Nicholas (Nikk) Madigan Folts

Welcome

Welcome to my site! I am Nicholas Madigan Folts. This site is a collection of everything "Nikk-ish"... I am a complete geek so bare with me... So a little about myself... I am a 27-year-old who recently graduated from Florida State University with a Masters in Computer Science. During school I worked as a Teaching Assistant for Computer Literacy I and II, and during summer breaks I worked at Freescale Semiconductors writing extensive Excel/Powerpoint VBA macros. I love programming, video games, bowling, and movies.

Nikk with 2 k's?

The question that I am asked the most by people I meet is "Why do you spell your name (Nikk) with two k's?" Well, the answer is quite simple, I am too unique to be another "Nick"... But seriously, it actually came about because, until I was about 11-years-old, I was known as "Nikkie". A title which, quite obviously, I had to put an end to before it stuck (unfortunately many of the people I grew up around still know me as this "Nikkie" person). I decided to drop the "ie" and finally graduate into man-hood...

Now, you may wonder why "Nikkie" was spelt with two k's... My father's name is Patt (notice the two t's), the second t came about because his mother's name is Patrica, and she too often went by Pat... So, to be able to determine which "Pat" you were talking about, my grandmother slapped an extra t onto her son's name... My parents then thought it'd be clever to spell it Nikk rather than Nick..

Folts Family

One of my many geek-traits is that I am obsessed with researching my genealogy... I find it mezmorizing and can get lost in research for days on end... This is a quick rundown of my Folts heritage... For a more detailed list, as well as links, check the genealogy section of my site for more details... You can also check out my Uncle's Folts genealogy page...

  1. John FOLTS - Polly MARKLAND
  2. Alpha Joesph FOLTS- Martha Hariet WARDLAW
  3. Henry Douglas FOLTS - Jennie Speed BOYD
  4. Aubry Fairfax FOLTS - Frances Ingram Lawson LOCKWOOD
  5. Lavens Douglas FOLTS - Patricia Fox HOLLAND
  6. Patrick Douglas FOLTS - Lori Marie MADIGAN
  7. Nicholas Madigan FOLTS "Nikk" - ?

Bye Bye Blogger

Posted August 10th, 2010

So, I after falling in love with the ease of WordPress while setting up my uncle’s blog, and Blogger discontinuing support for FTP publishing, I decided to move my blog to use wordpress instead.

It’ll take me a while to get it all pretty, but once I get wordpress all working, I’m going to work on revamping my site as well (time pending). I’d love to make it use Code Igniter after using that to create our wedding website.

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Fire Chief David Foster

Posted August 8th, 2010

Hey, so I set up a new blog and website for my uncle David Foster who happens to be an uber experienced Fire Chief. I went with wordpress this time because I had heard so many good things about it. It was my first time setting up a wordpress account, and I can now see why there is all the hype… it is simple! My only gripe is that I couldn’t figure out how to get google analytics integrated into the hosted version. Oh well.

Gemvara Launched

Posted February 12th, 2010

My co-workers and I have been working night and day at my startup to try and release an e-commerce site in less than 2 months… version 1.0 was released today!

The site allows you to customize jewelry to your hearts content. Over a thousand designs, selectable metals, and 16 gemstone choices. Each piece can be over a million customized combinations… Best of all, we have Free Fedex Shipping.

Gemvara – Customized Jewelry

Check it out and let me know what you think!…… Time for a nap .

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