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My name is Michael Walker, I am currently 16 years old and live in the city of Hull in England. I am a bit (a lot) of a nerd really, and spend most (all) of my spare time on my computer; though my mum is attempting to make me get a job. Many people accuse me of being boring, though I say that those people need to get to know me better! Simply spending a lot of time on my computer doesn't make me boring; it makes me different, and in this increasingly conformist and normalised work, difference is a good thing. My interests range far and wide, from computers to... well, anything you can give me a bit of information about that provides a challange. Origami is an interest of mine for that reason; I like the challange of transforming a piece of paper into different shapes without resorting to scissors, glue, or sellotape as most people would.

I am very introverted, and feel fairly awkward around people I don't know very well. This, of course, makes it more difficult to get to know other people well, and so the cycle continues! I tend to value competency over skill; incompetent people irritate me much more than someone who is merely bad, but knowledgeable about a particular subject. This can make asking me for help with a computer-related task a fairly daunting experience - often I will move you away from the computer, do it myself, and expect you to have watched and learned. Please correct me if I do this to you.

I spend quite a lot of my time fiddling around with my computer and websites. My computers must be perfect, this means no viruses, spyware, adware, or any other malware of any kind. No crashes, freezes, or other problems of that sort. Of course, that excludes from my usage any operating system created by Microsoft. I use the Arch Linux GNU/Linux distribution on all my personal computers, as not only does it live up to my standards, it also exceeds them and also satisfies another strong aspect of my personality, minimalism and simplicity.

The music I like tends to be exactly the sort of thing most other people don't like. I love ambient music, gothic/gothic rock, metal and some rock. I have yet to meet someone in person with the same musical taste as me. I find most of my music from recommendations, though I have recently taken to lurking around Jamendo and have found three great artists and six great albums through it.