My name is Jordan Sissel, and I'm a geek.
In short one paragraph: I'm a hacker. My hack projects
don't always deal with computing. I tinker, I fiddle, I break, and I build.
Doctors call it Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. I call it life.. My
style is a bit of charisma, a bit of dork, a bit of shy, and a bit of
spontaneity held together with duct tape and super glue and sprinkled with a
healthy dose of uncertainty.
How did I get here? (aka, the path to geek)
Before I went to RIT (college), I knew precisely squat about Unix, Linux, Open
Source, Free Software, the whole shebang. That all changed when I came to Computer Science House. I quickly was
flooded with various buzz words; people trying to sway my tender, fragile,
Windows-weenie mind towards someone's favorite *nix. I ended up becoming fond
of FreeBSD over the alternatives Linux had to offer. Turns out that everything
sucks, it is only to which degree a particular item sucks that determines it's
value. I tend to use the thing that sucks least for a particular task.
Throughout my time at RIT, I've learned more about computing outside of class
than I did in class. I've found that structured academia is a poor substitute
for self-guided exploration.
So what now? I spent my first two years out of college working at Google, which
was awesome and full of learning. I also write thousands of lines of code and
play with lots of software in my own pursuit of knowledge. Most of my
productive and research efforts can be found on this website in the form of
articles, projects, code snippets, oneliners, and other research.
However, when I'm not entrenched writing code or doing random research, I'll be
spending my time with my very loving girlfriend
fiancée wife and our doggy. Beyond those interests, I like
biking, swimming, playing ice hockey, rollerblading, skateboarding, and rocking
out (whatever that entails).
About this site's name:
To fully encompass my dorkiness, I made perl help me pick a domain name. Read
about how I picked it here. The fact that 'semicomplete' is a valid sed(1) expression further illustrates my dorkiness.
About this site:
I figured 'semicomplete' is a fairly good description of me and my pursuits.
Most of my personal projects never get finished because the goals were achieved
long before completion of the project, and my search for knowledge (mostly in
computing) is also never-ending. Anything I learn will be shared on this site,
given the opportunity.
Contact me:
- Jabber:
- jls at this domain
- Email:
- jls at this domain
Stuff I like:
- Browser:
- Firefox
- Editor:
- vim
- MUA:
-
nmh gmail
- OS:
- FreeBSD
- Shell:
- zsh (or ksh when that's not available)
- Window Manager:
- ion
- Languages:
- C, Perl, Python, Ruby and many more
- Terminal Emulator:
- xterm