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Overview

  • 12 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • I work for an iPhone educational game company, and Mint.c...
  • I was a physics grad student for a while, but lost my way...
  • From Chicago, IL
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I want to go all Indiana Jones on The Bay Area

ABOUT ME

I spent a lot of time traveling with my last job. Do you Zoo? Check out GalaxyZoo.org if you're interested in Astronomy even the slightest bit. I worked on MoonZoo.org doing some image processing and other astrophysics research.

PHILOSOPHY

Uh… that's more of a sit down discussion

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've hosted several times in two different apartments.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just once, in San Francisco (which, as it turns out, is pretty much the greatest city ever).

I've hosted and met several other CSers along the way as well.

Interests

Physics, Astronomy, Python Programming, Django

Unicycling, Motorcycling, eating/breathing fire, philosophical discussions, listening to and playing music of all kinds

  • traveling
  • music
  • astronomy
  • physics

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Last.FM, I want to work for them.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been to England twice, for my job as an "astronomer" of sorts. That's pretty cool if you ask me.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've taught university physics for many years. I'm also a certified RiderCoach with the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, where I taught beginning and experienced courses. I don't own a car, only a motorcycle and unicycle.

Countries I’ve Visited

United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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