User:HarmonicSphere

Real name: James Munroe. Computer programmer (Java, ASP, JavaScript, CSS, X(HT)ML, C/C++, various flavours of SQL, PHP, Perl, C/C++, ActionScript, bash, DOS, sed, awk, AppleScript, CSound) and musician (lead & backup vocals, tenor trombone, jazz and blues piano, synths), arranger (duo to 20-piece big band), composer, sound designer, and computer programmer who lives in Sydney, Nova Scotia, on beautiful Cape Breton Island. Currently I'm the trombonist and one of three lead vocalists in a four-piece called The B'ye Gones featuring an electric bassist, acoustic guitarist, and accordion player; I play piano in The Midnight Magic, a jazz band featuring a drummer, lead vocalist, electric bassist, trumpet and tenor sax; and play trombone in Second Wind, a community concert band that averages about 35 pieces (including 4 percussionists). Having perfect pitch gave me an early interest in music theory, although I've started only two pages in that section to date, on the diminished and altered scales. Other interests include Taijiquan, JKDC, Vipassana, Tonglen, metta, the I Ching, Asian cooking, R & B (also known as soul music or Motown), the Blues, mathematics, anything having to do with deep space including science fiction, and Tibetan Buddhism.

A small selection of the many sites I find personally interesting: Portland Pattern Repository wiki -- where it all began Wired Magazine MIT's Open Courseware site MIT's Blogdex How Stuff Works New Scientist ScienceDaily Scientific American Playing with Time