Hi. My name is Josh, and I am a nerd.

Generally speaking, I'm an avid tinkerer and builder. The mechanics of things fascinate me; when I see something novel, my first thought is usually "How would I do that?" My mother likes to remind me that, as soon as I learned to get up and pull things off tabletops, there was never a working pen in the house. Since then, I've learned both restraint and how to put things back in working order. That said, one of the benefits of living by yourself is that noone is around to catch you breaking something...

When I'm not taking apart someone else's creation, I'm either watching TV, reading, or creating something myself. I grew up helping my father on various woodworking projects (read: I got in his way and held the tape measure). I make little programs, physical doodads, and kludge existing things to fit my needs better. Admittedly, the software I make is typically much more robust and reliable than my furniture, but that didn't stop me from building a basic desk and television stand.

In 2006, I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with two degrees: one in Mathematics, and the other in Linguistics. By day, I develop software.