| Your Host: | 
Steve Mermelstein |
| Occupation: |
Photographer, iOS Developer, Ustream Admin, VT Photo Tours Guide, Photography Workshop Instructor, and community manager. |
| Interests and hobbies: | Landscape and wildlife photography, birding, nature, iPhone photography, localvore, espresso, looking for deals, cooking, twitter (follow me at: @vtphotog or @usrbingeek), scripting, programming, classic movies, antiques and auctions. |
| Birthplace: | South Florida |
| Current location: | Burlington, VT |
| Age: |
35 |
| Sex: | Male |
| Beliefs: | Agnostic |
| Heritage: | Jewish |
| Goal I would like to achieve this year: | Catch up on everything I have been putting off. |
| First thoughts after waking up: | Can't I sleep some more? |
| I would most like to visit: | Hong Kong and China |
| If possible, would spend everyday: | Photographing wildlife and landscapes |
| If I won the lottery: | Would buy all the photography gear I've lusted over but couldn't justify buying (Nikon D3x and 600mm VR II) and still do the same things. |
| Favorite gadget: | iPad 2 3G and iPhone 4 |
| Favorite possessions: | Nikon D3, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S, and Nikon 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR lenses. |
| Canon or Nikon: | It's not about the gear! But you probably already guessed that I prefer Nikon |
| PC or Mac: | Mac! |
| Favorite Movies: | Dr. Strangelove, Gentleman's Agreement, Whatever Works, Marely and Me, The Gunfighter, The French Connection, Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Defiance, Lost in Translation, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou |
| Favorite TV Shows: | The Good Wife, The Wire, Parenthood, Nature, The Office, Parks and Recreation, The Closer, Monk, Top Chef, Veronica Mars, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Universe, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Simpsons, Real Time with Bill Maher |
| Favorite Music: | Black Eyed Peas, Goldfrapp, Journey, Lady Gaga, Nina Simone, Zero 7, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Vince Guaraldi, Sarah Vaughan, Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Stan Getz |
| Favorite Quote: | It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt |
| Sing: | Only in the car |
| Drink: | Hardly ever |
| Smoke: | Never |
| Swear: | I never stop |
| Last meal: | Hong Kong style ginger and scallion beef or black pepper shrimp and fried rice |
| Favorite local restaurant: | Gracies |
| Favorite restaurant anywhere: | Joe's Stone Crab, Miami, FL |
| Favorite pizza: | American Flatbread's Revolution Flatbread |
| Favorite burger: | Shelburne Farms smoked cheddar cheese and grilled onions |
| Favorite desert: | Monument Farms ice cream |
| Favorite drink: | Iced venti caffè Americano |
| Favorite coffee: | None; only drink espresso |
| Languages: | PHP, Ruby, Perl, Python, Java, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, XHMTL, CSS...oh wait, you mean spoken languages? Besides English, just a touch of French, Hebrew, and Yiddish. |
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