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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.
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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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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 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:Resume-2012.doc]]

=== 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 Source__ James Michener

[[/OldGoals]]

=== 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 ===
 * <<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.
 * Install [[http://www.status.net/]] for calefaction.org
 * Finish Eeebuntu install on freya:
  * run autoclean (apt-get autoclean; apt-get clean; apt-get autoremove)
  * remove residual config files via synaptic
  * install/run '''fslint''' & '''gtkorphan'''
  * install '''jupiter-support-eee'''
  * install '''netbook-launcher'''



=== 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. 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.

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: Resume-2012.doc

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 Source James Michener

/OldGoals

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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