User:Mscode3

Who is Mscode3?
Mscode3 (Ms. Code 3) is a handle that I picked up when I worked in developing software for the public safety sector. Code 3 is the term for an emergency vehicle running with flashing lights and siren. Outside of cyberspace I'm known mostly as Linda. I am 50-something and have been a software engineer for over 30 years. When I started we did our programming on 80-column punch cards and it could take three days to get even the simplest program written, compiled and run. I live in San Diego, CA with my life-partner Karol and our two cats, Patches and Spots.

Interests
My primary interest after my family is exploring emerging software technologies and Zen Buddhism teachings of the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh. I also enjoy reading and writing mysteries and sci-fi. I am a member of Sisters in Crime, an international organization of women in the field of mystery writing and I am the web maven for the local San Diego chapter.

In my "Day Job" I am a Software Design Engineer for Hewlett-Packard, where I work on the web-tier for our flagship OpenView ServiceCenter and ServiceManager products.

I love football (soccer to Americans)! I am a support of Arsenal FC in the English Primere League and the Los Angles Galaxy in MLS.

WikiInterests
I am interested in getting as much information about all traditions, schools, lineages and practices of Buddhism as possible on Wikipedia. I am a member of the WikiProject_Buddhism

Buddhism
I first encountered Buddhism when I lived in Korea and Hawaii in the 1970s. I studied the little that was available in English, mostly Alan Watts and the bit that I could read in Korean, but I really didn't get it. Then, years later, I began reading works by His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet and then I read Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh. That is when I finally got the point! I have since taken refuge and recieved the Five Mindfulness Trainings at Thây's Deer Park Monastery. When I took refuge I recieved the Dharma name Tâm Bi Nguy&#7879;n, Compassionate Commitment of the Heart. I am a member of the San Diego Wat Lao Sangha and I am the webmaster for the Sangha's website.