Will Baird

• Gender: Male
• Industry: Government
• Occupation: supercomputer sysadmin
• Location: California : United States

About Me

I am in my 30s and of the pasty persuasion ancestry. Married and have the incredible family. A bit of an adventurer. I have a very bad habit of being right at the wrongs times. I am fairly bright, inquisitive, and have a mischievous sense of humor. I'm very much a generalist and definitely have the attitude of 'Yeah, I can do that!' My greatest strengths are my problem solving and troubleshooting abilities. I'm also rather good at using my imagination without it getting really out of hand. I'm an alpha male of sorts but I tend to lead by example. One of my best friends stated that I lead by inspiring and challenging others to keep up.

Interests

• reading
• history
• alternate history
• science fiction
• biotech
• space
• nanotech
• my family
• my wife
• mischief
• teaching
• education
• politics
• energy tech
• environment
• exercise
• architecture
• hiking
• computers
• gaming
• music
• world building
• anime
• A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
• soc.history.what-if
• alt.history.future
• rec.arts.sf.science

Favorite Movies

• 12 Monkeys
• Blackhawk Down
• tLotR
• Shawshank Redemption
• Dark City
• Saving Private Ryan
• Blade Runner
• Gladiator
• Aliens
• Monsters Inc
• Crouching Tiger-Hidden Dragon
• Swordfish

Favorite Music

• Def Leppard
• Tom Cochrane
• Shakespeare's Sister
• Train
• Mozart
• Beethoven
• Handel
• Vivaldi
• Beatles
• Doors
• Dave Matthews
• Tchaikovsky
• Huey Lewis & the News
• Diana Krall
• Harry Connick Jr
• The Police
• Smash Mouth
• Aerosmith
• Third Eye Blind
• Bach
• Toby Rush
• Simon & Garfunkel

Favorite Books

• In Conquest Born
• The Mote in God's Eye
• This Alien Shore
• The Helliconia Series
• Starship Troopers
• Blackhawk Down
• Conquest: Cortes Montezuma and the Fall of Old Mexico
• Slave Trade
• The Shadow Rising

My Blogs	Team Members
The Dragon's Tales