about.md (7194B)
1 +++ 2 title = "About me" 3 +++ 4 5 This site is mainly intended as a way to keep in touch with friends and 6 family in Canada and elsewhere while I’m off wandering the world from 7 one country to the next. 8 9 I'm a software developer who's been fascinated by computers since I was 10 a kid. I wrote my first lines of BASIC and 6502 assembly on a Canadian 11 knock-off Apple II+ clone made by Apco, dutifully copying source 12 listings line-by-line from _Compute!_ magazine. Working my way up 13 through a Laser Turbo XT and a 286, I finally landed on a 386 DX 14 clocking in at a whopping 33 MHz. It was on this machine that I first 15 installed Linux from a stack of 3.5" floppies and learned to code in 16 Pascal and C. A couple years later, sometime in the mid-90s, some 17 classmates convinced me I should check out FreeBSD, and because I'm 18 used to it, but also out of sheer laziness, I've been using it as my 19 main home setup pretty much ever since. 20 21 I headed off to university sometime in the early 90s. Seven years later, 22 after wandering aimlessly from faculty to faculty through Chemistry, 23 Physics & Astronomy, Japanese, and Electrical and Computer engineering 24 programmes, I decided enough was enough, grabbed my B.Eng., and booted 25 myself out the door and into the world. 26 27 Initially, I moved south of the border to spend a couple years in 28 California working on AutoCAD at Autodesk. Deciding that this wasn't 29 south-of-the-border enough, I packed my bags and headed to Mérida, 30 México, which sits neatly within the borders of the Chicxulub crater 31 where the asteroid that caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction 32 event landed. I spent the year writing point-of-sale software for a 33 local art gallery, doing some travelling, and doing some teaching on the 34 side. 35 36 A year later, as my visa neared its end, I started wandering my way back 37 to Canada via Cuba, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras before remembering 38 which way was north and zig-zagging my way slowly back home on 39 third-class buses. 40 41 A couple years later, after some more hacking on 3D CAD software, I 42 picked up my few possessions and moved to Tokyo, Japan, where I met my 43 wife, learned to speak, read, and write Japanese, got married, and had 44 kids. I've spent the time since working on a variety of projects ranging 45 from equities trading systems, the Dart programming language, the 46 Flutter app SDK, and the Fuchsia operating system. I currently work at 47 Google. 48 49 You can drop me a line anytime at [chris@bracken.jp][email]. (en, fr, ja) 50 51 52 ## About this site 53 54 This site contains no tracking, no cookies, and no JavaScript. It should 55 work well with screen-readers and text-mode browsers. My web skills are 56 near-nonexistent, so if you've got feedback on how it could be improved, 57 shoot me an email. 58 59 You can find the source and instructions on how to build the site 60 [here][site_repo]. 61 62 63 ## PGP public key 64 65 If you're a fan of crypto, you can find my public key below, or 66 [download it][pubkey]. I've also posted 67 [proof of ownership][ownership_proof] of this site. 68 69 GPG fingerprint: `9EF6 957A F673 652E 4AB5 542D BBE4 5868 CBE8 A8FE` 70 71 ``` 72 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- 73 74 mQENBE0G6d4BCADI58H/bjS8sRspoPYPIss1ZRignBaiinaYawvZqptwtaAp7C/c 75 nYDRXXaIZiPc/zvGVgKuZCfs2AiN1SdsonBu48LjHxW9ORe4AXqNHgeiO5emKeKR 76 5z0U18uUPs/C3LzNTLts1chlPmBOPL90A4rK+ZaQOYxjDhDJd2vUgCicPhFLljjS 77 7Wr5BrLEg9OqmOxrbK/tvJY4fiY+S37jL8wrWaElXPZIxGXbF4ddnn4dmwcKyMOc 78 89FnwiXNqsXNfji7DyLMuXViRRMABP1Tp/HmEz0n8RCLXfVC8kcxkNbZMd4jXoVV 79 3j6WEPv2AUeVBjAqHRVB7dE+18glGT7I2uZNABEBAAG0IENocmlzIEJyYWNrZW4g 80 PGNocmlzQGJyYWNrZW4uanA+iQFYBBMBCABCAhsDBgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJCgsEFgID 81 AQIeAQIXgAIZARYhBJ72lXr2c2UuSrVULbvkWGjL6Kj+BQJlQvcDBQkaHUClAAoJ 82 ELvkWGjL6Kj+Mb4H/0f0N+Ta8G1cWOAmm7OchDhN9X9XIxrYW+REBnA8/54uqlMa 83 EIwEqbq5GTdL5abBoZA3SP9ZGPXR4w4ZcnXTtl9sX6knqYzJz4jqLGO0WQErSqxO 84 tEeI+PM+EwCgccau1ZzXMbFCsNKMYFmZ6jtGeefuv2ks8/zJ8TXNNqkFSpPZpY1s 85 uoeDGr0Kw37nLrOPJcKaO6cC96bjOfz3sg7oMlFBPcvZF8z30Uar8uRE+pawfiiT 86 iCR2P79luLZ/EmaNW2bjeHFsNIM9RG9s97gSabHXjLZUvQhtPM12/Awx5xUCyMq+ 87 AdBbhpooFKge49JAyUIMoEsmIaxGxwW5spIvvW+JAT4EEwECACgCGwMGCwkIBwMC 88 BhUIAgkKCwQWAgMBAh4BAheABQJQiik7BQkHRaZTAAoJELvkWGjL6Kj+ab4IAI2K 89 6LlXCC3IxN1aPAtuU2MR9YpNz2rf4CrR51IDrP1Z/kyhcKoj6KzgN1x+QdfrsQ4n 90 6rz5JC2hl2jhDdPjpV0GKlsNWD14ShnRTmI54OBPu6eQS55Gx5xMlvaKXpV66OU+ 91 dXAsed9I6IIlBS6Ekw4qFpckBgf+g2TIEdLw/pjetKPrUvWHSlrHsS8vPo7Hk6gW 92 VjuRPjjJ/aO9UjTHFLHTAGUZ+XemB40KfvO4EBCa9t9wVCgWPnfAGLDoGP4mXc4L 93 ObqaCoDvJUgetLNPHtC0ZI6P6c9Ig6o0dYlus9WDyEppBdN2Gmq0qfB20CrIkoDc 94 LDwwuw81QIsEIPiZTKyJAT4EEwECACgCGwMGCwkIBwMCBhUIAgkKCwQWAgMBAh4B 95 AheABQJUOtWgBQkJFR7TAAoJELvkWGjL6Kj+h/kH/0hIhoYK8+L4A86WkkObf536 96 gPwnDP73WJL7WznNZYvcXXtho/SpCOQqQlK4isTbTJQTertjmxHXyoUWQQzyfX0S 97 bPQlXF6mR83Xt6HwGWSuJJ+65DUVUrjmd+zLHEUHELAW/R7TaHCtZSSIEytFlXNS 98 gC/28Xah9BiFQv9SfiQdNT+4tx24+mYJIxh3NnXVb7pVhTaaElhIZajEqGJ4SeoZ 99 GnoHxjWD/x7w0NrGGyeZRSSavuKROADAp7GvO77ua3uoAUwMlyGQr317FpZ7itKd 100 jBWwpkfLmHpMJXS8KscP6TYW9bg+0n636diyusgl9PX1AmZJ/hFYtJfJUXgQZN2J 101 AT4EEwECACgCGwMGCwkIBwMCBhUIAgkKCwQWAgMBAh4BAheABQJWHItqBQkK9tUD 102 AAoJELvkWGjL6Kj+OXsH/3wzzx04VeKFVEdKkGWch1xFbcZAz8fA+xr5svwUsKeL 103 AIzz4DQZgAs/iIl3wXp4GA2HYJ+V4mOv4Qlm39AP1Loy7Fets9IdGX3LRG9m8Rs9 104 K8JOCjwmBzJiC0MWEgwwmvHkiWJMGZRvvtiEc0aF1EyaSHo0C9O0eIpzsvXZFgBP 105 JeaoLqBLqOEmH1BLws5gWsmhv1USFNv7p35fH8MCvT321ZQLFdDHg07nCsJ4rx8g 106 mI0z9g8vO1Ag5YoGCpiWn30tXN/ZSvooyeQmnpSLT0HaSEZDahhgpHJqbddXXZxv 107 37EStYVQNyc5yQghVsmy/Jvv1Gxaic5F9/TUk0SGaPKJAT4EEwECACgFAk1YMssC 108 GwMFCQPCZwAGCwkIBwMCBhUIAgkKCwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJELvkWGjL6Kj+1+cI 109 AK38Xi22uYtsb0KsqR6oLRJ0fgv/Usx/VQ13IIorq8FqZw+zsQfF7dM71K4415sm 110 9LVLov4p2B1Z7ii4nJeMkmDtTMYLX22zS90CixX9N6FD043lQxTNrgowPIse8RbJ 111 a8+l6OSHAtNa6CsA3brF1PJWFK+jnyI9P+/vn36sHd8jzkETnJe7+HvgwoXbuuWP 112 /3qhB2xK7j61g7z2DNmjhXnhnXnEXdoDNi/nQBUuFsnh4cgqPBf0vkeN+D+nLScJ 113 hY1/6svsYBQlxw7D5xc9PafO87Qia8Qyzwb8FxOd3ayiVCZpuxGho09jlb0m7btI 114 SK61Kc1mAgCDZUV1SAZk+ymJAUEEEwECACsCGwMGCwkIBwMCBhUIAgkKCwQWAgMB 115 Ah4BAheABQkHRaZTBQJR25iTAhkBAAoJELvkWGjL6Kj+ZzUH/iRszasOhKiEfgGV 116 K7wFshF0Mfh+3Y53e++MC1aCxOgGkqhmMB1uIVsGYPheXkq8jkz2+ouPQ1FLNjMv 117 3RSZnQaUXXhjDZPDMEVwu8QhuwWE3xYSqjM+S3rm3sRok7VqRF62gklXLK2umLAm 118 Er/zJ3Ag3lkPi49q3u8pG0qtBh7NL8p+RKQNvDkKGWUFLRg7XMkP/mC0JbYiejeB 119 g9JmJJjmnheX0Y4vvlXKS1qvoBg9gw2ECu9inrJQN83aqpsgx1Ql2kJ0QCVIs1re 120 5VkTjYqyac86YZ6lKsYQMkCrQUWJGCx/UiJ1PKuOz/EC0fovEWRBsxqfc1CpcXx6 121 2B7l5uK5AQ0ETQbp3gEIALytKv1U0g0LSrYLGT8D1b4pp+ZOMjruPw6+3I8uc+b9 122 vCN4kLfFlGxH65OIFXErnZPf3IkCjCcCNKtsMhFYtRb0h7lTPy55qnbRX2x/CuFS 123 sp2tOlp2aoY/i9CsRzGA2uzrqXVD1gdktE3klmroX4vi9DvwLlaXH8erOrAZA20f 124 QN4Xwr9noEaM1cRqM+J+635/tHtrfJwN/iyFlMvewg7Hw8bTCiVJuhyGzHHjsyTl 125 vPKUM+OPo7FlL0uNNuSLo4G26arcaarK85fKwRNX1NVZUpoIoNfLAgmCRJKU08rY 126 sUZBtdtQPYpaqXbO6Xra1nq32geRSy5cvdABfWxe5N0AEQEAAYkBPAQYAQgAJgIb 127 DBYhBJ72lXr2c2UuSrVULbvkWGjL6Kj+BQJlQvc/BQkaHUDhAAoJELvkWGjL6Kj+ 128 XEgH/Apj/03GBsFIR7zvZ+UvekKBHzPfZbmVbS5z6W31pOdzn8iaD52lmHrZupgX 129 HHP8CXWjRfreAaB5ymivJ6kFWenvwtAUL9oik0eYW0X2dONmI19WX6RJ4syL4z5L 130 pkAVPpsbvHb2wHaPkCr9sO4pufQSUHKD+qnd6wl0yeuarqhzTCiXVqYT/D8oB4h8 131 G7JjeXn3YXeLascWlh+xArxoWwF34pjXA0oYkeXGytmTljmeJtxE5OyfohdKbJjP 132 1ef1Hg3RUzqZe8nGTp+1nM3nyETdP3KmECcP9tK+BpalHQqFUNR4odC4CrwApdTC 133 mFTEC35MgbCYQyVg7vQ+L/IJR+c= 134 =QdA1 135 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- 136 ``` 137 138 [email]: mailto:chris@bracken.jp 139 [pubkey]: https://chris.bracken.jp/cbracken.asc 140 [ownership_proof]: https://chris.bracken.jp/pgp_verify.txt 141 [site_repo]: https://git.bracken.jp/blog