Interests

Reading, creative writing, programming, doing homework, studying, and working.
Cryptology, cryptanalysis, GNU/Linux, computer science, coding, mathematics, Rosetta Stone foreign languages, attending career networking meetings, LinkedIn, secure computing, upgrading my ASUS N61JV-X2 notebook PC, listening to music, etc.

Headphone Inventory

Audio Technica ATH-W5000 and Ultimate Ears Ue-10 PRO.

Headphone Amp Inventory

Ray Samuels Audio Emmeline HR-2 (op-amps: TI-OPA627BP, AD797, LT1024), Resolution Audio Extra Sources (XS) and S30 Power Amplifier.
Forthcoming: Audio Technia AT-HA5000.

Source Inventory

Resolution Audio Opus 21 Power Centre and CD Player.

Cable Inventory

Cardas Golden Reference IEC and Interconnects, Blue Jeans Cable Belden 1694A Digital Audio and Stereo Cables, Belden 1505A RF TV, Balanced Power Technologies Litz 9 IEC, Radio Shack FM Dipole Antenna, DNM DIN-RCA, Volex 17604.

Power-Related Components

Balanced Power Technologies BPT. JR II Ultra (Signature Upgrades).

Other Audio Equipment

Etymotic Research ETY-COM and EtyBlu2 Bluetooth headsets. Apple iPod 30 GB classic.

Audio-Related Tweaks

NONE! They are all snake oil!

Music Preferences

classical, opera, jazz, world music, holidays, pop, rock, alternative rock, blues, indie rock, soul, country, rhythm and blues.

Gender

Male

Gear-Fi

Toshiba NB205-N310/BN-G.
ASUS N61JV-X2.
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP3 32 bit.
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010.
Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2010 with MSDN.
Microsoft Project Professional 2010.
Microsoft Visio Professional 2010.
Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 9.
Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat 64 bit.
Amazon Kindle 3G + Wi-Fi.
Sid Meier's Civilization 5.
Acronis True Image Home 2011 and Plus Pack.
Intel X25-M 160 GB 34nm 2nd Generation Solid State Drive.
Crucial 204 pin DDR3 PC-8500 1,066 MHz 8 GB SODIMM SDRAM.
Iomega eGo Plus Black Belt 500 GB hard drive with Super Speed USB 3.0.
Thermaltake BlacX 2.5" and 3.5" SATA I and II hard drive dock with USB 2.0 and eSATA.
Canon PowerShot A710 IS.
LG GSA5163D-A105 Super-Multi double layer DVD and CD burner drive with USB 2.0.
SIIG Super Speed USB 3.0 and IEEE 1394B Firewire ExpressCard/34.
Kensington Microsaver Micro DS laptop lock.
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 2.5" SATA-II 500 GB 7,200 RPM hard drive.
VMWare Workstation 7.1.3. for Microsoft Windows 7.
Symantec Norton 360 version 4.
Super Anti-Spyware Professional.
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.
Skype.
DVD Decrypter.
Hulu Plus.
Netflix.
Sirius XM Satellite Radio.
Life Lock.
Absolute Software LoJack for Laptops.
ASUS USB-BT211 Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR USB adapter.
ASUS BX700 Bluetooth Laser mouse.
Valve Steam.
Mozy Home Unlimited.
Win Patrol.
TrueCrypt 7.0a.
Revo Uninstaller Professional.
Eclipse Integrated Development Environment.
Python 2.7.1.
Apple iTunes and Quick Time.
VLC.
OpenAFS.
Microsoft Windows Media Center.
AverMedia AverTV Hybrid Volar MAX.
File Hippo.
Trillian Astra 5 Professional.
Secunia PSI.
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.2.
Eraser.
Opera 11.1.
Google Chrome 8.
Mozilla FireFox 3.6.13.
Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit.
CCleaner.
Speccy.
Recuva.
Defraggler.
AS SSD.
IOMeter.
Crystal Disk Benchmark.
ATTO Disk Benchmark.
Futuremark PC Mark Vantage, 3D Mark Vantage, 3DMark 06.
Google Earth.
Google Desktop.
IZArc.
ImgBurn.
WinSCP.
Cyberlink PowerDVD 9.
Amazon Kindle for PC.
ASUS Utilities.
Canon MX870 Utilities.
Garmin GPSmap 60CSx.
Garmin MapSource.
Intel SSD Toolbox.
Teracopy.
Western Digital WD15EARS 1.50 TB SATA II 3.5" 64 MB Cache Caviar Green.
Macally 60 GB NIST 128 bit encrypted with Biometric Fingerprint Scanner and USB 2.0 hard drive.
Philips Norelco Arcitec.
Microsoft Wireless Mouse 3000.
Ironkey 1 GB.
Bittorrent.
Irfanview.
Free Data Recovery Software.
FreeBSD 8.1 RELEASE 64 bit.
MyScribe.
SanDisk Cruzer 16 GB USB flash drive.
SSD Life Free.
NMap.
Nessus.
Wireshark.
Snort IDS.
Kismet.
Netstumbler.
Aircrack.

Occupation

Full time graduate student.