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if you haven't already guessed by the domain name, my name is nick ragusa and i'm a 27 year old living in boston, ma. though i hate people who define themselves by their job, mine plays an extremely important part outside of work. i am a full time systems engineering manager at [brandeis university|http://www.brandeis.edu]. i also take classes part time at brandeis and am 2 shy of getting my masters of IT management. when i'm not system administrating the university, i keep myself occupied with the follwing (in no particular order with the exeption of the first)
* husband to my beautiful wife [amanda|http://gallery.me.com/nickragusa#100264/The-20Ragusas-20Wedding-64_edited&bgcolor=white]
* -gym rat at [BSC|http://www.mysportsclubs.com/regions/BSC.htm]- ($86 / month ran its toll after a while ...)
* proud uncle to my beautiful nephew [grant|http://gallery.me.com/nickragusa#100316/IMG_0808&bgcolor=black]
* webmaster of some sites: [www.nickragusa.com|http://www.nickragusa.com], [www.wlvr.org|http://www.wlvr.org] (not actively), [www.babylathren.com|http://www.babylathren.com], -[www.nicholasamanda.com|http://www.nicholasamanda.com]-, [www.djragu.com|http://www.djragu.com] (old site before nickragusa.com), -[www.lumpypear.com|http://www.lumpypear.com]-
* complete tech news junkie (digg, /., reddit, cnet, engadget, make, just to name a few)
* aspiring photographer -- and by aspiring, i mean one day i hope to purchase a decent digital camera and learn some tricks
* retired dj, though i think my next apartment will have the turntables set back up again and the compilations might start flowing
* member of a friendly start up, [www.lumpypear.com|http://www.lumpypear.com], just a bunch of my nerd friends putting our heads together and creating misc projects -- hoping one will catch
* how to [home network guru|http://www.nickragusa.com/confluence/display/ht/Home]
... just to name a few. good friends are also a huge part of my life. some friend's sites:
* [tearsoffire.org|http://tearsoffire.org]
* [alexboroda.com|http://alexboroda.com]
* [negativeblue.com|http://negativeblue.com]
* [anitpatel.com|http://anitapatel.com]
* [alekkanevsky.com|http://alekkanevsky.com/]
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if you haven't already guessed by the domain name, my name is nick ragusa and i'm a 27 year old living in boston, ma. though i hate people who define themselves by their job, mine plays an extremely important part outside of work. i am a full time systems engineering manager at [brandeis university|http://www.brandeis.edu]. i also take classes part time at brandeis and am 2 shy of getting my masters of IT management. when i'm not system administrating the university, i keep myself occupied with the follwing (in no particular order with the exeption of the first)
* husband to my beautiful wife [amanda|http://gallery.me.com/nickragusa#100264/The-20Ragusas-20Wedding-64_edited&bgcolor=white]
* -gym rat at [BSC|http://www.mysportsclubs.com/regions/BSC.htm]- ($86 / month ran its toll after a while ...)
* proud uncle to my beautiful nephew [grant|http://gallery.me.com/nickragusa#100316/IMG_0808&bgcolor=black]
* webmaster of some sites: [www.nickragusa.com|http://www.nickragusa.com], [www.wlvr.org|http://www.wlvr.org] (not actively), [www.babylathren.com|http://www.babylathren.com], -[www.nicholasamanda.com|http://www.nicholasamanda.com]-, [www.djragu.com|http://www.djragu.com] (old site before nickragusa.com), -[www.lumpypear.com|http://www.lumpypear.com]-
* complete tech news junkie (digg, /., reddit, cnet, engadget, make, just to name a few)
* aspiring photographer -- and by aspiring, i mean one day i hope to purchase a decent digital camera and learn some tricks
* retired dj, though i think my next apartment will have the turntables set back up again and the compilations might start flowing
* member of a friendly start up, [www.lumpypear.com|http://www.lumpypear.com], just a bunch of my nerd friends putting our heads together and creating misc projects -- hoping one will catch
* how to [home network guru|http://www.nickragusa.com/confluence/display/ht/Home]
... just to name a few. good friends are also a huge part of my life. some friend's sites:
* [tearsoffire.org|http://tearsoffire.org]
* [alexboroda.com|http://alexboroda.com]
* [negativeblue.com|http://negativeblue.com]
* [anitpatel.com|http://anitapatel.com]
* [alekkanevsky.com|http://alekkanevsky.com/]
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