Hi! My name is Mike Pennisi, and this is my online portfolio. You can find info on some of my projects, my résumé, and updates on my latest hijinks. I'm currently looking for a career in font-end programming for the browser or other web-based applications employed at Bocoup, a web development shop in South Boston.
This space also hosts my personal online presence. Taking a cue from Jaron Lanier, I'm looking to express myself beyond filling in form fields. It's a bit of an experimental idea for me, so we'll see how that goes...
Between his course work at Boston College and a semester studying in Ireland, my buddy Andrew became quite familiar with Irish history. His friends were incredulous when he claimed that, before the Great Potatoe Famine of 1850, the average laborer consumed 15 pounds of potatoes every day. How could anyone possibly stomach that many potatoes? My mother must be credited with the ensuing event's inception: "Prove it--I'll cook them if you eat them."
read moreI've written a new article for the Bocoup.com weblog entitled "Third-Party JavaScript Development: CSS Defensive Techniques". You can find it here.
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