me at Belém
Hello everyone!
My name is Pedro, I was born and live in Portugal, and currently I'm an information security consultant.
I have a professional and personal interest in computer architectures, information security, UNIX-like operating systems and opensource software. I'm also a graduated Engineer and very curious in the fields of mechanics, aerodynamics, electronics, architecture and other engineering areas.
- Name
- Pedro João Lopes Venda
- Age
- 27 (according to php calculations)
- Residence
- Lisbon, Portugal, Europe
- Academics
- Currently I'm studying Electronics and Computers Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico which belongs to the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL)
Major: Computers
Minor: Electronics
- Personal Interests - Good ways to spend time
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- See my bookmarks at del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/Clansman
- Computers
- Hardware
- Virtualization systems like XEN, UML or vserver...
- System administration and server maintenance
- Linux
- Automotive engineering - sports cars, professional driving
- Aeronautics - Gas turbine technology, aerodynamics, navigation and practical airliner technology (Microsoft Flight Simulator)
- Small time Microsoft Flight Simulator simmer
- Avid fan and user of PMDG aircraft models: 737NG; I also own the 747-400 and will eventually buy the 747-400F.
- Rubik's Cube: I'm not a speedcuber... I've just recently discovered the challenge that the world famous puzzle poses, and really enjoyed studying something about it.
- Electronics (DIY)
me at madeira
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- Travelling
- Natal/Pipa, RN - Brazil - April / 2004
- Madeira - Portugal - September / 2006
- Genève - Switzerland - December / 2006
- London and Oxford - United Kingdom - February / 2007
- Cinema
- Time with friends, of course
- Music - Old school and more modern heavy metal like (in no particular order):
- Iron Maiden
- Dream Theater / Liquid Tension
- Metallica
- Rammstein
- AC / DC
- Megadeth
- Time with my girlfriend
- Travelling
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- Professional Interests
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- Computer/network/information security
- embedded systems and linux
- linux kernel programming
- linux distro management/system administration
- distributed operating systems
