User:Ewdytutti

Greetings!!!

Eric Durham here with a bit of bio.

My interests and activities include:


 * Learning: I live to learn and--one only hopes--may someday learn to live. Topics include: engineering (electrical, mechanical, civil), computer science, psychology, sociology, sustainability, and just about anything else that wanders into view.


 * Work: I design scaffolding and shoring for heavy commercial and industrial construction projects.


 * Culture: I enjoy participating in collaborative art projects; most recent project was VAST at Burning Man (www.quentini.com). I also am a strong proponent of Open Source, Creative Commons, Copyleft, etc.


 * Beliefs: I am highly skeptical of magic thinking while I also find beauty and value in such fanciful flights. By way of example, I see benefit to meditation however no amount of transcendental bliss can substantiate mystical beliefs such as karma or fate. I am equally skeptical of moral edicts issued by or on behalf of implausible deities. I have an overwhelming urge to live in harmony with my community and society at large so while I am distinctly amoral I also pay taxes and conform to many codes of social order such as patiently waiting in lines or queues.


 * Other: I have a strong aversion to formality and bureaucracy needful as they may be. I am a member of ICC (International Code Council) or I was last I checked. I have expired memberships in: ACI (American Concrete Institute), NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences), SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers), SCTE (Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers), blah blah ...

Thank you for your interest.

Cheers!

Eric