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Last updated (manual attempt) Nov 12, 2001
If you're looking for the ISP page, click here.
If you're stuck in a frame, click here.
Like many towns, this one is under construction. Also, this one is quite
feeble and could crash your computer any second now...just kidding. But
it is fragile, so handle with care. It is also a very quickly loaded
page, (no intrusive javascript or excessive giffing here!)
making it Lynx (text browser) friendly. In fact, this site is best viewed
with 
You've come a long way to find out about me so here is some awesome info: I graduated from Computer Science at UBC. I now work at Crystal Decisions (formerly Seagate Software).
A couple of my pseudonyms are Araneus and Argiope. To answer the question before it's asked, go here to find out what I'm talking about. There are a lot of images here, so be prepared to wait for a bit. Clue (if you don't want to bother loading up the page on a modem)--you'll find a hint in this mystery in one of the animated gifs on this humble web page.
Stuff I like to do? Well, listening to computer music (in some form of MOD) is a hobby of mine. I'd like to compose, but haven't the time to learn how to track. My current choice of tracker is Impulse Tracker. Let me know if you want to walk me through it!
Recently, I got myself a midi keyboard that I play on...currently, it's more of a private piano to practice on, day or night, without worrying about waking people. Yamaha PSR 540 I have yet to connect it to my computer, but one day, when I can set aside the time for it, I will.
I like most types of music except for negative, headache music (ie. alternative and heavy metal). Generally, instrumental stuff is good. Words somewhat detract from the mood and ambience that a song can create. A few of my favourite pop groups of all time (at least the ones I can remember right now) are:
Real World - Throwing It All Away (name of song and group is kind of iffy)
In the past year, I've gotten into progressive trance, with artists like Paul Oakenfold and Sasha/Digweed providing some good driving tunes.
The next four might make some people squeemish. Basically movies of people who won't make the olympics.
MODs are a form of computer music. See the bookmark file above for links to MOD sites. Try Yahoo's MOD links to see what else out there. My favourite MODs are created by Elwood. See the MOD archive's Elwood links to find the module DeadLock.xm, one of the only MODs that I don't get tired of listening to.
I wish I had the space for MODs, but my disk quota is limited. Email me if you have any exceptional ones that I should hear or if you want any recommendations.
There aren't that many cartoons that can combine a great plot with a great soundtrack and contain a theme of morality like the ones below:
Nausicaa is a wonderful film about a girl who tries to save the world. It involves a world whose most dominant inhabitants are insects (although the main characters are people).
Laputa is another film vaguely familiar to Gulliver's Travels (although the stories don't really have anything to do with each other). Laputa is the city in the sky that a girl seeks, after hearing stories about it from her father.
For a few more films that also directed by Hayao Miyazaki, go to here.
It's interesting--I never mentioned my full name once in this entire document (well, unless you've looked at the source :) ). But really, it's unlikely that you'll even have this URL without knowing my name. I mean, how many net searches will turn up a personal home paage? But here it is, anyways. Introducing, the one and only (okay, I've disproven this with a net search, but for dramatic effect) Timothy Chu.
A bunch of (webcounter doesn't work) people have visited my home since July 3, 1997. 1000 visitors happened some time between Feb and March 1999.
is the number of people since I joined
Geocities (October, 1999) (but this counter resets itself once in a while)