About me

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  • Name: Ryan
  • Age: 16
  • Location: SoCalifornia
  • Education: 11th grade (Junior)
  • Interests: Music (Performance), Computers (Web design, Programming)
  • Other Information:

Computers

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  • Likes the interweb
  • Likes computers
  • Programming (and HTML/CSS)
    • HTML - 9 - Bad following of standards and semantics. Excessive use of marquee.
    • CSS - 12 - Used mainly for Neopets pages. Excessive use of glow and proprietary IE styles.
    • PHP - 14 - Used to create site for school marching band. Also implemented XHTML because it was the hip new thing.
    • Java - 16 - Current project. Self-study for AP Computer Science exam.

Music

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  • Listens to: Just about anything. Currently on a Ska fling. Previous musical obsessions include Jazz (Big Band and Latin), J-Pop, and... just about anything.
  • Plays
    • Piano - Began at 4, stopped formal lessons at about 11 or 12. Level 8 Certificate of Merit for MTAC.
    • Trumpet - Began at 14 to join school band. Swtiched to...
    • Trombone - at 16, converted from Trumpet. Didn't do well on trumpet, mildly proficient at trombone.
  • Have played for a minimal amount of time
    • Recorder - Hasn't everyone? It's really easy.
    • Clarinet - Fingerings are weird in the higher register.
    • Flute - Hard to play and weird fingerings.
    • Saxophone - Really easy fingerings... more or less.
    • Euphonium - Would like to play this in addition to trombone.
    • Tuba - Big.
    • French Horn - Tinier than trumpet. Too much tubing.
    • Cello - The first move into string instruments... and it's different.
    • Violin - Compared to cello... tiny.
    • Oboe - It's really fun! I like it! I want to play it!
  • Has Perfect pitch, a blessing and curse.

Wikipedia

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  • I will try to contribute what I can, but normally I find I have nothing more to say. I don't really like writing, for I often have nothing creative to say. That is, unless I am quite knowledgeable about a topic. Then, though, I have the problem of actually getting my thoughts out to words.

I'll go let these explain myself...

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
es-3Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel avanzado de español.
ubx-5This user uses entirely too many userboxes.
HTML-3This user is an advanced HTML user.
PHP-2This user is an intermediate PHP programmer.
pno-2This user is an intermediate pianist.
rec-3This user is an advanced recorder player.
vocThis user is a vocalist.
 This user plays the trumpet.
 This user plays the trombone.
 This user plays the euphonium.
ob-1This user is a novice oboist.
 This user contributes using Firefox.
 This user uses Google as a primary search engine.
 This user enjoys chess.
 This user drinks Coca-Cola
 This user is male.