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===== Ross Oldenburg ===== | ===== Ross Oldenburg ===== |
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{{:rosso.jpg?200 |}} | 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. |
Why hello there! I'm Ross O. Professionally, 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. | |
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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. Screw the haters. | |
* 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 - Way more interesting than microcontrollers. not to say that I dislike microcontrollers, but I like analog stuff, especially for audio. | |
* Synthesizers - I really like synths from the late 70's through mid 80's, but also from the last decade. None of that 90's crap for me. I have a lot of these. | |
* Guitars - I have a Fender Stratocaster 60th Anniversary Hwy 1 model, 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 - No, I don't have a CCNA [certifications are pointless], but I know how to deal with BGP, spanning tree, VRRP/OpenCARP, anycasting, and lots of other things. | |
* [[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..... | |