Adam Macleod's Personal Web Site - Interests and Hobbies

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I have many hobbies and interests.

My main interest is in computers. I love computers. I have been using computers since 1997. I have experience with DOS, all versions of Windows, and several flavours of Linux. In fact, this interest in computers is so prominent that I am taking the Computer Networking and Technical Support program at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ontario. My goal is to obtain employment working with computers.

Some of the actual work experiences that I have in computers include working with the Systems Officer at my high school. For three years, I helped fix minor network issues within the school, replaced peripheral components and entire computer systems. I also helped add and configure user accounts for a Windows 2000 Server Active Directory. Overall, I gained experiences working in a professional environment with servers and applications.

I am also interested in music.

From September 1999 until june 2005, I studied percussion at my high school. I have studio and concert experience with my former band Soundsensory. If you click on the band name, you will be taken to a page where you can download the two tracks that were on our demo CD. Unfortunately, Soundsensory broke up in 2002.

I am also a vocalist. I was a member of a vocal group called the Honours Choir. This group represented the W. Ross Macdonald School as one of the school's most talented vocal groups at the Magic Dot Gala in Hamilton, Ontario, hosted by the CNIB in 2005. By clicking the link to the Honours Choir, you will be taken to the web site where you can read more about us, and download selections from a live performance.

Amateur radio is one of my hobbies.

In June 2000, I obtained my amateur radio license. My call sign is VA3AUM. Amateur radio is a half-duplex means of communication using radio frequencies (RF). Anyone wishing to operate on the amateur radio bands must be a licensed amateur radio operator.

Besides being a useful communications tool for friends and family, amateur radio also is a very active method of emergency communications. Amateur radio operators often relay messages back and forth and operate emergency nets to obtain names and calls of other amateurs willing and able to help out, as well as pass along traffic to those who require status updates. When emergency communications go down, amateur radio is often the last line of communications. With portable generators, amateur radio operators relay emergency messages to others who in turn relay those messages to the proper emergency authorities. All in all, amateur radio operators have saved many lives, and have helped countless millions in emergency situations, all the while having fun and communicating with those across the street, across the city, the country, or the world.

Some links to amateur radio resources are listed below: Radio Amateurs of Canada
American Amateur Radio Relay League
The Internet Radio Linking Project
QRZ.com

I will be adding more interests and hobbies as I think of them. Home