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|REAL-NAME=Rick Elrod
|image=CodeBlock.jpg
|homepage=elrod.me
|location=Ohio, USA
|birthday=August 2
|fas-name=codeblock
|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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= Ricky Elrod on the 'net =
=NOTE!=
'''FAS''': [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/user/view/codeblock codeblock]<br />
'''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.'''
'''GPG''': [http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x002710B0DAD3DF0E DAD3DF0E]<br />
 
'''Freenode''' (nick: CodeBlock): #fedora-admin, #fedora-noc, #phabricator, #rubyonrails, #synhak and a bunch of others.<br />
= Introduction =
'''Slashnet''' (nick: CodeBlock): #uakroncs<br />
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.
'''Ham Radio''': [http://callook.info/n8sql N8SQL]<br />
 
'''Email''': [mailto:codeblock@fedoraproject.org codeblock@fedoraproject.org]<br />
I am a Red Hat Certified Engineer as of June 2019.
'''Blog''': [http://rickyelrod.tumblr.com/ http://rickyelrod.tumblr.com/]<br />
 
'''Github''': [https://www.github.com/codeblock http://www.github.com/codeblock]<br />
= What I do within Fedora (current-ish) =
'''Facebook''': [https://www.facebook.com/codeblock http://www.facebook.com/codeblock]<br />
 
'''Google+''' (rarely used): [https://plus.google.com/106726601246881076299/ https://plus.google.com/106726601246881076299/]<br />
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.


= What I do within Fedora =
= Timeline of my Fedora history =
* (June 2010) - Sent intro email to infrastructure@lists.fedoraproject.org, started helping out wherever I could.
* (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!)
* (January 2011) - Got funded to go to [[FUDCon:Tempe_2011]]. (Thank you, Fedora!)
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* (June 2011) - Won the [[Scholarship | Fedora Scholarship]]. (Thank you, Fedora!)
* (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.
* (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) =
= What I do outside of Fedora (in FOSS) =
* I secretly love Ruby and Ruby On Rails, and tend to do web development work using this stack quite a bit.
* I work on a lot of small FOSS projects that I started (see my GitHub page linked above).
* I maintain a small number of [https://rubygems.org/profiles/6607 Ruby Gems].
* I love learning about programming paradigms, particularly Functional Programming.
* I created (and very badly need to re-create) [http://da.gd/ http://da.gd/] and the [https://github.com/CodeBlock/dagd "framework"] that powers it.
** Along with that, I love learning the math behind it. Type theory and category theory are enjoyable. Provable correctness is amazing. :)
* I contribute to [https://github.com/facebook/phabricator Facebook's Phabricator project] in my spare time.
** In fact Programming Language Theory in general is amazing. :)
* I am trying to make the FOSS bridge between Software and Amateur Radio more obtainable to more people. On a contribution and end-user level. I have at least one project in development right now to contribute to this goal, that will be released (and FOSS once it is) in mid-2012. This project also recently got approved by Kickstarter, so we can soon begin raising money to help make this happen.
* I maintain a small number of [https://rubygems.org/profiles/6607 Ruby Gems], but this is about all I do with Ruby nowadays.
* I love learning and playing with a lot of different programming languages.
* I maintain some Haskell packages on [http://hackage.haskell.org/user/RickyElrod Hackage].
** Here is a small list of ones that I know: Ruby, Python, PHP, Perl, [http://iolanguage.com Io], Java
* I created [http://da.gd/ http://da.gd/] and am currently rewriting it in Haskell.
** Here is a small list of ones that I have played with/am learning: [http://clojure.org/ Clojure] (and other lisps), C/C++
** Here is a small list of ones that I want to try out one day: [http://magpie-lang.org Magpie]


= Non-software things that I do =
= Non-software things that I do =
* I am a part-time student at the [http://www.uakron.edu/ University of Akron].
* I am a founder of the [https://noexc.org/ Northeast Ohio Experimenters Club], a small ham radio club among friends, in Ohio, USA.
** I am the Vice President for [http://www.w8upd.org/ W8UPD], The University of Akron's Amateur Radio Club.
* I was a founder of [http://synhak.org The SYN/HAK Hackerspace] in Akron, Ohio, USA.
** I am the Vice President for [http://acm.cs.uakron.edu ACM at UA].
* I enjoy photography - I shoot Pentax.
* I am a founding member of [http://synhak.org The SYN/HAK Hackerspace] in Akron, Ohio.
* I enjoy astronomy and should learn more about it one day.
* I am learning Guitar in my free time.
* I'm an extra class amateur radio operator (N8SQL) and ARRL and Laurel VE.
* I play the keyboard for fun. I'm not good at it.
* I play drums (but only as a hobby).
* I love animals.
* I play guitar (also only as a hobby).
* I play piano (you get the idea at this point).
* I swing dance.


= Things that I find interesting and one-day would like to try, but currently know nothing about =
[[Category:Ambassadors from the USA]]
* Airplane piloting.
* Astronomy.
* Upgrading my Ham Radio license to 'Extra'.

Latest revision as of 01:58, 18 June 2019

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



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.