About this Website

Hello there.
As a child I dismantled everything. Dishwashers, oscilloscopes, irons, lawnmowers, amplifiers, mixers, keyboards, microwaves, water heaters, fuse boxes, computers - my house is still filled with several decades worth of inquisitiveness. A side effect of growing up within Silicon Valley - dumpster diving is second nature and I am always on the lookout for free stuff.
But now it is my turn to build.

Who are you?
I'm Batman Chlazza. I'm male, just for the record.

What do you do?
I'm a professional programmer by trade (NOT 'software engineer' as technically that requires a licence) and an amateur electronics, mechanical, and memetics engineer.

Where are you located?
Western Seaboard of North America.

How do I get in contact with you?
Send an email to chlazza7 at gmail dot see-oh-em.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of information about you here.
That's true. I like my privacy.

Can we at least see what you look like?
I may post something in the future.

You know, you never seem to completely finish some projects.
This is true. Part of it is that I tend to get deeply fascinated by fairly random subjects for short periods of time. The other part of it is ease of completion - I'm far less likely to finish something if I don't have the means or materials immediately on hand.
Frankly, this is not going to change any time soon. The jobs I take on In Real Life tend to require that everything be finished, and usually as soon as possible. The ability I have here to jump from project to project, without having to stress over everything getting finished on time or finished at all, is a relaxing freedom.

You seem to have a habit of reinventing the wheel.
I don't like to accept something works just because it does. I want to know the why and how. Obviously I must make exceptions (modern processor design, for example) but where I can I like to build my own devices even if cheaper or more professionaly designed ones are available. I often find that there are lots of little hidden details in the production of something that aren't immediatly obvious, and I find I can learn a lot from those. Plus it's a kick to point at something I use every day and say 'I built that.'

I hope you all find what you're looking for.