{"id":2,"date":"2006-06-06T08:33:05","date_gmt":"2006-06-06T12:33:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-03-05T14:34:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T04:34:51","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/applemansigloo.net\/blog\/about","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finally figured out what to put here&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>And so it is here or is in the process of being here<\/p>\n<p>First things first my userbar. <strong>I need to update this to reflect current preferences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/applemansigloo.net\/stuff\/applesuserbar.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This lists some of my interests and is almost long enough to be a short film according to some people. However in spite of this I have decided to improve \/update it and will be doing so quite soon :). It also needs updating, but I haven&#8217;t had the time to update it yet.<\/p>\n<p>I am me.<\/p>\n<p>About me elsewhere<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Google Profile\" href=\"https:\/\/profiles.google.com\/applemansigloo\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Reddit Profile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Appleman1234\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reddit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Stackoverflow Profile\" href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/1184641\/appleman1234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stackoverflow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Careers Page at Stackoverflow\" href=\"http:\/\/careers.stackoverflow.com\/benjaminsouthall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Careers @ Stackoverflow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"LinkedIn Profile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/profile\/view?id=83640475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Steam Profile\" href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/profiles\/76561198017757817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Appleman1234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Github<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"LCA 2011\" href=\"https:\/\/lca2011.linux.org.au\/wiki\/applemansigloo@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LCA2011\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hobbies (in order of most recent as of 10\/05\/2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Programming<br \/>\nCreating \/ Thinking<br \/>\nChatting<br \/>\nReading in General<br \/>\nHelping other people<br \/>\nCooking<br \/>\nWeb comics (mainly read questionablecontent.net,abtrusegoose.com, agc.deskslave.org, kevinandkell.com, irregularwebcomic.net,etc)<br \/>\nStudying people, personalities and dynamics<br \/>\nBlogging<br \/>\nSinging<br \/>\nPoetry \/ Songwriting<br \/>\nCoding (Assembly, C,C++, Lisp, Scheme,Python, Perl, Tk, OpenGL,Qt, BASH,C#, Java, Matlab, Maple,etc)<br \/>\nAnime<br \/>\nPhoto manipulation<br \/>\nMusic<br \/>\nGNU Linux<br \/>\nComputer and Systems Administration<br \/>\nComputer , Information and Network Security<br \/>\nReverse engineering<br \/>\nOpen Source Software development<br \/>\nManga (if I can relate to it and tolerate cliches)<br \/>\nMathematics \/ Physics \/ Science \/ Linguistics \/ Foreign Languages<br \/>\nDictionary \/ Encyclopaedia \/ Reference book reading<br \/>\nCard games (both conventional and trading card)<br \/>\nComputer games<br \/>\nStaring into nature and thinking about Life, the Universe and Milways<br \/>\nTable games<br \/>\nBoard games<br \/>\nRole playing both story based and gaming<br \/>\nOr games of any sort<br \/>\nDancing in the Rain \/ Walking in the Rain<br \/>\nDancing \/ Spinning (occasionally)<br \/>\nPhilosophy<br \/>\nStudying the nature and definition of existence, love, logic, illogic and various other things<br \/>\nWeb Design and Development (particularly 3d \/ 2d canvas stuff and other hackery)<br \/>\nMahjong<br \/>\nChess \/Go \/ Kaissa \/ Chinese Chess and Japanese Chess\/ etc<br \/>\nStupid \/ Pointless Religious discussions that actually have a point<br \/>\nAnthropology<br \/>\nMythology<br \/>\nParody writing<br \/>\nPlay \/ Musical \/ Short film \/ Sketch writing<br \/>\nArt (mostly digital)<br \/>\nMusic recording \/ composition and editing<br \/>\nHistory<br \/>\nLogic \/ Word\/ Math puzzles or games<br \/>\nBadminton<br \/>\nLego<br \/>\nand numerous others &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nVersion: 3.12<br \/>\nGAT d(-..+) s+:- a&#8211;(a?) C++++ UL++++(+++) P+&gt;++ L++++(+++) !E\ufffd W+++ N+(++) w&#8212;(&#8211;) O M+ V- PS+(++) PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X R*(++) tv(+)\ufffd b++(+++) DI+ D++ G++(+++)<br \/>\ne&gt;++ h*(h) !r(&#8211;) y?(y-)<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;END GEEK CODE BLOCK&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Note:I did hack the geek code to suit me, but then ended up posting this version as it more compatible.<\/p>\n<p>I am normally found online. I \u00a0run Gentoo Linux. However I do know about various other Linux and Unix distributions, and a surprising amount about Windows and Mac OS \/ X. My physical location is now in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.<\/p>\n<p>I do lots of things, most of them make sense and appear random or randomish, I am also known for being too nice \/ helpful &amp; being incomprehensible due to obfuscation and my partial understanding of illogic.<\/p>\n<p>Any questions about me, ask or email and I will consider answering.<\/p>\n<p>Also see my <a title=\"man page here\" href=\"http:\/\/applemansigloo.net\/blog\/man-apple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">man page <\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"brz-root__container\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally figured out what to put here&#8230;. And so it is here or is in the process of being here First things first my userbar. I need to update this to reflect current preferences. This lists some of my interests and is almost long enough to be a short film according to some people. However in spite of this I have decided to improve \/update it and will be doing so quite soon :). It also needs updating, but I haven&#8217;t had the time to update it yet. I am me. About me elsewhere Google Reddit Stackoverflow Careers @ Stackoverflow LinkedIn Steam Github LCA2011\u00a0 Hobbies (in order of most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"brizy-blank-template.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About - The online home of Appleman1234 \/ Benjamin Southall<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/applemansigloo.net\/blog\/about\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About - The online home of Appleman1234 \/ Benjamin Southall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I finally figured out what to put here&#8230;. 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