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Introduction
Here's the obligatory page all about me. Note that you won't find anything particularly incredible here, although you might learn something about me by reading.
On the other hand, you might not. It's all good.
Table of Contents
1.0: Who Am I? [top]
You can call me Major (written as 少佐). If you're feeling industrious and know some Google Fu, you could probably find out my real name from a suitable search, but why bother?
At the time of writing (September 28, 2009) I'm 30 years old although my eyes, joints and right ear feel as though I'm about 90. I'm British, although regrettably still live at approximately +51°40′0.00″, -0°23′60.00″∗ (UK).
1.1: Personal Disposition [top]
I can be described as a taciturn, misanthropic hikikomori. These three words almost entirely sum me up: I say little, as a general rule I don't care much for people and their issues, and I rarely - if ever - leave the room that I have called home since forever. This is mainly because the rest of the house is always occupied by at least one idiot, and I'm allergic to idiots.
I absolutely hate having my time wasted, perhaps even more than I hate living in a house that's full of idiots. Actually, I'm not entirely sure which is worse - suffering idiots or having my time wasted - but it's fairly safe to say that I hate both of those things to a fairly high degree.
1.2: About My Avatar [top]
The image you can see at the top of this page is a 150px by 150px version of my usual avatar image. It's a heavily modified version of a piece of 攻殻機動隊∗ artwork by 士郎正宗∗ which depicts the character of 草薙素子∗.
The character of 素子 and I have a few things in common, at least in terms of our basic worldviews, and it's because of this parallel that I chose an image of her for my online avatar.
Why this particular image? Because it's just plain awesome.
2.0: What I Do (Offline) [top]
Unemployed and unemployable, I have spent the majority of the last sixteen years quite literally sat on my ass. There were a couple of periods where I thought I had a life, and there was a time where I even frequented a club as a teenager, but those times happened a while ago. Since '08 existential ennui has ruled my existence, and it's no exaggeration when I say that I no longer give a rat's ass about anything.
This is a lot of why I remain indoors - there's simply nothing that interests me about the "real" world these days.
2.1: Photography [top]
Photography has always been something that I've enjoyed. I think it's the whole 'recording of history' thing. Visual records can come in handy years down the line and, of course, taking a good photo is a form of art. Not that I'm saying that my photos are good, of course.
My photo albums - the ones I don't mind making public - are available online here∗.
2.2: Programming [top]
My OneTrueLove™ has always been computer programming. It's my absolute favorite hobby, as may be gathered from the list of programming languages in which I've dabbled over the years:
- Sinclair BASIC∗ (Sinclair Spectrum)
- Locomotive BASIC∗ (Amstrad)
- Blitz][∗ (Amiga)
- Borland Delphi∗ (PC)
- Perl∗ (PC)
2.3: Writing [top]
I have been known to write poetry and prose. This is something that I don't do any more, but I decided to leave my stuff online anyway just to prove that I've done something that wasn't either taking photos or writing programs.
2.4: Drinking [top]
This is a relatively new interest of mine, and it has so far proven to be about ten times more interesting than anything else I previously liked (a list which includes relationships).
3.0: What I Do (Online) [top]
This section tells you a little about what I do (or did) online.
3.1: Blogging [top]
I have been known to write in a blog∗ or two∗. I used to write a lot more than I do currently; my reticence to write anything much is due to ex-induced paranoia, a state of affairs which won't be changing in any future that I can forsee.
I don't mind writing about my programming projects, my website or my site's chat room, and I don't mind complaining about how unfathomably dense the "parents" are, but virtually everything else is off-limits.
Secretly, I wonder why I bother writing blogs at all. Must be a vanity thing.
3.2: Y!Chat [top]
I used to spend a lot of my time chatting on Y!Chat∗, but recently became bored with the fucktarded mass of pr0no bots and ludicrously unskilled typists that together serve to drag down the tone of its chat rooms. I was an avid Y!Chatter for over four years until the AOLers∗ moved in.
I eventually left Y! for good, reasoning that I didn't want to be associated with a chat system whose members (and worse, admins) hold themselves to such mediocre standards.
3.3: MBox [top]
I spend portions of my time logged into my home-made chat system, where I happen to be an admin - although not a very good one, as my usual response to any kind of conflict is simply to ban the conflictees forever.
I used to spend lots of time in MBox, but it's getting to the point where I may as well not bother working on it. No-one uses it enough now for me to feel as though maintaining twenty code files is worth it. Yes, I said twenty. (All of which are available here if you want to have a laugh.)
3.4: FaceBook [top]
Like most human beings nowadays, I have a FaceBook account (user #1341352180∗). Facebook, in common with most of the new-fangled 'social networking' fads, seems to be little more than a toy, so my account there is currently disabled.
I'm considering terminating it outright thanks to FaceBook's bad reputation concerning how users' data are managed, although I figure that would be about as effective as closing the barn door after the horse has bolted.
3.5: Twitter [top]
The name you want is Intellitard.
3.6: PalTalk [top]
I mistakenly signed up here in order to try and keep in touch with a supposed "friend" from Y!. Its desktop software is quite frankly an atrocious resource hog, and aforementioned "friend" wasn't. Needless to say, I quickly stopped trying.
3.7: CamFrog [top]
This is another place that I mistakenly signed up with in order to try and keep in touch with another supposed "friend" from Y!. Again, the "friend" turned out to be a waste of time and effort, so I stopped going.
3.8: B.S.W. CBox [top]
The less said about this the better, although it is worth mentioning that a quick search for the term "cbox.ws∗" on Google turns up over 122K hits, many of which are filled with spam. This points to at least one serious issue with the software. Ignoring the architectural problems which plague the software that B.S.W. chose to use for chat provision, I had nothing in common with anyone there.
Even though I collect busou shinki figures.
Go figure.
And before anyone asks me to make a better chat system before complaining, here's one I made earlier.
4.0: Contacting Me [top]
Here are the ways you can contact me. The methods list below are the ones over which you can reasonably expect me to furnish you with a response.
4.1: Electronic Mail [top]
Click this∗ to send me an email. If what you want to talk about is specific to the MBox software, then Click this instead∗. Or don't. I really don't care either way.
Caveat: don't bother attaching files which aren't images to your emails, as I will not open non-image attachments.
Caveat: Bear in mind that I hate badly-typed emails; if you can't type worth a crap, visit me in my chat room instead.
4.2: MBox [top]
The chat room is where I check first before checking my email account. If you think you have something of importance to say, go to chat and leave a message for Major. If I'm not online as Major, then I may be online as 0xDEADBEEF.
Understand that, if you attempt to start trouble in my chat space, I will ban your ass permanently while laughing maniacally. There is no appeal because I am not a democracy.