My name is Andrew Fader (sometime alias "Andre"). I am a full-time student, but I always find time to engage in interesting projects that aren't school-related. Some of those projects are documented here. As an ENTP, I often find myself engaged in many different things at once, so to give a sense of scope and time to this page, I have added some dates where possible. However, the list isn't in any sort of consistent order. If you want to get in touch with me, my e-mail is andrevan@gmail.com.
- I am a student at Carnegie Mellon University, studying computer science. Here's a link to my Carnegie Mellon webspace (2, 3) which has nothing interesting at the moment.
- At Carnegie Mellon, I am involved in the Modsnake project, which has also been featured on Hack a Day, Slashdot, Gizmodo, Make: Blog, and others courtesy of yours truly. (2008-Present)
- I am also involved in the Red Rover's quest to win the Google Lunar X Prize. (2008-Present)
- I was a 2006-2007 National Vocabulary Championship finalist, featured in a TV special that aired on the Game Show Network April 15, 2007. I was also featured in New York area news coverage about the competition:
- I co-founded a business called Facade Computer in September 2003. We have been featured in:
- I am an administrator (meaning I can block troublesome users, delete certain pages, and other responsibilities) on several Wikis:
- I wrote an article called Who Will Google Buy Next?, which was featured on the front page of kuro5hin, as well as on Slashdot and more. (June 14, 2005)
- I have programmed and developed from scratch several games:
- An IRC implementation of Ghost (the word game) which features records, wagers, and user accounts. (2002, still updated periodically)
- vbJotto, a Visual Basic implementation of the Jotto word game featuring TCP/IP online play. (June 2006, last update June 2007)
- Several TI-83+ games in TI-BASIC (click the link to see my page at ticalc.org). (October 2004)
- I handle the business, marketing, and promotion end of DSRE, a currently in-development open-source streaming radio program. (August 2005-Present)
- I run Andre's NES Emulator, a popular implementation of NESCafe, featured on Digg, StumbleUpon, and more. It has also become part of the web-based YouOS as YouNES. (June 2006-Present)
- I uploaded a government ethics listserv dump and was featured in Boing Boing. (March 16, 2005)
- I designed, promoted, and continue to maintain the Tuner Information Center website as its web consultant. (2001-Present)
- I've written several game reviews for GameFAQs. (July 2002-March 2003)
- Blast from the past: I designed an educational website for my school's entry into the ThinkQuest competition. (1999)
