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About Me

I'm 24 years old from San Jose, CA. I thought myspace would be a fun place to host a profile. Anyway, I'm currently a tech support intern and currently attending community college. I let people live the life they want (I may give input, but in the end I ultimately let the If you wanna chat/email, cool. If you're going to add me, at least send a message saying "hi".

AIM name: hdvbpb

My Interests

Civil rights issues gay rights women's rights racial diversity etc

Assembly language programming 80x86 680x0

Operating systems Windows XP/2000/9X Linux Hobbyist operating systems (yep, I've had an interest in coding my own OS)

Technology wifi mobile solutions computers electronics internet orthogonality RISC CISC parallel computing

General interests Stuff that doesn't suck! heh huh huh (note: Sex And The City bores me to death. Do you think it would fit the bill? LOL) Darts Pool Sight-seeing New York City San Francisco Coffee shops Walking Nature trails Bel Gatos Park rocks Lake Vasona trail leading to Lexington Reservoir also rocks Skyline Drive is hella cool Other cool trails in the bay Trying new stuff 1986 442 Oldsmobile Road trips Railroad Transportation issues Dogs Cats

I'd like to meet:

People who like to talk about stuff as diverse as civil rights issues (gay rights, wage income gap, etc), life, geek topics (wifi, programming, rail fan, etc), stuff going on in life, movies we share in common and anything else that we can think to talk about. You don't need to fit all these categories though. What's important is for us to have something in common.Possesing good listening skill is a plus and I basically like any sort of men/women who are cool, down to earth and fun to hang out with.

I especially like people with geeky interests of whatever kind, even moreso if they are technical in nature. Can be Sci-fi, computers, technology, cars, etc.

Music:

Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, MC Hammer, Rammstein (Sehnsucht & Herzeleid CD's), any music that's cool

Movies:

Indiana Jones, Day After Tommorow, Star Wars (the original trilogy and the prequels), Eraser, Matrix, Tremors (1 & 2), American Pie (1 & 2), Team America, South Park, Beavis and Butthead, AI, Das Boot, U751, Terminator (1 & 2), Andromeda Strain, Predator (1 & 2), Hackers, Return to Oz, Beetlejuice, etc

Television:

Beavis & Butthead, South Park, Star Trek TNG, Jackass, Cops

Books:

S.M. Stirling's entire T2 series, Andromeda Strain, Biohazard, Smallpox, various computer books, Inside Windows 95 Filesystem, America's Dumbest Criminals

My Blog

What is the speed of your net connection?

Comcast Cable connection here!Find out yours at: http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?flash=1The closer the server to you (physical distance), the more accurate the results....
Posted by CoolNChill on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:56:00 PST

Store robber wears darth vader mask!!

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20544084-2,00.html
Posted by CoolNChill on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:45:00 PST

WLAN sensible security practices

I found a couple great articles on wireless lan security George Ou. The one thing I can't comment on in the first article is LEAP authentication since I've never had experience in setting up a corpora...
Posted by CoolNChill on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:42:00 PST

This is freaky -- people actually drive around snarfing X10-Wireless camera transmissions

http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/36722/Cracking_X10_ Cams.htmlYes, people can drive around with a receiver for these and get glimpses into otherwise unobservable environments. The creepiest wer...
Posted by CoolNChill on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:42:00 PST

I had an El of a time in Chicago!

It was a really nice trip. I hit Sears Tower, did a speed boat ride from Navy Pier, took a free loop tour yesterday (the whole tour was literally done from a chicago el train running in circles 3x). I...
Posted by CoolNChill on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:20:00 PST

My car finally went to hell + I'm hitting Chicago

For the past few weeks, the car began having acceleration issues again and the check engine light came back on. A few days ago my parents took the Ford T-bird 1994 into the shop. I'd find out over the...
Posted by CoolNChill on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:49:00 PST

What kind of dog am I?

You Are a Boston Terrier PuppyAggressive, wild, and rambunctious.Deep down, you're just a cuddle monster.What Breed of Puppy Are You?...
Posted by CoolNChill on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:10:00 PST

The Portland, Oregon trip

After I check into my lodging I plan to do the following during the trip (itinerary still needs to be developed):1) Shanghai Tunnels - http://www.shanghaitunnel.com/2) Historical Police Musuem - Yes, ...
Posted by CoolNChill on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:20:00 PST

How many squares do you see here?

My OS concepts teacher presented this in class today and I got it wrong on the first shot.----------------| | ||-------|------...
Posted by CoolNChill on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:12:00 PST

80% on Beavis & Butthead quiz: episodes 1 & 2

You scored: 8 / 10 Total points: 80 The average score for this quiz: 6 / 10http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz112180cd9d68.html...
Posted by CoolNChill on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:58:00 PST