The best bumper sticker I ever saw said, "Geek used to be a four-letter word. Now it is a six-figure word."

On that note, my other hobbies, in no particular order, are:

  • Mountain cycling
  • R/C airplanes (building my first trainer, a Midwest Aerostar 40)
  • R/C helicopters (Raptor 30, working up to a T-Rex 450XL, and hopefully a Bergen Intrepid Gasser before the end of the year)
  • Gardening & yard work
  • Home improvement
  • Carpentry and cabinet making -- I built my own router table loosely based on Norm Abrams' plans using a lot of hardware from Rockler (http://rockler.com/) and use it to construct raised panel doors, drawer fronts, etc.
  • Rasing my 17-month old daughter (my most time consuming hobby!)
  • Writing computer software. Presently the .Net framework has captivated my interest. I have written code using a mixture of C# and Managed C++ including Extended Procedures (plug-ins) for SQL Server, Web Services, web pages, and applications.