CURRENT MISSION

create an oasis for artists

ABOUT ME

I AM AGAINST CS BECOMING A CORPORATION

Gave up a lucrative computer programming career just as the dot-com boom began because after my first trip to India I decided to dedicate my life to music and social-justice activism.

In 2006 in Croatia I discovered I had a half-brother with uncannily similar interests so I know it is my true path. Am visiting again in 2012.

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PHILOSOPHY

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only one page."
- St. Augustine of Hippo

"...grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other"
- Reinhold Niebuhr

"much like there is little reality in "reality TV" there is little actual "social networking" on Facebook"
- david via meetup.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Travelling for 7 years so there have been many unofficial couchsurfs by me and by travellers I met on the road staying with me both in Sydney and at the lake.

Interests

Psycholgical/social frontiers, unconventional people, "intentional communities".

• books
• tv
• traveling
• music
• electronic music

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: Arthouse cinema. Not much TV.

MUSIC: Enjoy live improvised music (electronic or acoustic).

BOOKS: Read intelligent Sci-Fi, Autobiographies, Tim Winton, Helen Garner. Lots of podcasts. Currently enjoying Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon and Barry Humphries' Autobiography More Please.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

INDIA - My first trip to Asia in 1994. Alone, and with no guidebook, it really did feel like an acid trip.
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or
Click here for a map of places in India I have visited over the years.

Teach, Learn, Share

Am experienced at teaching electronic music skills. Like to share da WWW4R3Z. I also usually end up sorting out people's Windoze computer issues.

Enjoy exchanging "world-views" with people who acknowledge we all have a world-view.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Croatia, Germany, Laos, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, India, Italy, Thailand, United Kingdom

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