Dean Jackson
Only slightly better than a 404
Sorry, but I don't like to provide much information about myself. I expect that this is fine, since I doubt you really want it.
If you knew me via W3C, then you might want to know that I'm no longer working there. I'd been there quite a long time and I needed to do something different. OK, the true story is they finally realised I had been using all the work travel to smuggle exotic wildlife, and never gave them a cut.
I'm now doing something different, and having a lot of fun.
Contact Details
Everyone always writes that the best way to contact them is via email. If you really want to get my attention then send me a letter bomb (preferably by email as that's the best way to contact me).
- Personal: dino@grorg.org
If you need my postal or street address, send me an email. Same goes for my phone number. Although be aware that I will probably lie.
Frequently Asked Questions
In this context, I define "frequent" as anything that happens zero or more times. Maybe it's just a list of questions I'd like to be asked.
Why do you always cut your hair so short?:
I usually cut my hair before I travel. The rest of the time I let it grow. However, given that I rarely see people other than when I travel, most people think that I'm constantly shaving my head. Why do I actually cut it? Because it feels really nice, and means I don't have to think about a hairstyle. Anything longer than about a month of growth drives me crazy.
The Dean I know is never serious. Why are you serious here?:
The non-serious Dean you may know is a fake persona - it's a cover I use to help me deal with the world. Inside my own head I don't joke as much.
Are you really that into Survivor?:
Yes! I love it. The TV show, not the band. Note to self: write a webpage on Survivor.
What's 56 squared?:
3136, but I must write a page showing how that's an easy thing to work out in your head (definitely no calculators needed :)
What's your favourite movie?:
I have a list of my 10 favourite movies. It's currently 32 movies long.
Do you really think you know all this stuff?:
Not at all. I'm slightly paranoid about the way I present myself. I feel that I often talk as if I'm an expert that knows the field inside-out. In reality I'm unsure of what I think I know, and I am usually looking for justification and agreement. I hate myself for ever sounding like an expert, since I never am. "Wisest is he who knows what he does not know". I'm not even that smart :)
Is it true that you can do the Rubik's cube?
Yes... without cheating too! I have a fond childhood memory of finding a huge bin of Rubik's cubes within a store in a small country town and spending thirty minutes or so solving them. I think I was about 10 years old. I love my cube!
At this point I think I'm having a boring conversation with myself, so I'll stop.
About Me
I have two small pieces of personal information to share. The first is that I hate commercial radio (I guess I find easy listening really difficult). The second is that I'm into whitegoods and kitchen utensils. My current top three appliances:
My washing machine is fantastic. My very first home page had a picture of my old washine machine, which was a pile of shit. In fact, if it weren't for this text I'd forget about that washing machine and live in the joyfull bliss of my current model.
My dishwasher is awesome. It's a Miele - highly recommended. Expensive though.
My digital kitchen scales are a bundle of fun. If you are lucky, they display within 10% on consecutive weighs of the same item. They also beep (but not ping).
I also have a nice orange juicer, a pretty good hand-blender and and an average rice cooker.
