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Hi Dr. Dionisio, I noticed that you minored in music! What is your favorite type of music and what instrument(s) do you play? [[User:Emmatyrnauer|Emmatyrnauer]] ([[User talk:Emmatyrnauer|talk]]) 20:41, 31 August 2017 (PDT)
 
Hi Dr. Dionisio, I noticed that you minored in music! What is your favorite type of music and what instrument(s) do you play? [[User:Emmatyrnauer|Emmatyrnauer]] ([[User talk:Emmatyrnauer|talk]]) 20:41, 31 August 2017 (PDT)
  
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The first question is hard to answer—I like all kinds of music! Classical, pop, rock, show tunes, electronic, jazz—at any given moment, I can be in the mood for any one of them. I guess I have a soft spot for early jazz and big band, because I like to dance to those. But really I have favorites across the board.
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As for instruments, I mostly dabble, and can probably handle piano and guitar the most (no mastery, just some chords and rhythm).
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—[[User:Dondi|Dondi]] ([[User talk:Dondi|talk]]) 00:25, 2 September 2017 (PDT)
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Hello Dr. Dionisio, you mentioned how your loved for computers started with gaming. What was your favorite old-school video game? [[User:Zvanysse|Zvanysse]] ([[User talk:Zvanysse|talk]]) 00:37, 1 September 2017 (PDT)
 
Hello Dr. Dionisio, you mentioned how your loved for computers started with gaming. What was your favorite old-school video game? [[User:Zvanysse|Zvanysse]] ([[User talk:Zvanysse|talk]]) 00:37, 1 September 2017 (PDT)
  
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How old school do you want to go? 😅 I’ve had a few phases even in old-school times, but most of the time I gravitated toward role-playing games; way way back I was captivated by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizardry Wizardry (Sir-Tech)]. A little later I moved to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bard%27s_Tale The Bard’s Tale] then to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate Baldurs Gate] series. In between, I also took to the early real-time strategy games like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft Warcraft] (the original series, not WoW) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft StarCraft]. First-person shooters didn’t hold my attention for very long, but I got deepest in with Bungie’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_(video_game) Marathon] series.
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Um, I better stop…
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—[[User:Dondi|Dondi]] ([[User talk:Dondi|talk]]) 00:25, 2 September 2017 (PDT)
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Hi Dr. Dioniso, I see you studied mainly computer science in college. Did you ever have an interest in biology before teaching this course? [[User:Mbalducc|Mbalducc]] ([[User talk:Mbalducc|talk]]) 14:28, 1 September 2017 (PDT)
 
Hi Dr. Dioniso, I see you studied mainly computer science in college. Did you ever have an interest in biology before teaching this course? [[User:Mbalducc|Mbalducc]] ([[User talk:Mbalducc|talk]]) 14:28, 1 September 2017 (PDT)
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I have always liked the sciences in general, but admittedly most of my exposure to biology has been due to my collaboration with Dr. Dahlquist. Before coming to LMU, I did some work in ''medical'' informatics at [http://www.mii.ucla.edu UCLA], so that was the closest prior background before bioinformatics.
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—[[User:Dondi|Dondi]] ([[User talk:Dondi|talk]]) 00:25, 2 September 2017 (PDT)
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Hi Dr. Dionisio, I noticed that you minored in music! What is your favorite type of music and what instrument(s) do you play? Emmatyrnauer (talk) 20:41, 31 August 2017 (PDT)

The first question is hard to answer—I like all kinds of music! Classical, pop, rock, show tunes, electronic, jazz—at any given moment, I can be in the mood for any one of them. I guess I have a soft spot for early jazz and big band, because I like to dance to those. But really I have favorites across the board.

As for instruments, I mostly dabble, and can probably handle piano and guitar the most (no mastery, just some chords and rhythm).

Dondi (talk) 00:25, 2 September 2017 (PDT)


Hello Dr. Dionisio, you mentioned how your loved for computers started with gaming. What was your favorite old-school video game? Zvanysse (talk) 00:37, 1 September 2017 (PDT)

How old school do you want to go? 😅 I’ve had a few phases even in old-school times, but most of the time I gravitated toward role-playing games; way way back I was captivated by Wizardry (Sir-Tech). A little later I moved to The Bard’s Tale then to the Baldurs Gate series. In between, I also took to the early real-time strategy games like Warcraft (the original series, not WoW) and StarCraft. First-person shooters didn’t hold my attention for very long, but I got deepest in with Bungie’s Marathon series.

Um, I better stop…

Dondi (talk) 00:25, 2 September 2017 (PDT)


Hi Dr. Dioniso, I see you studied mainly computer science in college. Did you ever have an interest in biology before teaching this course? Mbalducc (talk) 14:28, 1 September 2017 (PDT)

I have always liked the sciences in general, but admittedly most of my exposure to biology has been due to my collaboration with Dr. Dahlquist. Before coming to LMU, I did some work in medical informatics at UCLA, so that was the closest prior background before bioinformatics.

Dondi (talk) 00:25, 2 September 2017 (PDT)