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==What I'm doing here==
==What I'm doing here==


I started with [[CZ:The Big Cleanup|The Big Cleanup]]. I've decided the best way to approach article-writing is to go after the topics where there aren't already at least hundred people here who could write them better than me. So I've done a few some calendar articles, and I'm filling in bits and pieces of sf culture, with plans to write articles on some of the major authors.
I started with [[CZ:The Big Cleanup|The Big Cleanup]]. Then I decided my approach to article-writing would be to steer clear of areas where there seemed to be enough people already and stick to obscure stuff like unusual calendars and sf fandom.


My first and third articles were on the [[Positivist calendar]] and [[French republican calendar]] respectively. I like watching the links turn blue as Citizendium expands.
My first and third articles were on the [[Positivist calendar]] and [[French republican calendar]] respectively. I though it would be fun to watch the links turn blue as Citizendium expanded, but there don't seem to be many people working on those kinds of entries. Which leads me to...
 
===New Year's resolution!===
 
The start of the French republican year is coming up, and I thought I'd try and fill in the entry for each day of the calendar before that day comes along. For a while, as long as I can keep it up, anyway. These won't be exhaustive articles, but at least something that covers the essentials. If it doesn't eat up enough of my spare time, I might try adding Postivist calendar entries, too.
 
So, here's what I need to start on:
 
1 Vendemaire (September 22nd): [[Raisin]]<br>
2 Vendemaire: [[Crocus]]<br>
3 Vendemaire: [[Chestnut]]<br>
4 Vendemaire: [[Autumn crocus]]<br>
5 Vendemaire: [[Horse]] is already filled in, luckily<br>
6 Vendemaire: [[Balsam]]<br>
7 Vendemaire: [[Carrot]]<br>
8 Vendemaire: [[Amaranth]]<br>
9 Vendemaire: [[Parsnip]]


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Revision as of 15:55, 15 September 2007

Formal education

BS in Computer Science, Portland State University, with a minor in geology.

Major defineable interests

Languages; interaction between humans and machines; science fiction/fantasy and its community; geology and paleontology; cognitive and situational psychology; history outside of Western civilization. (Nothing against Western civilization, it's just that I get bored hearing about the same stuff over and over again.)

Other interests

Peter Cook put it best: "I am specializing in the Universe and all that surrounds it."

What I'm doing here

I started with The Big Cleanup. Then I decided my approach to article-writing would be to steer clear of areas where there seemed to be enough people already and stick to obscure stuff like unusual calendars and sf fandom.

My first and third articles were on the Positivist calendar and French republican calendar respectively. I though it would be fun to watch the links turn blue as Citizendium expanded, but there don't seem to be many people working on those kinds of entries. Which leads me to...

New Year's resolution!

The start of the French republican year is coming up, and I thought I'd try and fill in the entry for each day of the calendar before that day comes along. For a while, as long as I can keep it up, anyway. These won't be exhaustive articles, but at least something that covers the essentials. If it doesn't eat up enough of my spare time, I might try adding Postivist calendar entries, too.

So, here's what I need to start on:

1 Vendemaire (September 22nd): Raisin
2 Vendemaire: Crocus
3 Vendemaire: Chestnut
4 Vendemaire: Autumn crocus
5 Vendemaire: Horse is already filled in, luckily
6 Vendemaire: Balsam
7 Vendemaire: Carrot
8 Vendemaire: Amaranth
9 Vendemaire: Parsnip