me
I'm currently a linguist in the technology industry in Silicon Valley. In 2005, I received my MSc from the University of Edinburgh in Speech and Language Processing. I graduated from Rice University in May 2003 (Jones College, B.A. Linguistics & Cognitive Science).
I'm a musician and bibliophile, a vegetarian cook, cyclist, and public transit maniac. I'm more inclined to the real than the surreal.
The site is named Magic Spot after a tradition at my elementary school camp: finding a wilderness spot that was special to you, and spending time there regularly.
If you're so inclined, you can find me in the following other web locations:
Facebook
LiveJournal (My LiveJournal account is not active for content -- please see the blog -- but my archives are still up and I use it to keep in touch with people.)
Del.icio.us
Flickr (I don't really use this account much; check the gallery instead)
If I exist elsewhere on the web (aside from brief mentions on other pages) I've forgotten. I'm a little bit inattentive about keeping up with these things sometimes.