Author Topic: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from? (Read 1,593,209 times)

40hz · « **Reply #550 on:** September 22, 2009, 02:49 PM »

@olla86 - Welcome, welcome, welcome. I spent some of the most enjoyable years of my life in Boston. If you're smart (I wasn't) you'll stay there!

kingsmob77 · « **Reply #551 on:** October 21, 2009, 01:54 PM »

Hi!

I'm Kingsmob a.k.a PunkRockKarl, a 36 year-old aging punk rocker. I'm originally from New York City but for reason beyond my control, now live in Houston, Texas. I've been a long time fan of DC and have recently ponied up and donated.

I have two kids, an 8 year-old daughter and 4 year-old son. They and my wife are the coolest people I know.

I'm a Applications Analyst by trade, currently designing in-house apps for my employer dealing with HR functions, employee tracking and materials management for a project spanning four continents, over 35,00 employees and a whole lot of equipment. This keeps me pretty busy but it's lot of fun.

I like tweaking, customizing and seeing just how much I can alter computers. Sometimes I break 'em sometimes I come up with pretty neat stuff. I dabble in programming and would like to sharpen that skill set but there never seems to be time...and I'm not really that bright.

I'm a little more adept at web development as I worked as a web developer in the past. I guess I am a general geek as I love computers, Science Fiction and video games...Wow, it's a wonder I got married at all. I also have a pretty extensive knowledge of music and am something of a music snob.

Anyway, that's all I can think of. I'm glad to be a member of the DC community.

Cheers,
Kingsmob77

Darwin · « **Reply #552 on:** October 21, 2009, 02:08 PM »

kingsmob77 and @olla86:

Hope to see more of you around DC. You've stumbled upon an incredible place - make the most of it

tomos · « **Reply #553 on:** October 21, 2009, 05:55 PM »

Quote from: kingsmob77 on October 21, 2009, 01:54 PM

Hi!

I'm Kingsmob a.k.a PunkRockKarl, a 36 year-old aging punk rocker.

haha - a punkrocker and a geek - I love it

welcome to the site Kingsmob, I was already listening to a bit of music on your webpage -
you could always add a few recommendations to this thread:
Recommend some music videos to me!

miva2 · « **Reply #554 on:** October 30, 2009, 09:52 AM »

just registered and i kind of like this place
got here by that pop-up message saying i need to register for a free key
nice system lol.
i'm just an 18yo guy who is obsessed with games and hopes to become a game programmer as soon as possible

I'm currently studying Digital Arts and Entertainment in Belgium

yoroshiku onegaishimasu~

mouser · « **Reply #555 on:** October 30, 2009, 10:17 AM »

welcome to the site yoroshiku and everyone else i missed saying hello to

mwang · « **Reply #556 on:** October 31, 2009, 06:05 PM »

Welcome, miva2. Are you (ethnic) Japanese by any chance? (For those wondering, "yoroshiku onegaishimasu" is a Japanese greeting.)

rgdot · « **Reply #557 on:** October 31, 2009, 06:44 PM »

Welcome miva2

CleverCat · « **Reply #558 on:** November 01, 2009, 06:48 AM »

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Garboni · « **Reply #559 on:** November 12, 2009, 02:38 PM »

Hello,

I'm Gilbert. I'm a young man, originally from the Northern region of the United States, now living in the South.

I do not consider myself an expert on computers. But I have some knowledge. Recently, I have been using the computer a good amount of the time for making videos and films.

I hope you are having a good day.

Darwin · « **Reply #560 on:** November 12, 2009, 02:46 PM »

Garboni - WELCOME! You'll fit right in here as many of us ~~are~~ fall into the same category. What makes this site so wonderful is that there are a lot of bona fide computer experts here who are VERY patient and VERY helpful.

miva2 - welcome to DC as well and good luck with your studies

Stay, read, post and enjoy DC

EDIT: struck through extraneous word...

rgdot · « **Reply #561 on:** November 12, 2009, 03:19 PM »

Welcome Gilbert

Garboni · « **Reply #562 on:** November 12, 2009, 03:40 PM »

Thank you both for the warm welcomes.

kakarukeys · « **Reply #563 on:** December 07, 2009, 10:11 AM »

I just want to say hello, I'm a new guy here.

mouser · « **Reply #564 on:** December 07, 2009, 10:14 AM »

Welcome to the site kakarukeys -- nice to meet you.
Maybe you'd like to tell us a little about yourself?

ps. I'm going to merge this with the thread for people introducing themselves.

kakarukeys · « **Reply #565 on:** December 07, 2009, 10:24 AM »

ops...

I was an R&D engineer, now learning Python programming language, hoping to develop software related to the field machine learning. My first project is to find a way to reduce repetitive typing. HDD, CPU double size and speed every year. It's curious why we are still using the same keyboard and mouse from '90s.

Found some nice abbreviation expander and autocompletion programs on this site. But they either have stopped development, or turned into bloatwares.

Darwin · « **Reply #566 on:** December 30, 2009, 05:19 PM »

Welcom, Timoth

slowmaker · « **Reply #567 on:** January 01, 2010, 09:12 AM »

Hello, everyone. I like what I've seen of this community so far, so I'll have a go at this self-introduction thing:

I'm from (and still in) the Southeastern U.S. I've been a peach picker, a radio dispatcher, a roofer, a library assistant, a low-tech demolition crewman (think hammer+crowbar+sweat), a math tutor, an HVAC installer, an industrial electronics troubleshooter, an assembly-line worker, a programmer for a small RFID shop, a retail worker, a computer repairman and a television repair shop driver (not necessarily in that order). I'm 40 years old and I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up, but it's been an interesting ride so far.

I'm a husband and father too, but I'm not planning on giving those jobs up

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I like projects, both low and high tech, but I tend to do a lot more reading than doing. If a position at Mythical Dream Jobs, Inc opened up for reading back issues of Popular Mechanics and writing programs on alternate days, I'd probably be willing to commit some fairly heinous acts to get that job, up to and including animal sacrifice.

mouser · « **Reply #568 on:** January 01, 2010, 09:21 AM »

Welcome to the site slowmaker and others i missed above

Darwin · « **Reply #569 on:** January 01, 2010, 04:22 PM »

Quote from: slowmaker on January 01, 2010, 09:12 AM

I'm 40 years old and I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up, but it's been an interesting ride so far.

Well said, slowmaker

Sounds like you and I have a lot in common. Welcome to DC! It is a special place and I hope that you will enjoy your time here.

FCM · « **Reply #570 on:** January 06, 2010, 07:12 PM »

Hello all -

I hail from Florida, married to a R.N. nearing our 20th anniversary in July. I work in environmental and in the green industries for a local county-level gubment. I'm also in my junior year of college...ugh...should have done this earlier, but decided with no ties, to take the opportunity to travel for some life experience and gain also practical expertise within a company that had short-term jobs in interesting locales. No regrets, but now I'm paying for it.

The site is a bit overwhelming, but from the posts I've been able to read, I had the feeling of a great bunch of folks that have some great sound advice to help me. Although I've been using the computer and business apps since the mid 80s, I feel more of a noob most times with efficiency than the "expert" I should be, but am a quick understudy

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I'll add too, that I still enjoy gaming when I have the time, which has me thinking of searching for an answer here to a question I have.

Lastly, I'd like to thank you for the site and look forward to my time here. Thanks again.

Apathetic_Coding · « **Reply #571 on:** January 10, 2010, 04:40 AM »

Hello all!

My name is John-Paul, a 27 year old from Memphis TN, and I am a beginner programmer with about one year experience. I started out writing scripts in AHK & AutoIt and while I still stay active in the two languages, I am also learning C and C# .net. I don't have any formal training as of yet but as soon as I am finished planning out my wedding and finally taking the plunge, I plan on going back to school for software development.

I have been a musician for about 14 years and a recording engineer for around 6. I know quite a bit about DAWs and digital/analog sound so if anyone has any questions feel free to ask.

My website, http://sites.google.com/site/apathysoftworks/ is the home for my current freeware and projects.

That's about it. I look forward to becoming a part of the community!

CleverCat · « **Reply #572 on:** January 10, 2010, 07:57 AM »

Your going to love it here!

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mouser · « **Reply #573 on:** January 10, 2010, 08:44 AM »

Welcome to the site John-Paul, great to have you here

Darwin · « **Reply #574 on:** January 10, 2010, 03:07 PM »

Welcome, FCM and John-Paul