In short one paragraph: I'm a hacker. My hack projects don't always deal with
computing. I tinker, I fiddle, I break, and I build. Doctors call it Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. I call it life.. My style is a bit of charisma,
a bit of dork, a bit of shy, and a bit of spontaneity held together with duct
tape and super glue and sprinkled with a healthy dose of uncertainty.
How did I get here? (aka, the path to geek)
Before I went to RIT (college), I knew precisely squat about Unix, Linux, Open Source, Free Software, the whole shebang. That all changed when I came to Computer Science House. I quickly was flooded with various buzz words; people trying to sway my tender, fragile, Windows-weenie mind towards someone's favorite *nix. I ended up becoming fond of FreeBSD over the alternatives Linux had to offer. Later, I discovered the wisdom of my choice: Linux sucks. Turns out that everything sucks, it is only to which degree a particular item sucks that determines it's value. I tend to use the thing that sucks least for a particular task.Throughout my time at RIT, I've learned more about computing outside of class than I would ever have in class. I've found that structured academia is a poor substitute for self-guided exploration.
I've been running FreeBSD as my desktop OS since 2002 and have foregone windows with the exception that I have a game craving to feed. Now that I have an xbox360, I don't game much on the PC anymore. Well, except for nethack :)
So where am I now? I've landed myself a snazzy job at Google as a cluster ninja. I also write thousands of lines of code and play with lots of software in my own pursuit of knowledge. Most of my productive and research efforts can be found on this website in the form of articles, projects, code snippets, oneliners, and other research.
However, when I'm not entrenched writing code or doing research, I try to spend
my time with my very loving girlfriend fiancée. Beyond those
interests, I like biking, swimming, playing ice hockey, rollerblading,
skateboarding, and rocking out (whatever that entails). I love music, and I'm
learning to play guitar.
About this site's name:
To fully encompass my dorkiness, I made perl help me pick a domain name. Read about how I picked it here. The fact that 'semicomplete' is a valid sed(1) expression further illustrates my dorkiness.About this site:
I figured 'semicomplete' is a fairly good description of me and my pursuits. Most of my personal projects never get finished becuase the goals were achieved long before completion of the project, and my search for knowledge (mostly in computing) is also never-ending. Anything I learn will be written on this site, given the opportunity.
Contact me:
- AIM:
- PsiKronic
- Email:
- jls at this domain