Fredo Alvarez is the website producer for a major LGBT non-profit organization based in Washington, DC. He is a self-taught website designer with over nine years of experience.
Prior web projects included sites for the Rockville High School Pipe Band and the MacMillan Pipe Band. Fredo began his first weblog, fredotoday, on 13 July, 2000. On 1 January, 2003, fredotoday was relaunched as Grapefeed.
In his spare time, Fredo enjoys photography, writing, movies, music and the occasional game of billiards or bowling. He has an affinity for Snicker bars and Mountain Dew (but not at the same time), an odd obsession with Sharpie markers, is prone to abusing hypens, and shares custody of a particularly anti-social cat.
Other vital stats of interest:
- Hometown: the Bronx, NY
- Current Residence: Washington, DC
- Birthday: April 8
- Height: 5′ 8″
- Hobby: Photography
- Sign: Aries
- Chinese Zodiac: Horse
- Orientation: Gay
- Relationship Status: Single
- Computing Platform: Mac
- Other: Technophile; pipe band drummer; actor; kilt-wearer; resident cynic
Anything else? Just ask.
Colophon
Grapefeed is a weblog of wonderfully assorted gems found online. The blog began as fredotoday, a combination journal and blog, on 13 July, 2000. On 1 January, 2003, it was relaunched as Grapefeed. It temporarily became Constructive Cynicism on 1 December, 2006, before reverting back to Grapefeed a few months later. It is the sister site to Life Through Fredo’s Lens.
Grapefeed is hosted on Dreamhost and powered by WordPress.
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