With a tip of the cap to De La Soul, this is the personal web site of Stephen Clark. Its nothing more than a collection of things from my experiences both on the web and in the real world.
Stephen Clark was born at a very young age in a town far, far away. That town was Norwood, MA which is just outside of Boston. After that seminal event, I spent my formative years living in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston (with a brief stop over in Marlow, England) before all things changed and my family moved to…New Jersey!
I finished up high school in New Jersey and, figuring that California was just too damn sunny for me to get any studying done, decided to go to college in Upstate NY. I attended Syracuse University (2003 NCAA Basketball National Champions), in beautiful Syracuse, NY, where it snows in July and the sun never shines. After finishing an uneventful undergraduate academic career, I stuck around the NYC area after college and “did the Manhattan thing”, living on the Upper West Side. And somehow, the years have passed by and I woke up today.
Eric Stoltz is my doppelganger (As in, "You look like that guy from the movie Some Kind of Wonderful"). I’m not sure I agree. I think people are blinded by the red hair. And besides, I am a better actor. :) I am of Irish and English heritage, which itself is an interesting combination that prompts constant inner conflict and turmoil indicative of "my people’s" age old disagreement. One day I am an Irishman, and another I am an Englishman. And in between, I’m an American. I am 6’3″ tall and did I mention that I have red hair? This combination makes me stand out in a crowd, which has its benefits and detriments.
About This Site
The site is built with Coda by Panic on my 27″ iMac, using plain HTML, a combo of original CSS plus Foundation CSS framework and some tactical JavaScripts here and there. The site takes full advantage of WordPress. I am trying (and failing) to teach myself XML which I hope to employ on the site sometime soon. In contrast, I have been moderately successful in teaching myself PHP and have been using it actively across the site and within the WordPress templates and modules. My design and U/X philosophy is driven by the simple notion that form follows function. I believe in clean, simple, easy to navigate online experiences and my goal is to achieve that ideal on my very own site. The site is hosted by the wonderful folks at Dreamhost.
Cameo on A Candyland Bingo Boxtop
When I was younger, I appeared on the box top of the Milton Bradley game Candyland Bingo. The photo to the right shows the box top. I’m the kid on the top left of the image. I also have a bigger version of the photo for your viewing pleasure. Every once in a while, I check out eBay for any auctions selling the verison of the game that features my photo. I have already picked up two or three copies that are in surprisingly good condition. One of these days, I’ll pick up a frame to mount the boxtop in.