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## About me

I'm a Canadian software developer, 3D artist, photographer, musician, [blogger](/blog), amateur radio operator, and general maker of things. I love to experiment with little-used technologies, and specialize in *making things interconnect*.

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As always, I'm working on multiple projects at the same time and have my head crammed full of technobabble. Currently, I am:

- Working on the graphics pipeline powering children's TV productions at [Industrial Brothers](https://www.industrialbrothers.com/)
- Administering experimental internet routing gear
- Contributing to the Rust library and tooling ecosystem over on [GitHub](https://github.com/ewpratten)
- Working with low-power radio communication modes

## Am I on air?

...given how little time I leave for hobbies some days, probably not. But it's worth a check anyways. If I happen to be reaching you with my transmissions, please QSL.

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<img src="https://hamalert.org/myspot?c=VA3ZZA&h=e0fa3b8ff28e81a5&a=12" srcset="https://hamalert.org/myspot?c=VA3ZZA&h=e0fa3b8ff28e81a5&hr=1&a=12 2x" style="width:100%;max-width:400px">
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<img src="https://rbn.telegraphy.de/activity/image/VA3ZZA" style="width:100%;max-width:600px">
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## I make music too!

Every once in a while, I get around to uploading a new track or two. If you'd like to hear my musical experiments, check out my profiles on:

- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1aLNEmgqBJkhfkEZvf8Vh5)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/evan-pratten/1611566708)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHT3Lt0Mg90bspbMHJfTcA)
- [Amazon Music](https://music.amazon.com/artists/B09TBHQCM1/evan-pratten)

## Recent events

<ul class="events-list">
<li>2022</li>
<ul>
    <li><div><span>Jan</span> <span>Assigned autonomous system number <a href="https://explorer.burble.com/?#/AS4242422811"><em>4242422811</em></a></span></div></li>
</ul>

<li>2021</li>
<ul>
    <li><div><span>Dec</span> <span>Started the <a href="https://ffixp.net"><em>Freeform Internet Exchange</em></a> project</span></div></li>
    <li><div><span>Nov</span> <span>Completed the <em>Hurricane Electric IPv6 Certification</em></span></div></li>
    <li><div><span>Nov</span> <span>Acquired a /64 and a /48 block of public IPv6 addresses</span></div></li>
    <li><div><span>Nov</span> <span>Built the Echolink node VA3ZZA-L</span></div></li>
    <li><div><span>Oct</span> <span>Set up network infrastructure for managing my public IP addresses</span></div></li>
    <li><div><span>Oct</span> <span>Acquired a /24 block of public IPv4 addresses</span></div></li>
    <li><div><span>Oct</span> <span>Produced <a href="https://github.com/Ewpratten/ludum-dare-49"><strong>[data::loss]</strong></a> as part of Ludum Dare 49</span></div></li>
    <li><div><span>Sep</span> <span>Began an <em>Honours Bachelor of Applied Information Sciences</em></span></div></li>
    <li><div><span>Aug</span> <span>Acquired a /29 block of public IPv4 addresses</span></div></li>
    <li><div><span>Jun</span> <span>Participated in ARRL Summer Field Day, scoring 270 points</span></div></li>
    <li><div><span>Apr</span> <span>Produced <a href="https://github.com/Ewpratten/ludum-dare-48"><em>Deep Breath</em></a> as part of Ludum Dare 48</span></div></li>
</ul>

<li>2020</li>
<ul>
  <li><div><span>Aug</span> <span>Participated in Google CTF 2020</span></div></li>
  <li><div><span>May</span> <span>Participated in Hack-A-Sat CTF</span></div></li>
  <li><div><span>Apr</span> <span>Produced <a href="https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/micromanaged-mike"><em>Micromanaged Mike</em></a> as part of Ludum Dare 46</span></div></li>
  <li><div><span>Mar</span> <span>FRC Humber district event <em>finalists</em> as part of Raider Robotics</span></div></li>
  <li><div><span>Feb</span> <span>Participated in the Canadian Computing Competition</span></div></li>
</ul>

<li>2019</li>
<ul>
  <li><div><span>Jun</span> <span>Participated in Google CTF 2019</span></div></li>
  <li><div><span>Apr</span> <span>FRC district championships <em>quarter-finalists</em> as part of Raider Robotics</span></div></li>
  <li><div><span>Apr</span> <span>FRC Western district event <em>semi-finalists</em> as part of Raider Robotics</span></div></li>
  <li><div><span>Mar</span> <span>Participated in the ECOO Programming Contest</span></div></li>
  <li><div><span>Feb</span> <span>FRC Ryerson district event <em>quarter-finalists</em> as part of Raider Robotics</span></div></li>
  <li><div><span>Feb</span> <span>Participated in the Canadian Computing Competition</span></div></li>
</ul>

<li>2018</li>
<ul>
  <li><div><span>Sep</span> <span>Completed Google's *Foobar* programming challenge</span></div></li>
  <li><div><span>Apr</span> <span>Participated in the ECOO Programming Contest</span></div></li>
  <li><div><span>Mar</span> <span>FRC Waterloo district event <em>quarter-finalists</em> as part of Raider Robotics</span></div></li>
  <li><div><span>Mar</span> <span>FRC Georgian district event <em>quarter-finalists</em> as part of Raider Robotics</span></div></li>
</ul>
</ul>