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I live in the United States with a spouse and cat(s).  Worked 40 years as a programmer, sysadmin, professor, and tech-of-all-trades consultant.  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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I joined Citizendium in 2007 and worked all over the wiki, especially in the [https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Category:Computers_Workgroup Computers Workgroup].  I formerly served on the governing council, when no one else would, in hopes of keeping the project alive.  When Citizendium almost shut down again in mid 2020 (first year of the COVID-19 era), I wanted to recover the sense of community that is possible when working in a good wiki, so I took ownership of the Citizendium domain and began work behind the scenes to help the project continue.
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Beside computers and technology, my interests are wide ranging and include traditional music, languages, science fiction, literature, plants and flowers.  I once contributed significantly to an article in here on [[Coal mining]].
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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. 
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* 2002-2012: Taught computer architecture in the Univ. of Penn. MCIT program; remained as a research associate in the UPenn CIS department until 2020
* [[:Category:Reviewed Passed if Improved]]
* 1998-2002: Various computer consulting jobs in elearning and big pharma.
* [[:Category:Reviewed Passed]]
* 1984-1998: I worked at [[Bell Laboratories]], writing software for embedded systems and light-wave communications and doing all kinds of interesting other stuff.
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* 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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Latest revision as of 20:26, 4 October 2024



I live in the United States with a spouse and cat(s). Worked 40 years as a programmer, sysadmin, professor, and tech-of-all-trades consultant. 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

ONGOING CLEANUP:

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Things needing my attention:

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