I am a 39 (b. October 5th, 1968) year old software developer/programmer/tester, living in Toronto , Ontario , Canada , who has eclectic interest and tastes.
Interests
Just a small sampling of my many interests. Food and Drink Coffee Turkish coffee , Cappuccino , Drip brew , Starbucks , Second Cup ), Tea , Sushi Scotch whisky Talisker , Laphroaig , Glenmorangie ), Chocolate , Dim sum History Ancient Rome Roman Republic , Roman Legion , Servile Wars , Pyrrhic War , Punic Wars ), Ancient Egypt Minoa Sumer Japan Muromachi period , Edo period , Tokugawa Ieyasu ), China Information Technology Internet File sharing netowrks ,Peer-to-peer networks , Grid computing , Metadata Tags , Folksonomies , Blogging , Wikis , Online communities ), Software Engineering Software development process , Software architecture , Web applications , Programming languages ), Artificial intelligence , Virtual Reality , Computer Graphics Cultures Japan Japanese tea ceremony , Iaido , Aikido , Soto Zen ), Celtic nations , China , Ancient Egypt Science Cosmology Astronomy , Exoplanets , Astrophysics , Physics , Extraterrestrial life , Fermi Paradox ), Discrete mathematics Graph Theory , Set Theory , Group Theory , Logic , Information theory , Mathematical logic ), Exploratory engineering Megastructures , Molecular nanotechnology , Stellar engines , Dyson Spheres , Ringworlds , Kardashev scale ), Self organizing systems , Emergence , Space travel Space tourism , Space Exploration , Interstellar travel , Space colonization , Martian colonisation , Project Orion , Project Daedalus ).Books: Literature Chaucer , Milton , Shakespeare , T.S. Elliot , William Blake ), Hard science fiction Robert A. Heinlein , Charles Stross , William Gibson , Spider Robinson , Vernor Vinge , Greg Bear , David Brin ), Historical fiction Colleen McCullough 's Masters of Rome James Clavell 's Asian Saga - esp Shogun Mythology , Legends General Fiction Stephen King - esp the Dark Tower series )Music Classical Music Guillaume de Machaut , Mozart , Bach , Haydn , Handel ), Blues Mississippi Fred McDowell , Nina Simone ), Industrial music Nine Inch Nails , Kidneythieves , Static-X , Dry Cell , Papa Roach ), Celtic music Runrig , Victoria Police Pipe Band ), Opera Così fan tutte ).Philosophy: Philosophy , Ethics , Marcus Aurelius , Stoicism , Transhumanism , Philosophy of Mind Politics Privacy , Anarchy chaos ), Self organizing systems , Emergence , Sousveillance Regilion Buddhism Zen , Soto Zen ), Comparative religion Christianity Catholicism , Protestantism ).Television Rome , The 4400 , Stargate Atlantis , Stargate SG-1 , Jericho , Doctor Who , Law & Order , Alias , Quantum Leap , Bones , The Prisoner , Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
Memberships
Military history WikiProject • Classical Warfare Task Force (Military history WikiProject) • Classical Greece and Rome Wikiproject
Contributions
Created
Battle of "The Saw"
Edited significantly
Battle of Cannae • Dyson sphere • Fermi paradox • Legio XIII Gemina • Mercenary War • Pyrrhic War • Roman Republic • Rome (TV series) and sub-pages.Operation Opera Third Servile War (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views )Featured in September 2006 ; My first attempt to write a historical article to "professional" academic standards. It was a long, hard process (over 6 months) in which I learned a great deal about academic writing, peer-reviews, research, and referencing. I trust the next attempt won't be quite so much effort.
Habitually vandalize
User:Kirill_Lokshin
Awards
WikiChevrons Military history WikiProject Distinguished Service AwardKirill Lok s hin 03:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar Chubdub 00:32, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
An award for being nice ?!? Usually I'm just noted for being grumpy - Vedexent 00:44, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia Hotlinks
Places and pages I go to often. Listed here mostly for my own use. Military history WikiProject discussion • Classical Warfare Task Force • Military history WikiProject A-Class reviews • Military history WikiProject peer reviews 
