Mark Krynsky

Music

[Images shown here is a snapshot as of September 2017] One of the earliest services to help me track my music listening habits was last.fm which provides historical data for the artist, songs, and albums I listen to. Here are some images showing that data. Keep in mind that some of this data can be […]

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Family Tree

This is the family tree I originally created using Geni. I’ve invited several family members to collaborate on adding people and additional details. Click image below for large version [Last Updated: 9/22/17]

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23 and me Ancestry

Ancestry

I used 23andme which is a service that analyzes your DNA to provide me with my ancestry composition. Below are the details from the report they’ve generated. I know that my Grandfather fled Poland during World War II to Argentina and surely is why I’m 44.6% Ashkenazi Jewish. I also recall meeting my Great Grandmother

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Alex playing Battlefield

Video Games

From childhood until today, video games have been a passion of mine. I remember the first video game system I ever asked my Mom to buy me was a dedicated breakout game. I remember getting the system when I was about 11 or 12. Shortly after that I remember getting an Atari 2600 which was

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Triple Jump at North Hollywood High School 1984

High School Sports

When I look back at organized sports I played as a child I specifically remember some baseball, track and field, and gymnastics. To this day I’ve kept some of the medals I won. I remember doing the parallel bars and horse for gymnastics and being part of a show. For track and field, I liked

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Atop our hotel in Buenos Aires

Trip to Argentina

2017 In January my Dad told me he was planning a trip to Argentina. I had asked him to let me know when he was planning to go again with the hope that I would be able to join him. Although the timing wasn’t great for me I realized I had to seize this opportunity

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Travel Data

My travel and location is captured primarily using my smartphone with several apps and data stored in my photos. Read my full post or view the images and captions below. Being able to track my location has primarily come in the form of having my smartphone use its GPS location and providing that data to

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