Remember when people used to email around those “getting to know you” mass questionnaires to their closest 300 friends? Well, turns out some people are still doing them. Earlier this week I received one of those emails from a friend (this was the 2009 version!). In the past I have been a good sport and filled them out, but this time it got me thinking, why not do a “web geek” version of the survey? So, just for fun, I took all 57 questions and made my own web/geek version of them. Some of the questions are a bit of a stretch, but I had fun. Some questions applied equally as well to web geeks as to regular individuals, so I left them as they were. My answers are in italics.
1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:45am (Original: What time did you get up this morning? 6:45am)
2. Firefox or IE? Firefox, duh (Diamonds or pearls? cheese)
3. What was the last Firefox extension you downloaded? Does the google toolbar count? (What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Star Trek – it was awesome!)
4. What is your favorite uStream channel? SpaceVidCast (What is your favorite TV show? Depends on what is in season – right now its The Closer.)
5. Do you check your email before eating breakfast? Not usually. (What do you usually have for breakfast? Eggs)
6. What’s your username? Sherzy (What is your middle name? I could tell you but then I would have to kill you)
7. What sites do you dislike? geocities, lol (What food do you dislike? raw clams, oysters, beets)
8. What is your favorite social networking site right now? Facebook (What is your favorite CD at the moment? dont listen to CDs- I am all about the radio)
9. What kind of computer do you use? Dell at work, Dell laptop at home (What kind of car do you drive? Honda Civic or Saturn Outlook, depending on weather and mood)
10. Favorite bookmark utility? Loving Foxmarks (Favorite sandwich? I don’t really eat sandwiches)
11. Do you twitter? Yes (What characteristic do you despise? Hypocrisy)
12. Favorite tag? <optgroup> (Favorite item of clothing? jean jacket)
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, would proximity to wi-fi be a requirement? daily access at the least (If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? a month or so in Europe would be fun)
14. Favorite blogger? lol (Favorite brand of clothing? none)
15. What would you do if you weren’t coding or surfing? working out or cooking (Where would you retire to? Mexico)
16. Most memorable thread discussion? There used to be some good ones over at vivianlives.com (What was your most recent memorable birthday? Ha)
17. Favorite IM client? Trillian (Favorite sport to watch? Whatever is on the TV when I am at happy hour)
18. Longest amount of time you have gone without checking your email? 2-3 days – crazy (Furthest place you are sending this?)
19. Your rss reader? google (Person you expect to send it back first:)
20. When is your blog birthday? May 12, 2001 (When is your birthday? Jan 2)
21. Do you code better in the morning or at night? night, like all great coders (Are you a morning person or a night person? I used to be a total night person, but have managed to shift to being more of a morning person. But I am still not a happy morning person.)
22. USB thumb drive size? 4 gig (What is your shoe size? 10)
23. MP3 players? I have a Samsung Nano. But now days I use my Treo with bluetooth headphones to listen to mp3s while working out (Pets? Zion – cat, Pepper – cat, Bailey – dog)
24. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us? I am doing some exciting new stuff with my sites! (Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us?)
25. What language did you want to learn when you started programming? Java (What did you want to be when you were little? I dont remember)
26. How are you today? OK (How are you today?)
27. What is your favorite RSS reader? sadly I have only used google (What is your favorite candy? chocolate)
28. What is your favorite FTP client? Filezilla (What is your favorite flower? one that is in my house or yard)
29. What feature of CSS3 are you looking forward to? rounded corners (What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? district convention is always fun)
30. Favorite hobby away from the keyboard? cooking (What is your favorite hobby?)
31. How many browsers windows do you have open right now? 4 – 3 FF, 1 IE (What are you listening to right now? office noise)
32. How many tabs? a dozen or so (What was the last thing you ate? peanut butter on a tortilla)
33. Do you wish you didn’t just close that tab? sometimes – but I think there is a plug-in for that (Do you wish on stars? what kind of stars?)
34. If you were a hex color, what hex would you be? #efefef (If you were a crayon, what color would you be? salmon)
35. Are you sitting near a window? close enough (How is the weather right now? sunny and humid)
36. First person you emailed today. I dont think I have sent an email yet, but I did IM Gabe (The first person you spoke to on the phone today. no phone calls either)
37. Favorite text editor? plain old Notepad (Your favorite soft drink? I do not drink soda)
38. Favorite webhost? my host is kattare, they are good (Favorite restaurant? anything local – I hate chains)
39. Real username? like I would tell you (Real hair color? like I would tell you)
40. What was your favorite toy as a child? a stuffed raccoon (What was your favorite toy as a child?)
41. Google or yahoo? google (Summer or winter? why do they even put this question on surveys?)
42. Facebook or MySpace? Facebook (Hugs or kisses? another stupid one)
43. Blogger or WordPress? WordPress (Chocolate or Vanilla? chocolate)
44. Captcha or Akismet? both (Coffee or tea? both )
45. Do your friends know how to email? some (Do you want your friends to email you back?)
46. When is the last time you googled yourself? its been awhile (When was the last time you cried? its been awhile)
47. Whats in your source code? proper indenting (What is under your bed? junk)
48. What did you do last night? worked on my website (What did you do last night? worked on my website)
49. Are you scared of people googling you? nah (What are you scared of? stuff at the bottom of really deep lakes)
50. Mac or PC? I love to make fun of Mac users. (Salty or sweet? usually salty)
51. How big is your harddrive? 128 gig solid state oh yeah (How many keys on your key ring? 2)
52. Do you have a real job? yeah (How many years at your current job? 2)
53. Favorite CSS selector? :hover (Favorite day of the week? Friday!)
54. How many domains do you own? too many (How many towns have you lived in? 5)
56. How many friends do you have on Facebook? 149 (How many people will you send this to?)
57. How many of them do you actually know? ~140 (How many will respond?)