User:Andrew Young

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

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enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

eo-2Ĉi tiu uzanto povas komuniki per meza nivelo de Esperanto.

de-1Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

ja-1この利用者は初級の日本語ができます。

enm-1This led knoweth sumhwet of Englyssh.

qya-1Yuhtaro sina ista þundea Quenya.

tlh-1loQ 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-5This 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 favourite colour 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.

HRCThis user supports the Human Rights Campaign.

libThis 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 Pantheist and Daoist.

This user is a Buddhist.

agnThis 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.

wiseThis 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 their family history.

This user is of German ancestry.

The Cherokee blood
flows through this user's veins.

Alba
This user is of Scottish ancestry.

This user is of Irish ancestry.

This user is of multiple ancestries.

Family

This user has a wife.

DadThis user is a father and proud of it!

Siblings

This user is an only child.

Work

gkThis user is a geek.

This user is a code monkey.

This user is a software engineer.

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

Education

BAThis 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 that they never took in school or college.

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

This user's favorite subject is computing.

REThis 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-NThis user thinks in Java bytecode.

Perl-5This user is a professional Perl programmer.

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

SQLThis user uses SQL queries to locate their car keys.

rb-3This user is an advanced Ruby user.

py-2This user is an intermediate Python programmer.

js-4This user is an expert JavaScript programmer.

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

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

BASIC-2This user is an intermediate BASIC programmer.

C-1This user is a beginning C programmer.

PHP-2This user is an intermediate PHP programmer.

lisp-1This user is a basic Lisp programmer.

This user is a beginning Scheme programmer.

pro-1This user is a beginner Prolog programmer.

CLThis user can program in AS/400 Control Language.

RPGThis user can program in AS/400 Report Program Generator.

bash-2This user is an intermediate Bash programmer.

Language and Linguistics

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

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

theyThis user considers singular they standard English usage.

ipa-4
əThis user has a near-complete understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

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

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

snkThis user says either sneaked or snuck.

to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.

byThe passive voice may be used by this user.

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

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

A, B, and CThis user prefers the serial comma.

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

LE-1This 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
9This user is a member of
Public Security Section 9.

XThis user is a follower of Battōsai the Slasher.

らんま½This user likes Ranma Saotome.

MCoGThis user is a fan of The Mysterious Cities of Gold.

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

TRIGUNThis user wants their $$60 billion.

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.

FLCLThis 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.

MIThis user knows all the Monkey Island Insults by heart!

This user plays
Paper and pencil games.

D&D	This user plays Dungeons & Dragons.

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

This user is a fan of Blackadder.

This user is a fan of Monty Python.

RDThis user is full of smeg.

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

This user supports the Babylon Project.

QThis user is an omnipotent member of the Q Continuum.

This user has been assimilated. Resistance is futile.

trekThis 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.

SGThis user activates the Stargate to explore other planets.

TDSThis user watches the most trusted name in fake news.

WUThis user wishes you goodnight and to have a pleasant tomorrow.

This user is a fan of the Austin Powers film series. Yeah, baby, yeah!

007This user likes 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.

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 travel.

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.