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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. 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 [[/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. |
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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.) | 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 (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/. |
Twitter: [[http://twitter.com/#!/elvestinkle|elvestinkle]] |
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=== Crap I need to do === * <<Color2(red,Change the oil in the)>> [[/AluminumFalcon]] * '''<<Color2(red, Fix my damned wiki)>>''' |
Phone: 919.949.6966 === Things I need to do === * <<Color2(red, Get the [[/AluminumFalcon]] inspected and plates updated)>> * '''<<Color2(red, Fix my wiki)>>''' |
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* 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. |
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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? * <<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]] |
* Reseal my hiking boots (Shoe Goo: $7, or that boot place that ClintonEbadi used) |
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* Build up my resume * Prep next [[Games/WarOfTheRing|War of the Ring]] board for play. |
* Build up my resume -- doing what? |
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* 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''' |
* 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 . {o} read 25 new books . {o} brew 12 distinct styles of beer on my stove . {o} find paying work in the teaching/tutoring field . {o} volunteer 50 hours in the local community . {o} write 50 letters (actual, printed and/or hand-written correspondence) === Reading list === * {o} [[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16769|Orthodoxy (GK Chesterton)]] * {o} Death on a Friday Afternooon (Neuhaus) * {o} Pride & Prejudice * {o} Jennifer Government * {o} Gods Behaving Badly (Phillips) * {o} Alcestis (Beutner) |
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=== 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) |
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* a [[http://www.mythtv.org/|MythTV machine]] | * design & build floor-to-ceiling bookshelves |
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* 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.
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
Things I need to do
Get the /AluminumFalcon inspected and plates updated
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
(CreateSpace coupon good until 1 Jul)
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
write, edit, and submit one novel OR three short stories
read 25 new books
brew 12 distinct styles of beer on my stove
find paying work in the teaching/tutoring field
volunteer 50 hours in the local community
write 50 letters (actual, printed and/or hand-written correspondence)
Reading list
Death on a Friday Afternooon (Neuhaus)
Pride & Prejudice
Jennifer Government
Gods Behaving Badly (Phillips)
Alcestis (Beutner)
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.