HPR4362: Elsbeth's First Episode

Hacker Public Radio

Elsbeth talks about how she got started with technology, the issues she has faced as a female geek and gamer, aspects of her career with building computers and software quality assurance as well as other hobbies such as reading and yoga. Links: Light aircraft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna World War II Coding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine Gaming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_and_video_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro_gaming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthBound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisure_Suit_Larry Other Interests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_as_therapy Meta-verse / multiplayer virtual worlds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XIV Mental Health Awareness: https://www.nami.org/get-involved/awareness-events/mental-health-awareness-month/ https://mentalhealth-uk.org/get-involved/mental-health-awareness-days/ https://twloha.com/ https://www.projectsemicolon.com/ Role models: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie