User:Lee Carre

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Biography
The correct orthography of my name is: Lee Carré.

I live on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands, which are a British Crown Dependency.

Computing

 * Aspiring hacker
 * Distributed computing using the BOINC platform. My volunteer computing credit statistics.
 * Standards‐based web development (and associated things like databases etc.). I both strongly support and advocate the open‐standards approach.
 * Networking in general; from protocol design and network infrastructure & topology, to the details of existing protocols
 * I use the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard exclusively. A faster, more efficient alternative to QWERTY
 * Iʼm very much a supporter and advocate of Free (Libre) (‘Open Source’) Software (preferably copyleft licensed), and related philosophies. Proprietary monopolies only make things more difficult for everyone.


 * Iʼm also interested in Audio/Visual equipment such as professional audio engineering equipment.
 * Technology in general.

Freely‐Licensed
A far from exhaustive list, merely some of my more notable favourites:
 * Sita Sings the Blues
 * Blender Projects
 * The Yes Men Fix the World

Proprietary

 * V for Vendetta
 * Various produced works of Michael Moore
 * Contact
 * Philadelphia
 * Gattaca

Proprietary

 * Fawlty Towers
 * Star Trek
 * Black Books
 * Stargate
 * 24
 * Mythbusters
 * Heroes
 * Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
 * The Big Bang Theory
 * The IT Crowd
 * Documentaries, including:
 * Discovery Channel
 * Dispatches
 * Panorama
 * Unreported World

Creativity
Iʼm a novice with digital photography and digital image editing. Software of choice: dcraw & GIMP.

Iʼm a beginner with 3D animation. Software of choice: Blender.

Science & Technology

 * Physics
 * Chemistry
 * Biochemistry
 * Neurology
 * Nano mechanics
 * Computer Science
 * Artificial Intelligence
 * Astronomy

Entertainment
My favourite game at the moment is The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, however it will probably migrate to Oblivion, which I plan to play once Iʼve ‘completed’ Morrowind (Elder Scrolls fans will understand the in‐joke, there).

I also enjoy the Grand Theft Auto Series, and SimCity 4.

Music

 * Queen and the legendary Freddie Mercury
 * Hans Zimmer
 * Eva Cassidy
 * Zero 7

Literature

 * Richard Stallmanʼs Free Software, Free Society
 * Lawrence Lessigʼs various publications.
 * Various published works of Michael Moore
 * George Orwellʼs 1984
 * Various technical books related to the many aspects of web development.


 * The Lord of the Rings of course.
 * The Hobbit
 * The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Education
Lately I am discovering that I am a hacker (in the original sense, not a (malicious) ‘security breaker’), or at least have the hacker nature, and that the incumbent education system is inadequate for such a person; I have endeavoured with a course of autonomous education to remedy the disparity.

I have several AS Levels and GCSEs of reasonable grades.

Non‐Profit Organisations
I contribute to the UESP Wiki, the BOINC Wiki, and to various BOINC‐related forums.

Employment
Iʼve worked for several companies, including (in reverse chronological order):
 * An IT data centre (Itex) for business continuity and disaster recovery, however Iʼll just say after what I saw there Iʼm surprised the company is still in business.
 * A small but successful computer sales/installation business (Island Technology).
 * An Event/media production company, mainly dealing with the audio/visual aspects of conferences, seminars, and corporate function events (Joyʼs Production Services).
 * Summer/seasonal work, while I was still attending secondary education, for a marquee company (Vibert Marquees), which basically involved erecting and pitching marquees for private and corporate events, such as weddings, horse racing, corporate Christmas parties.