CURRENT MISSION

To learn and to propegate Medios Libres.

ABOUT ME

I am studying multimedia and Software Libre. I am also learning music theory and guitar chord construction.

I am a lifelong learner and continually work to increase my understanding of many subjects.

I also work to share any skills or knowledge I have developed.

PHILOSOPHY

I try to go with serendipity and a nice afternoon breeze.

Interests

Photography, video, guitar, nature, history.

• design
• photography
• music
• guitar
• history
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
* Blender3D, Noob to Pro.
* Dealing with uncertainty by Pema Chödrön
* Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig
* Guitar Grimoire
* Ki in daily life by Koichi Tohei
* New Community Networks (wired for change) by Douglas Schuler
* Our Media (not theirs) by Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols
* Python for Dummies by Stef and Aahz Maruch
* Warped Passages by Lisa Randall
* Generative Art: A practal guide using Processing
* Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
* Zhuangzi a.k.a. Chuang Tzu Online

Movies Big Fish, Black Hawk Down, Bottlerocket, Breakfest Club, City of God, City of Lost Children, Cube, Dancer in the Dark, Devil's Backbone, Donnie Darko, Empire of the Sun, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Four Rooms, Genesis, The Goonies, Happenstance, Howl's Moving Castle, Ju-On, Kafka, Kill Bill, Koyaanisqatsi, El Laberinto de Fauno, Last Orders, Lost in translation, Love Liza, Naqoyqatsi, Northfork, Of Mice and Men, Punch Drunk Love, Reservior Dogs, Run Lola Run, Salton Sea, Session 9, Shadow of the Vampire, Spirited Away, St. John's Wort, Suicide Club, Sweet Sixteen, Trainspotting, Versus, The Virgin Suicides, The Weather Underground, Y Tu Mamma Tambien

Music:
Netlabels

* Monotonik
* Kahvi
* Miasmah
* Ogredung
* Camomille

Artists

Amon Tobin, Aoki Takamasa, Aphex Twin, Aphilas, Arovane, Autophonic, Beak, Berestez, BitBasic, Bj�rk, Boards of Canada, Bola, Boom Bip, Casino Versus Japan, Chris Clark, Cinematic Orchestra, Cornelius, Dabrye, Daedelus, Datacide, Delarosa and Asora, eDit, E*Vax, Flutterspot, Four Tet, Freescha, Frog Pocket, Funkstorung, Geiom, Helios, Ilkae, Incubus, Isan, Ishq, Jiva, Kahvi (netlabel), KiloWatts, KJHK (Student run radio, Lawrence, Kansas), Lackluster, Landau, Lexaunculpt, Machine Drum, Matmos, Melodium, Mikael Fyrek, Milieu, Monotonik (Netlabel), Mum, Nautilis, Nick Drake, Nobukazu Takemura, Ochre, The Postal Service, Prefuse 73, Proem, Quench, Radiohead, Ratatat, Ryoji Ikeda, Savath+Savalas, Soundgarden, Sleepy, Slem, Squarepusher, Stokes, Takako Minekawa, Tape, Technicolor, Telefon Tel Aviv, Tortoise, Transient, Twine, Ulrich Schnauss, Venetian Snares, Vim!, Victor Wooten, Xela, Yasume, Yummy le P

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Yuba river is a very amazing place. I am also inspired by the redwoods near Ben Lomond, California.

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy sharing my knowledge about the guitar.

I have competence with computers:

Linux, Mac, Windows, Network installation and troubleshooting, website Content Management Systems(written in PHP and Python) computer instruction, multimedia and design using Software Libre (OpenOffice.org, Blender3D, GIMP, Audacity, Processing, &c), programming fundamentals with Python and R Language.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States