I lived in Phoenix from 1982 through early 2000 until I moved to Austin for work at the end of March 2003. For about 7 months from October 31, 2002 through June 13, 2003 I came back to Phoenix to work. And from May 1, 2007 through September 2, 2007 I moved back to the Scottsdale area and rented a room from my old buddy Reggie.

I started playing with Google Map hacking and put together a page with maps of all the places I've lived in Austin and Phoenix and around the country. Check it out:

Google maps of places I've lived

After 7 years in Austin, Texas I moved back to the Phoenix area for the summer. I rented a room from my old friend Reggie in Scottsdale from May 1, 2007 through September 2, 2007. I was pretty burnt out and needed a break, so I left my job and apartment in Austin, moved back to Scottsdale, got a software support job for a few months, and relaxed a bunch.

During my time at Reggie's he got me into SCUBA diving, we hung out a bunch, I tanned and slacked off around his pool and back yard, and we got back to the gym and in shape again.

While working in Phoenix I rented a room from my business partner in her apartment. It was convenient being a block away from the Sqaw Peak (Highway 51) freeway.

I took a photo of my Chevy truck I had at the time there with the cool customer Arizona license plates I had just received, and some Phoenix palm trees in the background.

After leaving the apartment at Posada Valarta and my old roommate Mike McLane I moved to a nice 1-bedroom pad at Biltmore Club on the 3rd floor next to the pool.

This place issued residents a nifty garage door opener we could clip on our cars' sun visor, so when I was in the left-turn lane on 24th Street I could click it to start the gate opening before I actually made the turn in to the complex. This was the coolest place I had lived in Phoenix, the Biltmore area has everything nearby.

Reggie and Michelle split up, and I had no intention of staying in the house on Alice with Michelle, Sharon with their spoiled adolescent boys. And luckily my buddy Mikey from IRC needed a roommate, so I moved in and split the rent with him for a while.

He was a great roommate. We hung out a few times (he makes drinks that could knock out a rock star), but for the most part he was quiet, kept to himself, and it was almost like having my own pad.

Me, Reggie, Michelle and her kid, Sharon and her kid, all moved into the then 3 bedroom house for $1,000/month. My share was $250 + utilities and food. Can't beat that.

Reggie and I spent the first couple of weeks building the door case and stuff to make a back room for me out of the Arizona room, painting, and making it a 4 bedroom house.

I ended up having a sliding glass door out to the pool and patio area, but no heat or A/C vents in my room. Yay.

Reggie and I rented this semi-cool "loft" apartment, Apt #198. It had a bedroom downstairs (his), and a loft upstairs (mine) that overlooked the living room.

Parking sucked here. I would get home from Getnet at around midnight and have to park a block away.

When Erika and I separated I bought a 1982 16'x70' single-wide 3-bedroom mobile home in Paradise Grove mobile home park. It was a quiet place and I had a great view from my deck since I was in the front of the park. The place only cost $19,800 too.

I was self-employed living off of a web site I had developed for most of the time I lived here.

Virtual Tour Out Front 2007/08/07 (Quicktime required)

After Bay Club Erika and I moved into a studio, G21, at Smoke Tree. Then we later moved into a 1-bedroom, N22. We got married while living here.

Our old place is the upstairs unit on the left with the balcony.

When Erika moved out from California we got a small studio pad at Bay Club. It was a pretty cool place with a big lake off the back patio deck.

I guess the place is called "Lakes at Metro" now.