About Me

I am Nick Hodges and this is my website.

Some Facts About Me

  • I was born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • I have piloted an aircraft (an FA-18 specifically) past the sound barrier, to Mach 1.03
  • I have never had a drop of coffee in my life
  • I was a Classical Languages major in college and taught high school Latin for two years

Some of My Favorite Stuff

Movies:

  1. Casablanca
  2. On the Waterfront
  3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
  4. Breaker Morant
  5. Titanic
  6. The Princess Bride
  7. The Man From Snowy River
  8. The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)

Software Utilities

  1. Clipmate -- Manages your clipboard and never forgets anything you put there.
  2. Everything -- Incredibly useful file search tool.  Searches only by name, but I find that's what I want to do most of the time. 
  3. Evernote -- I use this to keep all kinds of stuff -- text, mostly, but all kinds of stuff -- in 'the cloud".

Books

  1. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
  2. The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
  3. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  5. Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austin
  6. Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
  7. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
  8. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

Albums

  1. Born to Run -- Bruce Springsteen
  2. Making Movies -- Dire Straits
  3. Songs From Dawson's Creek
  4. Dizzy Up the Girl -- Goo Goo Dolls
  5. Nothing Left to Lose -- Mat Kearney
  6. Soul's Core -- Shawn Mullins
  7. Learning to Breathe -- Switchfoot
  8. Daughtry -- Daughtry

Television Shows

  1. The Wire
  2. Smallville
  3. Friday Night Lights
  4. Weeds
  5. Sons of Anarchy
  6. The Office
  7. Veronica Mars
  8. Mad Men
  9. Lost
  10. Dexter