About Me

Well, who am I? I know you are all jumping to learn of my idenity.

My full name is Nicholas Andrew Cash. At the time of this writing I am 19 years of age. I am a recent graduate of Cedar Falls High School, and I am going to attend the University of Northern Iowa as a Computer Science/Economics double major.

I have two older brothers, a total of five dogs, one cat, and more friends then I really care to list. My parents are Steve and Cindy. Cindy passed away on April 1st, 2006.

You can take a look at my resume here.

Read a short version of my life story here.

My personality type is ENFJ.

Current Employment:
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- UNI Information Technology Services (ITS) User Services - Computer Technician
- UNI College of Natural Science Research Assistant - Mesh Network Programmer

Random Bits:
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Current college goals: Major in Computer Science and Economics.

Interests: computers, programming, games, reading, writing, poetry, stability, cuddling

Disinterets: gossip, TV (minus the history channel and a few select shows), high school, teenage drama, grief

Favorite Words: indeed, intelligence, ignorance, miasma, aura, dramatic, emotions, future, exausted, utilitarian

Favorite Middle/High School Teachers: Jim Sprau, Wade Olson, Jim Duff, Stacey Yoder, Steve McCrea, Lynn Griffin, Doug Wilkinson, Maugerite Demoss


My Computer:
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Monitor: ViewSonic Optiquest Series Q20WB Black 20″ 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD
Video Card/GPU: Sapphire 100196L Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-E x16
Mobo: ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX
Memory/RAM: GSKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Processor/CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33GHz LGA 775 Processor (Currently OCed to 2.78GHz/core on stock cooling)
Hard Drives:
- Western Digital 160GB 7200 RPM SATA2
- Western Digital 37.7 GB 10k RPM SATA1 (x2)
Optical Drives:
- LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM write and LightScribe Technology
- LITE-ON Combo CD-RW + DVD-ROM
Case:
- Thermaltake Full-Tower Aluminum/Stainless Steel Black/Red, 7 case fan’s
Life Saver: 20-Pin Power Supply Cable to 24-Pin Motherboard Power supply ATX Converter
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Why is this blog named “Intelligence is a sword?” Believe me, you would not be the first to ask. It refers to a poem I wrote in Languge Arts Enrichment (honors sophomore english), which can be found at:

http://ew.xidus.net/wp/2005/09/04/intelligence-is-a-sword/