Dreamaker's Re-introduction (not that I recall doing much of an introduction first time)

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[font="Calibri,Arial"]Hi, I'm Dreamaker. So everyone else is doing one of these so I suppose I better. I didn't do a great one first time on TBDL and probably scared off half the forum, so this one should be much better (and it's a good example of why not to judge people by their intros).

My Interests:
Computers: The main one here. Programming, image editing, gaming, creating websites, etc. For Programming, I have programmed in C#, Java, Python, Ruby, Javascript and PHP. I've done CLI, GUI and web applications as personal projects. Personally I find that web apps are the easiest, followed by CLI then desktop GUI are the hardest. Python is my favorite so far, but I'm not that good at it, so I still do a lot of PHP.

For image editing I prefer Paint.NET for most tasks. It's easy to use and quite fast. I also use Photoshop when I need to bring in the heavy guns. I can use GIMP, but I'm not very good at it, so I only really use it on Linux. I don't use any special software for web design (unless the programming code is complex, in which case I use Aptana), and usually it's all done in Notepad++.

As for choice of OS: Anything that isn't Mac. I've had bad experiences with every Apple product I have, except my iPod Touch.

Gaming: I have an Xbox 360 Elite, (broken) DS, GBA, PS2 and Wii. I originally had the Premium, but it died, and as it wasn't 100% of the time for the RRoD, I ended up paying for a replacement myself. My computer has: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz (6MB L2 Cache), 4GB RAM, ATI HD 3650. It's a Dell Studio 17 laptop, although I will be getting some cash during the summer and plan on building my own desktop. I also have emulators for PS1, PS2, GBA, Gamecube, Wii (quite buggy this one, suprise suprise), SNES, NES, N64, Genesis etc. My iPod Touch has emulators for GBA, PS1 (70% speed), SNES, Genesis and NES and playing Pokemon Emerald on the iPod is nearly superior to on a GBA, thanks to the better screen.

Weird Stuff: Well TB/DL obviously. I'm quite fine with being a TB, but not so much with being a DL. I'm also into water sports "lite", i.e. wetting pants. I first started getting into it around 12, at which point I spent a lot of time feeling like crap, as all the sites were definitely the wrong sites (deeker and co.) but stuck around as I couldn't find nowhere else to talk to other people with similar interests. Then I found TBDL.

Sexuality: I don't like the thought of having gay sex. Beyond that I'm not sure. I normally say asexual, as I've yet to find myself sexually attracted to anyone (male or female, real or porn).

Reading: I read lots. My favorite books are Terry Pratchett's discworld, and the hitchiker's guide. Unlike most avid readers I know, I'm not as into Classic Literature. I just find the language to archaic and it bores me in most cases.

Other information:

• I'm an atheist. I was a Catholic until around 12, because it was the norm. After that I was an agnostic (Translation: "I'm not sure") until about 15, at which point I decided the whole lot was rubbish IMO.
• I do well in school. I'm the highest achiever in my class, and have been since I was 8.
• I'm not a party person. I have my friends and stick with them.
• I have dyspraxia. I was diagnosed late. When I was 12 I was told I might have dysgraphia or dyspraxia by a doctor, and since then several other medical people, but due to the slow medical system here, was only offically diagnosed earlier this year.

Feel free to ask any questions you want.
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[Raccoon]

Oh you are a fabulous Dreammaker; I was going to succumb to toad flu and get someone to teach me... been holding off since I wanna learn myself, and was gonna ask for a simple-to-learn graphics manipulation job, but you answered mah question!

For image editing I prefer Paint.NET for most tasks. It's easy to use and quite fast. I also use Photoshop when I need to bring in the heavy guns. I can use GIMP

Reading: I read lots. My favorite books are Terry Pratchett's discworld, and the hitchiker's guide.

dysgraphia

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Dysgraphia (or agraphia) is a deficiency in the ability to write, regardless of the ability to read, not due to intellectual impairment.

People with dysgraphia usually can write on some level,and often lack other fine motor skills, finding tasks such as tying shoes difficult. It often does not affect all fine motor skills. They can also lack basic spelling skills (for example, having difficulties with the letters p, q, b, and d), and often will write the wrong word when trying to formulate thoughts (on paper). In childhood, the disorder generally emerges when the child is first introduced to writing. The child may make inappropriately sized and spaced letters, or write wrong or misspelled words despite thorough instruction.

dyspraxia

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Developmental dyspraxia is one or all of a heterogeneous range of development disorders affecting the initiation, organization and performance of action.[1] It is a diagnosis of exclusion which entails the partial loss of the ability to coordinate and perform certain purposeful movements and gestures, in the absence of other motor or sensory impairments like multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease.