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Ricky Elrod on the 'net

FAS: codeblock
GPG: DAD3DF0E
Freenode (nick: relrod): #fedora-admin, #fedora-noc, #fedora-apps, #fedora-fedmsg, #haskell, #scalaz and a bunch of others.
Internal/Red Hat (nick: relrod)
Slashnet (nick: CodeBlock): #uakroncs
Ham Radio: N8SQL
Email: codeblock@fedoraproject.org
Website: http://elrod.me/
Blog: http://blog.elrod.me/
Github: https://www.github.com/CodeBlock
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codeblock
Google+ (rarely used): https://plus.google.com/106726601246881076299/

Introduction

I live in Akron, OH, USA, and am currently attending Youngstown State University where I am majoring in computer science and minoring in mathematics. I have a very strong interest in Programming Language Theory (PLT) and the connection between mathematics and programming by way of things like category theory, type theory, and the Curry-Howard correspondence.

What I do within Fedora (current-ish)

I packaged and maintain a number of packages that I find useful.
- I am also a packager sponsor and currently sponsor a small number of people
I'm a member of the core infrastructure team
- Web app development
- Server maintenance/upkeep
I lead the Fedora Mobile Android app project
I am on the websites team and occasionally fix issues with project websites

Timeline of my Fedora history

(June 2010) - Sent intro email to infrastructure@lists.fedoraproject.org, started helping out wherever I could.
(January 2011) - Got funded to go to FUDCon:Tempe_2011. (Thank you, Fedora!)
(February 2011) - Was asked about and gladly accepted entrance into sysadmin-main, the core sysadmin group for the Fedora Project.
(June 2011) - Won the Fedora Scholarship. (Thank you, Fedora!)
(November 2011) - Started administrating the Fedora Scholarship since the previous winner has the opportunity to run the next year's scholarship.
(February 2012) - Became an intern at Red Hat (Fedora Engineering Intern).
(December 2013 - present) - Title change to "Associate Software Engineer, Fedora Engineering"

Perhaps most importantly, I earn badges!

What I do outside of Fedora (in FOSS)

I love learning about programming paradigms, particularly Functional Programming.
- Along with that, I love learning the math behind it. Type theory and category theory are enjoyable. Provable correctness is amazing. :)
- In fact Programming Language Theory in general is amazing. :)
I maintain a small number of Ruby Gems, but this is about all I do with Ruby nowadays.
I maintain some Haskell packages on Hackage.
I created http://da.gd/ and am currently rewriting it in Haskell.
I sometimes contribute to Facebook's Phabricator project in my spare time.

Non-software things that I do

I am a full-time student, currently majoring in CS and minoring in Mathematics at Youngstown State University.
- I am the current Vice President for the YSU ACM student chapter.
- I am the former Vice President for W8UPD, The University of Akron's Amateur Radio Club.
- I am the former Vice President for ACM at UAkron.
I am a founder of The SYN/HAK Hackerspace in Akron, Ohio.
I am learning calligraphy in my free time.
I enjoy photography - I shoot Pentax.
I am still active with the University of Akron Amateur Radio club, though I no longer attend UAkron. I write code for them.

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-= Self Introduction =
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-'''Ricky Elrod''' (irc: CodeBlock (on Freenode and Slashnet), fas: codeblock, ham radio: N8SQL)<br />
+= Ricky Elrod on the 'net =
-[mailto:codeblock@fedoraproject.org codeblock@fedoraproject.org]<br />
+'''FAS''': [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/user/view/codeblock codeblock]<br />
-[http://ricky.elrod.me/ http://ricky.elrod.me/]
+'''GPG''': [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x002710B0DAD3DF0E DAD3DF0E]<br />
+'''Freenode''' (nick: relrod): #fedora-admin, #fedora-noc, #fedora-apps, #fedora-fedmsg, #haskell, #scalaz and a bunch of others.<br />
+'''Internal/Red Hat''' (nick: relrod)<br />
+'''Slashnet''' (nick: CodeBlock): #uakroncs<br />
+'''Ham Radio''': [http://callook.info/n8sql N8SQL]<br />
+'''Email''': [mailto:codeblock@fedoraproject.org codeblock@fedoraproject.org]<br />
+'''Website''': [http://elrod.me/ http://elrod.me/]<br />
+'''Blog''': [http://blog.elrod.me/ http://blog.elrod.me/]<br />
+'''Github''': [https://www.github.com/codeblock https://www.github.com/CodeBlock]<br />
+'''Facebook''': [https://www.facebook.com/codeblock https://www.facebook.com/codeblock]<br />
+'''Google+''' (rarely used): [https://plus.google.com/106726601246881076299/ https://plus.google.com/106726601246881076299/]<br />
-= My Fedora Life =
+= Introduction =
-... began back in April of 2010. After distro/OS hoping for some time, and nearly settling on a BSD variant, I found the Fedora Infrastructure team. I read some of the SOPs on the wiki, joined a few IRC channels, and instantly knew that I wanted to be a part of the team. Almost a year later, I am now on the core sysadmin team for the project, and enjoy spending time fixing things and making the Infrastructure, and thus, the Project, be the best it can be. :) In mid 2011, I was the recipient of the Fedora [[Scholarship]]. I owe a huge Thank You to the Fedora Project and to all who make the scholarship possible.
+I live in Akron, OH, USA, and am currently attending Youngstown State University where I am majoring in computer science and minoring in mathematics. I have a very strong interest in Programming Language Theory (PLT) and the connection between mathematics and programming by way of things like category theory, type theory, and the Curry-Howard correspondence.
-= My Other Life...or lack thereof =
+= What I do within Fedora (current-ish) =
-I attend college, at [http://www.uakron.edu The University of Akron], where I am majoring in Computer Science. I am the Vice President of two fine clubs at the University: The student ACM chapter and the University of Akron Amateur Radio Club (W8UPD). I have big dreams for my future, and generally tend to carry a positive attitude about life and its <s>horrors</s> blessings.
+* I packaged and maintain a number of [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/codeblock packages] that I find useful.
+** I am also a packager sponsor and currently sponsor a small number of people
+* I'm a member of the core infrastructure team
+** Web app development
+** Server maintenance/upkeep
+* I lead the [https://github.com/fedora-infra/mobile Fedora Mobile] Android app project
+* I am on the websites team and occasionally fix issues with project websites
+= Timeline of my Fedora history =
+* (June 2010) - Sent intro email to infrastructure@lists.fedoraproject.org, started helping out wherever I could.
+* (January 2011) - Got funded to go to [[FUDCon:Tempe_2011]]. (Thank you, Fedora!)
+* (February 2011) - Was asked about and gladly accepted entrance into sysadmin-main, the core sysadmin group for the Fedora Project.
+* (June 2011) - Won the [[Scholarship | Fedora Scholarship]]. (Thank you, Fedora!)
+* (November 2011) - Started administrating the [[Scholarship | Fedora Scholarship]] since the previous winner has the opportunity to run the next year's scholarship.
+* (February 2012) - Became an intern at Red Hat (Fedora Engineering Intern).
+* (December 2013 - present) - Title change to "Associate Software Engineer, Fedora Engineering"
+= Perhaps most importantly, I earn badges! =
+{{ #fedorabadges: codeblock }}
+= What I do outside of Fedora (in FOSS) =
+* I love learning about programming paradigms, particularly Functional Programming.
+** Along with that, I love learning the math behind it. Type theory and category theory are enjoyable. Provable correctness is amazing. :)
+** In fact Programming Language Theory in general is amazing. :)
+* I maintain a small number of [https://rubygems.org/profiles/6607 Ruby Gems], but this is about all I do with Ruby nowadays.
+* I maintain some Haskell packages on [http://hackage.haskell.org/user/RickyElrod Hackage].
+* I created [http://da.gd/ http://da.gd/] and am currently rewriting it in Haskell.
+* I sometimes contribute to [https://github.com/facebook/phabricator Facebook's Phabricator project] in my spare time.
+= Non-software things that I do =
+* I am a full-time student, currently majoring in CS and minoring in Mathematics at Youngstown State University.
+** I am the current Vice President for the YSU ACM student chapter.
+** I am the former Vice President for [http://www.w8upd.org/ W8UPD], The University of Akron's Amateur Radio Club.
+** I am the former Vice President for [http://acm.cs.uakron.edu ACM at UAkron].
+* I am a founder of [http://synhak.org The SYN/HAK Hackerspace] in Akron, Ohio.
+* I am learning calligraphy in my free time.
+* I enjoy photography - I shoot Pentax.
+* I am still active with the University of Akron Amateur Radio club, though I no longer attend UAkron. I write code for them.

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