User:PsiXi

You can find me on http://www.userfriendly.org as PsiXi. I was previously on Wikipedia as Psi but I have since added another greek letter, as single greek letters tend to already be taken. I can be found on AIM as Elektronikwizard. If it's out there, I probably dabble in it. A list of things in which I have more expertise than others:


 * Mathematics in general. Love it.  I'm no expert in any subfield of mathematics, but I can explain many fields and subfields of mathematics at an introductory level.  I hope someday to become a major contributor to the math section of Wikipedia.
 * Computer Science, a branch, in my opinion, of Mathematics. Particular interests include:
 * Automata Theory
 * Abstract Algorithms
 * Abstract computational models
 * Computer Programming, related but not part of computer science. Inluding:
 * Simple techiness, understanding Linux and such things.
 * C/++
 * A little Java
 * Ruby/Perl/Python (in decreasing order of favorite)
 * PHP/Common Gateway Interface
 * and more, and more. Keep in mind I know way too much stuff and way too little about each one.
 * Digital photography. I sell my pictures on the side and I use a Minolta DiMage A2, 8 megapixels.  (I know this is quickly being obseleted by Fuji's 12 MP cameras.  Darn you, Fuji!)
 * Readin' and Writin'
 * I do some writing, but it's mostly technical and certainly not saleble fiction. I do, however, pride myself as good at writing in general.  (With my luck there's a grammar mistake somewhere on this very page, though).
 * I like science fiction, and fantasy to a degree.
 * As a totally disparate favorite genre, I like pre-1970 math textbooks.
 * Design
 * I love Japanese art and architecture. I have a large copy of [[Media:GreatWave.jpg|The Great Wave]] hanging in my bedroom.  Someday I will have a combined modern-traditional Japanese house in a waterfront suburb of Yokohama. (...yeah, right.)
 * I do some Web design type stuff but only for my own purposes.
 * I enjoy designing documents and posters.
 * I can draw highly detailed perspective diagrams with the help of XFig (an ancient X Windows graphics program), for whatever that's worth (Not much, I assure you).
 * I'm also a closet philosopher. Suffice it to say that I have really weird ideas sometimes and I call it "philosophy".
 * Music. I can't read sheet music, which is a major problem, but I can improvise fairly well on:
 * Piano
 * Recorder
 * Bowed Psaltery
 * Organ
 * Drums
 * Xylophone
 * Notably absent are guitar and any of (violin,viola,cello). Just haven't had the time.
 * I know I'm forgetting something.

Contact me if you have similar interests. I don't have as much time as I would like to Wiki but I'll do what I can.