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| Personal background |
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| Not too much to know about me. I'm 23 and a combined degree student studying for my medical and graduate degrees from the University of Iowa. When I'm not studying or in the lab, I am usually busy sleeping, listening to records, or watching samurai movies. The time for any of those things is scant, however, so I usually try to combine activities, i.e. sleeping in class or listening to music in the lab. Haven't figured out to wedge the samurai movies in yet... I'm unmarried (wink, wink ladies), ususally smell pretty good, and only fall off my bike when I try to do stupid tricks. Don't worry, the scars are healing. I've been in three punk rock bands in my life, but due to the rarity of punk rockers in medical school, I've recently taken up a more lonely musical endeavor: DJing. It's slightly less satisfying, but I'm also less likely to cut my hands on the strings, which is a good thing. I'm fluent in German, can read and understand French pretty well, and I know how to re-set a 'Nursemaid's Elbow' should I ever be presented with one. The last book I read was "Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller and I liked most of it. The last movie I saw on video was "I Bury The Living," which was pretty weak since no living people were actually buried in the movie. Just people who were recently living, but died because the crazy groundskeeper frightened them to death. Oops, just gave away the surprise ending. I have a short attention span... |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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| SETI@home makes pretty pictures on my desktop. Beyond that, I guess I'm a scientist to the core and anything I can do to help the community seems worthwhile to me. I believe in the project and its ability to resolve extraterrestrial signals, should there happen to be any coming our way. At the very least, SETI@home is gathering massive amounts of useful data that might help to expand the current understanding of the universe around us and provide clues as to where the best places to look further for signs of life might be. One of the biggest draws to SETI@home for me was the ability to participate in a massive experiment into shared processing power that is contributing to a reinterpretation of supercomputing itself. Neat. Ultimately, I'm just happy to be aboard. 400 work units and beyond! |
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