Some random facts and figures about me...
Full name: Carl Robert Hultquist
Birthday: 16 September 1981
Occupation: PhD student at the University of Cape Town
Interests: Music, theatre, reading, squash, golf, tennis, puzzle-building, cycling, generally getting outdoors, programming, problem-solving

If you're interested, you can peruse my CV here.

Music stuff!

I'm not much good at actually playing music, but really enjoy listening to music. Religiously, every day. Without music, life would be no fun!

I listen to mostly anything, but mostly enjoy rock/alternative kind of stuff, straying into a bit of pop/techno/jazz when in the mood and on very rare occasions (usually after many glasses of wine!) succumbing to classical music.

Fun bits & pieces

For a laugh, check out The Code of the Geeks v3.12, also more commonly referred to as the Geek Code. My code (from when I last sat and wrote it out -- a long time ago!) looks like this:

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GCS/M d-@ s+:- a-- C++$ UL++++ P+>++ L++>++++ E--- W+++ !N o? K? w---() O?
M->+ V? PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP>+++ t+>++ 5? X R--(-)>R tv@ b+(+++) DI+++ D+ 
G>++ e++>++++(*) h-(*) r !y+
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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I know the dark delight of being strange,
The penalty of difference in the crowd,
The loneliness of wisdom among fools.

-- Claude McKay