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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]]. More often I'll write trivia here. It's a way to fight my ferocious ADHD. Hey, it works. (Sort of.) | 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 (award-winning!) beer on my stove and also 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, serving as the treasurer. |
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I last bit my fingernails on Nov 12th, 2008. (That's right, I haven't bitten my nails in over 1.5 years.) | 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. I last bit my fingernails on Nov 12th, 2008. |
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Twitter: [[http://twitter.com/#!/elvestinkle|elvestinkle]] Phone: 919.949.6966 Resume: [[attachment:Resume-2012.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)>> * <<Color2(red,Recover data from a stack of old hard drives)>> * Consolidate my data so that most of it is accessible to me via [[http://www.hcoop.net/|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) * 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: draft of 1 short story, fragments of many others . {o} read 25 new books 1. {*} __Captain's Fury__, Jim Butcher 1. {*} __Pride and Prejudice__, Jane Austen 1. {*} __Princeps' Fury__, Jim Butcher 1. {*} __First Lord's Fury__, Jim Butcher 1. {*} __Rubicon__, Tom Holland 1. {*} __Orthodoxy__, GK Chesterton 1. {o} __Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Bronte's Grave__, by Simon Goldhill . {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: drunk] 1. {*} American IPA (reusing Nottingham) [Status: drunk] 1. {*} Hefeweizen (Danstar Munich) [Status: drunk] 1. {*} Dunkelweizen (reusing Munich) [Status: drunk] 1. {*} "Session" Saison (T-58) [Status: drunk] 1. {*} Hard Root Beer Brown Ale (Windsor) [Status: drinking] 1. {*} Russian Imperial Stout (US-05) [Status: bottle conditioning] 1. {*} Belgian Pale Ale (T-58) [Status: bottle conditioning] 1. {o} Smokey Amber Ale (Windsor) [Status: bulk conditioning] 1. {o} "Sriracha" Pepper Porter (Windsor) 1. {o} Belgian Winter Warmer (T-58) . {*} find paying work in the teaching/tutoring field . Status: teaching Latin at Middle Creek High School!! . {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. |
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. An Appalachian Trail wiki (really? Nobody's thought to do this yet?) Well, there's http://www.walkipedia.org/. === Crap I need to do === * '''Get new tires:''' * 2 more tires and a spare wheel mid-June * [[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 the final 2 tires and the spare. * --(Buy new eyeglasses from http://www.zennioptical.com/)-- )--SteveKillen <<DateTime(2010-05-24T15:56:19Z)>> * <<Color2(red,Recover data from a stack of old hard drives)>> * Consolidate my data so that most of it is accessible to me via [[http://www.hcoop.net/|HCoop]] * 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? * <<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]] * Start looking for teaching jobs * Build up my resume * '''<<Color2(red, Fix my damned wiki)>>''' * Design a more comprehensive security policy * Upgrade to 1.8 (9?) * Prep next [[Games/WarOfTheRing|War of the Ring]] board for play === Reading list === * the Silmarillion * [[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16769|Orthodoxy (GK Chesterton)]] * Death on a Friday Afternooon (Neuhaus) * Pride & Prejudice * Jennifer Government * Gods Behaving Badly (Phillips) * Alcestis (Beutner) === Projects on the back burner === * a MythTV machine * a wooden, folding 4'x3' game table |
. 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 (award-winning!) beer on my stove and also with my friends; details are on the HomeBrewing section of the wiki. Also an elected member of the HCoop Board of Directors, serving as the treasurer.
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.
I last bit my fingernails on Nov 12th, 2008.
Email: <steven.f.killen AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com>
Twitter: elvestinkle
Phone: 919.949.6966
Resume: Resume-2012.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)
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
write, edit, and submit one novel OR three short stories
- Status: draft of 1 short story, fragments of many others
read 25 new books
Captain's Fury, Jim Butcher
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
Princeps' Fury, Jim Butcher
First Lord's Fury, Jim Butcher
Rubicon, Tom Holland
Orthodoxy, GK Chesterton
Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Bronte's Grave, by Simon Goldhill
brew 12 distinct styles of beer on my stove
English Special/Best Bitter (Danstar Windsor) [Status: drunk]
Gluten-free Sorghum (Danstar Nottingham) [Status: drunk]
American IPA (reusing Nottingham) [Status: drunk]
Hefeweizen (Danstar Munich) [Status: drunk]
Dunkelweizen (reusing Munich) [Status: drunk]
"Session" Saison (T-58) [Status: drunk]
Hard Root Beer Brown Ale (Windsor) [Status: drinking]
Russian Imperial Stout (US-05) [Status: bottle conditioning]
Belgian Pale Ale (T-58) [Status: bottle conditioning]
Smokey Amber Ale (Windsor) [Status: bulk conditioning]
"Sriracha" Pepper Porter (Windsor)
Belgian Winter Warmer (T-58)
find paying work in the teaching/tutoring field
- Status: teaching Latin at Middle Creek High School!!
volunteer 50 hours in the local community
- Status: nil
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
Death on a Friday Afternooon (Neuhaus)
Pride & Prejudice
Jennifer Government
Gods Behaving Badly (Phillips)
Alcestis (Beutner)
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' game table
a laser pen!
Prep next 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.