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diff --git a/interests.markdown b/interests.markdown index 7a77488..3b7cc17 100644 --- a/interests.markdown +++ b/interests.markdown @@ -5,20 +5,29 @@ permalink: /interests/ --- Here, you can find some other things that are of interest to me. -# Computer-Related +# Computer-Related # +I have been using computers all my life, and I have always had a fascination with these machines. +My love of computers has directly influenced my interests. + +## Software ## As someone who uses [NixOS](https://nixos.org), I am extremely interested in the Nix world. * [Nix](https://github.com/NixOS/Nix) language/package manager * [nixpkgs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs), a collection of Nix expressions for building packages, including packages required for the NixOS operating system * The [home-manager](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager) project, for managing your home directory dotfiles in a Nix-y way. +I have made several contributions to home-manager: + * Refactor the [mbsync/isync](https://isync.sourceforge.io/) [configuration module](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/pull/1360) for greater control over how email is fetched. + * Add a [configuration module](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/pull/1353) for [mu](https://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/), an email indexing and searching program. <!-- Add projects I have contributed too. --> In addition, as I enjoy C programming, but enjoy the type-correctness of Haskell, [Rust](https://rust-lang.org) has been of particular interest for me. +## Hardware ## Also, as a Computer Engineer, I am also thoroughly interested by the hardware side of things too. -As far as computer/CPU architectures are concerned, I am interested in [RISC-V](https://github.com/riscv). +As far as computer/CPU architectures are concerned, I am interested in [RISC-V](https://github.com/riscv).<br> +During the spring semester of 2021, I will be conducting research in this area, in collaboration with [Alexander Lukens](https://alukens.com/). -# Athletics +# Athletics # To stay fit and healthy, I regularly: * Go on runs several miles long * Practice [Tang Soo Do](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Soo_Do) |