Vince Gill
Global Event Center
(Winstar Casino)
Thackerville, OK
Mike & the Moonpies
Palladium Sports Lounge
(Winstar Casino)
Thackerville, OK
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May 31-June 3
Hugo PRCA Rodeo
Hugo Fairgrounds
Hugo, OK
June 1-June 3
2017 Oklahoma
Songwriter’s Festival
ACM @ UCO
Performance Lab
OKC, OK
June 1-June 3
Summerfest
Maple Park
Wagoner, OK
June 1-June 3
Love County Frontier
Days
Love County
Courthouse Lawn
Marietta, OK
June 1-June 3
Diamond Daze
Festival
Sallisaw High School
Sallisaw, OK
June 1-June 3
Skyline Bluegrass
Festival
Shawnee Expo Center
Shawnee, OK
June 1-June 3
Magnolia Festival of
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Choctaw Event
Center
Durant, OK
June 1-June 3
Southwest District 4-H
Horse Show
Stephens County Expo
Center
Duncan, OK
June 1-June 3
Route 66 Swap Meet-
Western Oklahoma
Elk City Convention
Center
Elk City, OK
June 1-June 4
Route 66 Days
Ackley Park
Elk City, OK
EXTRA BUZZ
Joe-to-Joe: Williams Edition
By Joe Mack
TULSA, Okla. – This installment
of Joe-to-Joe features a
tech-peckin’ back and
forth with 32-year-old Tulsa-
based IT whiz Joey Williams,
who kindly shared some
experiences and expertise
he’s picked up while working
in the tech industry.
at home and my favorite
coffee is none other than
Trader Joe’s coffee grown
between the Tropic of
Cancer and the Tropic of
Capricorn in the “bean belt”.
JM: You don’t seem like a
typical computer nerd. Are
you? Why or why not?
Joe Mack: Who were you
named after, or how did you
get the “Joe” tag?
Joey Williams: My mother
was just a few weeks away
from labor with me and
still hadn’t picked a name.
She and my older cousin,
I believe he was 5 at the
time, attended a family
gathering. He approached
her and asked her what my
name was and she said, “I
don’t know yet. What do
you think?” He replied, “How
about Joseph?” She said
okay, and that was that.
Joseph was replaced by
Joey and reserved only for
when I was in trouble. Then
I guess people got irritated
with the letter ‘Y’. It’s a
vowel. It’s a consonant. JW: The main plus I see in
this is to help stop terrorism,
which is great and all until
we start arresting people for
crimes they haven’t even
thought of yet. Another plus
is using this to take down
child pornographers and
human traffickers. The only
downside to this is the lack
of privacy, but if you’ve got
nothing to hide and aren’t
doing anything illegal there’s
really nothing to worry
about. If you wanna talk
dirty to your girlfriend over
email and you’re both of
age, those emails will just sit
in a massive building full of
servers in Arizona.
JM: You must have a lot
of friends that seek your IT
expertise...what’s the craziest
project you’ve been asked
to tackle to help out a
friend? JM: Do you think Oklahoma
is ahead of, on pace with, or
behind in the IT sector?
JW: It was a friend of my
cousin’s and he need a small
crew to help cable a Bass
Pro Shop in Chattanooga,
Tenn. Most of my time spent
there was about 50 feet in
the air on a scissor lift. I think
it was a total of 72 cables we
had to run between myself
and three other guys.
JM: Congress is changing
the way internet providers
can function and access our
data; what are the plusses
and minuses in doing so?
JW: Definitely behind.
We’re actually behind on
everything which I personally
think is a good thing. We
get to watch the coastal
states try stuff and when
they screw up, we learn from
their mistakes. Only the most
popular movies and music
make it to Oklahoma. Also, if
there’s a massive tidal wave
or flood, we’re in the middle
of the country. Kind of. Just
go north if that happens.
JM: Where’s your favorite
place to get a cup of joe?
JW: I always brew mine
JW: I’m a nerd for sure, but
not a typical one. One of my
favorite past times is writing
automation scripts to self-
execute at specific times
on my computer. Mainly
for maintenance, but I’m
always improving them to be
smarter. What makes me an
atypical ‘nerd’ is I don’t look
like one; I’m lean, but built,
I’m not afraid of manual
labor, I’m sociable and I still
like to party on occasion.
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