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+---
+layout: about
+title: About
+permalink: /
+description: An explorer of high-level computation in a low-level fashion
+
+profile:
+ align: right
+ image: 2020F-Hallsby_Karl.png
+# address: >
+# <p>555 your office number</p>
+# <p>123 your address street</p>
+# <p>Your City, State 12345</p>
+
+news: false # includes a list of news items
+selected_papers: false # includes a list of papers marked as "selected={true}"
+social: true # includes social icons at the bottom of the page
+---
+I am Karl Hallsby, and am currently a student at [Illinois Institute of Technology](https://iit.edu).<br>
+Online, you can typically find me by the handle/username `KarlJoad`.
+
+I am a responsible, independent self-starter, who is quick-learning, and goal-oriented.
+Currently a Masters degree-seeking student with knowledge of computer hardware and software design, and experience in leading projects in a multinational corporation.
+I have expertise in digital hardware design, software engineering, and system security.
+
+I am a [GNU Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) user, and my dotfiles can be found [here](https://github.com/KarlJoad/Emacs_Dotfiles).
+I also use [NixOS](https:nixos.org), my dotfiles for various machines are [here](https://github.com/KarlJoad/NixOS_Dotfiles).
+To manage my home directory's dotfiles, I use [home-manager](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager), whose dotfiles can be found [here](https://github.com/KarlJoad/Dotfiles-hm).
+You can find the source for this website [here](https://git.karl.hallsby.com/?p=website.git;a=summary).
+
+As a developer, I am proficient in:
+ * [C](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language))
+ * [MC68k Assembly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68000)
+ * [MIPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_architecture)
+ * [Java](https://www.java.com/en/)
+ * [Python 3](https://www.python.org/)
+ * [Haskell](https://www.haskell.org/)
+
+I am familiar with the following tools:
+ * [Git](https://git-scm.com)
+ * Linux
+ * [$$\LaTeX$$](https://www.latex-project.org/)
+ * Oscilloscope
+ * Digital Logic Analyzer
+
+For further exploration of my work, please see [my GitHub](https://github.com/KarlJoad).