max mackie
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About Me
My name is Max Mackie (Max_Mackie on the forums) and I've been using various Ubuntu flavors for about three years now. I'm currently living in Montreal, Canada and am working towards a degree in Computer Engineering. I've participated in a worldwide science fair (sponsored by Bell Telecommunications) and finished 7th in the provincials (if my team and I would have finished 6th, we would have gone to the nationals ). We were presenting different penetration tests and how to protect against potential hacker threats.
My main hobbies are mostly revolved around either computers, programming, reading or developing something. I love tinkering with electronics and trying to build stuff out of literally nothing. Some things I've made include small Arduino robots and an automatic toilet paper dispenser (don't ask). I love reading any kind of book but prefer dystopian, fantasy and cyberpunk books. An exception to this would be manuals ... I loooove reading manuals.
I've only recently joined the Ubuntu community, but it's satisfying helping others with problems I myself have faced. The way I see it, you have to fall head first before realizing why you fell.
Team Memberships
Ubuntu Member.
Ubuntu Beginners Team (Padawan).
Future Plans & Projects
I'm currently working towards a degree in Computer Engineering and possibly looking at some Postgrad right after that as well.
I love building websites, be it from Flash or plain HTML, so updating my own is something I definitely see in my future.
Current Project & Goals
Computer Engineering degree.
Being fluent in bash and awk.
Learning GIMP as well as I knew Photoshop.
Operating everything in my computer from the terminal.
Contributions to the Ubuntu Community
Support
For help, you can PM me on the Ubuntu Forums (Link above)
I'm also always accessible via email and/or IRC (Links also above)
Testimonials
max mackie (last edited 2010-01-02 17:16:27 by modemcable252)