User:(WT-en) Bulliver

Hello!
I am a 30 year old guy from Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. My real name is Darren Kirby, and I was born in Kamloops. I have also lived in Cache Creek, Edmonton, Vancouver/Burnaby, and Summerland. I am currently back in Edmonton for a while.



My interests are:
 * Programming: Mostly Python, Ruby and PHP, though I am trying to teach myself C/C++ and Lisp.
 * UNIX: You know how junkies buy heroin? Well I buy computers, and install UNIX on them. I have 7 so far, 4 X86s running Gentoo Linux and FreeBSD, an Apple G4 running Gentoo PPC, an Apple G5 running OSX, and a Sun UltraSparc U60 running both Solaris and Gentoo Sparc64.
 * Photography: you can see my digi's. Some nice travel shots, but mostly just random debauchery.
 * Music: I play guitar, bass, and pretty much anything else I can get my hands on that makes noise. I have extremely diverse musical tastes.
 * Food and Drink: I have worked as a chef most my life and receive great joy from a brilliant home cooked meal and bottle of wine.

My Edits
I started with Penticton after finding my hometown unrepresented. I have noticed much of British Columbia is lacking, so I guess I will fill it in where I can find the time. I also started the Apex Alpine and Summerland page, and added some more sights to Vancouver. I have started Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Kootenay National Park, Manning Provincial Park and Mount Robson Provincial Park

For quick access: Project:Namespace_index | Wiki markup | Project:How_to_draw_a_map

Maps
I have created a few maps for Wikivoyage:


 * Downtown Peninsula - Vancouver City Center
 * Stanley Park - Vancouver City Center
 * Okanagan Valley - Okanagan
 * Penticton - Penticton
 * Downtown Toronto - Toronto/Downtown
 * Toronto-Annex - Toronto/The Annex
 * Seattle overview - Seattle
 * British Columbia Regions - British Columbia
 * Queen Charlotte Islands - Queen Charlotte Islands
 * Mayne Island - Mayne Island
 * South Gulf Islands - Southern Gulf Islands
 * Greater Victoria - Victoria
 * Central Victoria - Victoria

Photographs
I have added a few of my pictures to Wikivoyage:


 * Sailboats on Okanagan Lake - Penticton
 * Benchland - Penticton
 * View from Munson - Penticton
 * View from Munson - Penticton
 * View of Penticton from the south - Penticton
 * International Bridge - Sault Ste Marie
 * Urban Sprawl - Toronto
 * Mount Robson - Rocky Mountains
 * Monument George-&Eacute;tienne-Cartier - Montreal
 * Habitat '67 - Montreal
 * Hartland Covered Bridge - Hartland
 * Selkirk Mountain backcountry - Kootenays
 * Edmonton Skyline - Edmonton
 * East Sooke Park rainforest - Sooke
 * Active Pass - Southern Gulf Islands
 * Okanagan Lake - Okanagan
 * Summerland - Summerland
 * Trout Creek trestle - Summerland

Docent
I have volunteered myself as Docent for Penticton and Apex Alpine. Feel free to leave a note in my talk page or email me at: mailto:bulliver@gmail.com

Places I've been
My most recent extended trip was from Penticton to Saint Stephen New Brunswick. During the 2 week long trip I put 12000! km on my poor car. Sometimes you need to be a tourist in your own country. Highlight of the trip was visiting Montreal. What a great city, I recommend it to anyone looking for a great time and great sights. Places outside of Western Canada that I have been to (Don't laugh, from Penticton to Montreal is about the same distance as London is to Moscow. Makes for a long trip.):
 * Canada
 * Ontario
 * Ottawa | Toronto | Niagara Falls | Kenora | Sault Ste Marie | Hamilton | North Bay | Sudbury | Thunder Bay
 * Quebec
 * Montreal | Quebec City | Trois-Rivières
 * New Brunswick
 * Saint John | Saint Stephen | Fredericton


 * USA
 * Michigan
 * Sault Ste Marie
 * Wisconsin
 * Eau Claire | Madison | Wisconsin Dells
 * Minnesota
 * Minneapolis/St. Paul | St. Cloud
 * North Dakota
 * Fargo | Bismarck
 * Montana
 * Billings | Butte | Bozeman
 * Idaho
 * Coeur d'Alene
 * Washington State
 * Spokane