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 25-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...

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

4th of July

Almost all my coworkers, my best friend, and I all celebrated the 4th together down town atop my best friend's roof. She lives in Beacon Hill while overlooks Boston's firework display. The were really cool despite the lack of wind to clear the smoke up. While we were waiting for the fireworks to start, we played poker. It was quite a feat because we were crowded around a coffee table in a small sized room. Regardless, it was a lot of fun (well, except I also lost $5).

On Tuesday I have 10 relatives coming to visit me. Including Honey And Papa, The Fosters and The Moore/Mohrs... I can't wait, it has been to long since I've seen them all. I worked extra last week so that I can take some time off while they are here (considering I am lacking PTO due to the Australia trip, and want to save what I still have for My Sister's baby... oh by the way, I haven't mentioned that because I wasn't suppose to but now I can! My sister is pregnant! YAY! She is due on Christmas Eve, which is when I was due as well...) Anyways more on that later, I'll probably have quiet a bit more pictures next week.

Labels: aubrey mohr, austin foster, bailey foster, brian and patrice mankowski, dave foster, kristen foster, papa and honey, su moore, sydney mohr

posted by Nikk Folts on July 06, 2008 - 0 comments

Doug's Birthday

This past weekend Josh, Sara, Tanya and I drove up to Dover NH to surprise Doug on his birthday. We trekked all our camping gear with us, and then headed out to the white mountains. It was pretty damn cool. I got to use all my new backpacking gear as well, which was an added benefit. Jager had his backpack as well. When we got to the camping spot I started feeling sick, both a stomach and a headache... which alone suck enough. Some Advil and water later, my headache was gone and I only had to deal with my stomach ache... So, I decided just to start eating marshmallows (Yummy marshmallows!) and surprisingly it seemed to have worked. Placebo effect?

On the way back we stop and bought steak tips at a little one-of-a-kind store in NH... they just happen to sell the best steak in the world. Yesterday we BBQed it up and watched Boondock Saints... What a great movie.

Anyways, check out my pictures (courtesy of Josh because I left my memory card at home by accident); they're in the Flickr section of my site.

Labels: backpacking, camping, dogs, josh kolash, new hamshire, sara jefferson, tanya bedore

posted by Nikk Folts on June 18, 2008 - 0 comments

Hot

Talk about heat... I moved up here to get away from it, but my car thermometer read 106 today... of course, it was sitting in the sun all day, but still, that is ridiculously hot...

Anyways, I added a "Flickr" section to my site and uploaded all my images I have... the main purpose was for backing them up, but figured it wouldn't be bad to have them on my site for people to see either. Everyone kept asking me for pictures of this and that, now I can direct them to them.

Labels: flickr, weather

posted by Nikk Folts on June 10, 2008 - 0 comments