User:Hamstar

so far, even in the things i'm most expert at, i'm not easily able to find articles i think i can really contribute to. i'll keep looking.

here's some things i know a little about:

computer science -- i'm getting a ph.d in cs; my area of research is computer architecture.
linguistics. i've got a tiny bit of latin, a decent amount of attic greek, and a lot of sanskrit. i've also got some french and german. don't expect me to understand anything you send me in any of these -- it took me a year or so to realise i can't reliably say 'hello' in sanskrit. turns out academic language is different from spoken language somehow! my particular interests in language involve language development.
history, the older or more clouded in uncertainty the better.
music is the best stuff. some categories i admire are prog rock, folk music, blues, jazz, and plain rock.
i play folk fingerstyle guitar and am always trying to become better. i play by ear, but am trying to pick up some more unusual chords -- i'm using a programme i wrote to generate these chords; drop me a line if you want to check it out.
books. i read almost any category of writing, though i try to avoid artless material. i always have a book or two going.
there's a great art film theatre in my town, so i've gotten into movies.
beer rocketed from a tolerated lubricant to a passion in grad school. i love many styles, mostly american microbrews, and brew my own. i'm not good yet.
i know about vegetarianism, liberalism, and organized labor because i ... um ... am one of each.