About
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About Me
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I'm a PhD student in the
Faculty of Veterinary Science at the
University of Melbourne. The picture on the left isn't a fantastic
version of me but it'll do.
I have a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and one in
Science, for which my major subjects were physics and applied
mathematics. My PhD is on the topic of the forces acting in the
forelimb
of the horse; particularly the problem of resolving muscular load
sharing.
If you want to know more, read on, or send me an email!
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Full Name:
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Jonathan Simon Merritt.
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Date of Birth:
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2nd June 1978.
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Age:
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26 years (in September
2004).
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Birthplace:
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Sheffield, England.
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Current
Residence:
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Werribee, Victoria,
Australia.
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Diet:
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Vegetarian.
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Email address:
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jmerritt@warpax.com
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Current favourite song:
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The Hilltop Hoods' People in the Front Row (I know,
it's hip-hop - not a genre I like at all really - but it's so catchy
and
well-structured!). It reminds me of Frontier
Psychiatrist, only it requires less brain power.
There's also that cool piece by The Rasmus. Don't know what it's
called though.
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Likes
- Animals (I generally prefer them to people, although I'm
not an "animal person" in that I don't feel the continual need for
animal company that some people do).
- Kindness.
- Computer graphics - artistic and technical aspects.
- Chocolate.
- Open Source software.
- Intelligent science fiction (eg: The Matrix (1), Contact, StarTrek TNG).
- CG cartoons. Pixar's work is excellent, but PDI's Shrek is still the best.
- The Simpsons.
- Gadgets.
- Projects.
- Australian fauna and their strange adaptations.
- Big expeditions to go hiking, mountain biking, etc.
- Lots of other things...
Dislikes
- Crowds.
- Girls who flirt (and guys who flirt, although I rarely
experience that!).
- Dominance behaviour (eg: machoism, bullying, intimidation,
rape, Aussie Rules Football).
- Micro$oft (although I'm not fanatically opposed).
Bizarre Stuff
- I can play the Great Highland Bagpipes, although it's been
several years since I have done so. I can also play the violin, and I
vaguely know where everything is on the piano and guitar as well.
- I once butchered a lion. It came through the University for
a post mortem, after which I removed the muscles from the bones so that
the latter could be kept. There aren't many vegetarian Engineers who've
done that!
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