From b988a125d9c4d408a0bc88318cf005691e565fd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Hallsby Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2021 02:16:25 -0500 Subject: Update rest of site to work with new al-folio theme --- interests.markdown | 55 ------------------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 55 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 interests.markdown (limited to 'interests.markdown') diff --git a/interests.markdown b/interests.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index 3b7cc17..0000000 --- a/interests.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: page -title: Interests -permalink: /interests/ ---- -Here, you can find some other things that are of interest to me. - -# 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. - - - -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).
-During the spring semester of 2021, I will be conducting research in this area, in collaboration with [Alexander Lukens](https://alukens.com/). - -# 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) - * 3rd Degree Black Belt - -# Languages -I have learned Spanish to a near fluent capacity.
-I also started learning Swedish, while studying abroad at [Lunds Tekniska Högskola](https://www.lth.se). - -# Music -Throughout much of my life, I played the [oboe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oboe). -During school, I have not had much time to practice, but my passion for performing music has never left me. - -# Multimedia -I enjoy television just as much as the next person. - -Some of my favorite shows are: -* [*Altered Carbon*](https://thetvdb.com/series/altered-carbon) -* [*Doom Patrol*](https://thetvdb.com/series/doom-patrol) -* [*Titans* (2018)](https://thetvdb.com/series/titans-2018) -* [*Samurai Jack*](https://thetvdb.com/series/samurai-jack) -* *Star Trek* - - The only I have not watched is the original series. -* [*The Umbrella Academy*](https://thetvdb.com/series/the-umbrella-academy) -* [*Watchmen*](https://thetvdb.com/series/watchmen) -- cgit v1.2.3