About

I’m a software developer & tech geek based in Minnesota (originally from England). My wife (Nicola) and I are the proud parents of three awesome kids – Shannon, Lilith and Christopher. We’ve got three crazy cats called Dolly [Parton], Norah [Jones] and Nacho / Luciano [Pavarotti] (a “plus size” kitty we rescued), and at least one fish and two mice

After many years of hardcore C++, I developed a fondness for everything .NET;  I also picked up goodies like Actionscript along the way

I’m one of those crazy nerds who likes programming enough for it to be a hobby as well as an occupation. I’m also a regular(ish) console gamer; my Xbox Live gamertag is Bob Strogg USA. I have no issues with being pwned as a n00b; Defeat, Humilation and I go way back

The following sums up my sense of humor (there’s a billion variations of this, but I can relate to this one):

A Minnesota Wife

Three men were sitting together bragging about how they had given their new wives duties.

The first man had married a woman from Ohio and had told her that she was going to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day he came home to see a clean house and dishes washed and put away.

The second man had married a woman from Illinois. He had given his wife orders that she was to do all the cleaning, dishes, and the cooking. The first day he didn’t see any results but the next day he saw it was better. By the third day, he saw his house was clean the dishes were done, and there was a huge dinner on the table.

The third man had married a beautiful girl from Minnesota.  He told her that her duties were to keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed, laundry washed, and hot meals on the table for every meal. He said the first day he didn’t see anything, the second day he didn’t see anything but by the third day some of the swelling had gone down and he could see a little out of his left eye, enough to fix himself a sandwich and load the dishwasher.

Some old / miscellaneous links:

• PocketRender – 3D renderer for PocketPC: http://www.codeproject.com/netcf/CfPocketRenderDemo.asp
• PocketBalance – Simple bank balance for PocketPC: http://www.codeproject.com/netcf/PpcCompPocketBalance.asp?df=100&forumid=53427&exp=0
• Flickr stuff (ignore the seagulls; they’re placeholders or something): http://www.flickr.com/photos/cavanagh_family/
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chriscavanagh
• Old video card stuff I wrote about years ago:
  • http://www.pvr-extremist.com/crazytaxi.asp
  • http://www.pvr-extremist.com/dreamcast.asp