User:Bubba73

I'm a freelance software developer in Brunswick, Georgia. Actually I live several miles outside of Brunswick, on the mainland in Glynn County, not on any of the Golden Isles, but part of the Colonial Coast. I live off U.S. Route 17, near FLETC of the Glynco area, not too far from Interstate 95, not too far from the Altamaha River, and not quite close enough to the Atlantic Ocean (our yard is 13 feet above sea level) - but pretty close to a saltmarsh, with all of the live oak trees, deer flies, mosquitos, sand gnats, and a few alligators. I live in a half-way house on a one-way street. I was born on the outskirts of the Okefenokee Swamp. My great great grandfather lived in nearby Darien, Georgia and died here in Brunswick, when he (as a doctor) went to help a ship quarantined with Yellow fever. Both of my grandfathers worked in the shipyards here for a while.

My interests are mainly in math, computer science, chess, bridge, music, the history of computing, physical science, and scientific skepticism. I have BS degrees in math and physics (emphasis in astronomy), a master's degree in applied math, and a MS in computer science. I program in Pascal and Delphi. I am a US Chess Federation local-level director, working at scholastic chess tournaments. I've been contributing to chess articles (primarily articles about endgames, chess theory, and articles about the rules of chess), early computers, some math topics, scientific skepticism & related topics, articles on nearby places & local history, and a few other things. Lately I've been more interested in photographing things, mainly of a historical nature, especially thing on the National Registry of Historic Places. My first edit was March 15, 2005, as an .