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Former Distinguished Engineer at a large software firm, primarily due to being more of a fox than a hedgehog. Now mostly retired. Interests primarily in maths, sciences, and evidence-based decision making. Decidedly not interested in your opinions of Elon, crypto, nor arguing politics. Outdoor pursuits include wind and water sports, snow sports, and running. Pacific Northwest, US.
An SEO and marketing practitioner. PPC, some social media, webdesign fun.
Married, middle-aged father of 3
Science educator and Sci-fi nerd
Outdoor sports enthusiast (kids permitting)
Astrophile, thinker, science lover, cricket fan.
Chemistry Professor and Associate Dean of Science at Simon Fraser University My research focuses on supramolecular chemistry, organic synthesis, photochemistry and liquid crystals.
Hello, friends and neighbors. I've joined the Great Twitter Migration of 2022. There, I followed politics, mainly in response to the fateful election of 2016. More recently, I've drifted toward programming tech in the Javascript realm, and will probably persue some gardening groups here.
Biographically, I fall easily in the catagory of life-long learner, hence my draw to this server. "So many topics, so little time." I pick a topic or three and pursue (or visa versa) with some passion for a few years and move on, usually to return a decade or so later. Here are my main topics(no expertise is suggested or implied in any subject matter):
Food -mainly vegetables
Growing food-organic, heirloom, seed-saving, peppers
Growing plants - Orchids, trees, flowers, roses, herbs, gourds, succulents
Art -zentangling, celtic knots, iconograpy, pen/ink, egg tempera
Music -progRock, classical, baroque, electronic synthesis, keyboard
Psychology -interegal, classical christian theology.
Stamp Collecting -Flat Plate US and plate blocks
Woodworking -hardwoods, hand tools
Backpacking -running, trail-running, outdoors -minimalist, hammocking
Golden Section -geometry, Kepler
Computers -Basic, Pascal, C, Visual Basic, SQL, Powershell, Javascript/HTML/CSS, C#
Alcohol -Beer: IPA, Stout, Porter. Wine: OV Zin, Whiskey -Single malt Scotch. Homemade cider
Geographically: Family origins of southwestern Virginia for a couple of centuries. Retired from small family sign business and recently moved to Potomac valley Virginia.
Physiologically - heavy-set, unshaved, rarely cut hair, kilted, wool knee socks, trail shoes.
Married: 43 years, 3 children, 5 grand-childern
Grants consultant with Hanover Research; technical writer, editor, and all-around science geek. UW-Madison alum. All views mine. #grantwriting #researchgrants
I'm curious, I'm a student (I'm also an engineer!), I'm a gamer.
I like to think because it means I'm alive!
Cómics, cine, libros, cree que sabe bailar, experto en hacer regueros. El man de las poesías.
Lecturer University of Barcelona
Codirector Research Department Jane Goodall Institute Spain
Research in primatology 🦍🐵🐒