This page can go many different ways, so consider this an organic document.
My name is Aaron Griffin. I was born on June 1st, 1982. I went to school for
Computer Engineering, and am currently employed as a coder/developer.
Well, that's the boring part. Lets move on to one of the reasons you may be on this page.
I am currently the project lead / figure head / overlord of the ArchLinux linux distribution. This means that I try to control the direction that the rest of the packagers and developers on the project go in, and sometimes I even succeed. In addition, that means I try to code where I can, and obvious contributions can be found via the Arch git projects or even right here in my own personal projects which mostly mirrors some Arch projects, with some exceptions.
While my free time is mostly consumed with ArchLinux related tasks, I also have a handful of other fairly regular habits:
First on this list would be my movie habit. I watch movies constantly, and would highly recommend NetFlix to anyone here in the US. They're an amazing service which allows you to watch many of the movies you cannot find at the corner movie store. My movie ratings and reviews happen mostly there, which is a closed community, but plan on changing that at some point.
Secondly, I've recently re-kindled my outdoor habit from when I was younger, and have gotten into backpacking again. While it is winter at the time of this writing, expect to see some backpacking stories in the life section of this blog.
Beyond that I have all the typical "geek" hobbies, from table-top war games (Warhammer, Warmachine, etc), to anime, to board games, to video games (mostly RPGs), and