Profile: d4

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A native of Baton Rouge, and a product of Tennessean higher education, I'm currently a thirtysomething CAD software engineer near Philadelphia.

<P>Interests: splines, CAGD & approximation theory; RPGs; CRPGs (Wasteland, Fallout); reading and writing sci-fi; dragons; trumpet

<P>Hobbies: playing Legos with the kids, drinking green tea with my wife, throwing state quarters into a dusty drawer, finding plenty of room for God in evolution (but not Intelligent Design in science class)

<P>Favorite authors: Asimov, Brin, P.J.Davis, PKD, J.Fowles, LeGuin, F.Herbert, D.Hofstadter, Sagan, N.Stephenson, J.R.R.Tolkien

<P>Favorite musicians: Bach, Beethoven, Dream Theater, Dvorak, J-M.Jarre, L.McKinnett, W.Marsalis, Mozart, Sting, Vivaldi

<P>Currently reading: <I>Cryptonomicon</I>
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I'm throwing gobs of spare cycles into Einstein@Home primarily because I'm proud that my home state boasts LIGO.
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