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Officially

• Name: Carly Lyddiard
• Hometown: Newcastle, Australia
• Current location: Melbourne, Australia
• Occupation: Analyst Programmer (.NET Technologies)

Contact

• Email: carly[dot]lyddiard[at]gmail[dot]com
• MSN: carly[dot]lyddiard[at]gmail[dot]com
• Jabber: carly@jabber.org.au
• Skype: siddhamitra

Social Bookmarking / Online Presence

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Unofficially

I am into a bunch of bits and pieces (and not great at any of them, hehehe).

• playing fiddle/violin and mandolin
• travel and outdoors
• meeting people
• software development / programming
• random and hilarious conversations over a beer or nice glass of red wine
• technology / nerd culture
• religion, philosophy, culture
• photography
• the online society / open source movement
• computer games (d’oh)
• bushwalking / hiking
• reading

Favourite book(s)

Easily Dan Simmon’s Hyperion/Endymion series. Four books: Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, Rise of Endymion. Best story I have ever read, and written perfectly. I’m reading more Dan Simmons as a result.

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is also way up there, anything by Neal Stephenson (especially Cryptonomicon).

Favourite Music

I like a lot of different types of music, but here are a few of the artists I am enjoying of late: Architecture in Helsinki, Kimya Dawson, Laura Marling, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Lang, Bernard Fanning, Josh Pyke, Emiliana Torrini, The Herd, Hilltop Hoods, John Butler Trio, John Lee Hooker, urgh – the list goes on.