Dusty Cloud Brainstorms: Don't mind the mess

Chris Webber, in toon form

My name is Christopher Allan Webber. Welcome to my humble home. I'm not very good at hospitality, but help yourself to whatever's in the pantry. Would you like a cup of honeybush tea? There was some green tea in there too but I don't know where I put it.

I do quite a bit of artwork, I keep a blog, and I do some other writing as well. I am most happy in life when I am being creative. I also kept a comic for a very short while, but it's been dead for quite some time. I'm in the process of reviving it, though. Honest.

Aside from writing, I do a fair amount of coding, even outside of work. Most of the code I write is written in Python, my language of choice (though I enjoy quite a few other languages as well).

I guess if you're here you might be interested in knowing a bit about me. I'm a native of Milwaukee but I currently live in Chicago where I am currently employed as a programmer at a web development company called Imaginary Landscape. Formerly I worked at Google as a datacenter monkey in its Hardware Operations department. I am engaged to Morgan Lemmer, who has been the most wonderful and loving partner I could ever imagine. I still don't know how she manages to put up to me.

I am an avid supporter of Free Software. I run Linux (or GNU/Linux, if you prefer) exclusively, both at home and at work, and my current preferred distribution is Ubuntu. My favorite applications are Emacs, Blender, and the Gimp. I run GNOME as my desktop because it is usable, though sometimes I wish it was more configurable.

Socially, I'm a bit odd. I don't like large parties or loud organizations of people I don't know. I do, however, enjoy dialogue, and if you think you'd enjoy meeting up for a cup of coffee or tea, and you're in the Chicago area, contact me.