User:Wndl42

Hi, and Welcome!

If you are here to find out something about me, the best thing to do is look [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&dir=prev&target=Wndl42 here].

In a former life, I had professional interests in software development. To get an idea, you can poke around [http://web.archive.org/web/20010804052120/lzip.sourceforge.net/index.html here.] I am hoping to get the project going again, but only if it can be completed before the first of next month. If you are interested, please look [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wndl42/LzipSB here] and drop a note on my talk page.

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Meanwhile, a few of my favorite quotes may help.

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"Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather, objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and then subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny — and also in a willingness to revise or abandon your theories when the tests fail (as they usually do)." — Stephen Jay Gould

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"Stupidity has a certain charm -- ignorance does not" — Frank Zappa

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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler" — unknown (sometimes attributed to Albert Einstein)

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[http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&hl=en&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2006-43%2CGGLG%3Aen&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=Raffiniert+ist+der+Herrgott+aber+boshaft+ist+Er+nicht&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_en&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images "Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist Er nicht."] - Albert Einstein

::::(For a fun-but-not-totally accurate translation, go [http://babelfish.altavista.com here], and paste this text: Raffiniert ist der Herrgott, aber boshaft ist Er nicht.)

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::IMHO, this may simultaneously be the most underused, misused and useful tool of all for Wikipedians.

::Something to watch out for on Wikipedia is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink#Symptoms_of_groupthink this]

::Often times, I return [http://www.dgmlive.com/aphorisms.html here], and click the knot over and over again. It's like a cup of WP:TEA

::You might like [http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/john_odonahue/index.shtml this (great mp3's too!)]

::And my favorite edit of all time on Wikipedia is [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=prev&oldid=189367291 this]

Please visit my talk page!

riverguy42 aka WNDL42 (talk) 23:06, 4 January 2008 (UTC)