Meme from Laren
For fun, I jumped in on a five-questions meme from an lj-friend to see what people wondered about me... here are the questions and answers for your reading pleasure!
1. What do you do for a living? What do you do for fun?
I'm a systems and networks engineer, which means I do a little bit of everything project-related for systems and network contracts and R&D. I do network and network protocol design, modeling & simulation, project management, cost accounting, scheduling, reporting, presentations, papers, and talks. For fun I play on the computer/internet, take pictures, and play with our new daughter. I used to read and write a lot, but over the years the creative writing part of things has tapered off and the creative reading time has been greatly constrained. I used to play the trumpet, but time again has robbed me of that hobby. I miss the music.
2. As someone who is into math, science, technology, and all around geekiness, is there anything you consider "too" geeky? Do you laugh at geeks of other breeds?
I suppose I may be a bit of a technical geek snob; geekiness centered around fiction or other non-technical things somehow seems like "lesser geekdom," but I generally admire excellence in any respectable field, technical or not. (By "respectable field" I mean things like "best drug runner" don't go in my book of greats.) I think the top of the heap from my perspective are the embedded hardware/software hackers; the people who can take an off-the-shelf consumer device, bust it open, see which microcontroller it uses, download the software, change it, and put it back to make it do something else/more/better/cooler. These people know what makes things go at a very low level, and I respect that. Astrophysicists and their ilk are up there too. :-) I don't think I laugh at any one group more than any other one... I don't like generalizations about groups very much.
3. What is the best photo you have ever taken (or your favorite, even if it's not the best technically)? +2 for actually posting the photo.
Wow, that's hard... I have several all-time favorites, but I think my current favorite is this one of Miri:
http://likesgadgets.livejournal.com/209568.html#cutid1
4. Which would you rather deal with: a zombie apocalypse or being marooned on a deserted island? Why?
Am I marooned alone? If so, I'll have to take the zombie apocalypse, because at least I could go out fighting to protect myself and my family... with the island, I'd just sort of waste away into nothing wondering where everyone was and what they were doing. If I could be marooned with my family and a satellite internet connection, I'd take the island. :-)
5. What was your first pet?
Wow, stretching the brain cells again... Umm... I think it may have been antlions or garter snakes. Later I had gerbils. My parents had a cat before I was born, but that probably doesn't count as my pet.
Cheers! And, Happy New Year!
1. What do you do for a living? What do you do for fun?
I'm a systems and networks engineer, which means I do a little bit of everything project-related for systems and network contracts and R&D. I do network and network protocol design, modeling & simulation, project management, cost accounting, scheduling, reporting, presentations, papers, and talks. For fun I play on the computer/internet, take pictures, and play with our new daughter. I used to read and write a lot, but over the years the creative writing part of things has tapered off and the creative reading time has been greatly constrained. I used to play the trumpet, but time again has robbed me of that hobby. I miss the music.
2. As someone who is into math, science, technology, and all around geekiness, is there anything you consider "too" geeky? Do you laugh at geeks of other breeds?
I suppose I may be a bit of a technical geek snob; geekiness centered around fiction or other non-technical things somehow seems like "lesser geekdom," but I generally admire excellence in any respectable field, technical or not. (By "respectable field" I mean things like "best drug runner" don't go in my book of greats.) I think the top of the heap from my perspective are the embedded hardware/software hackers; the people who can take an off-the-shelf consumer device, bust it open, see which microcontroller it uses, download the software, change it, and put it back to make it do something else/more/better/cooler. These people know what makes things go at a very low level, and I respect that. Astrophysicists and their ilk are up there too. :-) I don't think I laugh at any one group more than any other one... I don't like generalizations about groups very much.
3. What is the best photo you have ever taken (or your favorite, even if it's not the best technically)? +2 for actually posting the photo.
Wow, that's hard... I have several all-time favorites, but I think my current favorite is this one of Miri:
http://likesgadgets.livejournal.com/209568.html#cutid1
4. Which would you rather deal with: a zombie apocalypse or being marooned on a deserted island? Why?
Am I marooned alone? If so, I'll have to take the zombie apocalypse, because at least I could go out fighting to protect myself and my family... with the island, I'd just sort of waste away into nothing wondering where everyone was and what they were doing. If I could be marooned with my family and a satellite internet connection, I'd take the island. :-)
5. What was your first pet?
Wow, stretching the brain cells again... Umm... I think it may have been antlions or garter snakes. Later I had gerbils. My parents had a cat before I was born, but that probably doesn't count as my pet.
Cheers! And, Happy New Year!