John Collins
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Occupation | software engineer |
| Location | Germantown, Maryland, United States |
| Introduction | I like writing software, listening to music (mostly country and rock but a little of everything), walking around outside, reading (when I have the time), relaxing in front of my TV watching my TiVo, playing with my cat, and riding around in my hybrid gas/electric car. |
| Interests | Java, Cocoon, CSS, HTML, XML, XHTML, SVG, MathML, LaTeX, GraphViz, Javascript, Prolog, Python, Jython, LISP, Ruby, Ruby On Rails, Java, XSLT, XSL-FO, object-oriented programming, OOP, functional programming, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV, Plone, Zope, Groovy, MIDP, Macintosh, OSX, Linux |
| Favorite movies | Highlander, Questor Tapes, Real Genius, Weird Science, GhostBusters, Stripes, Animal House, Independence Day, Trading Places, Grosse Point Blank, Underworld, Terminator, Star Trek IV (the voyage home), Innocent Blood, La Femme Nikita, Point of No Return |
| Favorite music | Abba, Alanis Morissette, Alannah Myles, The Association, Avril Lavigne, Beatles, Berlin, Blink-182, Blondie, Bonnie Tyler, Bree Sharp, Billy Joel, Cheap Trick, Doors, Expose, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Jewel, Joan Jett, Journey, Julie Brown, Julian Lennon, Kinks, Martika, Mary Prankster, Pet Shop Boys, Poe, Psychadelic Furs, Quarterflash, Queen, R.E.M., t.A.T.u., Terri Nunn, The Turtles, U2, Wings, Zombies |
| Favorite books | Star Fire, The Warlock in Spite of Himself, War of the Worlds, Andromeda Strain, Doc Savage, Necroscope, all Flinx books by Alan D. Foster all Flux & Anchor books by Jack L. Chalker, all Anita Blake books by Laurell K. Hamilton |
If you could peer far enough into the night sky, you'd see a star in any direction you looked. When would you sleep?
At night.

