Computer Interests

• Computer Networks - I enjoy working with networking on many different levels. I like everything network, including creating network cables, configuring routers and switches, setting up and configuring web servers, creating static and dynamic web sites, programming client/server, studying network theory, and analysing network protocols and social networks.
• Computer Security - Closely related to computer networks would be security. I am actually interested in security from many different angles. I like cryptography and actually wrote a web program to encrypt and decrypt a few easier forms of cryptography. I am also interested in understanding different networking attacks and measures to fight against them. As a project for a security class I wrote a Ingress Filter for network traffic using a Linux machine by inspecting packets passing through the kernel, and to test it, I wrote a program that spoofs ICMP (ping) packets.
• Computer Games - Like most computer users, I like computer games. While at the University of Oregon, I took a class on game development and was able to make a first person shooter style game using the Ogre3d graphics engine. I have worked on other projects including a multiplayer Spacewar! clone called Network Space War. I have also experimented with web based game development using JavaScript. I made a Nine Men's Morris game using AJAX and Python CGI.
• OpenOffice.org - I use OpenOffice.org regularly for papers, and have always liked Open Source and Free software. I once (in 2003) wrote an on-line gradebook program and wanted to export to OpenOffice.org calc spreadsheets, but could not find a decent library, so I wrote one. It started out as a Perl library module, but then when I discovered Python, I created a Python version based on the new Open Document Format. I still spend a few hours a month on my OpenOffice.org Utility Library.
• GNU/Linux - I am a fan of the GNU/Linux opating system. During my undergraduate education I decided to write a Linux Guidebook instead of taking a 300 level English course. The book was based on Red Hat Linux versions 7.1 and 7.3, so it is out dated, but it is still a good resource. Maybe someday I will write an updated version that is more generic.

• Reading - I really enjoy reading a good book every once in a while. These are some of the books that I have read recently: The House of the Scorpion, The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara (Ilse Witch, Antrax, Morgawr), Eragon, Eldest, and Three Cups of Tea.
• Games - I have always loved games. Two of the games that I play most often are an MMORPG called Auteria and a turn based game called Battle for Wesnoth. I am working on networking and computer graphics in hopes that one day I will also have time to create good games.
• Photography - I like to take pictures, especially in nature. I once received an email from a magazine in South America asking if they could use a picture I took in Nagoya, Japan of a Cicada. I agreed and I assume they published the picture, but I really do not know.
• Polynesian Culture - When I first started my bachelors degree, I had a job at the Polynesian Culture Center as a Japanese language tour guide. I learned a lot there, and have learned a lot more as my wife graduated with her bachelors degree in Hawaiian Studies and has participated in hula. She recently competed in the Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition. I am interested in learning Polynesian culture, language, and history.

My curriculum vitae is available in the following formats:

• Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
• Microsoft Word (DOC)
• OpenOffice.org (ODT)
• Google Docs

• Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
• Microsoft Word (DOC)
• OpenOffice.org (ODT)
• Google Docs