I am a maker, geek, utilitarian, and rationalist. My jokes tend toward wordplay and my leisure time towards innovative or distracting pursuits.
Getting to know people by way of activities is ideal for me. Let's go out and do something interesting and exciting rather than just sit around and hang out.

If you visit my profile after I've messaged you, and you decide I'm not right for you, I wouldn't be averse to hearing from you anyway. I thrive on constructive feedback, and you won't get a "well then fuck you" back from me.

PS: I usually have a beard in the winter and am clean shaven in the summer. This is not set in stone.

My day job usually involves computer server administration and software development. I also do electronics design,software development, and 3D printing for fun, and would like to turn some of that into a business. I'm spending a lot of time at Artisan's Asylum exploring my creative hobbies, including woodworking, metalworking, welding, and some other crafts.

puzzles, games, math, origami, procedural art, shibari, logic, debate, asynchronous and multithreaded conversations, tying my shoes

There is usually something witty and/or geeky written on my shirt. Possibly an xkcd comic, origami diagram, or technology-oriented company logo.

Books: Ender's Game, internally consistent hard science fiction, most of the works of David Weber, John Ringo, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke
Movies: Primer, Watchmen, Shawshank Redemption
TV Shows: Firefly, Law and Order, Boardwalk Empire
Comics: xkcd, Penny Arcade, Oglaf

Distractions
Intelligent friends
Creative outlets
Deal hunting
Pedantry
Vocabulary

Whether I'll be staying in or going out tonight, and if so to do what and with whom.
How much work is left on the treehouse village I'm designing and building with friends from the local maker and burner communities.
What the right way to end that conversation last night would have been.

Out with friends at a party or cookout, or home playing video games, somewhere else playing board games, doing freelance computer programming, hanging out at Artisan's Asylum which is Somerville's local makerspace, or any of a dozen other things. I don't really do "typical".

I'm willing to admit just about anything true if you ask, and almost nothing without being asked. Feel free to be specific in your message.

you think we might enjoy hanging out together, 1 on 1 or in a group or in public.

you like adventure or exploring (particularly of the urban exploration variety) or playgrounds or parks.

you are intrigued by anything that I publish to my Flickr which is a far better sampling of my hobbies than I could ever reproduce in text.

you attend any burns on the east coast, such as Alchemy or Euphoria or Firefly, or conventions like DragonCon and Frolicon and Arisia.

anything about my profile particularly appeals to you, or particularly horrifies you. I love a good debate, even if that's all we will ever have.

you aren't scared away by my existing polyamorous relationship(s).

you are kinky, or don't mind that I am.