Roon

Biography

SWM; born and raised in northern Nevada; now living near Denver, Colorado; BA in Cognitive Science from Northwestern University in 1996; Transactions Analyst at Océ North America Corporate Printing Division

Interests

progressive politics, linux, cool music, photography, science, art & design, web 2.0, language, transhumanism, psychology, philosophy, cooking

Music

The Decemberists, Alabama 3, David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Miles Davis, Depeche Mode, Delerium, The Orb, Tool, Massive Attack, Björk, Mogwai, The Streets, Stereolab, Dead Can Dance, Sarah McLachlan, The Sisters of Mercy, Air, Sigur Rós, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Zero 7, The Velvet Underground, R.E.M., Tori Amos

Movies

Amelie, Blade Runner, Brazil, The City of Lost Children, Clash of the Titans, The Dark Crystal, Dead Man, Edward Scissorhands, Fight Club, Hackers, I Heart Huckabees, Labyrinth, The Man With Two Brains, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Nightbreed, Pan's Labyrinth, Pi: Faith in Chaos, Rashomon, Serenity, The Simpsons Movie, Spaceballs, Tromeo and Juliet

TV Shows

The Amazing Screw-On Head, Arrested Development, The Big Bang Theory, Chuck, Coupling, Cowboy Bebop, The Daily Show, Dead Like Me, Doctor Who, Farscape, Firefly, Good Eats, Heroes, House, How I Met Your Mother, Journeyman, MacGuyver, Max Headroom, Mythbusters, Neverwhere, Planet Earth, Pushing Daisies, Red Dwarf, Robot Chicken, Scrubs, The Simpsons

Books & Authors

Alton Brown, David Brin, Douglas Hofstadter, Greg Egan, Neal Stephenson, Neil Gaiman

Video games

Kingdom of Loathing, Nexus War, Second Life