Name - Danielle
Nickname - Dani, CSCGal
Height - 5' 3"
Weight - c'mon ;)
Hair - dark brown w/ reddish highlights 8)
Eyes - 2 of 'em
Location - da Nawth Shaw of Lawn Giland
Age - turning 20 next month
Hobbies - lounging around on the computer and looooong pleasure drives in my car which is no more
Relationship Status - single
Fav Music - oldies, tv themes ;) , fun lively songs with lyrics I can understand, Peter the Meter Reader :P ... right now my cellphone ringer is set to Copacabana
Education - junior at Hofstra U with a major in Computer Science (B.S. degree) and a minor in Business Computer Information Systems
Favorite Movies - The Shawshank Redemption, Antitrust, Splash, The Truman Show, Man on the Moon, The Santa Clause, Hook, The Odd Couple, ...
Favorite TV Shows - Anything on TV Land or Nick @ Nite, game shows, Star Trek Voyager
Favorite Computer Games - Simulations, simulations!! Everything from SimCity to The Sims to Tropico ...
Stuff I Dislike - Not so much lying as much as knowing someone is lying, obnoxious people, teachers who can't teach for their lives
More coming when I think of it ...
[edit]I just turned 21![/edit]
[second edit]I just turned 22![/edit]
Tell us about yourself!
So, what do you do? What do you like? What do you hate? What are your hobbies? I think we all know that we have computers in common. Some of us are into programming, while others into networking, hardware, etc. But what's the other side of you like? The side when you're not around computers. (AS IF! :D ) I whipped up a questionaire:
Name: Daniel
Nickname: Danny-Boy (ooh, do I hate this one), Dan, Danny
Height: 5'10''
Weight: 173
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Location: NY
Age: 22
Hobbies: Listening to music, drawing, playing the piano, going out with friends and family, movies, laughing, sleeping, martial arts, working out, anime
Relationship Status: single
Fav Music: damn, a lot of stuff...lol... U2, Greenday, Nirvana, REM, The Offspring, GoldFinger, Dave Mathews Band, Metallica, Aerosmith, Classical music, video game music, Techno/Trance/Dance, Jazz
Education: Computer Science, Business Computer Information Systems, Psychology
Work: Free lance web designer and programmer (web dev)
Favorite Food: Pizza, Chinese/Spanish Food, Chicken, Steak, Tacos, and Fetuccini Alfredo
Favorite Movies: The Naked Gun (1, 2 1/2, 33 1/3), Total Recall, Predator, Terminator 2, Superman, Carlito's Way, GoodFellas, Dumb and Dumber, Liar Liar, High Fidelity, Shawshank Redemption, The Stand, and others I can't remember
Favorite TV Shows: The Family Guy, The Simpsons, X-Files, John Doe, Will and Grace, Seinfeld, Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, Just Shoot Me
Favorite Video Games: Secret of Mana (SNES), Zelda A Link to the Past (SNES), Street Fighter Alpha II & III (Playstation), Starfox(SNES), Super Mario Kart (SNES), Diablo II Lord of Destruction
Stuff you Dislike: Pain, people who flick their cigarettes out of their car window, rap and their singers, computer science( :D ), people with bad temper and who are loud, inconsiderate jerks 8)
Feel free to add more stuff :D
Name: Paul
Nickname: Tough-guy (i'm NOT!), Big-Guy (er, well, er...) & Uncle Ungots (forgetaboutit!)
Height: 5'7''
Weight: see "Big-Guy" reference above! ;)
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Location: NY
Age: old enough 2b inscissor's Pops, but not by much! ;)
Hobbies: Listening to music, palette knife painting (ya know - Bob Ross stuff!), going out with friends and family, movies, laughing, canoeing, alpine skiing, long drives, walks on the beach, holding hands & eating almost anything chocolate
Relationship Status: SINGLE :x
Fav Music: too many different kinds to list, but please no asian/indian music (like the peeps, dislike the music!), jazz or head-bangin stuff; hip-hops ok (but dated!) but not a big fan of rap. really like the new LI station (94.3), (95.5), WBAB (102.3), WBLI (???.?), & country music.
Education: High School (soon 2b a CSC major, once i settle on a school)
Work: 2nd level network support desk tech as well as a Lotus Notes Admin & Dev wannabe
Favorite Food: Pizza, Steak, Fish/Lobster, Italian cuisine, chicken, veal, venison Chinese food, Mexican food (oooh, ox-tail soup!!!), many cheeses & ICE CREAM
Foods most disliked: milk (other than chocolate!), yogart & cottage/ricotta cheese
Favorite Movies: ET, Close Encounters, Star Wars Episodes 4, 5 & 6, Titanic, Total Recall, Predator, Terminator 2, Sleepless in Seatle, Castle Keep, just about everything done by James/Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Bruce Willis, Samuel Jackson, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Cuba Goodin Jr & Jodie Foster, Top Gun, The Money Pit, Rain Man, Patton & nearly everything Disney
Most disliked movies: any thing even remotely like Dumb & Dumber and anything gangster related!
Favorite TV Shows: First couple of years of X-Files, CSI, Friends, Seinfeld, Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, any of the Star Trek series (although the original series is REALY tuff 2 watch nowadays), Touched by an Angel, It's a Miracle, Miracle Pets and most shows on the Discovery, TLC and Home & Gardens channels, Emril (however which way u spell his name, BAM!)
Favorite Video Games: MechWarrior2 (MechWarrior3 was ok, but disappointingly limited; havent gotten around to MechWarrior4 yet), Lode Runner...
Stuff you Dislike: cursing, people who flick their cigarettes out of their car window, litterers, rap, people with bad temper and who are loud, inconsiderate jerks, liars & those who are self-centered
Favorite Chat Rooms/Msg Boards:
TechTalk Forums (aeinstein
Lotus Notes (Iris) forums (real name)
ChurchUSA SinglesPlus (over 30 crowd!) (WindSongMan, QuietMan)
John Andretti Fan Page (andretty43, racerJA)
Favorite seasons: Spring (flowers) Summer (beach!) & Fall (foliage) & Winter (Snowman making & Christmas!!!)
ok, whatdimiss? ;)
Name: James
Nickname: Jimmy, Jimbo, flash, espi
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 195
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Location: MS
Age: 21
Hobbies: Music,computers, and cars.
Relationship Status: single
Fav Music: Im really open minded...pretty much anything.
Education: Still workin on a computer engineering degree :/
Work: phone tech support
Favorite Movies: Terminator 2: Judgement day and dumb and dumber
Favorite TV Shows: South park, the simpsons
Favorite Video Games: Chronotrigger, quake3, quakeworld teamfortress.
Stuff you Dislike: mustangs :/
Name: TJ
Nickname: Digital
Height: 5'11
Weight: 160
Hair: Brown
Eyes: green
Location: Dixon, IL
Age: 19
Name -Paul
Nickname - Brills, Whipaway
Hair - dark brown
Eyes - 2 of 'em
Location - LI NY
Hobbies - Computers,
Favourite Music - B-52s U2
Education - junior at Hofstra U with a major in Computer Science (B.S. degree) and a minor in Business Computer Information Systems
Favourite Movies - Robocop, Christine, Duel, Mad Max, Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill!
Favourite TV Shows - Original Star Trek Original twilight Zone, New Outer limits
Stuff I Dislike - Loudmouths
Name: Tyler
Nickname: Ty
Height: 5'11''
Weight: 130
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Location: MI
Age: 16
Hobbies: philosophy, C++, Linux, anything computer related.
Relationship Status: Long term relationship
Fav Music: Rock/Rap
Education: Home school, soon to study computer science, and philosophy.
Work: I am part owner of a computer tech company hosted in my basement.. And I also work at a car wash.
Favorite Food: Chinese
Favorite Movies: Chasing Amy
Favorite TV Shows: South Park
Favorite Video Games: Any one of the Final Fantasy series..
Stuff you Dislike: Ignorant, unopen minded people..
Name: Kyle
Nickname: Big K
Height: 5'8"
Weight: Big Enough
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Location: ND
Age: 20
Hobbies: Sports, Computers, and video games
Relationship Status: Single :(
Favorite Music: Rap, Rock and almost everything else
Education: A.A. in computer programming, and goin to start on my B.S. in computer science in the fall
Favorite TV Shows: South Park, Simpsons, The Screen Savers, Unscrewed, Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien, XPlay, and more jst cant think of them
Favorite Sports Teams: NFL=Kansas City Chiefs; NHL=Minnisota Wild; MLB=Minnisota Twins; and NBA=MN Timberwolves or the LA Lakers
Favorite Video games: all 3D Shooters (i perfer console games over PC games)
Programming Languages: RPG/400, COBOL, Java, Visual Basic, SQL
Dis-likes: stupid ppl, i have alot more dislikes jst cant think of them right now. get back to you on it :)
Stuff you Dislike: Ignorant, unopen minded people..
I think the word you're looking for is "closed" ;-)
Stuff you Dislike: Ignorant, unopen minded people..I think the word you're looking for is "closed" ;-)
Hahah, yes I agree very much so.
Name: Thomas
Nickname: MuddBuddha
Height: 6'1''
Weight: 230
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Location: IN (:(
Age: 33
Hobbies: Studying....seems as though it never stops :(
Relationship Status: Married
Fav Music: Dean Martin
Education: School + Life + Work = Education (will that generate a compile error?!)
Work: Automation programmer (GPL)
Favorite Food: AUTHENTIC Spanish & Italian
Favorite Movies: The Godfather, The Edge, Antitrust, Army of Darkness, Real Genius, Beautiful Mind, .........can't think of anymore.
Favorite TV Shows: Was Farscape.... :(
Favorite Video Games: Anything strategic
Stuff you Dislike: My tendency to always be right. (haha)
Name:
Dean
Location:
Texas
Age:
27
Interests:
happiness, web development (design and programming), writing, politics, music, sex
Philosophy:
Objectivism (rational self-interest, minimal government)
Preferred Music:
The Wallflowers, Aimee Mann, Dave Matthews Band, Fuel, Incubus, Cake, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow
Education:
Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science
Programming Languages and Other Technologies:
Java, PHP, BASH, SQL, PERL, C++, XHTML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP
Current Thankless, Underpaying Job:
Unix Support Technician for a web hosting company
Favorite Foods and Drinks:
sushi, pizza, peanut butter and honey sandwich on wheat, Shiner Bock (a Texas beer), Coca-Cola
Favorite Books:
Hyperion series (Dan Simmons), The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand), Anthem (Ayn Rand), The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Robert Heinlein)
Favorite Movies:
The Matrix, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, Tombstone, The Princess Bride, Office Space, Contact, Pulp Fiction, The Manchurian Candidate, Breakfast at Tiffany?s, Fight Club, The Empire Strikes Back
Favorite TV Shows:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, M*A*S*H, The West Wing, Farscape, Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Law & Order, Sex and the City, The X-Files
Things and People I Dislike:
Communism, fascism, authority, liberal political ideals, conservative political ideals, religion, drama, PETA, people who give me shit for smoking, mullets (long in back, short in front), violence, cell phone ring tones, Xenocide by Orson Scott Card, prudes, stupid drivers, kissasses, income tax, Social Security, Kafka, Everybody Loves Raymond
Name: Ryan
Nickname: Tekmaven, "HOFF"
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 250
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Long story, but they change colors (different temps, different colors)
Location: NY
Age: 16
Hobbies:
Computers, Football, Basketball, Video Editing/Production, Girls
Relationship Status:
Single - so watch out Dani :-P
Fav Music:
System of a Down, Incubus, Linkin Park, Kid Rock, Guns n Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Korn, Beastie Boys, Tenacious D, et al.
Education:
I'm going to summer school this summer... lol
Work:
Cablevision/Town of North Hempstead (Channel 18 ) - Producer/Director
Favorite Food:
Not Taco Bell :-P (Dani will get that one...) umm, right now my favorite is Philly Cheesesteaks.
Favorite Movies:
The Matrix I, AntiTrust, The American President (I'm such a girl... lol)
Favorite TV Shows:
Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Stargate SG-1, everything on CNBC, and Everybody Loves Raymond.
Favorite Video Games:
Well, I don't really play games that much, but I would have to say 007 Golden Eye (for N64)
Stuff you Dislike:
Linux Supporters, Microsoft Bashers, Taco Bell, Non "active" Girls, Fish (eww... I HATE FISH, except for Lox, because I'm Jewish :-D)
Name - Kevin
Nickname - Tecil, Netwyrk
Height - 6' 2"
Weight - 200
Hair - Brown
Eyes - Brown
Location - Boise, ID
Age - 25
Hobbies - Blogging, sport shooting, Xbox, Gamecube, PC gaming, web design, internet, hockey, good times, good friends, and a nice medium cooked steak.
Relationship Status - Married
Occupation: System Admin/Support
Fav Music - Tool, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Led Zepplin, AC/DC, Ozzy
Education - Some college, but mainly lots of self taught skills, and IT certifications.
Favorite Movies - American Beauty, Fight Club, Rushmore, The Shawshank Redemption
Favorite TV Shows - Trading Spaces, While You Were Out, ER, Scrubs, X-Play, Unscrewed, American Chopper
Favorite Computer Games - I don't play as many games on my computer as I used to. Mainly just Xbox and Gamecube these days.
Name - Michael
Nickname - Mike? :P
Height - 6' 3"
Weight - 140
Hair - Brown
Eyes - Hazel
Location - Orlando FL
Age - 21
Hobbies - Programming, technology in general, hanging out ofcourse, computer art, drawing
Relationship Status - going on 2 years :shock:
Occupation: Web host technician
Fav Music - Metal (disturbed), rap (krayzie bone)
Education - A.S Software Application Programming/ working on B.S in Information Systems Security.
Favorite Movies - Matrix I and II, Lotsa anime movies but Vampire hunter D over them all :D
Favorite TV Shows - DBZ, friends, monster garage, screen savers... and anything else really that shows up on a discovery or tech tv channel :D
Favorite Computer Games - All the unreal series and Mods, Counter Strike for half life, Waiting on savage, planet side and world of warcraft :D
Name: andy
Nickname: spikes, netcyber
Height: 5'11''
Weight: skinny
Hair: Brown
Eyes: blue
Location: Worcester England
Age: 26 (oh! Im so old)
Hobbies: music, sk8, braking stuff, fixing stuff, learning new stuff
Relationship Status: single, with a girlfriend who irritates me
Fav Music: nofx, MM, korn..yada yada yada
Education: IT, geography, environmental sci, physics, chemistry
Work: IT admin
Favorite Movies: empire records, clueless, matrix, the holy trilogy, and Kevin smith movies
Favorite TV Shows: dont really watch it
Favorite Video Games: freelancer, ms flightsim, UT
Stuff you Dislike: social situations, sport, tuesdays
Name: Anthony
Height: 5'6''
Weight: average
Hair: black
Eyes: black
Location: NY
Age: still a teenager
Hobbies: music, movies, going out, learning (teachers these days...)
Programming Languages: HTML, PHP
Relationship Status: dating
Fav Music: Calamine (one of the best indie bands out there, great pop/rock)
Jewel (great lyrics, great voice)
Jason Mraz (it just goes and flows),
Counting Crows (they just sound too good),
Michelle Branch (her voice is easy to identify),
Goo Goo Dolls (Be angry and in love without going psycho),
John Mayer (his voice just makes me relax even with a fast song),
Norah Jones (same with John),
Heather Nova (she goes crazy with her voice),
Jessica Andrews (the only semi-country music I like), and a whole lot of other stuff I'm too lazy to list.
Education: Middle School/Some high school! I went to a boarding school for that and will be for the next years of high school. I'm a fast learner and very curious, so I think I'm wayyy beyond my years on a lot of subjects.
Work: 'Runner' at a cafe. Call me errand boy!
Favorite Food: None. Never know what I want to eat. I hate that
Favorite Movies: That's a hard one... When Harry Met Sally(hmm...), Matrix (both), a lot of those teen comedies (Molly Ringwald stuff, empire records, 10 things, Can't Hardly Wait), Jay and Silent bob series, and some other stuff I can't remember...
Favorite TV Shows: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (esp. Triumph), Simpsons, Family Guy, CSI, Friends, Scrubs, Will&Grace...
Favorite Video Games: Halo, Fusion Frenzy(guilty pleasure), Jedi Outcast, Midnight Club 2, Starcraft, Unreal Tournament 2003, GTA series.
Stuff I Dislike: People who complain that life's not fair. Also people who sing along to song they don't know the lyrics to.
Name: Troy
Nickname: None that I know of
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195
Hair: blonde
Eyes: blue
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Age: 30
Hobbies: Weight lifting, travelling, computers, movies, music, women, beer, wine, cars,......Medicine, Drugs, Physiology.......
Relationship Status: single
Fav Music: 80's Metal, Jazz....Diana Krall.. Her concert was awesome !!! Frank Sinatra, Ozzy Osbournce, Van Halen, Michelle Branch, 3 Doors Down, Theory of a Deadman, Nickelback, the list is really too long.
Education: Math/Chermistry Major, Pharmacy Degree (Pharmacist), Computer System Technology Diploma.
Work: Hmmm.... take a wild guess?!
Favorite Food: Pasta, steak, fajiatas, ice cream, salsa and chips, hot wings. Beer....it has calories and is a major food group...really.
Favorite TV Show: NHL Hockey Night in Canada, ER, survivor (only so-called reality show I watch), TLC shows
Favorite Movies: Thirteen Days, An American President, Aliens, X-Men 2, Final Destination 1 & 2, Jurassic Park, Tomestone, and Hunt for Red October, 10 things I hate about you and Airplane.
Favorite Video Games: Dragon's Lair, Diablo II LOD, Half-Life , Homeworld, NHL 1998, 2002.
Favorite Books: Anything by R.A. Salvatore, Dragonlance Novels, and well Medical and Computer books (too many to mention)
Dislikes: Drivers who don't signal or turn on there lights (at night). People who play head games. Rap, Taxes, War, the Gap!
Name: Kevin
Nickname: TheOgre, Bull
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 210
Age: 35
Hair: Blondish (what there is left of it!)
Eyes: They change between green, blue, grey, and hazel
Location: Northern New Jersey
Military: USMC, ARNG, US Army
Relationship Status: Single
Hobbies: Weightlifting, computers, reading, movies, music, mountainbiking, hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking
Education: Working on a BS in Telecommunications Management, as well as numerous security-related IT certifications.
Work: I own my own computer consulting firm.
Favorite Foods: Pizza, Italian subs, seafood, steak, pasta; pretty much everything :P
Favorite Musical Artists: David Arkenstone, Jeff Victor, Danny Elfman, Robyn Miller, assorted other Celtic/Gaelic musicians, with some Metallica and TSO thrown in for good measure.
Favorite Games: Neverwinter Nights (+ SOU), Unreal Tourney (+ 2003), Dungeon Seige, Thief (I and II), Half-Life (+mods), and Legend Of the Red Dragon (yes, I run a BBS, and my LORD is registered :P)
Favorite Movies: Too many to list.
Favorite Authors: Terry Pratchett (DiscWorld), David Eddings (the Belgariad and Mallorian series), Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide), and Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time series)
Things that really piss me off: People who think that everyone needs to be "Politically Correct," rude/obnoxious behavior, flag burners, the VA, idiot drivers, people with a closed mind to anything not the "norm," Microsoft (I use it for playing games on), and people who start arguments about things they don't know a thing about, or who are too lazy to look up the facts prior to instigating a heated conversation.
Name: Ryan Nickname: Tekmaven, "HOFF" Height: 6'4" Weight: 250 Hair: Brown Eyes: Long story, but they change colors (different temps, different colors) Location: NY Age: 16
Hobbies: Computers, Football, Basketball, Video Editing/Production, Girls
Relationship Status: Single - so watch out Dani :-P
Fav Music: System of a Down, Incubus, Linkin Park, Kid Rock, Guns n Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Korn, Beastie Boys, Tenacious D, et al.
Education: I'm going to summer school this summer... lol
Work: Cablevision/Town of North Hempstead (Channel 18 ) - Producer/Director
Favorite Food: Not Taco Bell :-P (Dani will get that one...) umm, right now my favorite is Philly Cheesesteaks.
Favorite Movies: The Matrix I, AntiTrust, The American President (I'm such a girl... lol)
Favorite TV Shows: Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Stargate SG-1, everything on CNBC, and Everybody Loves Raymond.
Favorite Video Games: Well, I don't really play games that much, but I would have to say 007 Golden Eye (for N64)
Stuff you Dislike: Linux Supporters, Microsoft Bashers, Taco Bell, Non "active" Girls, Fish (eww... I HATE FISH, except for Lox, because I'm Jewish :-D)
