Hi. You seem to have stumbled across the personal website of Felix Crux (that's me). These pages contain some basic information about me, my projects, and some organisations and other websites I find interesting or support.
I am a student at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada. I am enrolled in the Mechatronics Engineering program (If you're uncertain about what "mechatronics" is, you are not alone. It is a combination of mechanical, electrical, and software engineering). It is a Co-Op program, so every four months I switch between a school term and working at companies related to my field of study. I have previously worked with with Research In Motion (RIM, the creators of the BlackBerry), and with CenterLine (Windsor), in their Supersonic Spray Technologies R&D facility.
I am interested in subjects such as photography, artificial intelligence, hacker (techie, not cracker) culture, machine learning, music, free/open source software, robotics, civil liberties, comedy, elecronics design, and many, many other things. I am attempting to chronicle some of my experiences on this website, as well as provide links and pointers to those looking to get started in any of these fields.
I have been an executive member of the Waterloo Space Society. Although I am new to the hobby and not yet a licensed ham, I frequent the Kitchener-Waterloo Amateur Radio Club meetings when in Waterloo. In previous terms I have been involved with the UW Robotics Team. In my free time I like to read, code, vigorously discuss things, or try to learn to play my new guitar. Most of my projects are done on my own time, either just out of curiosity or by collaborating with friends.
I'm always trying to explore new fields, so I have picked up a smattering of knowledge about many tech buzzwords. The following is a cursory list of some of the things I like to work with, and which I have at least a basic working knowledge of: C/C++, Perl, Python, PHP, (X)HTML & CSS, Atmel (and other) microcontrollers, LaTeX, digital circuit design, Linux (I have been Windows-free for quite some time now) and the associated development tools (the GCC toolchain).
Vim. To quote something I once saw on the 'net: "Emacs is a decent OS, but its text editor sucks."
This website is still very much under construction, so please check back periodically.