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I live in the United States with a spouse and cat(s).  Formal education: M.A. in public sector management; and M.S. in computer science, most of a Ph.D. (not completed) in Germanic linguistics and literature, and B A. in liberal arts, major English.  I joined this wiki in 2007.  Some articles I have worked on:
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* [[Tennessee Heritage Protection Act]]
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* [[The Feminine Mystique]]
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* [[Theodor Fontane]]
* [[To Have and To Hold (Johnston novel)]]
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I joined Citizendium in 2007 and have worked all over in this wiki, especially in the Computers workgroup. I formerly served on the governing council, partly because no one else would, but also in hopes that we could somehow save the project. When Citizendium seemed once again about to shut down in 2020 (first year of the COVID-19 era), I decided I wanted to preserve the sense of community that is possible when working in a good wiki such as Citizendium.  In July of 2020, I took ownership of the Citizendium domains and began work behind the scenes to short the project up so it can keep going.
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My interests include computers and technology, mandolin (trad. OT/BG/Irish/American fiddling), languages, reading, Buddhism (esp. the [[Pali Canon), plants and flower gardening.  I'm of a certain age, which means I've picked up this and that over the years.  I even contributed significantly to an article in here on [[Coal mining]] (don't ask!).
 
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* 2008-present: System administration and programming for a group of algae scientists in the Phycology Section at the [http://www.ansp.org Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University], where I wrote web services such as [http://diatom.ansp.org/taxaservice/ShowTaxon1.ashx?naded_id=125011 this one] which shows data about one algal species. 
* [[CZ:Fulfilled Article Requests]]
* 2002-2012: Taught computer architecture in the Univ. of Penn. MCIT program; remained as a research associate in the UPenn CIS department until 2020
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* 1998-2002: Various computer consulting jobs
* [[CZ:Wanted articles]]
* 1984-1998: I worked at [[Bell Laboratories]], writing software for embedded systems and light-wave communications and doing all kinds of interesting other stuff.
* M. S. in computer science (Univ. of Tenn., 1983). 
* M. A. in public sector management (Fels Center, Univ. of Penn., 1992). 
* 1978-1980: I repaired telephone switches for GTE in southwest Virginia and worked in some of the last [[Strowger]] switching offices remaining in the United States.  I also repaired electromechanical telephone switching systems made by Leich, that had so-called ''common control'' units for call routing--in effect, a fully electromechanical, special-purpose computer. 
* 1974-1977: I did all the coursework required for a Ph D in Germanic linguistics (at the Univ. of Tenn.), reading Old High German, Old Norse, Icelandic, Middle High German, Afrikaans, Pennsylvania Dutch, Yiddish, various regional German dialects under direction from Professors Nordsieck and Kratz, and also studying Spanish, Latin, and Russian. 
* B. A. in liberal arts; major: German; minor: English (Univ. of Tenn., 1974)


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Revision as of 09:55, 24 April 2024



I live in the United States with a spouse and cat(s). Formal education: M.A. in public sector management; and M.S. in computer science, most of a Ph.D. (not completed) in Germanic linguistics and literature, and B A. in liberal arts, major English. I joined this wiki in 2007. Some articles I have worked on:

How to subpage an article


Things needing my attention:

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