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= Richard (Ricky) B. Elrod =
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|homepage=elrod.me
|location=Ohio, USA
|birthday=August 2
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|email=codeblock@fedoraproject.org
|gpg=FC3C6A07
|irc-nick=relrod
|irc-channels=#fedora-admin, #fedora-noc, #fedora-apps, #haskell, #scalaz, and a bunch of others
|facebook=codeblock
|github=relrod
|callsign=N8SQL
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I am a Linux enthusiast, who recently decided to find an already-active Open Source community to participate in. Because of that, I recently joined the Fedora Infrastructure Team. I'll talk a bit about that below, but so far I really enjoy it.
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= My Life =
=NOTE!=
At some point I can probably just link to my portfolio, but right now it's a bit specific to the class that I had to develop it for. After I graduate High School (two weeks left, as of this writing), I will remove some of the class-specific elements of it, and link to it here.
'''By FAR, the best way to reach me is by pinging me on IRC or dropping me a PM (relrod on freenode). Please try to contact me there before resorting to other methods.'''


Basically, I have been using Linux for nearly 5 years now. Started out with Freespire, moved up to Ubuntu, then to Arch. Then I stopped for a while, and went a different direction: Into the world of the BSD's. I really liked FreeBSD for some time. The ports system was excellent, and the community was very helpful. However, there were some things that irked me a bit, and made me want to try something new.
= Introduction =
I live in Youngstown, OH, USA, and am a recent graduate of Youngstown State University where I majored in computer science and mathematics, and minored in linguistics. I have a very strong interest in Programming Language Theory (PLT) and the connection between mathematics and programming by way of things like category theory, type theory, and the Curry-Howard correspondence. To that end, I have a very strong opinions on the state of the software industry and the need for formal verification in our industry as software continues to grow more fragile and complex.


That's where Fedora comes in. After playing around with Fedora for some time, I decided that I'd like to give back to the community a bit. The Infrastructure Team was very accepting of me, and [[User:mmcgrath]] helped me get started. He gave me my first job, which is to create an automated script to make Fedorahosted projects and repos, as needed, by parsing out Trac tickets from a template. For the full concept, see the ticket here: http://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2131. This is still a work in progress.
I am a Red Hat Certified Engineer as of June 2019.


I hold an amateur radio license, KB3LLM, though I am very rarely active on the bands anymore. As mentioned above, I graduate High School in two weeks, and plan on entering the University of Akron, to major in Computer Science.
= What I do within Fedora (current-ish) =


I am active on IRC, on Freenode (irc.freenode.net) and a small network I help run, Ninthbit (irc.ninthbit.net). On both of them, I use the nick "CodeBlock". That is probably the best way to contact me, or via email, at codeblock@fedoraproject.org.
I am on the [[Community Platform Engineering]] team at Red Hat. Day-to-day, I spend most of my time on the infrastructure team, ensuring that the Project's servers are up and running, safe and secure, and up to date. However, I also spend time working on Fedora's websites portfolio, including co-leading the rework of getfedora.org that took place in mid 2019. I hold a seat on the Fedora Mindshare committee where I represent the Websites and Design teams. I maintain a fair number of packages, mostly random things that I find useful.


= Thanks =  
= Timeline of my Fedora history =
And finally, I just want to say thanks to the Fedora Infrastructure Team for allowing me to be a part of it, and letting me help out. I have yet to see another Distro's infra team be so open to people helping.
* (June 2010) - Sent intro email to infrastructure@lists.fedoraproject.org, started helping out wherever I could.
* (January 2011) - Got funded to go to [[FUDCon:Tempe_2011]]. (Thank you, Fedora!)
* (February 2011) - Was asked about and gladly accepted entrance into sysadmin-main, the core sysadmin group for the Fedora Project.
* (June 2011) - Won the [[Scholarship | Fedora Scholarship]]. (Thank you, Fedora!)
* (November 2011) - Started administrating the [[Scholarship | Fedora Scholarship]] since the previous winner has the opportunity to run the next year's scholarship.
* (February 2012) - Became an intern at Red Hat (Fedora Engineering Intern).
* May 2017 - Transitioned to full-time member of the Community Platform Engineering team as "Associate Software Engineer"
* June 2019 - Promotion to "Software Engineer"
* June 2019 - Obtained RHCE certification.
 
= What I do outside of Fedora (in FOSS) =
* I work on a lot of small FOSS projects that I started (see my GitHub page linked above).
* I love learning about programming paradigms, particularly Functional Programming.
** Along with that, I love learning the math behind it. Type theory and category theory are enjoyable. Provable correctness is amazing. :)
** In fact Programming Language Theory in general is amazing. :)
* I maintain a small number of [https://rubygems.org/profiles/6607 Ruby Gems], but this is about all I do with Ruby nowadays.
* I maintain some Haskell packages on [http://hackage.haskell.org/user/RickyElrod Hackage].
* I created [http://da.gd/ http://da.gd/] and am currently rewriting it in Haskell.
 
= Non-software things that I do =
* I am a founder of the [https://noexc.org/ Northeast Ohio Experimenters Club], a small ham radio club among friends, in Ohio, USA.
* I was a founder of [http://synhak.org The SYN/HAK Hackerspace] in Akron, Ohio, USA.
* I enjoy photography - I shoot Pentax.
* I enjoy astronomy and should learn more about it one day.
* I'm an extra class amateur radio operator (N8SQL) and ARRL and Laurel VE.
* I play drums (but only as a hobby).
* I play guitar (also only as a hobby).
* I play piano (you get the idea at this point).
* I swing dance.
 
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Rick Elrod
Rick Elrod
Personal information
Location: Ohio, USA
Birthday: August 2
Homepage: elrod.me
E-mail: codeblock@fedoraproject.org
GPG key: FC3C6A07
Contact information
Ham Radio: N8SQL​
Facebook: codeblock​
GitHub: relrod

​

Fedora-specific information
FAS name: codeblock
Fedora e-mail: codeblock@fedoraproject.org
Fedora homepage: codeblock.fedorapeople.org
Fedora Badges earned (142)
Senior Editor Speak Up! Flock 2013 Attendee Associate Editor Junior Editor Involvement Bloggin' it! (Planet I) If you build it... (Koji Success II) If you build it... (Koji Success I) If you build it... (Koji Success III) Tagger (Tagger II) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Riddle Me This Tanked! Junior Badger (Badger I) Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F20) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Crypto Panda Secretary General You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Paranoid Panda Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Trust me, I know what I am doing Mugshot Let Me Introduce Myself White Rabbit Bona Fide Packager Sponsor What goes up... (Koji Failure III) What goes up... (Koji Failure I) What goes up... (Koji Failure II) Maestro Bloggin' it! (Planet III) White Hat Nuancier In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Embryo Baby Badger Flock 2013 Speaker Senior Badger (Badger II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Tadpole Egg Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) No Longer a Ronin Binary Star Take this and call me in the morning Rockin' & Rollin' Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Proven Packager Fedora Scholar Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Override, you say? Helping Hand Partners in Crime The Blessing of the FPL What goes around comes around (Karma I) Flock 2014 Speaker Master Editor If you build it... (Koji Success IV) Flock 2014 Attendee Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Crypto Badger Badge Off! Missed the Train Ambassador Party Pirate Corporate Drone Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Consolation Prize Nom Nom Nom Fedora 21 Change Accepted Shellshocked Tadpole with Legs Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Fedora Legal Badge of Doom Bloggin' it! (Planet IV) Flock 2015 Speaker Delivery Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Master Badger (Badger III) Origin You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) Fedora 22 Change Accepted Macaron (Cookie I) What goes around comes around (Karma II) Dancing with Toshio It still works! Top 500 Flock 2015 Attendee Websites.NEXT Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Top 100 Flock 2017 Attendee Flock 2016 Attendee Extra! Extra! Clickbait (Fedora Magazine I) Krakow Brews! Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Froglet Horcrux Bob Loblaw (Planet V) Black and White (Cookie III) Don't Call it a Comeback Curious Penguin (Ask Fedora I) The Panda Is In Steampunk Arcade LISA17 Flock Paparazzi Amateur Radio SIG Member Inside Job Pizzelle (Cookie IV) What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Flock 2018 Attendee Flock 2019 Attendee Rollercoaster Restaurant Adult Frog Meeting of the Minds DevConf.cz 2020 Attendee You’re on a boat! Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Fedora Advocate Readiness Rainbow (Cookie V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) Fedora & CentOS Social @ Summit 2020 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) We Can Do It! nest-attendee-2020 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II)
 



NOTE!

By FAR, the best way to reach me is by pinging me on IRC or dropping me a PM (relrod on freenode). Please try to contact me there before resorting to other methods.

Introduction

I live in Youngstown, OH, USA, and am a recent graduate of Youngstown State University where I majored in computer science and mathematics, and minored in linguistics. I have a very strong interest in Programming Language Theory (PLT) and the connection between mathematics and programming by way of things like category theory, type theory, and the Curry-Howard correspondence. To that end, I have a very strong opinions on the state of the software industry and the need for formal verification in our industry as software continues to grow more fragile and complex.

I am a Red Hat Certified Engineer as of June 2019.

What I do within Fedora (current-ish)

I am on the Community Platform Engineering team at Red Hat. Day-to-day, I spend most of my time on the infrastructure team, ensuring that the Project's servers are up and running, safe and secure, and up to date. However, I also spend time working on Fedora's websites portfolio, including co-leading the rework of getfedora.org that took place in mid 2019. I hold a seat on the Fedora Mindshare committee where I represent the Websites and Design teams. I maintain a fair number of packages, mostly random things that I find useful.

Timeline of my Fedora history

  • (June 2010) - Sent intro email to infrastructure@lists.fedoraproject.org, started helping out wherever I could.
  • (January 2011) - Got funded to go to FUDCon:Tempe_2011. (Thank you, Fedora!)
  • (February 2011) - Was asked about and gladly accepted entrance into sysadmin-main, the core sysadmin group for the Fedora Project.
  • (June 2011) - Won the Fedora Scholarship. (Thank you, Fedora!)
  • (November 2011) - Started administrating the Fedora Scholarship since the previous winner has the opportunity to run the next year's scholarship.
  • (February 2012) - Became an intern at Red Hat (Fedora Engineering Intern).
  • May 2017 - Transitioned to full-time member of the Community Platform Engineering team as "Associate Software Engineer"
  • June 2019 - Promotion to "Software Engineer"
  • June 2019 - Obtained RHCE certification.

What I do outside of Fedora (in FOSS)

  • I work on a lot of small FOSS projects that I started (see my GitHub page linked above).
  • I love learning about programming paradigms, particularly Functional Programming.
    • Along with that, I love learning the math behind it. Type theory and category theory are enjoyable. Provable correctness is amazing. :)
    • In fact Programming Language Theory in general is amazing. :)
  • I maintain a small number of Ruby Gems, but this is about all I do with Ruby nowadays.
  • I maintain some Haskell packages on Hackage.
  • I created http://da.gd/ and am currently rewriting it in Haskell.

Non-software things that I do

  • I am a founder of the Northeast Ohio Experimenters Club, a small ham radio club among friends, in Ohio, USA.
  • I was a founder of The SYN/HAK Hackerspace in Akron, Ohio, USA.
  • I enjoy photography - I shoot Pentax.
  • I enjoy astronomy and should learn more about it one day.
  • I'm an extra class amateur radio operator (N8SQL) and ARRL and Laurel VE.
  • I play drums (but only as a hobby).
  • I play guitar (also only as a hobby).
  • I play piano (you get the idea at this point).
  • I swing dance.
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