Table of Contents
Occasional Ramblings
About Xydexx
Life Was Meant To Be Awesome
Occasional Ramblings
November 17, 2010
In my latest effort to provide the internet with cute and weird content, I've created the Ultimate Horse Nozzle page. I pumped up a giant life-size inflatable palomino and took lots of pictures of its nozzle. I'm so naughty!
And then when I was finished, I unplugged it and let all its air out. Aww. -=)
Xydexx's inflatable palomino has a nice nozzle.
October 18, 2010
Rigel and I got back from a week-long trip through Colorado and Utah. We drove around the mountains on treacherous dirt roads with no guardrails, explored abandoned ghost towns, went on a gold mine tour, rode a narrow-gauge steam locomotive, and wandered around in the desert looking at all the crazy rock formations.
There are lots of towns with buildings from the old mining days, many rebuilt of brick (the entire town burning down around 1889-1890 seemed to be a common theme in most of the towns we visited). We went to Leadville and Cripple Creek and Victor in Colorado, and then eventually crossed into Utah and ended up at my older brother's place in Salt Lake City.
Old buildings along the main street in Leadville, Colorado.
View our complete collection of pictures at: http://picasaweb.google.com/xydexx/Colorado!
August 23, 2010
I've been thinking I should develop and area here to store all the cool stuff I find during my internet wanderings. There is an incredible amount of it out there, and I'm having a hard time keeping track of it all.
I went out biking today, and covered a good 30 miles total. I explored several abandoned houses along the way. I enjoy mixing my various interests together. It's more efficient that way. Here's an abandoned house that's one of the few remnants of the town of Willard, which was mostly obliterated in the 1950s when Dulles International Airport was built.
An abandoned house near Dulles International Airport, site of the former town of Willard.
More pictures here!
About Xydexx
Xydexx is old enough to drink but younger than Jon Stewart. He once got in trouble for Unnecessary Smiling.
Xydexx is originally from Westchester County, NY (just north of NYC). Someone once said he has the patience of a Saint, and the morals of Satan. He is eccentric, but harmless.
Modern Ruins
Xydexx is obsessed with abandoned buildings and old maps and local history, and spend an inordinate amount of time researching and/or trespassing visiting decaying old structures and sometimes entire towns that no longer exist. He is very familiar with the Hudson Highlands region (his old stomping grounds) and the cornucopia of abandoned iron ore mines and crumbling mansions in that area.
Online History
Xydexx first got online in 1982, using CompuServe with a 300 baud acoustic coupler that he bought for $350. Back when he was young and crazy (now he's old and crazy) he didn't think 1200 baud was necessary. In 2010, he created the Ultimate Horse Nozzle as a way of making the internets more awesome.
Zine Publishing
Xydexx published a zine called The Grumbling Yak from 1990-1991. He met Mike Gunderloy and pals at one of the famous Factsheet Five parties. He also dabbled in mail art, and ran Ed's Pregnant Yak Service out of his Dobbs Ferry post office box for many years.
Furry Fandom
Xydexx has always been a longtime Warner Brothers/Disney fan, and was delighted to find out about Furry fandom in 1993. He serves as Publications Director for Anthrocon, the world's largest Furry convention. He used to be an active editor on WikiFur back when Wikifur was actually about Furry fandom.
Recumbent Biking
Xydexx spends his free time riding his Sun EZ-Sport recumbent bicycle. He has always had a bit of wanderlust and would go on long treks on his bike, even when he lived in New York.
Today
Xydexx currently lives in Bornhausen, Germany and spends his copious free time exploring castles and drinking beer. And that's just awesome.
Life Was Meant To Be Awesome
Xydexx Squeakypony is a squeaky pony (actually a silly inflatable lavender unicorn) who believes in making life as awesome as possible and has great enthusiasm for cute and weird stuff. He has little patience for drama and people who enjoy being asshats.