Hi all. I've had an account here for awhile, and I thought it was about time I wrote an introduction.
I'm a Canadian, born in the west, grew up in the east. Politically I lean left, some days more so than others. I'm a strong believer in social justice. I believe in Canada having a strong social safety net, including universal basic income. I'm happy to pay my taxes.
You can find me on Mastodon @RandomCanuck@RandomCanuck@cosocial.ca. Also on Friendica. I'm a redditor too, but I mostly just graze and rarely post.
I run a small consulting business with my wife, and we've been doing that since 2000. I cut my teeth designing automated test equipment, and then control systems for automated assembly systems.
I've been a computer user since 1980, including Apple II+, IIe, III, Wang 2200, TRS-80, Commodore PET, a hand built 6502 micro, along with various Wintel PCs, a Mac SE30, Performa, Mac II, various iMacs MacBook Pros, and a MacBook Air, and Raspberry Pi.
I'm a long time staffer to a pack of toy poodles, starting in 1994. I love motorcycles, fast cars, hiking, camping and canoeing. Sci-Fi fan, most recently of the Murderbot series and Cory Doctorow’s books. I also read a lot of mysteries, history, and philosophy. Agnostic religiously, scienctific philosophically. Systems thinker. Writer.
Technical standards developer for CSA, IEC, IEEE, and ISO.
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