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About Me

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I live 4 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts I am 21 year old male.

I am a college student getting a B.S in Technical Communications at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. My focus is mostly on [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Technical_writing Technical Writing]/Communications) for the computer software Industry, although my education also includes work with an emphasis on the biotechnology industry. My other area of interest as a hobby is in Sound Recording and Audio Engineering. I like hanging out HA learning something new and spreading knowledge. I also enjoy help maintaining the wiki, whenever I have spare time. I enjoy discussing technology, current events, politics, philosophy, music or anything in general. Private Message me if you ever need anything. Additionally I know how to code slightly and have written algorithms in C and C++, although I enjoy writing more. I mostly just like working with basic web standards like HTML, CSS3, and XML. I generally prefer Discrete Mathmatics and Statistics over Calculus. I find Calculus highly annoying and aggitating at times (I wasn't a very good math student). I consider myself be a "semi-audiophile" and I regularly ABX when I can't decide.

=Technical Skills

Programming Languages: C/C++, HTML/XML Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX (Linux) Software: Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.org, Adobe Framemaker, Emacs, Putty, Doxygen.

Note: I am not familiar with the Mac OS/X operating system, nor do I have any experience reading or working with the object-oriented programming languages of Java or C# (typical trend amongst sofware companies looking for programmers these days).

Technical Writing

• Society for Technical Communcation Organization dedicated to science and writing art of Technical Communication.
• Wikiversity Technical Writing course good for people new to the profession in regard to writing effective technical documentation in general.
• Effective Documentation how effective documentation is the key if open source projects are to thrive.
• Getting a Tech Writing job this article describes how to get a Technical Writing job even if you have no experience.
• Technical Writing jobs technical writing jobs search provided by indeed.com.

Hardware

My hardware specs:

• Pentium III 600 Mhz
• 128 MB Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 video card
• M-Audio Revolution 5.1 PCI soundcard.
• Sennheiser PCX250 noise-cancelling (closed-cans)
• Boston Acoustics 2.1 speakers with discrete subwoofer
• Dual-boot Windows ME / Kubuntu.
• Windows:
  • Cdex 1.70 with cdparanoia libraries for ripping.
  • fB2K v0.8.3 for listening.
  • Burrrn! for cd writing
  • Vuze/newsgroups for downloading.
• Linux:
  • Rubyripper with cdparanoia libraries for ripping.
  • Amarok for listening.
  • k3B for cd writing.
  • Ktorrent/newsgroups for downloading
• My encoding habbits:
  • Vorbis 1.1.3 libraries -q 7/8 for HD storage
  • FLAC 1.13 -C 5 / 6 level for archiving my CD's
  • Lame MP3 3.98 for compatability
  • MPEG-4 LC-AAC for Playstation 3 media

Websites

Audio Websites:

• Icecast Streaming links to open-source streaming stations on the net (MP3, HE-AAC, AAC, Vorbis streaming)
• 1980s.fm a cool retro commercial site that brings you back to the 80's. (MP3, Vorbis streaming).
• Pandora Account my account on pandora radio for (MP3 streaming)
• Last.fm a cool social networking audio site with free full length tracks (MP3 streaming)
• Musicbrainz Database essential for metadata and tagging your records
• Amazon MP3 commercial website with DRM free single track's and full albums encoded @ 256 CBR or Lame -V 0 presets. All Track's are either $0.89 or $0.99 cents each.
• ITunes Music popular Itunes music with DRM free track's and albums encoded at 128 kbps ITunes AAC encoder or "ITunes Plus" 256 kbps AAC. All track's are $0.99 cents each.

Lossless Audio

Lossless Audio Websites:

• HD Dowloads a list of websites offering losless audio downloads (pay or for free)

Technical Interests

My musical interests are:

• Music
• Classical
  • Use of classical music in diverse genres (indian and chinese classical)
  • Film Compositions/Scores (post contemporary and popular themes)
  • Pieces by famous classical composers of Classical Era and before (Bach, Tchaikovsky, etc).
• Electronic
• Ambient
  • IDM/Braindance
    • Squarpusher
    • Mu-Ziq
    • Venetian Snares
    • Mouse On Mars
  • Big Beat
    • FC Kahuna
    • The Chemical Brothers
    • The Crystal Method
    • Fatboy Slim
    • The Prodigy
    • The Propellerheads, etc.
  • Chiptunes
    • C64 SID
    • Amiga
    • Super NES
    • Sega Genesis
  • Netlabels
    • Kahvi Collective
    • 8-bit Peoples
  • Electroclash
    • Felix Da Housecat
    • Fischerspooner
    • The New Deal, etc
  • Electronic Dance Music
    • Full-on Psychedelic Trance/Goa Trance
      • Infected Mushroom
      • Astrix
      • Vibe Tribe
      • G.M.S
      • Ananda Shake
      • Sesto Sento
      • Visual Paradox
      • The Misted Muppet
      • Goa Gil, etc
      • Astral Projection
    • Progressive House
      • BT
      • Sasha
      • Way Out West
      • Hernan Cattaneo
      • James Zabiela
      • Bart Van Wissen
      • Luke Chable
      • Andy Moor
    • New Skool Breaks
      • Meat Katie
      • Plump DJ's
      • Dylan Rhymes
      • Koma and Bones
      • Elite Foce
      • Evil 9
      • Andy Page
      • Uberzone, etc
  • alternative/indie
  • 80's rock/pop
  • funk
  • jazz
  • blues
  • new wave
  • new age
  • hip hop, etc.

HA Questions

Questions that I will answer:

• Ogg Vorbis technical questions (I am not a xiph zealot). I just like the project
• Questions reguarding other codecs like AAC, lossless, etc.
• Thought provoking R&D questions, provide insight, or ask questions
• Information pertaining to CD ripping and audio hardware (including sound cards)
• Questions related computer music applications and software (sequencers, hardware, etc)
• General/technial questions reguarding CDex.
• Music discussion forum related stuff or usage.
• Other thought provoking topics (replaygain, dynamics range, mastering, etc)
• Questions were I can help people.
• Pokes at humorous topics.