“Widget” has a long history of overuse by people who aren’t clever enough to think of a better name themselves.

In fact, according to Wikipedia, the term “widget” could refer to an abstract unit of production, a turboprop airliner, slang for personal property, mini applications, a Marvel character who first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141, or a device used to manage the froth in beer.

As Taco Widgets, we used to make one of these kinds of widgets (hint: it wasn’t the beer thing), but now it’s time to move on. By taking our website previously dedicated to software endeavors and turning it into a site of awesome things we enjoy writing about, we look forward to carrying on the utter bastardization of the word “widget”. Enjoy the fruits of our labor.

The Writers

Austin T. Heller

Austin was born in Chicago. There’s no particular reason why that would be important or relevant, but we thought you’d like to know it. Biographies tend to start with birth, don’t they? After his birth, nothing important in Austin’s life happened until he moved to Boulder, Colorado and for some reason still beyond comprehension started a “widget company” with Galen and Mason. In the following years, Austin would become the guy that did all the artsy-jackass stuff. Without any jackass. Without too much jackass. Currently, Austin lives and studies in Boulder, Colorado.

Galen D. Winey

What is there to say about a man like Galen Winey? The dictionary.com defines the word “ultinescuous” as “no dictionary results.” Perhaps this is the best way to define this man. Or maybe this man could be better defined by an anecdote. Like this one right here. Once upon a time, Galen attended Crest View Elementary in Boulder, Colorado. Now he goes to George Washington University in Washington DC, America, where he hopes to become an astronaut or a supermodel, or even both at the same time if he plays his cards right.

Mason E. Sklar

As a young boy, Mason Sklar used to sell carrying cases that were terrible for carrying pencils because they punctured holes in them. For the last six years, Mason Sklar has endured incessant reminders that his hair looks like Napoleon Dynamite’s. One of Mason Sklar’s most notable musical experiments involved installing a pickup into his banjo and running it through a bass amplifier. Mason Sklar has a duct tape wallet. In high school, Mason Sklar once drank half a gallon of milk for no reason other than for exploitation from his friends (it was later made into a movie that will never be shown on this website). Mason Sklar’s car has a sticker of a Transformer, a factoid he once included in a rap video. And while you still probably don’t know anything relevant about Mason Sklar after reading this biography, trust us — he’s a nice guy.