Andrew Monks

I ride my bicycle, read books, play 囲碁, and try to write database software. I sometimes make video art.

I watch movies most days. Recently,

★★★★½ Mikey and Nicky,

★★★★½ The Insider,

★★★½☆ District 9,

★★★½☆ Primetime, and,

★★½☆☆ Dick Tracy.

I listen to albums most days, too. Lately,

★★★★★ Speaking in Tongues by Talking Heads,

★★★☆☆ With Sympathy by Ministry,

★★★★½ Blind Idiot God by Blind Idiot God,

★★★★☆ A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down by Able Tasmans, and,

★★★★★ Tokyo-Ga by Dick Tracy.

I was a staff engineer at Samsara Inc., where I worked on the mobile app platform and the hiring program, and occasionally on mechanisms like SOC2 and open source license compliance.

• worked on sites and apps for big brands,
• performed as a VJ,
• made a few music videos,
• got a degree in studio art,
• operated a local record label,
• published a newsmagazine,
• helped put on a parody opera, and,
• street-performed as a balloon twister.