Academic/Development 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 Graphics - Like most computer users, I like computer graphics. I am interested in graphics mostly at the 3d level, since that is where a lot of games happen. I am currently taking classes in Computer Graphics and Game Development so that I can better understand and use computer graphics in gaming.
• 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 (in violation of Blackboards patents at that time) 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.

• 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 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 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