Hi, I’m Ricky! Your friend from the internet. :)
If you’re ever looking for someone to walk and/or feed your pet, water your plants, or otherwise watch over your house while you’re traveling, you should reach out to me! I’ll take care of things for you, for free.
Why am I offering this service? I am looking for excuses to travel places in the US and abroad every so often. I work remotely and live in a small town, where I help take care of my mom. After being here too long, it can feel a little lonely. So as long as you have a comfortable climate in your home and a reasonably fast internet connection, I will happily travel to your city, take care of your things, and enjoy what where you live has to offer.
If you’re interested, reach out via Mastodon, email, or any other way you know to reach me.
I’m proud to announce that my textbook comparison shopping website, GetchaBooks, has officially re-launched for Fall 2010. GetchaBooks is the one-stop-shop of textbook purchasing for college students at ten select schools. If you’re a student at one of these schools, a thirty-second process of selecting your courses is all that separates you from the most informed and understandable breakdown of textbooks for those courses, complete with recommendations on where to buy them across the web.
In the last six months, the GetchaBooks team has redesigned almost every aspect of the site, adding features and crafting a user experience that finally makes the awful process of textbooks purchasing pleasurable. After hundreds of hours of Skype calls, instant messages, whiteboard sessions, code sprints, debugging spurts and usability testing, I’m happy to say that the experience is no less than awesome.
I’d like to thank my friends and family, whose understanding, patience, and feedback were crucial during the development of GetchaBooks. I can’t count the number of social gatherings I missed to work on this project. Aware that it means a lot to me, they’ve always excused my absence and even offered to help.
So, what are you waiting for? Check out GetchaBooks, and let me know what you think.
Stephanie Preston’s article about Register for Change made its way into this week’s Harlem Valley Times. Go give it a read!
As always, I quote it below for posterity’s sake.
Students raise political awareness with ‘Register for Change’ rally
DOVER – Students and recent graduates from Dover High School held a political rally on Aug. 9 in the Town of Dover to promote the importance of voting, as well as to inform the public about presidential candidate Barack Obama’s policies.
Bumper stickers, pins and signs were given out at the “Register for Change” event, and voter registration cards were available for residents to fill out.
A couple weeks before his graduation from Dover High School in June, Valedictorian Richard Mondello, 18, created a group on the social networking Web site www.facebook.com advocating to host a political rally during the summer. He received a large amount of feedback from his fellow students wanting to participate and join the group.
“I wanted to do something that would show that the young people of Dover are getting really involved and excited about the upcoming election,” Mondello said.
“I feel like young people hardly ever get good press, and I wanted us to do something positive and constructive,” he said.
After the event’s date was confirmed, Mondello and Dylan Young, 18, went to a town board meeting to get permission to assemble.
Mondello also contacted the Barack Obama campaign about the event, which is how he received the bumper stickers, pins, signs and voter registration cards that were available at the rally.
“There have been a lot of great people coming out to support us and coming up to the tent registering to vote,” said Justin Schneider, 18.
“I’ve been here since 8:30 for the cause. I’m not necessarily for a candidate. I’m for change and involvement in the political process. That’s what all of us are really trying to promote,” he said.
Congressman John Hall (D-Dover) also attended to help promote involvement in the political process.
“The wonderful turnout for this event is proof that bringing people into the political process will make a difference. I think it’s a great message to publicize,” Hall said. “The first step is to be involved and to vote.”