User:Moxfyre

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Userboxes fr-4 Cet utilisateur parle français à un niveau comparable à la langue maternelle. es-2 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español. This user is a proud cyclist. This user enjoys jelly beans. This user contributes using Linux. c-4 This user is an expert C programmer. py This user can program in Python. perl This user is a perl hacker.

My faithful commuter road bike, "Steely Dan", built by me starting from a high-quality 1980s touring bike frame

I'm a graduate student in physics at the University of Maryland. I'm studying nanotechnology. I'm very passionate about riding, building, and maintaining bicycles: I think it's good for the environment, good for health, good for communities, and an enjoyable hobby to boot.

[edit] My articles

Articles I've written about bikes:

• Lugged steel (bicycle frame construction)
• Sheldon Brown (famous bicycle mechanic, technical guru, and Internet personality)
• Bike boom
• Local Bike Shop

[edit] My interests

My interests include:

• Nanotechnology
• Bicycles
• Rock climbing
• World politics, especially of the US and the Middle East
• French language and culture
• Spanish language and culture
• Judaism, Islam, and early Christianity
• Developing and using free software... especially Linux, GNOME, Emacs, OpenOffice, GStreamer, Apache, Python, Perl