it’s a really good example.

The jazzfest trip is really pressing me for time, but it will definetly be worth it. Hopefully member that time will keep me busy down there. The project seems like it will be successful. I would love to have whoismarckroon.com by the time I am down there.

Otherwise, bought a car yesterday. Hopefully it is as reliable as it is cool looking. GC8V bunta style. It’s a 2000 Sedona red Subaru Impreza 2.5rs 4 door sedan with 100,000 miles on ‘er. I hope the ol’ girl can stand up to a little abuse (just a little).

The concept of writing about a niche bores me, to keep myself interested (and hopefully you) I will write about my experiences with the things that interest me. Namely: bicycling, Providence, welding, graphic design, SEO, New Jersey, Cars and anything else I come across (hopefully some good life lessons). However, I have come to find that blogging is quite difficult and I hope that my writing doesn’t reflect that.

With that in mind, this will become my personal blog.

First deal of business is happy St. Pattys day, which for all intensive purposes loses all meaning when you have a 9-5 job. Let me rephrase “job”, I have a co-op at a medical equipment supplier, where I’m learning SEO from a talented gentleman. Every day is a challenge to keep up and learn new concepts. All the while trying to conform to the corporate world and intense organization practices. Me in a shirt and tie, who woulda thunk it?

Ever since i bought the domain name, I have been looking into SEO. I’ve just been looking at basics of it and checking out google analytics. It’s pretty interesting what happens when i type things that I think would bring up this site. who is marc kroon, Marc Kroon, Industrial Design Kroon, etc. Returning stats for an American right-handed relief pitcher who formerly played for the mets and later the reds. Who, in 2005, got drafted into Japanese baseball by the Yokohama Bay Stars. Since he has thrown the fastest pitch in Japanese baseball at 161 km/h. Awesomely, his domain is Kroon161.com. Oh and now he plays for the Yomiuri Giants. Does anyone as cool as a Japanese pitcher share your name?

Industrial Design Marc Kroon returned first and second. Feels pretty “neat” to be at the top. Very specific search terms though. My personal favorite Search Result “Provides a mailing address for requesting autographs and sending fan mail to Marc Kroon.” I bet our signatures are pretty close.

After signing up for welding classes down at The Steel Yard I had to come up with a project to work on for the next 10 weeks. I had been thinking about making a shelf because I needed somewhere to put my books,magazines, dvds and some design/coding books.  The two boards would slide through the slots that i cut with a plasma cutter. Then i welded on some extra supports and drilled holes so that the board could be bolted down. The reason i did it this way, was so that, the shelves could be any length i cut the boards to.
I finished it a week ago and brought it home from the steel yard, I ended up having to tote the 30lbs of cold metal steel up from Sims Avenue (good work out).  I had to test it when I got back, so as of now, it is propped up with wood I found in the basement that’s not the right size and is pretty rough. I’m thinking if i use this wood then it needs a good sanding and staining. [The image was created in sketchup]

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