Here's some random info about me.

I have a cat, Mr. Max. He's a great roommate as well as a faithful friend. I adopted Mr. Max while I lived in Texas.

My taste in TV shows is rather eclectic. I'm a big fan of Lexx and own all of the DVDs released so far. Other shows I've enjoyed include include Beavis & Butt-head, Married with Children, Aeon Flux, The X-Files, The Outer Limits, The Prisoner, and Futurama. And every once in a while I don't mind catching a rerun of The Bob Newhart Show on Nick-at-Nite.

I have a small local-area network at home consisting of a Sony Vaio running Fedora Core 2 Linux, an Apple Macintosh G4 running Mac OS X, and a Fujitsu notebook running Red Hat Linux 9. I do all of my development work on the Linux machines and use the Mac for multimedia, games, and pretty much everything else.

I hate doomed projects and death marches. I can't stand people who get obsessed with one technology and think that it's a solution for all engineering problems. (Can you say "Java" and "Web"? Heh.)

After nearly two years of suffering as an owner of a clunky, uninspiring, boring, dangerous SUV (what the hell was I thinking?) I am now the proud owner of a 2004 Subaru WRX STi. I love every minute that I spend in this car; it's absolutely exhilarating. There isn't another car on the market that is within my budget that I would rather have. Those stupid, bloated SUVs eat my fumes. The car came without a stereo system, so I've installed my own: Infinity 52.5i Kappas in the front, 42.5i Kappas in the back, Infinity BassLink powered subwoofer in the trunk, and a Sony CDX-MP70 CD/MP3 head unit. Now the only thing left to do is get the windows tinted.

Finally, here is the obligatory picture of me. Much to the chagrin of my parents, my hair is bleached, as it has been for the last 6 years.