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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.

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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).<br>
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.<br>
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)