Welcome to Otaku-Wired, my little place on the web for many years now. I picked the name long ago and it is partially derived from my love of Japanese culture and Anime and part because it just sounds cool. On this direct site you’ll find my little blog where I casually post about things going on in my life, it isn’t a full out journal so don’t expect constant updates, it’s just a nice way for me to speak out to the world. Currently I’m a Systems Engineer at Expert Server Group in Bedford, New Hampshire. I have a deep passion for both cars and computers and do spend a lot of time on both. I currently drive a Mazda RX-8 and a RX-7, they are wonderful cars and tons of fun. For computer systems, I am much more of a Linux/UNIX guy then anything else. I currently use Ubuntu daily and regularly work with Solaris, I do keep a Windows 7 machine around for gaming as well.
I’ve lived in New Hampshire since 1998 when my family moved up here from Pompano Beach, Florida. We first moved to Weare, then later after my parents divorced I moved with my mom to Henniker so that I wouldn’t have to change schools. I graduated from John Stark Regional HS in 2002 and went straight to Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire majoring in Computer Science and graduated with a Bachelors degree in 2008. I have since continued to pursue learning in the computer field with specialized certifications, the most recent being the Sun Certified Solaris Administrator certification. I do plan to continue into a Masters program but have not figured out what I would want to focus on in the computer science world so for now I’m just working and learning the ropes of the corporate IT world.
I got into cars from my dad, who used to build and race Corvettes in the SCCA (GT-1 class). Though it wasn’t until we moved to NH that I got to build a car with him, that first car was a 1991 Corvette. I enjoyed it and learned a lot which led to me picking up my first RX-7, a 1979 model. I was intrigued by the theory of the engine and how it was not a reciprocating design like the more common piston engine. Though this car never ran it taught me a lot about restoring cars and working on them as well as how a different style of an internal combustion engine ran. A few years later I received a 1983 RX-7 LE from my dad as a high school graduation present, this one was in good shape and ran smooth even though I got it with 192k on the clock. I have since restored most of the car, replacing the engine at 230k and changing the interior from maroon to black. I’ve learned a lot from the cars I’ve had and worked on, which also happens to be a decent list, and have matured because of it. Now I drive a RX-8 GT daily and have put a little time and money into modifying it while keeping the RX-7 tucked away in my garage. Another car I have, that is still waiting for me to have an appropriate place to build it, is a 1981 Delorean DMC-12, body and frame wise the car is solid but the interior is shot and the engine doesn’t run but that will be changing in due time for it is the one car I have worth taking my time and doing it right. Another and perhaps more rare care I’ve owned is a Japanese Celica GT-Four (ST205). I had this car for about 3 years, one of which was spent rebuilding and restoring parts of the car. It was an amazing vehicle to own but in the end it was too costly in even standard maintenance for me to keep while in college.
Well that about covers me in a general sense, want to know more? Well that’s why I have this blog. Enjoy!