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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]], or I'll write trivia here. I used to brew (award-winning!) beer on my stove and also with my friends; details are on the HomeBrewing section of the wiki. Now I'm a dad and a teacher, still trying to find the time to brew and write and game.
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My [[/Chores]]. (No, you don't get to see them. They're boring.) A moment of shame: sidhe-Rog-Orc-Fem-Cha died in the Dungeons of Doom on level 1. Killed by a carnivorous bag.
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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.) [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1627516|This forum post]] is how I got our Brother HL 2240 laserjet printer working in Linux.
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Phone: 919.949.6966

Resume: [[attachment:Resume2017.pdf]]

=== Things I need to do ===
 * '''<<Color2(red, Fix my wiki)>>'''
  * Style?
 * <<Color2(red,finish editing Winterswatch so I can publish it)>>

=== Goals for 2015 ===

 . {o} Finish MAT
 . {o} Find teaching work in MD
 . {o} build a TINY HOUSE
 . {o} Write 50 letters to people
  . January: 4
 . {o} Write 1 novel OR 3 short stories
 . {o} Read/listen to 50 books
  1. __Augustus__ Anthony Everitt
  1. __De Profundis__ Oscar Wilde
  1. __The Secret Garden__ Frances Hodgson Burnett
  1. __The Common People of Ancient Rome__ Frank Frost Abbott
  1. __De Bello Gallico__ Julius Caesar (tr. W. A. MACDEVITT 1915)
  1. __The Source__ James Michener
  1. __Meditations__ Marcus Aurelius (tr. Casaubon 1634)

[[/OldGoals]]

=== Suggestions for the Reading Stack ===
 * {o} The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
 * {o} Death on a Friday Afternooon (Neuhaus)
 * {*} 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 ===
 * <<Color2(red,Change the oil in the)>> [[/AluminumFalcon]]
 * '''<<Color2(red, Fix my damned 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)>> (CreateSpace coupon good until 1 Jul)
 * 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.
 * <<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
 * 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
 * Prep next [[Games/WarOfTheRing|War of the Ring]] board for play
 * <<Color2(seagreen,Upgrade freya to a better version of)>> [[http://www.eeebuntu.org/|Eeebuntu]] -- in process: downloaded EB4 via torrent.


=== 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 [[http://www.mythtv.org/|MythTV machine]]
 * a wooden, folding 4'x3' [[/GameTable|game table]]
 * a [[http://lifehacker.com/287252/turn-a-flashlight-into-a-handheld-burning-laser|laser pen]]!		    . 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, or I'll write trivia here. I used to brew (award-winning!) beer on my stove and also with my friends; details are on the HomeBrewing section of the wiki. Now I'm a dad and a teacher, still trying to find the time to brew and write and game.

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

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

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

Phone: 919.949.6966

Resume: Resume2017.pdf

Things I need to do

  • Fix my wiki

    • Style?

  • finish editing Winterswatch so I can publish it

Goals for 2015

  • {o} Finish MAT

  • {o} Find teaching work in MD

  • {o} build a TINY HOUSE

  • {o} Write 50 letters to people

    • January: 4

  • {o} Write 1 novel OR 3 short stories

  • {o} Read/listen to 50 books

    1. Augustus Anthony Everitt

    2. De Profundis Oscar Wilde

    3. The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett

    4. The Common People of Ancient Rome Frank Frost Abbott

    5. De Bello Gallico Julius Caesar (tr. W. A. MACDEVITT 1915)

    6. The Source James Michener

    7. Meditations Marcus Aurelius (tr. Casaubon 1634)

/OldGoals

Suggestions for the Reading Stack

  • {o} The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)

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

  • {*} 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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