My name is Tom Conder. I am single but not necessarily happy about it. This blog is about my personal projects and things that interest me.

I am a computer professional with over 16 years of experience. Currently, I work as a senior software engineer for Lockheed Martin. I am responsible for designing, coding, testing, documenting and maintaining software. If you want to know more about my professional credentials, please check out my resume.

I have a twin brother, Kevin.

I play computer games, experiment with new recipes and write software.

I am proud to have done my part to support open source software since I picked up my first Linux distribution, Slackware, over ten years ago.

When I listen to music, I tend to listen to rock and blues. These bands have a place on my playlist: Alice In Chains, Black Label Society, Johnny Cash, Clutch, Andrae Crouch, Daft Punk, DeGarmo & Key, Bob Dylan, Megadeth, Metallica, Nirvanna, Primus, Rob Zombie, Sister Machine Gun, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Wierd Al Yankovic

I like to watch movies. Here is a list of some of my favorites: Tron, Aliens, Hackers, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Evil Dead 2, The Crow, The Ring, Tommy Boy, Hellraiser, Patriot Games, The Cable Guy, Mostly Martha

In my down time I like to read. Some of the books I have enjoyed the most include: Golden Apples of the Sun, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Hobbit, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Trial, Chess for Beginners, You Gotta Have the Want To

I have heroes. Each of them is different. I respect the following people: Sarah Palin, Our Troops, Abraham Lincoln, President Ronald Reagan, Nikola Tesla, Claude Shannon, Linus Torvalds, Ray Bradbury, Rev. Allan C Oggs Sr., Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity

I am a hacker. If you think hacking involves breaking into other people’s computer, you are wrong. Those punks are called crackers.

My blog is hosted by DreamHost. I use WordPress to publish and maintain blog entries.

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