About
I'm a 35-year-old software engineer and author. I work for a small research and development company in Orlando, Florida in modeling, simulation and gaming.
I am an atheist, and a secular humanitarian. I firmly believe in the U.S. Constitution and its Amendments (including the firm conviction that its principles, especially the separation of church and state, trump any modern-day commercial, political, or religious interests). I support and prefer open source platforms, tools, and languages like Linux, LibreOffice, Eclipse, and C/C++/Python, and believe closed-source companies like Microsoft and Apple are destroying genuine innovation in computer science, at least in the United States, with constant patent trolling and litigation instead of competing on merit. I oppose software patents. I donate to worthy causes and I vote. I call people out in public for bad behavior, including displays of bigotry, racism, homophobia, and the many other flavors of hatred I find offensive.
My hobbies include photography, writing, gaming, computer science, and this little slice of the web.
Honors and Awards
- Dean's List, Valencia College (3.5 GPA, Fall 2011)
- Dean's List, Valencia CC (3.5 GPA, Spring 2011)
- President's List, Valencia CC (4.0 GPA, Fall 2010)
- ΦΘΚ Int'l Honor Society Valencia CC (Inducted Nov. 7, 2010)
- Dean's List, Valencia CC (3.7 GPA, Summer 2010)
- President's List, Valencia CC (4.0 GPA, Spring 2010)
Memberships
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State (March 2011-Present)
- Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society (September 2010-Present)
- Association for Computing Machinery (June 2010-Present)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (June 2010-Present)
- Distorted View Super Freak Sideshow (2009-Present, lifetime freak)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (2008-Present)
- Freelancers Union (2008-Present)
- American Civil Liberties Union (2006-Present)
- Planned Parenthood (2010-Present)
Projects and Contributions
- LCDproc (original developer, 1999-2001, contributing developer, 2001-present)
- PyKaraoke (contributing developer, 2005-2006)
- SEDRIS (core team, developer, 2010 to present)
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