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Hi there -
BBC/MP/Matthew Perpetua/NewFlux invited me to join in over here. Looks interesting. Hope I don't completely stop working...
We happened to be doing intros over at the FMBB, so if you post/lurk over there, please excuse the repetition...
I'm Dave or David. I turned 30 this year. I live in SF with my girlfriend and two cats, Plum and Zephyr (I didn't name them...). I work in Sunnyvale, at Philips Components, designing Wireless Networking hardware. I got laid off from my last job (at ReplayTV) on 9/10 (!) of last year, and had three harrowing jobless months - the longest "vacation" since... I guess since I started kindergarten! I play keyboards for the Shimmer Kids (http://www.underpop.org), and I DJ (DJ name is DJI - my initials) for the group SpaceLounge (http://www.spacelounge.com). I grew up in Santa Cruz, CA, which I think contributes quite a bit to my lefty viewpoint. I went to college in Boston, at Tufts, and spent my Junior year in London (at King's College London), studying Math, Physics, and EE, while spending as much of my dad's money as possible on Pet Shop Boys CD-singles and early Prodigy and Future Sound of London stuff (BTW - anyone heard the new FSOL yet? I'm curious), and learning how to roll big spliffs. As for music, I mostly only buy house and breakbeat vinyl since I can get most of the stuff I want from the other genres online. And because I haven't been too thrilled with a lot of stuff from the past few years. Exceptions: Flaming Lips, The Shins. I grew up as a major Anglophile, listening to the Smiths, Cure, PSB, etc. In college, I became friends with Peter Green (who created DoubleAgent records after college), and he turned me on to indie pop (Small Factroy, Unrest, Lois, etc). Movies... I dunno. I hate going to movies in SF, so I haven't seen almost anything in the theaters in the last few years. Hm. I really liked Waking Life from last year, and Spy Kids was pretty kick-ass, especially if you can find a kid to bring (haven't seen Spy Kids 2). I've also become a bit of a TV watcher, thanks to my ReplayTV. If you don't have one, save your money - you won't regret it... I like reality shows, HBO (The Wire, Curb Your Enthusiasm), and of course, the Simpsons. I'm also a big fan of video games, even though most of my firends are "too old" (or have girlfriends) for them at this point. I smoke pot (understatement). I drink. I take drugs from time to time. I smoke cigarettes. I'm 6'3, and I have a small Silicon Belly. I think I'm a pretty easygoing guy, for the most part. I love to talk one-on-one with people, but I can be standoffish in groups. The phrase you'll hear from me most (I wish it wasn't) is "right on." |
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