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Lord of the Rings/The Silmarillion - Tolkien; Gödel, Escher, Bach - Hofstadter; Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman - Feynman; The Code Book - Singh; The Elegant Universe - Greene. Films: Gattaca, Chariots of Fire. Music: Simon & Garfunkel, Basshunter.
NYTimes.com, ScientificAmerican.com, XKCD.com, Punditkitchen.com, Wikipedia.org, LifeHacker.com (ways to optimize everyday tasks), Ubuntu.org, McSweeneys.net, The Economist, SURFER Magazine, Speedcubing.com (Rubik's cubes), Infinite Illusions (yoyos)
The adaptation and optimization of technology, information and other, to both fulfill the needs of the many and satisfy the demands of the individual. Indirectly touches upon resolving my three pet problems: habitat fragmentation, illiteracy, and intolerance of all kinds.
Intel STS project: designing FPGA microchip to rapidly compute solutions to the shortest path problem & self-study of programmable logic design. Int'l Autonomous Robotics Contest. Expanding web business & training/hiring members of programming club. Surfing!
Arabian Nights play at my school, Oceanic Art Exhibition at SDMA, Internat'l Mathematica User Conference, Body Worlds anatomy exhibit, US Open of Surfing, US Presidential Inauguration, Yo-Yo World Championship
-Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" Speech at Sorbonne
-Future: when the first practical quantum computer goes into operation
Exuberant, Innovative, Entrepreneurial, Reflective, Verbivore (i.e. language-eater/lover)
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