Dawidl

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Contact

This user is the DeviantArt deviant known as philosomatographer.

This user's AOL Instant Messenger screenname is misterjoepublic.

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talkThis user's Google Talk screenname is philosomatographer@gmail.com.

General

afHierdie gebruiker se moedertaal is Afrikaans.

en-4This user can contribute with a near-native level of English.

This user comes from
South Africa.

This user runs macOS.

This user contributes using Firefox.

This user is heterosexual.

gkThis user is a geek.

This user is cooler than you.

This user has a girlfriend.

This user's future is so bright they have got to wear shades.

...	This user may get around to being a professional procrastinator. Someday. Maybe.

This user supports the use of nuclear energy.

This user enjoys reading science fiction.

This user's hero is Isaac Asimov.

This user thinks that abstractions cannot hurt anybody.

X	This user is strictly apolitical.

Music

This user tracks what they listen to on Last.fm (dawidl).

This user enjoys jazz music.

This user enjoys electronic music.

ॐThis user listens to Goa and psytrance.

Cuisine

This user drinks coffee.

This user loves pasta.

This user eats sushi.

This user drinks oolong tea.

Skills

This user enjoys photography.

This user is a software engineer.

This user can write Cascading Style Sheets.

JavaThis user can program in Java.

OpenGL-1This user is a beginner OpenGL programmer.

prog-NThis user thinks in bytecode and dreams of electric sheep.

SVG-2This user is an intermediate SVG programmer.

xhtmlThis user can write XHTML.

XMLThis user can write XML.

xsltThis user is an XSL Transformations programmer.

This user contributes using GIMP.

Toys

This user contributes using a laptop.

This user believes the best use of a PC is as a doorstop.

This user drives a real Mercedes-Benz (pre-1990)

This user was involved in a car crash in a hot car

This user has an iPod.

This user was up all night finding userboxes and is now very drowsy.

My Image Contributions

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  Mossel Bay
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  Hadada Ibis
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  Cape Wagtail
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My Interests and Expertise

• Photography
• Classic Automobiles
• Books
  • Science Fiction
    • by Isaac Asimov
    • by Arthur C Clarke
• Music
  • Electronic music
    • Felix Laband
    • Juno Reactor
    • Thievery Corporation
    • Shpongle
    • The Karminsky Experience Inc.
    • Biosphere
  • Jazz
    • Miles Davis
    • Patricia Barber
    • Dave Brubeck

I am a Software Engineer, Graphic designer and aspiring photographer. I currently work with:

• Java
  • Java Media Framework
  • JOGL
  • EJB
• OpenGL
• UML

• XML
  • XForms
  • XML Schema
  • XSLT
• etc...

Equipment

No geek is complete without his toys. I currently use the following:

• Computers
  • Apple: PowerBook G4
  • Apple: Power Mac G4 Cube
• Optical / Photography
  • Cameras:
    • Canon EOS-1D Mark II N (2006-)
    • Minox 35EL (2006-)
    • Canon EOS-350D (2005-2006)
    • Sony DSC-F717 (2004-2005)
    • Sony DSC-F505V (2000-2004)
  • Lenses:
    • Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
    • Canon EF 28-300mm f3.5-5.6L IS USM
    • Ramsa 135mm f/1.8 (old k-mount low-light lens)
  • Konus 4.5inch Newtonian Telescope
• Transport
  • Mercedes-Benz 560SEC Coupé (1990)
  • Mercedes-Benz Heckflosse ("fintail", Model 220) (1963)
  • MINI Cooper S (2004) (2004-2006)
• Audio
  • Primary Hi-fi
    • Musical Fidelity Elektra E200 Preamplifier
    • harman/kardon Signature 1.3 Power Amplifier
    • harman/kardon AVR35 Integrated Amplifier
    • Infinity Beta 50 Loudspeakers
    • Dual 504 Phonograph
    • Thorens TD 160 B Mk I Phonograph
      • NAD PP-1 Phono stage

One day, I would like:

• A TVR automobile (any one after, and including, the TVR Chimaera)
• An old Silicon Graphics O2 Workstation (and install Gentoo Linux on it)
• A Meade AR-6 Telescope
• A Hobie cat (sailing catamaran)

Friends and Relations

• User:FritzSolms

Links

• My (currently non-existent) site: http://www.aknot.net/
• My employer: http://www.solms.co.za/