I guess the I would describe myself a a big lover of learning. I'm very curious about the world around me and that really motivates the rest of what I do.

I have degrees in Computer Science and Philosophy, and I think I picked both majors because they allowed me to research the broadest range of topics outside my core classes.

I'm a pretty laid-back and open minded person.

I am a bit of a beer snob & just started brewing my own with some friends. I also went the Great Middle Coast Beer Tour last spring where we toured as many breweries as we could throughout the midwest.

I'm a software engineer at my day job. When not at my job, I try to keep myself pretty busy.

I make quite a bit of stuff:

I build furniture mostly from reclaimed and off cast wood.

I make guitar amps, and effect pedals & a few synths from kits (I have x0xb0x # 307). I'm just starting to restore a Fender Rhodes piano that came out of an old church.

I make music with the stuff mentioned above, but only for myself.

I just finished making a welder out of old microwave parts & I'm using it to learn metalworking.

I made a robot that carries a mini-keg in it & serves beer.

I have a scooter I'm constantly tinkering with (it's a 50cc & It'll do 65mph).

Soldering.
Sanding (although I HATE it).
Wrenching.
Research, solving puzzles, prematurely guessing the endings of movies, trivia, logic.

I can make a pretty mean pizza (I make my own crust) & a darn good pineapple stir-fry.

Rye bread.

Probably my eyes (at least that's the first thing people always comment on)

Books: I read a lot of Non-Fiction & Philosophy, and I'm usually half way into 2 or 3 books at once (old habits from school). I just finished: Dharma Bums, and Talking to Girls About Duran Duran, and a book about The Commodore Computer Company. I just started How to Wreck a Nice Beach; the History of the Vocoder from WWII to Hip-Hop (I'm pretty psyched about that one).
Magazines(kinda like books?):
Juxtapoz
Arkitip(when I can afford it, awesome Art Mag but it's expensive).
Scoot
Make
Scientific American
Grassroots Motorsports

Movies: I usually watch either the really good or the really bad movies with nothing in between. I'll watch an Ingmar Bergman film and then turn around and watch a Sogo Ishii film(It honestly gets worse than that... I have seen Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Troll2 & Berry Gordy's the Last Dragon so many times I can prob. quote them from memory).

Music: This is a big one for me & I'm all over the place, from Funk, Soul & R&B, to Underground Hip-Hop to 60's Garage Rock, to old Techno, to slow Sludge metal or even Ska & Rocksteady, etc, etc.
Anything put out on Stax.
Anything put out on Touch & Go.
Anything put out on Mowax.
Anything put out on Rock Action.

Favorite Artists(I don't know why this is not listed in the question?):
Futura2000
Doze Green
Space Invader
Mear One
Frank Kozik
Dave Kinsey
Dalek
Kaws

The universe, art projects, the nature of time, dinner. I don't know, stuff. Being a recovering philosopher, I spend a lot of time thinking period, about anything & everything.

Usually doing something with my friends. We watch a lot of bad movies & play a lot of board games. Possibly recovering from Thursday night (I'm in the beer league at The Waiting Room in St.Ann).

The Meters' recording of "Wichita Lineman" always makes me a bit wistful no matter how many times I hear it, and I can't explain why.