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!Who?
* Alastair Porter
* BCMS Hons (First Class), WaikatoUniversity
* Used to live in Morrinsville and attend Morrinsville College
* Spent an extra year as a LazyStudent studying towards a BMus at the NZ School of Music
* Gave up on studying for a while and got a job with [Metservice|http://metservice.com]
* Frequents [#wlug] with the [Nick] alastair

! Music
* Have played the Trombone for a great number of years (I'm quite good, you know)
* Proud recipient of an ATCL (Recital) Diploma
* I used to play with
     * Waikato Symphony Orchestra
     * Hamilton Big Band (as well as Musical Director)
* I currently play with
     * Wellington Bone Company

! Linux
* I run [Ubuntu]. [GNOME]. etc. [Desktop Linux|LinuxOnTheDesktop] is quite nice. You should try it some time.
* Server Linux is also quite nice, you should try it some time.

! Projects
* Worked on the [Aym] UnitTesting framework with GianPerrone, before I knew what unit testing was
* Once upon a time worked on [bluefish|http://bluefish.openoffice.nl]
* I provide MetaData and sometimes code for the [musicbrainz|http://musicbrainz.org] project
* More things on [Git Hub|http://github.com/alastair] as they happen

! Rants
* I used to think that TheWikiIsEvil, however I have since realised the error of my ways.
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