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Hi, I'm a nerd. :) I write, and sometimes I publish those writings on my blog, [[http://pursuing.calefaction.org/|Pursuing Calefaction]]. Hi, I'm a nerd. :) I write, and sometimes I publish those writings on my blog, [[http://pursuing.calefaction.org/|Pursuing Calefaction]]. More often I'll write trivia here. I brew beer with my friends; details are on the HomeBrewing section of the wiki. Also an elected member of the [[http://www.hcoop.net/|HCoop]] Board of Directors.

A moment of shame: sidhe-Rog-Orc-Fem-Cha died in the Dungeons of Doom on level 1. Killed by a carnivorous bag.

My [[/Chores]]. (No, you don't get to see them. They're boring.)

My [[/AluminumFalcon|Car]].

[[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1627516|This forum post]] is how I got our Brother HL 2240 laserjet printer working in Linux.

My [[/Writing]] prompts. Feel free to add!

I last bit my fingernails on Nov 12th, 2008. (That's right, I haven't bitten my nails in ''three years.'')
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=== Crazy ideas I come up with ===
 . A frisk display server with a handheld API that hooks up to a projector suspended over a table surface!		 Twitter: [[http://twitter.com/#!/elvestinkle|elvestinkle]]
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=== Crap I need to do ===
 * '''Get new tires:'''
  * --(2 scheduled for 28 Apr, then)-- 2 a month after that.
  * [[http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Kumho&tireModel=Solus+KR21&partnum=865TR5KR21&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes|Kumho KR21s]] at [[http://www.brownscollision.net/|Brown's Collision]].
  * Net cost ~$300 for 4 tires. Could be worse, I guess.
 * Buy new eyeglasses (http://www.zennioptical.com/ or http://www.goggles4u.com/)		 Phone: 919.949.6966

Resume: [[attachment:Resume-2011.doc]]

=== Things I need to do ===
 * '''<<Color2(red, Fix my wiki)>>'''
  * Design a more comprehensive security policy
  * Upgrade to 1.8 (9?) -- and detail steps taken for HCoop users
 * <<Color2(red,finish editing Winterswatch so I can publish it)>>
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 * Set up [[http://matt.colyer.name/projects/iphone-linux/index.php?title=Main_Page|iFuse]] so I can access my iPod Touch in Linux
  * Jailbreak my iPod?
 * Freecycle my iPaq hardware
 * <<Color2(red,Take the rest of my hardware to the electronics recycling depot)>>
  * http://www.co.orange.nc.us/recycling/centers.asp
 * Reseal my hiking boots (Shoe Goo: $7)
 * Decide on an itinerary for my [[Hiking/Perseids2010|Perseids backpacker]]		   * Then set up afsclient on my machines
  * maybe write an easy script to install on new computers
 * Reseal my hiking boots (Shoe Goo: $7, or that boot place that ClintonEbadi used)
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  * Build up my resume
 * <<Color2(red,Install new Ubuntu on magrathea to fix a bunch of issues)>>
 * '''<<Color2(red, Fix my damned wiki)>>'''
 * Prep next [[Games/WarOfTheRings|War of the Rings]] board for play		   * Build up my resume -- doing what?
 * Install [[http://www.status.net/]] for calefaction.org
  * integrate status.net and the wiki
 * Update WordPress to 3.0 on calefaction.org
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=== Reading list ===
 * the Silmarillion
 * Orthodoxy (GK Chesterton)
 * Death on a Friday Afternooon (Neuhaus)
 * Pride & Prejudice
 * Jennifer Government		 === Goals for 2012 ===

 . {o} write, edit, and submit one novel OR three short stories
  . Status: Fragments of a short story
 . {o} read 25 new books
  1. {*} __Captain's Fury__, Jim Butcher
  1. {o} ''(Reading)'' __Orthodoxy__, GK Chesterton
  1. {*} __Pride and Prejudice__, Jane Austen
  1. {o} __Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Bronte's Grave__, by Simon Goldhill
  1. {o} __Princeps' Fury__, Jim Butcher

 . {o} brew 12 distinct styles of beer on my stove
  1. {*} English Special/Best Bitter (Danstar Windsor) [Status: drunk]
  1. {*} Gluten-free Sorghum (Danstar Nottingham) [Status: drinking]
  1. {*} American IPA (reusing Nottingham) [Status: drunk]
  1. {*} Hefeweizen (Danstar Munich) [Status: drinking]
  1. {*} Dunkelweizen (reusing Munich) [Status: drinking]
  1. {o} Table-strength Saison (T-58) [Status: fermenting]
  1. {o} Hard Root Beer Brown Ale (Wyeast London Ale)
  1. {o} Smokey Amber (70/- Scotch Ale?) (Wyeast Irish Ale)
  1. {o} Pepper Porter (reusing London Ale)
  1. {o} Bourbon-Oaked Oatmeal Extra Stout (reusing London Ale)
  1. {o} Strong Scotch Ale (reusing Irish Ale)
  1. {o} Belgian Pale Ale (reusing T-58)
 . {o} find paying work in the teaching/tutoring field
  . Status: nil
 . {o} volunteer 50 hours in the local community
  . Status: nil
 . {o} write 50 letters (actual, printed and/or hand-written correspondence)
  . Status: 9 letters written. Correspondences begun with Rob (2), Tim (2), Vanessa (2), Yi, Anderson, Kathy

=== Suggestions for the Reading Stack ===
 * {o} Death on a Friday Afternooon (Neuhaus)
 * {o} Pride & Prejudice
 * {o} Jennifer Government
 * {o} Gods Behaving Badly (Phillips)
 * {o} Alcestis (Beutner)
 * {o} John McWhorter -- Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English, Language Interrupted: Signs of Non-Native Acquisition in Standard Language Grammars


=== Projects on the back burner ===
 * design & build floor-to-ceiling bookshelves
 * a wooden, folding 4'x3' [[/GameTable|game table]]
 * a [[http://lifehacker.com/287252/turn-a-flashlight-into-a-handheld-burning-laser|laser pen]]!
 * Prep next [[Games/WarOfTheRing|War of the Ring]] board for play.

=== Crazy ideas I come up with ===
 . A frisk (or whatever) board display server with a handheld API that hooks up to a projector suspended over a table surface!
   . SteveIsrael has built the projector part, based on a design he saw at a local gaming store -- BtTempleton
 . An Appalachian Trail wiki (really? Nobody's thought to do this yet?) Well, there's http://www.walkipedia.org/. But the guy's just sitting on it for now, apparently.

Steve Killen

Hi, I'm a nerd. :) I write, and sometimes I publish those writings on my blog, Pursuing Calefaction. More often I'll write trivia here. I brew beer with my friends; details are on the HomeBrewing section of the wiki. Also an elected member of the HCoop Board of Directors.

A moment of shame: sidhe-Rog-Orc-Fem-Cha died in the Dungeons of Doom on level 1. Killed by a carnivorous bag.

My /Chores. (No, you don't get to see them. They're boring.)

My Car.

This forum post is how I got our Brother HL 2240 laserjet printer working in Linux.

My /Writing prompts. Feel free to add!

I last bit my fingernails on Nov 12th, 2008. (That's right, I haven't bitten my nails in three years.)

Email: <steven.f.killen AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com>

Twitter: elvestinkle

Phone: 919.949.6966

Resume: Resume-2011.doc

Things I need to do

  • Fix my wiki

    • Design a more comprehensive security policy
    • Upgrade to 1.8 (9?) -- and detail steps taken for HCoop users

  • finish editing Winterswatch so I can publish it

  • Recover data from a stack of old hard drives

  • Consolidate my data so that most of it is accessible to me via HCoop

    • Then set up afsclient on my machines
    • maybe write an easy script to install on new computers

  • Reseal my hiking boots (Shoe Goo: $7, or that boot place that ClintonEbadi used)

  • Start looking for teaching jobs
    • Build up my resume -- doing what?

  • Install http://www.status.net/ for calefaction.org

    • integrate status.net and the wiki

  • Update WordPress to 3.0 on calefaction.org

Goals for 2012

  • {o} write, edit, and submit one novel OR three short stories

    • Status: Fragments of a short story

  • {o} read 25 new books

    1. {*} Captain's Fury, Jim Butcher

    2. {o} (Reading) Orthodoxy, GK Chesterton

    3. {*} Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

    4. {o} Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Bronte's Grave, by Simon Goldhill

    5. {o} Princeps' Fury, Jim Butcher

  • {o} brew 12 distinct styles of beer on my stove

    1. {*} English Special/Best Bitter (Danstar Windsor) [Status: drunk]

    2. {*} Gluten-free Sorghum (Danstar Nottingham) [Status: drinking]

    3. {*} American IPA (reusing Nottingham) [Status: drunk]

    4. {*} Hefeweizen (Danstar Munich) [Status: drinking]

    5. {*} Dunkelweizen (reusing Munich) [Status: drinking]

    6. {o} Table-strength Saison (T-58) [Status: fermenting]

    7. {o} Hard Root Beer Brown Ale (Wyeast London Ale)

    8. {o} Smokey Amber (70/- Scotch Ale?) (Wyeast Irish Ale)

    9. {o} Pepper Porter (reusing London Ale)

    10. {o} Bourbon-Oaked Oatmeal Extra Stout (reusing London Ale)

    11. {o} Strong Scotch Ale (reusing Irish Ale)

    12. {o} Belgian Pale Ale (reusing T-58)

  • {o} find paying work in the teaching/tutoring field

    • Status: nil

  • {o} volunteer 50 hours in the local community

    • Status: nil

  • {o} write 50 letters (actual, printed and/or hand-written correspondence)

    • Status: 9 letters written. Correspondences begun with Rob (2), Tim (2), Vanessa (2), Yi, Anderson, Kathy

Suggestions for the Reading Stack

  • {o} Death on a Friday Afternooon (Neuhaus)

  • {o} Pride & Prejudice

  • {o} Jennifer Government

  • {o} Gods Behaving Badly (Phillips)

  • {o} Alcestis (Beutner)

  • {o} John McWhorter -- Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English, Language Interrupted: Signs of Non-Native Acquisition in Standard Language Grammars

Projects on the back burner

Crazy ideas I come up with

  • A frisk (or whatever) board display server with a handheld API that hooks up to a projector suspended over a table surface!

  • An Appalachian Trail wiki (really? Nobody's thought to do this yet?) Well, there's http://www.walkipedia.org/. But the guy's just sitting on it for now, apparently.

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