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Wow! What a busy summer this year! Most of it was spent in Portland with my daughters and girlfriend, but we have all had a chance to get away and have a break, too. The girls went to both day camp all summer and had a week away at a YMCA camp in Gresham, OR. They start school on Monday! 2nd and 5th graders this year, wow!

My family came out to visit Portland over the 4th of July weekend and then they headed down to watch the 2016 Olympic Trials in Eugene! We had a great time going to the beach, sampling food cart fare, browsing books at Powell’s, and enjoying the mild summer here. Bernadette and I took a trip to Vermont for her brother’s wedding and got to spend some time at the Shore in New Jersey. We went over to Philly and had some Pat’s Cheesesteaks (WIT WIZ!), walked around South Philly, and cooled down with some Water Ice.

Unfortunately, there was also a loss in the family this summer: Toby, the family dog of 12 years, had to be put down due to laryngeal paralysis and issues with comfort/movement. We adopted him at 8 weeks from an accidental litter of two farm labrador retrievers. Great genes, his grandfather was a champion AKC hunter. He helped raise both my daughters and was always kind and protective with them. Toby was a people dog. He wanted to smell, nudge, and kiss everyone he met. He was a great dog and will be missed for years to come.

Onto some better news! I have been very active in the global mechanical keyboard community this summer. I’ve made a couple custom keyboards (below), had a very successful meet up of the keyboard club I run: Portland Keyboard Club (PDXKBC), and am running a global group buy for a custom keycap set, Barebones Stormtrooper. I’m very excited to bring this set to 20 countries!

Hoping you had a great summer, too!

Matthew AKA MaNiFeX

It’s been a very busy past few months for me as I transition into a new job and start a new relationship. Life is moving along and I’m enjoying watching my daughters grow. Skiing season is coming to an end and softball season is starting. I’ll be posting progress pictures throughout the season.

My free time right now includes: Volunteering at the kids’ school and sports, hanging with my girlfriend, DMing a D&D5e campaign, and running /r/kbcpdx! Busy, busy!

Hope all is well with you!

Take Care,

Matthew

Wow. What a week! I’ve turned a corner in my professional and personal life, validating all the hard work I’ve been doing to progress my career advancement and debt annihilation. I’ve been having a really good night life as well around town, so if any of you are looking for some great nightclub music to dance or get grinded on to… Check the 5+ hours of trap shit.

Dedicated to the nightcrawlers and party people of Portland:

https://open.spotify.com/user/manifex/playlist/6tSsNQO7qBL6Lo8m27jZ0R

Next stop: Austin! Heading down to the land of TexMex, cowboys, and rockabilly for the Community Broadband Summit. I’ll be meeting with executive sales and operations for all the major cable providers around the nation. What great exposure and an unprecedented opportunity. Time to get turnt up.

Facebook has gone the way of MySpace, Friendster, and Google+. I’m done with and will no longer be doing social networking online. I’ll be posting here and people are welcome to comment if they wish, but that’s about the level of interaction I’m looking for. You can probably find me hangin’ my usual spots doin’ my usual stuff. If you want to socialize, let’s do it in person and have a real experience.

Hello again, all!  2010 has been a crazy year for me.  Plenty of turmoil, data loss, and just general weird happenings.  I’m in the process of fixing up MaNiFeX.net again.  Still using WordPress, which I love as a dynamic website environment.  Most of the pages here are stubs, so bear with me as I update the pages…

Matthew