ME

So you want to know about me do you? Well, let's start with the "vital statistics". I'm a white anglo-saxon male. I'm 30 years old, 5'10" tall, I weigh 85 kilograms, have blue eyes, and short brown hair. Until a few years ago I wore glasses, and had done since I was 14. Now I usually wear contact lenses. There are a few pictures strewn about my site, some with me in them, so look around a bit if you want to see those. The recent ones are mostly my vacation pictures. For instance, in New Zealand bungy jumping, or Sydney, or Mount Washington. I also recently got a tattoo.

Here's some semi-formal/standardized ways of describing me.

The Geek Code

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The Sex Code

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Keirsey Temperament Sorter
Jungian Personality type - XXTX (%50, %50, %25, %55)
(And I'm never taking a test again, because that's exactly how I like it)
Purity Test (500 questions)
Purity score (higher = more pure) - %40.6
Here's the breakdown:
Section 1: Platonic Relations.
2/19
Section 2: Auto-erotica and Mono-sexualism.
12/51
Section 3: Legislative Misfits and Other Ethical Matters.
27/61
Section 4: Drugs.
25/43
Section 5: Non Platonic Relations.
9/63
Section 6: Non Primary Choice Relations.
28/39
Section 7: Alternate Choices.
10/26
Section 8: Group Sexual Relations.
14/27
Section 9: Non Sentient Objects.
24/62
Section 10: Locality.
25/33
Section 11: Style.
27/76
BDSM Purity Test (100 questions)
Purity score - %58
Dr. Seuss Purity Test (50 questions)
Purity score - %58
Mottoes
Do Things Right
Stuff Should Work
Mantras
Make It Go

Here are my positions on the contentious issues of our day.

Metaphysics
Philosophical Taoism
Economic Model
Communism
Political System
Direct Democracy
Monarchy's cool too
Free Software Licensing
Public Domain
Cola
Coca-Cola
Alkaline Battery
Duracell
Vodka
Skyy
Blue Smirnoff is also acceptable
Grey Goose requires another taste
Rum
Bacardi 1873
Analog Tape Video Format
Beta
Expert PC Operating System
Debian GNU/Linux
Consumer PC Operating System
Mac OS X
MS-Windows
Windows 2000
Text Editor
vim
MS-Windows Audio Player
Winamp
Layer 2 Protocol
ATM
Wireless Ethernet Standard
802.11a
Urban Planning
Intensify
Canadian Political Party
New Democratic Party
Pop Music Princess
Britney Spears
Musical Artist
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd Album
The Wall
Pink Floyd Song
Comfortably Numb
Porn Actress
Asia Carrera
Porn Actor
Peter North
Disney Animated Classic
The Lion King
Fantasy Author
J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy Book
The Silmarillion
Fantasy Series
The Lord Of The Rings
Fantasy Movie
Highlander
The Princess Bride
Willow
Fantasy Movie Series
The Lord Of The Rings
Sci-Fi Author
Iain M. Banks
Sci-Fi Series
Dune
Sci-Fi Book
Ender's Shadow
Sci-Fi Television Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Sci-Fi Movie Series
Alien
Sci-Fi Movie
Undetermined
Transportation Fuel
Hydrogen
Energy Generation
Solar
Wind
Gaming Platform
PC
Gaming Console
PlayStation 2
Abortion
Choice
Christianity
Orthodox
Drink
Cranberry Juice
Hard Shooter
Tequila
Vodka Cooler
Pur Source
Application Programming Language
C
Cellular Phone Technology
GSM
Over-The-Air Broadcast Medium
Radio
Automotive Transmission
Manual
PC Game
Return To Castle Wolfenstein
Console Game
ICO
Board Game
Monopoly
Card Game
Fucked Up Crazy Eights
Sexual Position
Undetermined
It's not that I don't know what it is, I just don't know what it's called
Video Card Brand
ATI
Colour
Orange
CPU Architecture
PowerPC
x86 Processor Manufacturer
AMD
Privacy
Anti
Morality
Good
Ethics
Truth
Actress
Drew Barrymore
Actor
Undetermined
Scripting language
Javascript
Python

So what else belongs here... How about a little history? Well, I was born in Richmond Township, Ontario, Canada, on Nov. 15, 1974, around 8:30am EDT. Since then, a lot of things have happened. I grew up on a (very) small beef farm about 4 miles outside of Tamworth, Ontario, (Tamworth is about 20 miles north of Napanee (Napanee is about 30 kilometres west of Kingston on the 401 (Kingston is about 2 fifths of the way from Ottawa to Toronto, on the 401 (Toronto is the centre of the universe (at least that's what they claim))))) and had a blissful childhood frolicking about the countryside (no seriously, I did!). I went to Tamworth Public School for 9 years. About grade 4, I began to realize that I was significantly more intelligent than most or all of my classmates. By grade 6, I had no doubt I was the smartest person in my school. Of course, this was a school of 150 students, but that didn't matter much to me. In grade 7 and 8, I also asserted myself as the best fighter (pro style wrestler - ie. me and my classmates beating each other into submission on the playground) in the school. As you may have gathered by now, I had a substantial ego.

After primary school, I went to Napanee District Secondary School. Grade 9 was fun, because I still had that ego going strong. By this time I had convinced myself I was quite possibly the smartest person in the country, and I saw no evidence to the contrary. This continued in grade 10, but to a slightly lesser degree. Not that I changed my opinion of myself and the rest of the world, but it was simply old news, so I didn't feel it necessary to demonstrate at every opportunity. Then there was grade 11. I don't remember much about grade 11. I know I had a good time and all, but somewhere in there, I must have had an epiphany or something. When grade 12 came along, I was a new person. Basically, I had discarded the notion that I was always right, and started working harder at making it possible that that would be true at some time in the future.

After secondary school, I went to the University of Waterloo. I was there rather longer than I should have been. I started in September 1993, and finished in April 2000 with an Honours Co-op Computer Science Bachelor of Mathematics Degree. Now, it was a four year program, but I was in co-op, which means it would normally take 4 2/3 years (8 school terms, 6 work terms), so I should have graduated in April 1998. Perhaps at some point I'll document the saga in detail, but suffice it to say I slacked off, and had to catch up. In the end I had taken many courses, covering a bunch of topics (Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Concurrency, Data Structures, Databases, Digital Hardware, Numerical Computation, Operating Systems, System Performance Evaluation), Mathematics (Algebra, Calculus, Combinatorics & Optimization, Statistics), Astronomy, History, Music, Philosophy, Physics, and Religion). I had also worked at many places, for a bunch of organisations (Lennox & Addington County Board of Education, Industry Canada, CIBC, Zurich Insurance, EMR Canada, and Nortel).

My last four co-op terms were with Nortel (Networks), and I am now working for them full time in Ottawa as a Hardware Characterisation Engineer (I'm not a real "Engineer", that's just my job title) in the Optical division.

More to follow when I get around to it.

Ultra-preliminary timeline of my life:

University days
F93:School:1A: Gehl's place
W94:School:1B: Gehl's place
S94:Work  :L&A Board of Ed: Parent's house
F94:School:2A: Gehl's place
W95:Work  :Industry Canada: Ottawa, Barb&Larry's house
S95:School:2B: Gehl's place
F95:Work  :CIBC: Toronto, Keele
W96:School:3A: Beechlawn?
S96:Work  :Zurich: Toronto, Belgravia
F96:School:3B: Beechlawn?
W97:Work  :EMR Canada: Sudbury, College Residence
S97:School:4A: 1?? Lester
F97:Work  :Nortel (DMS ASU/NIU): Ottawa, Beechwood?
W98:School:3A: 204 Lester
S98:Work  :Nortel (DMS Messaging): Ottawa, Mike's place
F98:School:3B: 204 Lester
W99:Work  :Nortel (Avici): Ottawa, Crestlea
S99:School:4A: Phillip
F99:Work  :Nortel (Equinox System Architecture): Ottawa, 
W00:School:4B: MSA

Funerals I've attended (in temporal order):
? Hutcheon (Great Grandmother)
? Johnson (Great Grandfather)
Henry? Warden (Great Grandfather)
Bernice Johnson (Grandmother)
Murray Johnson (Grandfather)
Chuck Thrasher (Second cousin once removed?)
Jamie Hutcheon (Cousin)
Marilyn Carrigan (Aunt)
Nigel Gunn (Friend's Grandfather)
Malcolm Hutcheon (Grandfather)
Edith Hutcheon (Grandmother)

Weddings I've attended (in approximate temporal order):
Tammy (F) + Rob (M)
Kim (F) + Rick (M)
Linda (F) + Joe (M)
Rob (M) + Lisa (F)
Ian (M) + Christine (F)
Tim (M) + April (F)
Dani (F) + John (M)
Lisa (F) + Steph (M)
Trista (F) + Joel (M)
Robin (F) + Jon (M)
Elizabeth (F) + Joel (M)

If you know me personally, (heck, even if you don't) you could mail me your views on me, or what I've said here. I'll likely put it up here, and don't worry, I take criticism very well.


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