X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=cworth.org;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Findex.mdwn;h=09f71a8b88f0908273939eecac64abf668f0d07a;hp=92c07465799f73bbad37dd49e6822cf25ab2ce7a;hb=HEAD;hpb=55e82999d067daa627e489b63a1ce087980880e1 diff --git a/src/index.mdwn b/src/index.mdwn index 92c0746..09f71a8 100644 --- a/src/index.mdwn +++ b/src/index.mdwn @@ -1,51 +1,89 @@ +[[!pagetemplate template=indexpage.tmpl]] + # Family -[[img family-photo-2005-10.jpg size="200x200" alt="Family photo" -class="floatright"]] My family is the greatest source of joy in my -life. Stacy and I have been married since December 30, 1995 and are -having many wonderful adventures raising our four sons, Cameron, -Hyrum, Andrew, and Scott. One defining aspect of our family life is -our membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -([lds.org](http://lds.org)). Another essential aspect of our family -life is play. The [[LEGO]] system is a favorite toy of all the boys in -the family, and we're starting to put together a decent collection of -favorite [[games]]. We also love wrestling together and doing pretty -much anything to make each other laugh. +[[!img carl-stacy-peru.jpg size="405x304" alt="Family photo" +class="right"]] My family is the greatest source of joy in my +life. Stacy and I have been married since December 30, 1995 and have +had so many adventures raising our four sons, Cameron, Hyrum, Andrew, +and Scott to adulthood (or at least getting there). I'm really looking +forward to seeing what each of them will do in the next phase of their +lives. # Software -Since about the age of 10, (think BASIC on an Apple ][e), I've found -myself wanting to program computers more often than time generally -allows. I feel very fortunate that so much [Free -Software](http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html) exists -that I can very often find that someone else has already written the -programs that I would like to write if I had the time, (and I'm given -the freedom to adapt the software to my exact desires). I'm also very -fortunate to work for [Red Hat](http://www.redhat.com) which gives me -the opportunity to write Free Software as a full-time job. - -[[img cairo-logo.png alt="Cairo logo" class="floatleft"]] The single -software project that I've spent the most time on is the [cairo -graphics library](http://cairographics.org) which has been a -tremendous amount of fun, but it's really only interesting for other -programmers. Non-programmers might be interested in some of the other -games and toys that I've written. I share all my programs as Free -Software and I'll put more information about obtaining those programs -here soon, (please pester me if you're interested in something I've -written and cannot find it). - -# Other things - -I enjoy doing origami, and I've recently started studying word lists -suitable for games like SCRABBLE, (though, oddly enough, I very rarely -play any such games). I've also recently started running for exercise, -and I'm thinking of taking up indoor rock-climbing. - -I have some older pages of information [about -myself](http://cworth.org/~cworth) which I still need to completely -migrate to a new location. The most significant information on the old -web pages is the collection of [papers and -talks](http://cworth.org/~cworth/papers/) that I have given. - -I may be reached by email to cworth@cworth.org (shocking, isn't -it?). +When I was about 10 years old, my Dad bought us our first computer, +(an Apple ][e), and I started teaching myself how to program. I found +software truly fascinating because it allowed for creating something +where nothing had existed before and working in a medium of pure +thoughtstuff. I've had the good fortune to spend a large part of my +career in the world of "Free Software" where a worldwide community +collaborates together on software. + +[[!img cairo-logo.png alt="Cairo logo" class="left"]] I'll mention two +software projects which I created from scratch: The [cairo graphics +library](https://cairographics.org) and the +[notmuch](https://notmuchmail.org) mail system. I'm really pleased +with both because not only did I build a succesful piece of software, +but I was able to form a vibrant community project around the +software. It's been very satisying to watch those projects have a life +of their own beyond when I could dedicate much of my own time to them. + +During the COVID-19 pandemic, I started writing some simple games for +family and friends to play together while isolated in our own +homes. These are hosted at [LMNO games](https://lmno.games). + +Other little toy projects I have worked on are in various states of +completion and can be found at my [personal git +server](https://git.cworth.org). + +I've presented [[talks]] about several of my software projects which +might be interesting to read about. I've always posted the slides I've +presented, and I've recently started doing much better writeups so +people that didn't hear me speak alongside the slides can still +understand them. + +# Search and Rescue + +Since 2017 I've been active on Search and Rescue teams, currently on +the [Clackamas County Search and +Rescue](https://www.clackamas.us/sheriff/sar.html) team also known as +CSAR. The work we do is hard, often thankless, but also hugely +rewarding. I'm on specialty teams for both technical rope rescue and +for trail-running. The friendships I've made through search and rescue +are priceless. So many people volunteering so much time, money, and +effort and strictly to help others. + +# Fitness + +I started [rock climbing](rock_climbing) in 2008 and I love the +puzzle-solving nature of climbing and the many disciplines it leads to +(toproping, lead climbing, sport climbing, trad climbing). + +In 2019 I started running, initially to rehabilitate my knee after a +surgery. I found that my knee felt best as long I kept running several +days a week, so I've tried to never stop. I've really fallen in love +with doing long trail runs to cover in a single day what many people +would backpack in 2 or 3 days. I get to see all the same things as the +backpackers, but I have a lighter pack and I get to sleep in my own +bed. My first 50k (31.1 miles) race was in November 2021 at Silver +Falls. So that was my first ultramarathon without having competed in a +marathon, (I had registered for one in 2020 but it was canceled for +the pandemic). + +Ultrarunning introduced me to the crazy concept of the "backyard +ultra". I thought it would be fun to test my own limits by +participating in one. But when I found that none existed in Oregon, I +decided to put one together myself, so now I'm the race director of +the [Banana Slug Backyard Ultra](https://slug.run). + +# Contact and resume + +I may be reached by email to cworth@cworth.org . And if you're +here because you might be interested in hiring me, you will likely +want to see my [resume](carl_worth.pdf). + +# Old news + +I once tried to write somewhat regularly in a [[blog]] but it is now +just an archive of things I wrote quite some time ago.