Cloudy

Hello!

I'm a guy in his 30s living in the Pacific Northwest that sometimes pretends to be an anthropomorphic clouded leopard.

I have previously lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and grew up in the southeast.

Hobbies

Outdoors

I love outdoor activities including hiking, backpacking, skiing (resort and backcountry), mountain biking, and motorcycling (dual-sport and adventure).

You can find photos from hiking and backpacking in this Mastodon thread (newer) and this Twitter thread (older) (wiped twitter, relocating). These photos from Alta Mountain are some of my favorites.

You can find photos from a 2021 run of the Washington Backcountry Discovery Route in this Twitter thread and this Twitter thread (wiped twitter, relocating).

Games

I've always enjoyed computer games, starting with games like Chip's Challenge, Duke Nukem, Jill of the Jungle, and Descent on MS-DOS and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Nintendo 64.

I got into multiplayer games with friends through games like the Age of Empires series, Mario Party, and Super Spash Bros.

The first multiplayer online games I played were Tribes 2 and RuneScape. These were followed by Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2, and Left 4 Dead. I ended up meeting a lot of friends through online games around this time.

Today, I primarily play Counter-Strike 2 and single player games as they interest me. The latest have been Red Dead Redemption 2 and Alan Wake 2.

Other notable games include the Homeworld series, Pharaoh, Ico, Unreal Tournament 2003, and Garry's Mod.

Tinkering

Otherwise, you may find me tinkering with software, electronics, mechanics, or woodworking. I love building, repairing, and automating things.

Programming

Programming interested me from an early age. I taught myself HTML, CSS, and JavaScipt in the early 2000s using books and online resources. I picked up PHP and SQL when I took an interest in web scraping.

I'm now familiar with a wide range of languages including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, Fortran, MATLAB, Python, C, and C++. Professionally, I primarily use C and Python. I prefer *nix systems.

Profession & Education

I currently work as an embedded software engineer on embedded systems for xR.

Previously, I worked in a similar role in the industrial automation industry after earning a degree in mechanical engineering that included some interdisciplinary study of electrical engineering.

Find me elsewhere on the internet!

If you like the artwork I've reshared elsewhere, ask about the Telegram channels.

Artwork commissioned over the years. Click to see a larger version and details about the artist.