
{"id":2,"date":"2006-02-11T16:58:16","date_gmt":"2006-02-11T15:58:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-08-13T12:04:50","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T11:04:50","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image169\" style=\"float:left;padding-right:10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mugshot_matthijskamstra.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot Matthijs Kamstra\" \/>I am  Matthijs C. Kamstra [mck] and I&#8217;m a designer\/ animator \/ programmer \/ and-some-other-stuff.<\/p>\n<p>I named this blog <strong>[mck]<\/strong> (my initials) with as subtitle &#8220;Polymath Zapper&#8221;. A polymath is a person who excels in multiple fields, particularly in both arts and sciences. But once you start investigating who is considered a polymath, the group is quite impressive. I don&#8217;t want to do too much chest beating so I&#8217;ve added Zapper to it (that&#8217;s how we call the remote control around my moms house).<br \/>\nI use the name Zapper also als a reference to channel surfing, which resembles the way I find, and explore my fascinations:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I encounter something I find interesting \/ fascinating;<\/li>\n<li>I search until I know almost everything about this subject;<\/li>\n<li>I lose interest;<\/li>\n<li>I start looking for something new.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To make sure that my blog won&#8217;t jump from one subject to another, I will post about my specialty: Macromedia Flash in the widest sense of the word.<br \/>\nIn this blog I&#8217;ll try to share my knowledge, researches, as-script, etc, with the rest of the world.<br \/>\n<strike>For now I&#8217;ve got no expectations for this blog, but let&#8217;s see what gives.<\/strike> Blogging is fun!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading this and remember: responses to my entries are very welcome!<\/p>\n<p>This blog will be kept in my spare time, the rest of my working hours are spent at <strike>Fabrique where I&#8217;ve been working [with great joy] since 2000. So if you might want to hire me I suggest you first contact Fabrique.<\/strike> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makesomenoise.nl\/\">NOISE<\/a> where I&#8217;ve been working [with great joy] since 2007. If you want to hire me, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/index.php\/about\/contact-me\/\">just drop a line here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am Matthijs C. Kamstra [mck] and I&#8217;m a designer\/ animator \/ programmer \/ and-some-other-stuff. I named this blog [mck] (my initials) with as subtitle &#8220;Polymath Zapper&#8221;. A polymath is a person who excels in multiple fields, particularly in both arts and sciences. 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