Home Page for David Leberknight
When I was a boy, my uncle told me about his solo bicycle trek across Central America. I grew up wanting to do that, too. So I studied Spanish and computer engineering. On my first trip I climbed the tallest mountain in the Andes (Aconcagua), hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, and met my brother in Rio de Janeiro. My second trip was a solo bicycle trek across Central America. Then I got a job in in Tokyo. Since then, I've spent about seven years backpacking around the world, with a special interest in Brazil, where I met my wife Lili. We reside in New Zealand.
Here's my World Tour Blog (with photos). Here's Globalocity, a novel.
I used to teach Object-Oriented Software Design at the University of Colorado. Consulting pays the bills. Here's my Resume (CV). Here's a fun example: create your own Fractal Art.
I speak Spanish and Portuguese fluently, a little Japanese, and just enough French to get myself into trouble. My favorite sport is called Footbag. I'm also a fan of Ultimate. I ride my bicycle to work whenever possible. Sometimes I burst into spontaneous juggling.
I agree with Secular Humanism. I believe that Evolution is not just a theory, but a fact. I have visited wild gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and humans, so I can testify that we humans talk better than our furrier cousins, but we don't climb trees as well. The good news is that empathy is in our nature. Thanks for surfing my page. Peace.
