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Contact
- What is your GPG public key?
- What is your public DSA key?
- What is your email address?
- Are there other ways to reach you?
Publications
- I never read anything that you produced; are you new to the scene?
- Your business cards say that you're a writer; what do you write about?
- Can you tell me some of the publications that featured your work?
- Have you written any books?
- Where can I buy the novels featured in your web site?
- Who is your literary agent?
Television/Radio/Interviews/Media
- Is there a headshot
somewhere?
- Have I seen you on TV? (*snicker*)
- Have I heard you on the radio?
- Have I read about your work somewhere?
- Any conferences?
Sushi
- I googled for you and a sushi page came up... what's up with that?
- How did the Sushi Eating HOWTO come about?
- Can you tell me where to find good sushi restaurant in my town?
- Do you speak Japanese?
Personal
- What do you do for a living?
- What languages do you speak?
- What do you do for fun?
- Where do you live/have you lived?
Contact
What is your
GPG public key?You can view my public key here. You may use it to send me encrypted email and other documents.
What is your public DSA key?
The public DSA key is used by a program called SSH for granting access to a system. Mine is here. If you don't know what this means, or how it is used, don't worry about it. Only system administrators deal with this key.
What is your email address?
Because of all the spam I used to get, I no longer publish my email address on any web site. You can use this form to send me your initial message and I will reply by email. Then we can exchange email all day if you want.
Are there other ways to reach you?
Sure! You may reach me here:
2801 Turk Boulevard, #202
San Francisco, CA 94118 USA
or:
20 de Noviembre #606
Col. Alameda
Celaya, Gto. 38050 Mexico
Also, you can find me at:
| AOL
Instant Messenger |
ciuranae |
| Yahoo!
Messenger |
ciuranae |
| MSN
Messenger |
tek_fox@bluemail.ch |
| ICQ |
92495212 |
| IRC |
pr3d4t0r
@ irc.freenode.net (#java op) |
| Phone |
+1
415 387 3800, +1 202 538 4124, or +52 461 612 0511 |
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Publications
I never read anything that you produced; are you new to the scene?
Not really... I've just been writing in many scenes. I've been writing commercially since I was around 13, including magazine and newspaper articles, a couple of plays, two novels, instruction manuals, a computer book, etc.
Your business cards say that you're a writer. What do you write about?
Most of the time about computers, programming, and technology development. That's kind of boring for me now so I spend more and more time writing (and trying to sell!) thrillers/contemporary fiction.
Can you tell me about some of the publications that featured your work?
Here are some highlights:
- My first paid article was a piece on the ethnic Festival of Tierras Negras in Celaya, Gto. Mexico, around 1979. I was 13 at the time and it was published in the local newspaper, El Sol del Bajío; Celaya had a population of about 200,000 at the time; now it's more like 550,000. I published many other features on topics ranging from homeopathy to soccer.
First
magazine article (and cover feature!): "Implementation of a
Windowing
System in Turbo Pascal", PC/Tips, Mexico, August 1988. Became
a
regular contributor between November 1988 and November 1990.
Nine
cover articles during that span. It was the largest
circulation
PC
magazine in Mexico until around 1992.- First thing published in the US: Byte Magazine, box about Windows 3.0 programming techniques, October 1990.
- First feature article published in the US: "The Nonlethal Weapons Shopping Cart", OMNI Magazine (General Media).
- Recent stuff (2002-to-date): Feature pieces for Computerworld, The Server Side, EE Times, etc.
Yes, three:
Where can I buy the novels featured in your web site?
The Tesla Testament will be available from Walmart.com, Amazon.com, bn.com and independent booksellers in the United States, Canada, and the UK on 10.October.2006.
Who is your literary agent?
The incredible Nancy Ellis. You may contact her through this form or directly at her office. If possible, please use the form on this site so that both of us get your message right away. We're good at getting back to people.
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Television/Radio/Interviews/Media
Is there a headshot somewhere?
Headshots and other media-ready are available for download; use is restricted to print media reproduction in the context of reviews and other promotional materials. Photos and lighting produced by www.marketaphoto.com professional photography in San Francisco, CA; (415) 724 6436.
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Have I seen you on TV? (*snicker*)
Actually... you might have. Here are some of the highlights:
- "Shoot Not To Kill: Nonlethal Weapons", 60-minutes documentary for the Discovery Channel, produced by Tony Van Witsen and Jack Youngelson. Aired in 50+ countries and counting. Segment: Information warfare, about 38 minutes into the American cut and 42 minutes into the European edit (video snippet coming soon!).
- A couple of TV commercials, like this one (I'm the fighter in black shorts and gloves).
- A few interviews here and there for Bay Area channels KTVU, KRON, and KGO.
Yeah, but fortunately for all the involved parties, I wasn't singing. You may have heard me on the following shows:
- "Buschbach Show", San Diego CA, syndicated to 24 markets; topic: nonlethal weapons.
- "Ocho Columnas Revista a Radio", Guadalajara, Jal. Mexico; topic: Upcoming computer programming jobs in the Mexican and international markets.
- Minor interviews for shows that I didn't get the name for, or that aired in markets away from where I live; these interviews took place during technology conferences and revolved around embedded and real-time Java, and Linux technologies.
You might have if you read Computerworld, EE Times, Excelsior (Mexico), Informatique! (France), BusinessWeek, The Red Herring, The Server Side, and other paper and on-line publications.
Any conferences?
A few:
- "Deploying Axis in Mission-Critical Environments", Java in Action Conference, 2005, Orlando, FL
- "Beyond Standard Java: From
E-Commerce to Industrial Controllers", Java in Action Conference, 2005,
Orlando, FL
- "Case study: Embedded and Real-Time Java for Industrial Controllers", Internet Device Builder Conference, 2001, Santa Clara, CA.
- "Case study: Embedded and Real-Time Java in the Oil Drilling Industry", Embedded Systems Conference, 2001, Santa Clara, CA.
- "A J2EE-Compliant Server in the Palm of your Hand", Embedded Systems Conference, 2000, San Jose, CA.
- "Object-oriented programming in C++", Universidad de Sinaloa, Los Mochis, Sinaloa Mexico, 1990.
- "Advanced Systems Programming Techniques in C", Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico, 1990.
- Various presentations nonlethal weapons and doctrine, 1996 - 1997.
Sushi
I googled for you and a sushi page came up... what's up with that?
Not much, really. I developed a taste (some say an addiction) to sushi since my friend Luis Dumois took me to a Japanese place some time in the summer of 1988. I worked hard since to learn as much as possible about the mechanics, traditions, and protocol for eating sushi. Tough job, but someone had to do it and document it for the rest of us, non-Japanese folks.
How did the Sushi Eating HOWTO come about?
That's a weird story. My older brother used to go to Japan often for business. He led a sheltered life there so he didn't really learn how to eat sushi during his visits.
A few years ago we went to a sushi bar at the Nikko Hotel in Mexico City and I started ordering. The itamae liked my explanations to him as to how to order, what to order from whom, which fish goes first and why, how much wasabi and how, etc. He mentioned that I ought to write a book. My brother agreed and I typed up the first version of the Sushi Eating HOWTO as an email. The email was circulated among friends, and soon someone requested a web page.
The rest is history: The Sushi Eating HOWTO became the top resource worldwide on sushi bar etiquette! Almost 1 million page views and counting.
Can you tell me where to find a good sushi restaurant in my town?
No, sorry. I don't like to recommend any particular restaurant because taste and experiences vary. I'm not a food critic either. Instead, I invite you to read The Sushi Eating HOWTO section on how to chose a restaurant.
Do you speak Japanese?
No, sorry. I had never had the time to learn more than a few courtesy phrases. Soon, perhaps...
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Personal
What do you do for a living?
I've been working in technology-related fields since around 1983. Currently I'm a systems architect and engineering manager at walmart.com. I've worked in technology development (networking/embedded/real-time/mission-critical systems) for some of the largest companies in the world like IBM, Varco International, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Wal-Mart, Bank of America, Nortel, Volksbank (Austria), Univex/Celanese, Sun Microsystems, Nexis/Lexis, etc.
I want to work full-time as a writer and perhaps as a feature film producer. That's coming soon, once my entreprenurial bug kicks in again (that's a euphemism for "as soon as I save some cash").
What languages do you speak?
In order of proficiency: Spanish, English, Russian, French. Enough Swiss-German to be dangerous (and to give whoever hears me a good laugh). Some Japanese and Thai.
90% of what I write is in English, the other 9% in Spanish, the rest is up for grabs.
What do you do for fun?
My work is so stressful that I enjoy kicking back and relaxing by jumping out of airplanes, racing motorcycles, competing in Muay Thai (a martial art), racing cars, and engaging in anything that involves going really, really, really fast. I'm one of those people who believe that golf is for pansies. Life's too short to hang out smacking a little ball about. Why limit yourself to the views at the golf course when you can enjoy the majesty of the Alps or the beauty of the Hawaiian islands while in free fall?
Remember: skydivers are the only people who know why birds sing because we're the only ones who know what it feels like to fly.
Where do you live?
I more or less lived in San Francisco since 1990. While keeping my flat here (I really love this place), I have lived/kept flats/commuted to the following places:
- New York City
- Moscow
- Columbus OH
- Chicago
- Mexico City
- Guadalajara
- Kiev
- Paris
- Madrid
- Zurich
- Vienna
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© Eugene Ciurana / produced at CIME Software Labs, LLC