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Overview

  • 12 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German, Russian
  • 48, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Running around and computing
  • Comp. Sci. degree and massage therapy
  • From Austin, TX, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Exploring the world while building community

ABOUT ME

I'm easy-going and love traveling and travlers. I like to play with computers as well as hike, bike, and swim. I recently got back from a research station in Antarctica and am currently traveling around the US.

PHILOSOPHY

"Do no harm" pretty much sums it up.

Interests

Computers, swimming, camping, music, reading, travel, learning new things, meeting new people

  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • camping
  • swimming
  • anatomy

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Trainspotting, Buffalo 66, Baraka, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Eddie Izzard: 'Dress to Kill', Princess Mononoke, Dark Days, Microcosmos, Hands on a Hard Body, The Matrix, Jacob's Ladder, The Dark Crystal, A Fish Called Wanda

Books: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, A Brief History of Time, Netter's Anatomy, Trail Guide to the Body, 1984, Ender's Game, most stuff by Harlan Ellison, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Harry Potter, Watership Down, Parasite Rex, Snow Crash, Neuromancer, just starting on H.P. Lovecraft

Music: I've got (and listened to) a ton of mp3s, but older stuff includes Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, and U2. Newer (to me) stuff inclueds Cut Copy, Be Good Tanyas, Thievery Corporation, Girl Talk, and some Arcade Fire. The Prince Myshkins rock my world.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Corralled penguins for researchers.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach almost anything computer and network related. I also know a fair bit about massage, anatomy, and physiology (studied it for a bit).

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