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About Me

I am the Point of Contact & Leader for Ubuntu Ohio as from April 7, 2013.

Beyond that recent change in role I serve as the Head Writer at Erie Looking Productions and present The Burning Circle, the podcast of Ubuntu Ohio. The podcast now has over one hundred episodes since launch. Outside the Ubuntu realm I have presented since December 2007 LISTen: An LISNews.org Podcast which deals with more general issues in the realm of library and information science.

I bricked a SheevaPlug and repurposed my BeagleBoard-xM to bridge the gap fulfilling desktop and server roles. My old-timey Nokia smartphone is dead and an old flip phone is being utilized with my e-mail being bounced on occasion to the phone via the magic of an MMS gateway. The hand-me-down desktop that previously was in use running VectorLinux Light 7.0 has been put into storage due to power budget issues involving a month-on-month tripling of kilowatt-hour usage. No, I cannot really say I have a ton of consistently working equipment at the moment.

Right now my netbook serves up what it can and travels with me. The BeagleBoard-xM functions as a general purpose desktop except that it lacks functioning audio capability and a stable contemporary web browser on armhf. There is a Raspberry Pi serving as a general purpose server. An Arudino has been purchased by a benefactor which will allow some work in experimentation along the lines of building perhaps a timebase focusing on WWV/WWVH or some other project that comes to mind with what junkbox parts I do have on-hand.

Materiel donations via this configured Amazon wishlist are graciously accepted in this time of cutbacks and continuing equipment failures. As I am not currently gainfully employed, anything received is gratefully appreciated with a cheerful heart. I plan to resume studies but that is uncertain at this time as to how it may proceed. Work-wise I am a trained cataloging librarian and have served at academic libraries. I wish to return to service as a librarian soon.

I have been an Ubuntu Member since March 15, 2012.

Activities

• Point of Contact & Leader for Ubuntu Ohio as from 2013-04-07

  Councilor for the LoCo Council from 2013-10-07 until 2015-10-04

  presenter of The Burning Circle

  member of Ubuntu Members since 2012-03-15

  member of the Not Canonical group where I note I am not employed by Canonical

  member of Xubuntu Documentation team

  member of Xubuntu Team leadership group

  member of Ubuntu in NGOs team

  member of Ubuntu BugSquad team

  duly-licensed amateur radio operator holding call sign KC8BFI and far too quiet member of Ubuntu Amateur Radio

  listowner for PNLA-L

Pending Matters

• Learn Perl

  Learn Python

  Find compensated employment

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