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rosso [Ross Oldenburg]
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 ===== Ross Oldenburg ===== ===== Ross Oldenburg =====
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-Why hello there!  I'm Ross O.  I'm sort of a jack-of-all-trades IT guy.  I'm mostly a *nix system administrator, but my work experience covers networks, systems programming, applications programming, technical writing, distributed computing, AI, printer repair [!], and so on.  In my spare time, I mess around with electronics and I make music with guitars, synthesizers, tape machines, and whatever I can think of.  You can hear some unpolished work on [[http://soundcloud.com/compact_deluxe|Soundcloud]].  I'm also a recording engineer with a portable 16 channel studio and a lot of decent mics.  I record free jazz shows, rock shows, do concert bootlegs, stuff for my friends, and volunteer for the annual [[http://www.woodlandpattern.org/|Woodland Pattern]] Music Marathon.+Why hello there!  I'm Ross O.  I'm sort of a jack-of-all-trades IT guy.  I'm mostly a software developer and *nix system administrator, but my work experience covers networks, technical writing, distributed computing, AI, printer repair [!], and so on.  In my spare time, I mess around with electronics and I make music with guitars, synthesizers, tape machines, and whatever I can think of.  You can hear some unpolished work on [[http://soundcloud.com/compact_deluxe|Soundcloud]].  I'm also a recording engineer with a portable 16 channel studio and a lot of decent mics.  I record free jazz shows, rock shows, do concert bootlegs, stuff for my friends, and volunteer for the annual [[http://www.woodlandpattern.org/|Woodland Pattern]] Music Marathon.
  
 The best way to contact me is [[mailto:oldenburg@gmail.com|Email]]. The best way to contact me is [[mailto:oldenburg@gmail.com|Email]].
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-==== What I'm interested in ==== 
-  * Mathematics - I have a degree in it, what can I say?  Math is really cool. 
-  * Photography - 35mm and digital.  Check out my [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossoldenburg/|Flickr Page]], which I haven't updated in over a year! 
-  * Analog Electronics - I don't dislike microcontrollers, but I like analog stuff a lot, especially for audio.  Just more interesting for me. 
-  * Synthesizers - I really like synths from the late 70's through mid 80's, but also from the last decade.  I have a lot of these. 
-  * Guitars - I have a Fender Stratocaster, a Martin D1, and a lot of pedals.  Guitar is fun. 
-  * "Experimental Music" - as if it's really that serious. :)  I love music and love to record stuff and really, just mess around. 
-  * Recording engineering - microphones, mixers, ADC's, preamps, compressors, equalizers, effects processors, acoustics, blah blah blah 
-  * Circuit Bending, to some extent 
-  * Modifying cassette players to do new and interesting things 
-  * OSes, servers, and other systems stuff. - My favorite OS is [[http://www.freebsd.org|FreeBSD]], but I mostly use [[http://www.debian.org|Debian]] and [[http://www.apple.com|OS X]]. 
-  * Networks - Comes with the sysadmin territory.  I've dealt with Cisco, Force10, and Juniper gear.  I know how to do lots of weird things with networks. 
-  * [[http://www.perl.org|Perl]] - The best scripting language ever.  People that complain about Perl don't know what they're talking about ;) 
-  * [[http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29|C]] - An awesome language that changed computing forever. 
-  * Beer - I want to learn how to brew. 
-  * Cooking - I like food and people tell me I'm a good cook. 
-  * Cycling - I can do basic bicycle repairs, but want to learn more about it and build my own bike out of junk. 
-  * Experimental Fiction - reading it, not writing it. :)  David Foster Wallace, Jeffrey DeShell, Walter Abish, Jean Cocteau, William S. Burroughs, Jorge Borges, and so on. 
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-==== What I'm working on ==== 
-  * Getting tweets, SMS messages, and access control status (Who just unlocked the door?) onto a [[http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2011/09/led-signage/|BetaBrite]] sign. - still in progress... stalled because of laziness, really. 
-  * Building synthesizers out of Commodore 64's - SID2SID/MSSIAH, SID2SID/Cynthcart, and MIDIBox SID. 
-  * Repairing a broken [[http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/sh2000.php|Roland SH-2000]] that some shyster on eBay lied about. 
-  * Upgrading my [[http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/juno60.php|Roland Juno-60]] with the [[http://midipolis.blogspot.com/|Minerva Kit]] - Just waiting for it to arrive in the mail. 
-  * Reading [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Electronics|AofE]] and [[http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/721193/description#description|Small Signal Audio Design]]. 
-  * Designing homebrew modules for my [[http://www.paia.com/p9700s.asp|PAiA 9700S]] modular synth. 
-  * Working with the [[http://vimeo.com/12042205|Synchroton Media Research Laboratory]] on analog video synthesis and computer music. 
-  * Learning enough woodworking to build [[http://www.billfitzmaurice.com/|BFM]] speaker cabinets with JackD. 
-  * I will eventually find a way to make the Makerspace's Internet connection suck less...! 
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-==== What I've completed for Milwaukee Makerspace === 
-  * Set up this Wiki! 
-  * I helped with our cute little [[http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2011/02/jacobs-ladder/|Jacob's Ladder]] - [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Photonicinduction|Photonicinduction]] would call us wimps 
-  * Built a [[http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2011/11/doorbell-addition/|Doorbell]] for the space with Brant. 
-  * The [[http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2011/09/led-signage/|BetaBrite]] sign - in progress - see above. 
-  * Our zoneminder computer - needs a lot of work right now..... 
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