About Me

Hey. I'm Zack. I am 60centenergy. 

You may be asking yourself - what/who/why "60centenergy"? Where did it come from??

Great question. I might as well tell some of the story! For a lack of better words, it's an inside joke/slang between me and some close high school friends. That's all you get... 

Kidding!

Story Time.

Back in high school, we became fascinated with Big Lots and their energy drink selection. We would go there for senior lunches / whenever we could and stock up on their energy drinks. 

Most of their energy drinks were less than a dollar. And yes, you guessed it, our favorites were only 60 cents. This would have been around late 2000s money. You certainly can't find energy drinks this cheap anymore!

Back then, they had 3 main energy drink brands we would focus on. Sadly, they are all 3 no longer produced... (playing taps in my head)

They were in order of "gotta have" it to holy grail (coming from a teenage boy at the time) :

They all had a unique taste. It was hard to describe. It's like they all tasted the same but slightly different in their own way. I'll add more details and real pics of us with these once I find the pics...

Yes, I know. It sounds crazy. Most will say it was our imaginations playing into deceiving our taste buds WILLING us to enjoy them or imagine a difference between them. 

I choose to believe that time was the apex of the energy drink business. You had the underdogs (like these brands) all popping up and competing for a piece of the pie. 

You know what they all had in common? They were tasteful (as in classy AND delicious), had excellent marketing, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY were 60 cents a piece. 

We may have even been the only stewards keeping the brands alive at the time. Who knows! All I know is they were excellent and will be missed... (taps playing again)

I first started using the pseudonym for my Xbox gamertag when I first got into online gaming. Then it just morphed into where we are today. 

So there you go. Now you have the story. 

Thanks for hanging in there up to this point!

I'm an engineer by trade and have recently gotten into designing widgets and things to help my daily life. I'm also a Toyota enthusiest. So, most of my efforts in design recently have been on our vehicles. 

I got a 1st gen Sequoia recently and love it. I'm working on designs for this currently and will release things in time. My wife has a 5th gen 4runner and will be getting to fun stuff for that eventually. 

I am into functional designs that help make things easier, better, more accessible, etc. 

I love the outdoors, life in South Carolina and enjoy time with my family. 

I want to use my site here to post my designs and try and help others. All while trying to pay myself back for my time and efforts. 

I'll never price gouge and will always be fair on the cost of material and time that goes into each of my designs. 

I won't just be posting things for our vehicles. As I create helpful things in the house, I'll post them here as well to try and help others. Most things will be physically printed and shipped - for a fee, some things will be digital media download - for a fee, and other things will be downloadable for free (just give credit where credit is due - don't steal!).

I'll probably add some other fun stuff on here too. I enjoy modding my life. That's the fun! I can't keep things as they were stock. I have to monkey with it and make it mine. 

There will be some pages added showcasing some of the mods I get into - vehicles, home, kid's toys, whatever I'm up to. There will also be pages with other fun bogus easter eggs and such. I enjoy that kind of stuff. You may see some hidden links or fun stuff that you will have to search and find on here at times. 

Feel free to send me a message and chat! 

Thanks for your time. You've finally made it to the end.