About me

downtime is kind of my nerd persona. This is all the, not just technical, but nerdy stuff that I'm working on and/or do. Emacs, Linux, privacy, security, more Emacs, etc. I don't know what going to happen.

Currently, I'm working on building my Python, IT, and Cybersecurity skills enough to make a career switch. Although, now, in the age of generative AI, I suppose I'll just content myself with keeping those skills as hobbies.

Recently, I came across an autism self-assesment test and curiousity got the better of me. A year or so ago I asked my wife if she thought I was on the spectrum. She has a degree in psychology, so I guessed that she would know something about it. She laughed a sweet and caring laugh and said something like, "absolutely". The self assessment, as far as those things go, confirmed it. And not just a little autistic, but still "high-functioning".

So that led me to think about the follow-up question I'd asked my wife about ADHD and I had gotten a similar response to the autism question. So I went to add.org and took their self-assessment. Oh boy! Yeah. After reading some more about it on their site, I exhibit, in varying degrees, all of the symptom classes.

I know people say this all the time, but it really does explain a lot.