• You are on the personal website of Joe Crawford.
• I live in San Diego, California.
• There are over 10,000 pages on this website.
• That's a whole lot for a personal website.
• In 1970, I was born in San Diego.
• In 1975, I was skipped a grade.
• In 1979, I was in a bad movie called Up From The Depths.
• In 1983, I used a TI-99/4a.
• In 1987, I used an Amiga 1000.
• You might also be interested in my Abouut Page.
• I can use any computer.
• I have created digital art on an Amiga.
• I didn't have a good time in High School.
• In 1992, I earned an Associate Degree in Respiratory Care with highest honors. I also won the academic and clinical achievement awards for my class.
• Here is my Respiratory CV.
• I am a Registered Respiratory Therapist, licensed in Virginia and California.
• In 1995, I moved from Virginia to Los Angeles to work in the movies.
• In 1996, I found the internet.
• In 1996, I learned HTML from a book.
• In 1996, I made my first website.
• In 1996, I put my first website online.
• In 1996, I decided I didn't want to work in movies, but I did want to work on the internet.
• I am now a Web Developer.
• I used to be a Web Integrator.
• I have been a Web Designer.
• What am I up to now?
• Here is my résumé.
• Sometimes I write, sometimes I am interviewed or quoted.
• I keep notes and experiments about CSS, HTML, PHP, ColdFusion, JavaScript, and other web technologies.
• I know how to do Dynamic HTML.
• I have made toys with HTML and CSS and JavaScript.
• In 2025, I participated in Weird Web October.
• In March of some years, I participate in March M.O.D.O.K. Madness.
• In October of some years, I participate in Inktober.
• My work was featured in a book about Flash 2 in 1997.
• I worked for ARCO making web pages with HTML, graphics, JavaScript, and some Perl.
• Mostly it felt like I updated org charts in Photoshop.
• I was there at the start of the Web Standards Project.
• In 1998, I bought the domain ArtLung.com.
• In 1998, I worked for Jamison/Gold.
• In 1999, I moved to San Diego from Los Angeles.
• In 1999, I got married. I got married again a few years later.
• I've been divorced twice. I'm content with that.
• In 2002, I started SanDiegoBloggers.com.
• I sold it when I moved away.
• In 2002, I was interviewed on local radio station KPBS about blogging.
• I was once nostalgic for America Online.
• I am a Frank Zappa fan.
• I entered several Viridian Design Contests.
• I keep an online diary at artlung.com/blog. I've also referred to it as a "journal" or "blog." There are
• nuances to those terms. I am sympathetic to the idea that it also constitutes a "digital garden."
• I've worked on every kind of web page. Forums, ecommerce sites, blogs, wikis, photography portfolios, transit services, music streamers, ringtones, kids games, video releases, XBOX games, downloadable games, ACH processing services. r
• I've written HTML for phones, for Google Glass, for Palm Pre, for WebViews in Android, and iOS, for Blackberry, for Chumby
• I wrote WML for WAP phones. Revisited in 2025.
• I like making splash pages pages for this site.
• I am a packrat.
• I maintain a "Smorgasborg," of lyrics, pictures, quotes, links, and other stuff I
• found on the web and felt ought to stick around.
• I have been on the IndieWeb for a few years, but really I feel like I've been living an "indie web" life
• since 1996.
• Front End Study Hall is so much fun.
• I maintain a Lab of experiments and notes about web technologies.
• Here is a rough site index which encompasses more than 10,000 pages.
• A colophon describes how something was made.
• I once enjoyed playing racquetball.
• I love bodysurfing.
• You can watch grainy footage of me riding waves.
• I have so many accounts on the web.
• I make reels periodically.
• I can be hired to work on websites. Contact me.
• I spend more time than I should working on my website.
• I have accounts all over
• I collect toy robots. Not to be confused with the robots.txt file for the site.
• Some years I participate in CSS Naked Day.
• I have opinions about "ai".
• I maintain a bunch of slash pages
• How do I like my coffee?
• What are my Top 4?
• Here's a blank space baby. I won't write your name.
• I do cosplay.
• I attend San Diego Comic-Con pretty much every year.
• I have make mixtapes for decades.
• I have a YouTube channel where I record myself doing CSS Battles.
• You can search for stuff at artlung.com/search.
• I'm working on backfilling my Instagram, Flickr, Twitter, and other stuff into this website.
• I have a contact page if you want to get in touch.
• I have lived and worked in California, Virginia, and Manila.
• I've made comics.
• Folks ought to use feedreaders. Here are the feeds for this website.
• One comic I made was published in a
• journal. “Californio”
• I'm a writer? I'm a writer. Writing.
• I make art.
• Old profile photos are at pfp/.
• Here are my frequently asked questions.
• Here are my interests and then here are some favorite quotes.
• There's overlap between this and my "about" page. Go there next.
• I was once an extra in a monster movie.
• Joe collects toy robots.
• Joe has been on the radio a few times.
• Joe knows rather a lot about web development.
• Joe is twice-divorced.
• Joe lived in the Philippines for a few years.
• Joe lived in New Orleans as a kid.
• His high school doesn't exist anymore.
• Joe has stepped on stingrays several times.
• Joe makes comics sometimes.
• Joe has the credential to be a respiratory therapist but is not currently licensed.
• Joe is a bodysurfer.
• Joe likes to attend San Diego Padres games, but usually when they're playing the Cubs.
• Joe is an artist and makes comics sometimes.
• Joe is a part of the indieweb.
• Joe was once a part of The Web Standards Project.
• Joe worked on a lot of different websites.
• Joe worked on an early version of the Disneyland website.
• Joe helped admin the mailing list and website evolt.org.
• Joe started WebSanDiego, a mailing list for web professionals in San Diego.
• Joe sold WebSanDiego a few years later.
• Joe's been going to Comic-Con since he was a kid.
• Joe's been to San Diego Comic so many times he's not sure exactly how many times.
• Joe's been quoted in a few books and news articles.
• Joe has had a comic published in literary journal.
• Joe believes in the power of the web.
• Joe's a top 100 player of CSS Battle.
• Joe thinks CSS gradients are the bomb.
• If you want to buy one of his prints, please reach out.
• Joe can be hired to do web development.
• Joe's been on the radio a few times.
• Joe likes Frank Zappa.
• Joe's been making custom headers in HTML and CSS since 2001.
• Joe thanks you for visiting.