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My name is Rafael Bugajski.
I was born in Poland on August 16, 19xx.
I am currently living in San Diego, California.
Before I came to US, I lived in Poland, Italy, Germany, Canada - in that order.
I am known in certain circles on the internet as Bantari.
(To learn what is "bantari", go here.)
Personally
My life is great. I just got married (Dec.18/2005) to a very beautiful and
smart woman, and I couldn't be any happier. We have two little dogs, a Bichon
Frise named Merlin (my wife's dog) and a mutt named Hobbit (mine!).
Professionally
I am an senior engineer at Qualcomm, the company best known on the net for its e-mail
client Eudora. I am in charge of developing programs for the HP5DX automatic x-ray tester.
Hobbies
My main hobby is the oriental game Go, also known as Weiqi (in China) and Baduk (in Korea).
My playing strength is currently equivalent to 3d AGA (down from 5d, lol),
but it deteriorates fast due to lack
of serious play. This does not deter me from having fun, though
(read more).
Next to playing, I also enjoy reading and posting on various Go forums
(like rec.games.go or
GoDiscussions.com)
as well as wrecking havock on various go servers (like
KGS,
Yahoo!Go or
Kurnik).
Other things I enjoy doing is playing computer games (mostly RPG stuff, like the Elder Scrolls series), reading (especially the SF/Fantasy-kind, like Bulmer's Kregen cycle), and programming.
After all is said and done - I am a pretty happy camper. ;)
For some pictures, please go here
or here.