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Patrick

Say hello to my little son!

About Me

We've been living in Austin for just about 6 months now and we are loving it. My wonderful wife just gave birth to our first baby who we named Jackson Walker Horne.You can see our blog at: http://gigahorne.blogspot.com

My Interests

My son, Jackson

Video Games - PC, console, or portable
Books - mostly sci-fi, but also techno-thrillers, and non-fiction science related
Technology news
Gadgets - Computers, GPS, Cell phones, anything cool
Science - Physics, Astornomy, etc.

I'd like to meet:

Your mom! Ohhh.....

Music:

I'm not much of a music person. I wish I was though. People that are seem to enjoy it so much. I dislike much more music than I like.

But, for music that I do like:

Bad Religion, Dave Matthews Band, LCD Soundsystem, and some other stuff.

Movies:

If people aren't getting killed or getting naked I'm not watching it.

Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Star Trek(yes I'm a geek), Contact, Saving Private Ryan, The Usual Suspects, and other stuff on my Netflix queue.

Television:

24, Scrubs, Heroes, Family Guy, Grey's Anatomy (I blame my wife for me getting sucked in to this one), , and Battlestar Galactica.

Books:

Fiction:

John C. Wright -
The Golden Age series, The Last Guardian of Everness series
Peter F. Hamilton -
The Reality Dysfunction series, Pandora Star and Judas Unchained,
Charles Stross -
Singularity Sky, Iron Sunrise, The Atrocity Archives,
Allistar Reynolds -
Revelation Space, Redemption Ark, Absolution Gap
Among others.

Non-Fiction:
Ray Kurzweil - The Singularity is Coming
Mark Perakh - Unintelligent Design
Ernst Meyr - What Evolution Is

Heroes:

Hiro Nakamura, Peter Petrelli, Claire Bennet, Matt Parkman, among others.