Born: Sep 02 (virgo!), Halifax, Nova Scotia

Died: Not yet

Education: BS CMSC from UMBC. Perry Hall Senior High School, Baltimore, MD

Location: Ellicott City, MD

Pets: Cats!

Colors: Dark Blue and Espresso Brown

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Email: omar@heedme.com

Web: www.heedme.com

Welcome! Presumably you are here to learn more about me, so read on!

Personal webpages are kind of passe in the age of social networking sites (see the links to the left!), but I've had my own "homepage" since the dawn of time, err, I mean the dawn of the web, so I continue to maintain this one.

There are also more photos of me (this is basically a vanity page after all!).

About Me (professionally):

I work with computers for a living, and also as a hobby. I do systems and network engineering: architecting networks of internet-attached systems. I've worked in many niches of the industry but am currently with the University of Maryland at College Park, in the Clark School of Engineering. See my resume for details. I am available for freelance work, email me if interested.

About Me (personally):

I have a broad variety of interests, but if I had to pick one true passion, it's travel. I enjoy everything about travel, but most of all how it forces a change in context, leaving mind and senses open, better able to appreciate everything. You can see an assortment of my travel photos (mostly older ones). And here's a rough map of where I've been:

A second great passion is good food, wine, and spirits. Eating, drinking, cooking, going out, discussing, researching - all of it. I cook a all kinds of things but desserts are a speciality. I can be a big nightlife person, an evening just getting rolling at 11pm is just fine!

I love my two kitties who have been with me for years, definitely a cat person (and an animal person in general). See their many photos! My first and most special kitty, Sparky (the black fuzzball in the photos) passed away on July 30, 2008. I miss her.

I really enjoy the outdoors, and like to hike, garden, climb, kayak, or just sit in outdoor cafes (see food above). Quiet contemplative time next to running water in a natural setting with a homemade baked good in hand is pretty darn nice. Considering all those interests, eco-sustainability matters to me. No worries, I'm (usually!) not sanctimonious about it, but I do frown real hard at people who litter.

I like to do many other things: I work out regularly, follow current events and politics, read and write prodigiously, explore art-galleries, museums and historical sites when I can, watch bad movies, and take care to keep my home asthetically pleasing. I did Tien Shan Pai KungFu for several years. I enjoy yoga a lot. I've been known to go spelunking. I shop more than most guys do. I like taking photos. And I really enjoy good, strong black coffee.

I spend way too much time online and in front of computers.

And I think that is enough about me.

Other Stuff:

• I've always had lots of books and other media. While I've recently been trying to streamline these collections, I still have a lot. I've created online lists to help me track what I have more easily. See my book collection, my music CD list, and my DVD library.
  
  
• My current personal computing setup includes:
  • Dell Poweredge Pentium D running FreeBSD, for internet services.
  • Dell Inspiron Pentium Dual Core and Dell Vostro Core2Duo workstations running Windows and FreeBSD.
  • Gig-e, wi-fi, etc.


• Here are some very old (ca. 1990s) images and text files. Included for a taste of what I might have found entertaining once upon a time...And here's a link to a Grenada Travelogue I wrote years ago. (it looks primitive now but has been popular via google so I link to it still).
  
  
• The content here is mine alone, and is not associated with or condoned by any past, current, or future employer, neighbor, spouse, significant other, pet, or postal carrier.