Cheers Steemit! I'm Cody from Seattle :D

Hey Steemians!

My name is Cody, I'm a 27 year old computer engineer working in Seattle at Microsoft.  I moved up here 5 years ago from sunny California after I graduated college in San Diego.  I live here with my girlfriend who moved here from Rome and our pet tortoise, Jiro (named after the sushi chef, his doppelganger).

Here's the view from our rooftop on that one sunny day that we had. We live in a small city named Bellevue just across the lake from Seattle (that's Seattle off in the distance).

And here's a photo of Jiro taking a bath (our tortoise, not the sushi chef)

I'm crazy about traveling. I've had the opportunity to travel around Europe (Italy, Germany, France, England, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Monaco) and Asia (Japan, Vietnam, Philippines).  Recently we had an amazing trip to Japan to catch the sakura. Unfortunately, we missed most of the cherry blossoms but we saw some amazing sites indeed!

My introductory post wouldn't be complete without mentioning food.  My girlfriend and I love cooking (and EATING).  We are both a bit extreme when it comes to food to the point that we end up starving ourselves when we travel because we walk miles to find the PERFECT place to eat (I don't think it's healthy).  But sometimes it pays off :)

ABC cooking school is a really inexpensive way to learn some Japanese cooking if you're ever traveling in Tokyo.  We met up with our friend, Mihiro, for a cooking class to make Gyudon (beef bowl).

I also enjoy software engineering for fun, outside of work, and I've built a couple apps in my spare time.  The latest one that I've been working on is a note taking app that allows you to hashtag notes (shameless self promotion): https://notegami.com

Another site I built for fun a couple years back is a particle simulator that lets you play with gravity in your browser: http://www.particlesimulator.com/

More recently, I've been intrigued with crypto-technology (of course)!   I purchased my first bitcoin in 2015 and have been addicted ever since.  I love the idea of trust-less decentralization and I know we'll see some revolutionary changes to the way we do everyday things in the near future.  It's crazy to think that this post will live forever in the Steemit blockchain, allowing even my grandchildren to view my embarrassing photos (do as I say, not as I do Timmy).

The best part of living in Seattle is the beautiful outdoors that surround you.  In less than an hour you can go from skyscrapers to evergreen-lined mountains.  Today, we took the drone out for a short hike around Franklin Falls. 

I'm super excited to join the Steemit community and meet some interesting people :D

Cheers!