User:Andrew Young

Hi, my name is Andrew Young (IPA pronunciation: [ændɹu jʌŋ]).

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en This user is a native speaker of English. eo-2 Ĉi tiu uzanto povas komuniki per meza nivelo de Esperanto. de-1 Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse. ja-1 この利用者は少しだけ日本語ができます。 enm-1 This led knoweth sumhwet of Englyssh. qya-1 Yuhtaro sina ná sundo hanyo quenyanen. tlh-1 loQ tlhIngan Hol jatlh lo'wI'vam.
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Introduction

Me and my daughter at Rawhide in Phoenix, Arizona

I was born on November 26, 1980 in San Antonio, Texas. I have been interested in computers and computer programming for as long as I can remember. I wrote my first programs on an Atari 800XL and an IBM AT in BASIC. I went to Business Careers High School from 1995-1999. After that I moved to Austin, Texas in order to attend The University of Texas. However, I only took one class - Introduction to Philosophy - before taking an extended leave. I returned to school in 2004 to study Computer Science. I switched to Linguistics soon afterwards, specializing in Computational Linguistics. I graduated with a B.A. in Linguistics in August of 2009. I will graduate with a Masters of Software Engineering from California State University, Fullerton in 2012. After that I plan to enter Starr King School for the Ministry to pursue my MDiv.

Career

I generally consider myself a computer programmer as far as my career is concerned. I program mostly in Java, but I also program in Ruby, C#, Perl, Bash, and various other programming languages. I am a Sun Certified Professional and I hold the Programmer, Developer, and Web Component Developer certifications.

Some of the programming subjects which I am especially knowledgeable about include:

• Internationalization
  • Unicode
  • Legacy character encodings, especially related to CJKV
• XML processing
• Enterprise application design, especially with J2EE
• Object-oriented programming

I also work part time as the Youth and Young Adult Programming Coordinator at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin. I plan to enter the UU ministry specializing in youth ministry sometime in the next 5-10 years.

Interests

I'm interested in the following topics, among others:

• Computer programming
• Linguistics, Historical linguistics, Computational linguistics
• Esperanto, Constructed languages
• Japanese language, Japanese history, and Anime
• Historical reenactment, Society for Creative Anachronism
• Dungeons & Dragons and other Role-playing games

Contact Me

• Website: Vaelen.Org

External Links

• My website
• The University of Texas at Austin
• UT department of Linguistics

Userboxes

ubx-5	This user uses entirely too many userboxes.

Location

	This user is a citizen of the United States of America.

	This user lives in the U.S. State of Texas.

	This user loathes, but is forced to observe, Daylight Saving Time.

This user is a Citizen of the World (Terra, ⊕).

This user supports the United Nations.

Lifestyle

	This user is male.

This user's favorite color is blue.

	This user is a Sagittarian.

猴	This user was born in the year of the Monkey.

R	This user is a Ravenclaw.

	This user is a member of Wikipedians against censorship.

	Wikipedia is not censored.

	This user is interested in environmentalism.

HRC	This user supports the Human Rights Campaign.

lib	This user is a liberal.

X

This user does not believe in the existence of human races, except as a social construct.

X

This user is for racial equality.

	This user supports gender equality.

	This user is heterosexual.

	This user supports equal rights for LGBT people.

	This user is a supporter of the LGBT community.

Philosophy and Religion

	This user is a Unitarian Universalist.

	This user is interested in issues related to religious pluralism.

	This user is interested in the debate over the separation of church and state.

	This user is a Pantheist.

This user is a Buddhist.

agn	This user is interested in agnosticism.

This user is a humanist.

	This user is an apatheist and believes there are more important things to worry about than whether or not God exists.

	This user values reason over faith

wise	This user is interested in Bodhisattva.

	This user follows both the gourd and the sandal

J. R. R. T.	This user is interested in Tolkienism.

	This user is a skeptic.

	This user is a libertarian.

This user believes that the death penalty should never be used.*

	This user respects the beliefs and religions of others.

	This user realizes that the Earth isn't an oblate spheroid, but rather a close approximation of one.

Ancestory

	This user is interested in his or her family history.

	This user is of German ancestry.

	The Cherokee blood flows through this user's veins.

	This user is of Scottish ancestry.

This user is of Irish ancestry.

	This user is of multiple ancestries.

Family

	This user has a wife.

dad	This user is a father.

Siblings

This user is an only child.

Work

gk	This user is a geek.

	This user is a code monkey.

	This user is a software engineer.

.....	This user is a professional procrastinator.

Education

BA	This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics.

	This user is a graduate student in Software Engineering.

This user is an autodidact in a wide range of subjects he never took in school or college.

[lɪŋ]	This user's favourite subject is Linguistics.

	This user's favorite subject is computing.

RE	This user's favourite subject is Religious Education.

met?	This user prefers metric units, but, having grown up in the United States, cannot relate to them.

Programming Languages

Java-N	This user thinks in Java byte-code.

Perl-5	This user is a professional Perl programmer.

re	This user writes regular expressions to find everything around the house.

sql	This user uses SQL queries to locate car keys.

rb-3	This user is an advanced Ruby user.

py-2	This user is an intermediate Python programmer.

js-4	This user is an expert JavaScript programmer.

c++-2	This user is an intermediate C++ programmer.

c#-2	This user is an intermediate C# programmer.

BASIC-2	This user is an intermediate BASIC programmer.

C-1	This user is a beginning C programmer.

php-2	This user is an intermediate PHP programmer.

lisp-1	This user is a basic Lisp programmer.

	This user is a beginning Scheme programmer.

pro-1	This user is a beginner Prolog programmer.

CL	This user can program in AS/400 Control Language.

RPG	This user can program in AS/400 Report Program Generator.

bash-2	This user is an intermediate Bash programmer.

Language and Linguistics

en- us-N	This user is a native speaker of American English.

Y'all	This here user talks Southern, y'all.

they	This user considers singular they standard English usage.

ipa-4 ə	This user has a nearly complete understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Hrkt-5 あ	This user has full understanding of the Hiragana or Katakana.

...	This user would like to be able to speak many more languages.

snk	This user says either sneaked or snuck.

to¦go	This user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.

by	The passive voice may be used by this user.

…in.	Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with.

who	This user prefers using who for both the object and subject case. Whom does it hurt to simplify things?

A, B, and C	This user prefers the serial comma.

AIM-Able	This user understands AIM talk perfectly well, but does not seriously use it. Ever.

LE-1	This user's been known to screw up the occasional sentence and make the occasional typo, but is otherwise pretty accurate with regards to English.

Anime

アニメ	This user is an Anime Otaku.

Section 9	This user is a member of Public Security Section 9.

X	This user is a follower of Battōsai the Slasher.

らんま½	This user likes Ranma Saotome.

MCoG	This user is a fan of The Mysterious Cities of Gold.

星方武侠	This user is in search of The Galactic Leyline

TRIGUN	This user wants his $$60 billion.

CB	This user is a Space Cowboy.

天地 無用！	This user doesn't need Tenchi, though admits is a fan.

犬夜叉	This user is not afraid to use his Tessaiga.

ラブ ひな	This user loves Hina.

FLCL	This user's head is an N.O. channel.

	This user is an Ah! My Goddess! fan.

Misc

	This user eats potatoes.

	This user drinks nothing but Dr Pepper.

	This user plays mahjong.

MI	This user knows all the Monkey Island Insults by heart!

	This user plays Paper and pencil games.

D&D	This user plays Dungeons & Dragons.

NG	This user's alignment is Neutral Good: the "Benefactor."

	This user is a fan of Blackadder

This user is a fan of Monty Python.

RD	This user is full of smeg.

	Good news, everyone! This user is a fan of Futurama!

B5	This user supports the Babylon Project.

Q	This user is an omnipotent member of the Q Continuum.

	This user has been assimilated. Resistance is futile.

trek	This user is a Trekker and knows that any real fan is not a Trekkie.

This user is a hoopy frood who really knows where their towel is.

SG	This user activates the Stargate to explore other planets.

TDS	This user watches the most trusted name in fake news.

WU	This user wishes you goodnight and to have a pleasant tomorrow.

AP	This user doesn't speak freaky-deaky Dutch!

007	This user likes his martinis shaken, not stirred.

LOTR	This user loves The Lord of the Rings, both the books and the films.

This user's got a case of the Mondays.

¡	This user knows the Chewbacca Defense and is not afraid to use it!

	This user likes all types of music.

	* This user needs more cowbell.

	This user is interested in ancient civilizations.

	This user is interested in the ancient Celts.

	This user is interested in the Middle Ages.

EAG	This user was too slack to make Eagle Scout.

	This user no longer wishes to be associated with the leadership of the Boy Scouts of America.

	This user survived a trek through Philmont Scout Ranch.

	This user is a member of the Order of the Arrow.

	This user enjoys backpacking.

	This user is a Naturalist.

	This user enjoys sailing and boating.

	This user enjoys skygazing and astronomy.

	This user is a swimmer.

	This user is addicted to travelling.

	All your base are belong to this user.

	This user fears the clowns.

	This user is evil, and frequently says mwhahaha!

This user enjoys indiscriminate pillaging.

	This user does not understand mean people. Please be nice.