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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. | 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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| 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.'') |
I last bit my fingernails on --(Nov 12th, 2008)-- --(May 30th, 2013)-- June 8th, 2013. |
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| * Start looking for teaching jobs * Build up my resume -- doing what? * Install [[http://www.status.net/]] for calefaction.org |
* Install [[http://www.status.net/]] for calefaction.org [[http://gitorious.org/statusnet/mainline/blobs/master/INSTALL]] |
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| === Goals for 2012 === | === 2013 Goals === . {o} Read 2 items in Latin 1. {o} Cicero's letters (Shackleton-Bailey) . {o} read 25 new books 1. {o} __Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Bronte's Grave__, by Simon Goldhill . {o} volunteer 50 hours in the local community . {o} write 50 letters (actual, printed and/or hand-written correspondence) . {o} write, edit, and submit one novel OR three short stories . {o} brew beer for people . {o} get regulator hose and propane tank for new burner . {o} clean and oxidize kettle . {o} acquire Sanke kegging equipment . {o} clean kegs for use (with industrial cleaner) . {o} brew a cream ale in the party keg for Bill . {o} brew 30 gallons of wedding ale for Matt & Maggie . {o} 10 gallons of Persephone . {o} 20 gallons of Steve's Extra Special |
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| . {o} write, edit, and submit one novel OR three short stories . Status: nil . {o} read 25 new books 1. __Captain's Fury__, Jim Butcher 1. ''(Reading)'' __Orthodoxy__, GK Chesterton 1. ''(Reading)'' __Pride and Prejudice__, Jane Austen . {o} brew 12 distinct styles of beer on my stove 1. {*} English Best Bitter (Danstar Windsor) [Status: bottle-conditioning] 1. {o} Gluten-free Sorghum (Danstar Nottingham) [Status: primary fermentation] 1. {o} American IPA (reusing Nottingham) [Status: planning] 1. {o} Table-strength Saison (T-58) 1. {o} Belgian Pale Ale (reusing T-58) 1. {o} Hefeweisen (Danstar Munich) 1. {o} Dunkelweisen (reusing Munich) 1. {o} Hard Root Beer Brown Ale (Wyeast London Ale) 1. {o} Pepper Porter (reusing London Ale) 1. {o} Bourbon-Oaked Oatmeal Extra Stout (reusing London Ale) 1. {o} Smokey Amber (Wyeast Irish Ale) 1. {o} Scotch Ale (reusing Irish Ale) . {o} find paying work in the teaching/tutoring field . Status: had a phone interview with a private tutoring place (1/19), sending info . {o} volunteer 50 hours in the local community . Status: Signed up for 5 hours . {o} write 50 letters (actual, printed and/or hand-written correspondence) . Status: 3 letters written. Correspondences begun with Rob, Tim, Vanessa |
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| === Reading list === * {o} [[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16769|Orthodoxy (GK Chesterton)]] |
=== Suggestions for the Reading Stack === |
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| * {o} John McWhorter -- Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English, Language Interrupted: Signs of Non-Native Acquisition in Standard Language Grammars |
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 May 30th, 2013 June 8th, 2013.
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 http://gitorious.org/statusnet/mainline/blobs/master/INSTALL
- integrate status.net and the wiki
Update WordPress to 3.0 on calefaction.org
2013 Goals
Read 2 items in Latin - Cicero's letters (Shackleton-Bailey)
- read 25 new books
- Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Bronte's Grave, by Simon Goldhill
- volunteer 50 hours in the local community
- write 50 letters (actual, printed and/or hand-written correspondence)
- write, edit, and submit one novel OR three short stories
- brew beer for people
- get regulator hose and propane tank for new burner
- clean and oxidize kettle
- acquire Sanke kegging equipment
- clean kegs for use (with industrial cleaner)
- brew a cream ale in the party keg for Bill
- brew 30 gallons of wedding ale for Matt & Maggie
- 10 gallons of Persephone
- 20 gallons of Steve's Extra Special
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.
