I'm an urban hermit, a hiker, a rationalist, a skeptic, a freethinker, an empiricist, a materialist, a naturalist, a scientist, a bibliophile, an INTJ, a white hat hacker, a secular humanist, a teetotaler, a social-liberal civil-libertarian monarchist, a furry fan, a playtester, a licensed amateur radio operator, an ordained minister of the First Church of Atheism, a card-carrying pirate, the Star Lord, a Lord of the Rose, and a proud member of the Bayesian Conspiracy.
I try to operate by Crocker's Rules.
Favourite Visual Artist
Escher
Favourite Movies
Aliens, Back to the Future, Tron, The Fifth Element, Sita Sings the Blues, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ghost in the Shell, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, The Princess Bride
Favourite TV Shows
Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, Futurama, Darkwing Duck, Muppets, Cowboy Bebop, Firefly, Doctor Who, Quantum Leap, Brisco County Jr.
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
They Might Be Giants, Weird Al Yankovic, Rockapella, Billie Holiday, Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Filk
Favourite Books
Metamagical Themas, Mind Hacks, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Favourite Writers
Larry Niven, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Charles Stross, John Varley, Neal Stephenson, Iain M. Banks, Cory Doctorow, David Brin, Vernor Vinge, Terry Pratchett, Piers Anthony, Neil Gaiman, Roger Zelazny, Martin Gardner
Favourite Games
GURPS, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Tools of the Trade
Touch-type keyboard