User:PsiXi

You can find me on http://www.userfriendly.org as PsiXi. I was previously on Wikipedia as Psi but I have since added another greek letter, as single greek letters tend to already be taken. I can be found on AIM as Elektronikwizard. If it's out there, I probably dabble in it. A list of things in which I have more expertise than others:

• Mathematics in general. Love it. I'm no expert in any subfield of mathematics, but I can explain many fields and subfields of mathematics at an introductory level. I hope someday to become a major contributor to the math section of Wikipedia.
• Computer Science, a branch, in my opinion, of Mathematics. Particular interests include:
  • Automata Theory
  • Abstract Algorithms
  • Abstract computational models
• Computer Programming, related but not part of computer science. Inluding:
  • Simple techiness, understanding Linux and such things.
  • C/++
  • A little Java
  • Ruby/Perl/Python (in decreasing order of favorite)
  • PHP/Common Gateway Interface
  • and more, and more. Keep in mind I know way too much stuff and way too little about each one.
• Digital photography. I sell my pictures on the side and I use a Minolta DiMage A2, 8 megapixels. (I know this is quickly being obseleted by Fuji's 12 MP cameras. Darn you, Fuji!)
• Readin' and Writin'
  • I do some writing, but it's mostly technical and certainly not saleble fiction. I do, however, pride myself as good at writing in general. (With my luck there's a grammar mistake somewhere on this very page, though).
  • I like science fiction, and fantasy to a degree.
  • As a totally disparate favorite genre, I like pre-1970 math textbooks.
• Design
  • I love Japanese art and architecture. I have a large copy of The Great Wave hanging in my bedroom. Someday I will have a combined modern-traditional Japanese house in a waterfront suburb of Yokohama. (...yeah, right.)
  • I do some Web design type stuff but only for my own purposes.
  • I enjoy designing documents and posters.
  • I can draw highly detailed perspective diagrams with the help of XFig (an ancient X Windows graphics program), for whatever that's worth (Not much, I assure you).
• I'm also a closet philosopher. Suffice it to say that I have really weird ideas sometimes and I call it "philosophy".
• Music. I can't read sheet music, which is a major problem, but I can improvise fairly well on:
  • Piano
  • Recorder
  • Bowed Psaltery
  • Organ
  • Drums
  • Xylophone
  • Notably absent are guitar and any of (violin,viola,cello). Just haven't had the time.
• I know I'm forgetting something.

Contact me if you have similar interests. I don't have as much time as I would like to Wiki but I'll do what I can.