User:Eric M Gearhart: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:06, 23 December 2007

Introduction/Background

Hello, and welcome to CZ! I am a recently Honorably discharged Soldier living in Tucson, Arizona

My "job" in the Army was as an Information Technology Specialist, which basically translates to "a geek in the Army." I suspect I will be doing something in that same career field out in Tucson as well (I am a nerd, after all)

I've always been passionate about and interested in technology in its myriad forms, from computers to Sci-Fi, since around age 12 (the "Age of Reason" as it were).

If you're so inclined, you can read my résumé at nixwizard.net and see pictures of my life in Tucson (and my "past life" in Baghdad, Iraq) at the Gallery here

The necessity of this project

If there is any doubt on the necessity of this project, please see Wikitruth for all the convincing one could possibly need.

Call for Help

Please help out on the Computers Workgroup articles! The four or five of us that regularly edit articles there can't do it alone. You can see related changes in the Workgroup here.

Images on CZ

See Image_talk:MOS_6502.jpg for an interesting dialog between myself and constable Stephen Ewen about importing images from Wikipedia or Wikipedia Commons. Things are definitely not always what they seem to be.

Current Project(s)

We have a license! Hopefully this will help to convince all those fence-sitters and nay-sayers to get off their fences, stop nay-saying, and contribute!

Articles I'm collaborating on

The Unix/Linux/Open source software family of articles
The Computer security family of articles
- Buffer overflow
- Hacker
The Commodore series of articles
General Computer articles

Articles Approved
I Collaborated On

Tux - the first Computers Workgroup article to get approved!
(Josh put a HUGE amount of work into this article. Great job folks!)

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ==Introduction/Background==
-I'm currently an Active Duty [[soldier]] in the [[United States Army]], deployed to [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]].
+Hello, and welcome to CZ!
-My "job" in the Army is as an [[Information systems|Information Systems]] Operator/Analyst, which basically translates to "a [[geek]] in the Army."
+I am a recently Honorably discharged [[Soldier]] living in Tucson, Arizona
+My "job" in the Army was as an [[Information systems|Information Technology]] Specialist, which basically translates to "a [[geek]] in the Army." I suspect I will be doing something in that same career field out in Tucson as well (I am a nerd, after all)
 I've always been passionate about and interested in technology in its myriad forms, from computers to Sci-Fi, since around age 12 (the "[[Age of Reason]]" as it were).
-If you're so inclined, you can read my [[résumé]] at [http://nixwizard.net nixwizard.net] and see pictures of my life in Tucson (and Baghdad unfortunately) at the Gallery [http://nixwizard.net/pics/main.php here]
+If you're so inclined, you can read my [[résumé]] at [http://nixwizard.net nixwizard.net] and see pictures of my life in Tucson (and my
+"past life" in Baghdad, Iraq) at the Gallery [http://nixwizard.net/pics/main.php here]
 =='''The necessity of this project'''==
@@ Line 16: / Line 19: @@
 See [[Image_talk:MOS_6502.jpg]] for an interesting dialog between myself and constable [[User:Stephen_Ewen|Stephen Ewen]] about importing images from Wikipedia or Wikipedia Commons. Things are definitely <i>not</i> always what they seem to be.
-===Current Project===
+===Current Project(s)===
-I'm currently reading "On the Edge: The Rise and Fall of Commodore," a book describing the history of Commodore International, its people, and its computers.
+We have a [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Citizendium_Press_Releases/Dec212007 license]! Hopefully this will help to convince all those fence-sitters and nay-sayers to get off their fences, stop nay-saying, and contribute!
-I'd like to start or improve related articles as I read the book, covering the people that worked there ([[Jack Tramiel]], [[Chuck Peddle]]), the companies Commodore bought out ([[MOS Technology]]), and the technology Commodore developed (such as the [[Commodore 64]] or the [[MOS 6502]] processor).
-I'm also interested in [[History]] articles. [[Profiles in Courage]] needs more of my time, to get it beyond micro-stub status.
 <div style="float: left; width: 48%">