UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 30-something-year-old dad, percussionist, sysadmin, Web developer, IT consultant and jack-of-all-trades geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the communications manager at Weston Technologies. He has LinkedIn and Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him. He will not be posting on Twitter.
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If you're reading this, you have too much time on your hands.
A few videos to kill off some time (and to get them off my desktop)...
It's amazing the things you can do with PVC Pipe:
My Blackberry Isn't Working (FYI: Orange is a British cell service provider -- thanks Kelli for this one):
Everything's Better With Light Sabers:
Great Way To Make Folks Paranoid By Just Chatting About Them (he's not actually talking to anybody on his phone):
So You Want To Be A Journalist:
You've gotta love Christmastime in Portland:
Man Gets Pulled From Fire, Having The Time Of His Life:
Update: I didn't realize I'd somehow defaulted the YouTube code to use that ugly pink/red/Pepto scheme on its controls. Sorry about that, but I'm too lazy to go back and re-do all the code, so enjoy the splash of color.