Webmaster
"I think I'm thinking...therefore I am"
Eric Elder
-
To contact: Click Here
Age: 37 years old
Canadian living in...
Residence: Littleton
State: Colorado
Country: USA
Biography:
Hello, my name is Eric Elder. I am a single guy who was born in Toronto and moved shortly after to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. After High School I went to Laurentian University in Sudbury where I graduated with a BA Honours in Geography. I was fortunate to have a group University project ("Human Impact on an Aeolian Environment, Carter Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada") published in the The Great Lakes Geographer (vol. 6,no. 1-2). I have travelled in Canada, U.S., and Europe. If you have not already been able to figure out, I am interested in naval and military history. I do not like war, I enjoy learning about the history, technology, and personal struggles surrounding the events. I am fairly computer literate, and have enjoyed using my computer. I graduated in May 1999 with a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technologist diploma from Algonquin College, in Ottawa, Ontario. Then in August 1999 I landed a Computer Assisted Drafting (CAD) mapping job in Golden, Colorado (in Metro Denver) mapping a 16,000 mile new fiber optic network system (Level3) in the US. I then moved into the GIS group and enjoyed the position. I decided the time was right to move on because the project was winding down, and I landed a position with Bass-Trigon/American Innovations IMD as the only GIS Technologist for the office in December 2001. On July 1, 2008 (Canada Day) I was laid off with 3 other people. I was fortunate to land another job quickly at Structural Integrity Associates. I am currently the only GIS Technologist. To start out with I am digitizing nuclear power plant piping to view in a 3D environment.
Me climbing over the battleship North Carolina, when I was a wee bit younger.
Who would have guessed I would start collecting naval warship postcards?
Hobbies/Interests:
-
Collecting naval postcards, other postcards, painting, historical wargaming, photography, website development.
My new 2004 car that I bought in 2006.
Travel:
-
Link to where I have travelled with some info: Eric's Travel Site
Favorite Movies:
-
Schindlers List, movies directed by Akira Kurosawa, Star Wars movies, Matrix, Band of Brothers (HBO tv series)
Link to my growing favorite list: IMDB favorite list
Link to my ratings of war movies: IMDB war movie list
Collections:
-
Naval Postcards and Military/Naval books (ie. Ballentines Illustrated History of the Violent Century pocket books)
Other:
-
Some pictures I took of a pair of Mute Swans on the Rideau River in Ottawa, Canada in the summer of 1998 (click here).
Go Subaru World Rally Team! SWRT.Com
Halloween Costume 2004
Me, Mom, Dad, Sister, and Brother-in-Law, July 2008
