User:Taterpeel

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I'm Geoff. I'm a software developer by trade. Taterpeel is a nickname that was given to me by the first base player on my T-ball team when I was in 2nd grade. Now that I'm older, I've recovered from the trauma of that sport. (Have you ever seen a kid strike out in T-Ball???) Fortunately, I became a little more coordinated with age.

Virtual Presence:

• github (no code, I'm just a leech there so far)
• meetup
• diigo (social bookmarking)

Some other usernames behind which I operate in the tubes: neophiliac, leftfield

I have eclectic interests in many aspects of maker culture, in particular hardware and electronics and even more specifically of the open source variety.

I'm interested in:

• Tools that empower the individual (see:Tools for Conviviality )
• Personal Fabrication through CNC machines
• Music and Sound
• Microcontrollers (AVRs for now)
• Human-Powered Machines
• Resilient Communities
• Personal energy production and storage

Projects:

• RepRap Prusa Mendel
• Mantis PCB Milling Machine

Ideas that have caught my eye:

• Reclaim Your Mind Terence McKenna
• Global Guerrillas - A chance encounter with a Xeni Jardin tweet about a BoingBoing interview with John Robb caused me to immedatiately take my life on a different trajectory which eventually landed me at Splat Space. (Such is life with the internet)

Things that have caught my eye:

• Free Charge Controller