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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • computer programmer, software freedom activist
  • dropped out of electrical engineering after 7 years
  • From São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Access to knowledge, software-freedom, creativity, DIY culture

ABOUT ME

I am an autodidact. From time to time I get obsessed about something new and spend a lot of time on it. I often talk a lot about the things I like (perhaps too much). I am definitely autotelic!

I have a hard time when I am forced to live under nonsensical rules. For that reason, some people say I am a rebel.

I love technology. I don't really care much about gadgets. If I can't hack it, If I can't tinker with it, then it is not interesting to me.

PHILOSOPHY

I like to live experiences that enable me to practice my creativity. That includes meeting creative people, brainstorming ideas, developing new projects, etc..

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am still learning about it. I have met some guests that were hosted at the house of a close friend. And I've been hosted a few times by couchsurfers but these "couches" were not setup directly through the website because I came to know these people in other contexts.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Through CouchSurfing.org I have initially met some of the guests of my closest friend at his house in São Paulo, Brazil.

And then I couchsurfed with some people when I traveled to US in 2010 March & September 2010 and to Europe in 2010 June & November.

Interests

technology, free software, pinball machines, do-it-yourself projects, electronics, listening and playing music

  • culture
  • diy
  • partying
  • electronics
  • technology
  • music
  • software

Music, Movies, and Books

In parentheses are the artists I most enjoy in each musical style I like:

jazz (George Gershwin), blues (Stevie Ray Vaughan), classic rock (Led Zeppelin), acidjazz (Jamiroquai)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've recently been to a party in Boston with such a huge number of smart people!!! I got amazed about all the good people I met that night :-)

Roböxotica and Metalab in Vienna!

Teach, Learn, Share

You can ask me anything about pinball machines. I am building my own at home :-D

I am also a lot active in and interested in talking about the free software movement.

I can also teach you a lot about several issues of the current copyright system, which I think should be radically different from what it is nowadays.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil

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