Biography, Joe Crawford (get to know me!)

I live in San Diego, California.
There are over 250 pages on this website.
That's a whole lot for a personal website.
In 1970, I was born in San Diego.
In 1975, I was skipped a grade.
In 1979, I was in a bad movie called Up From The Depths.
In 1983, I used a TI-99/4a.
In 1987, I used an Amiga 1000.
I can use any computer.
I have created digital art on an Amiga.
I didn't have a good time in High School.
In 1992, I earned an Associate Degree in Respiratory Care with highest honors.
Here is my Respiratory CV.
I am a Registered Respiratory Therapist, licensed in Virginia and California.
In 1995, I moved from Virginia to Los Angeles to work in the movies.
In 1996, I found the internet.
In 1996, I learned HTML from a book.
In 1996, I made my first website.
In 1996, I put my first website online.
In 1996, I decided I didn't want to work in movies, but I did want to work on the internet.
I am now a Web Designer.
Here is my résumé.
Sometimes I write, sometimes I am interviewed or quoted.
I keep notes and experiments about CSS, HTML, PHP, ColdFusion, JavaScript, and other web technologies.
I know how to do Dynamic HTML.
I have made toys with HTML and CSS and JavaScript.
In 2025, I participated in Weird Web October.
In March of some years, I participate in March M.O.D.O.K. Madness.
In October of some years, I participate in Inktober.
In 1997, I was featured in a book about Flash 2.
In 1997, I worked for ARCO making web pages with HTML, graphics, JavaScript, and some perl.
In 1998, I helped form the WebStandards Project.
In 1998, I bought the domain ArtLung.com.
In 1998, I worked for Jamison/Gold.
In 1999, I moved to San Diego from Los Angeles.
In 1999, I got married. I got married again a few years later.
I'm divorced now. Happy about it.
In 2002, I started SanDiegoBloggers.com.
In 2002, I was interviewed on local radio station KPBS about blogging.
I was once nostalgic for America Online.
I am a Frank Zappa fan.
I entered several Viridian Design Contests.
I keep an online diary at artlung.com/blog. I've also referred to it as a "journal" or "blog." There are nuances to those terms. I am sympathetic to the idea that it also constitutes a "digital garden."
I am a packrat.
I maintain a "Smorgasborg," of lyrics, pictures, quotes, links, and other stuff I found on the web and felt ought to stick around.
I have been on the IndieWeb for a few years, but really I feel like I've been living an "indie web" life since 1996.
Front End Study Hall is so much fun.
I maintain a Lab of experiments and notes about web technologies.
Here is a rough site index which encompasses more than 10,000 pages.
A colophon describes how something was made.
I once enjoyed playing racquetball.
I love bodysurfing.
You can watch grainy footage of me riding waves.
I make reels periodically.
I can be hired to install blogs.
I can be hired to do web design and development.
I spend more time than I should working on my website.
I have accounts all over
I collect toy robots. Not to be confused with the robots.txt file for the site.
I have opinions about "ai".
I maintain a bunch of slash pages
How do I like my coffee?
What are my Top 4?
Here's a blank space baby. I won't write your name.
I make mixtapes.
I have a YouTube channel where I record myself doing CSS Battles.
You can search for stuff at artlung.com/search.
I'm working on backfilling my Instagram, Flickr, Twitter, and other stuff into this website.
I have a contact page if you want to get in touch.
I have lived and worked in California, Virginia, and Manila.
I've made comics.
Folks ought to use feedreaders. Here are the feeds for this website.
One comic I made was published in a journal. “Californio”
I'm a writer? I'm a writer. Here are some of my writings.
I make art.
Old profile photos are at pfp/.
Here are the frequently asked questions.
Here are my interests and then here are some favorite quotes.
There's overlap between this and my "about" page. Go there next.