I am a geek and nerd with interests in science, particularly mathematics and computer science. I am also interested in philosophy and am currently reading Ray Monks' biography of Wittgenstein, 'The Duty of Genius'.
My username is derived from The book of the new sun.
I am quite interested in wikipedia, though I'm a bit concerned about the potential for abuse in having such an easily changed medium as a basis for an encyclopedia - it's all too easy for advertising to be inserted - or even outright propaganda. Sure, many people watching the page can spot some problems, but the John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy resulted after bogus claims went uncorrected for at least four months.
What about people with political agendas? Are political candidates turning their entries into hagiography?
Make your comments on my discussion page.
Autarch 18:00, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Corrected grammatical error in my user page that made me sound like a bad imitation of a hip-hop artist. I really must have been short of sleep that time I edited the page...
Autarch 17:20, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I think I got a little carried away with userboxes! ;-) Autarch 19:01, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Why not a link on Film Noir? Autarch 19:25, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Tidied up my userboxes a bit. Autarch 13:35, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
I seem to be adding quite a bit of material to the streets and squares in Dublin category lately. Autarch 18:51, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Entry on Wikistress has excellent advice! Autarch 20:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Updated reference to category of streets and squares in Dublin, as the old category no longer exists. Autarch 17:15, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
Entries and categories
Entries I've created
These vary from articles I started as a stub (e.g. Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom), to ones I've made considerable contributions to (e.g. Lambros D. Callimahos)
In alphabetical order:
- Adamstown railway station, Dublin
- Callimahos, Lambros D.
- Carrickbrack Road
- Dalkey Atmospheric Railway
- The Diceman - a well-known Dublin celebrity who died in 1994.
- Exceat - a location in East Sussex
- Gardiner Street, Dublin
- Herbert Road, Dublin
- House (operating system)
- Huguenot cemetery, Dublin
- James Joyce Tower & Museum
- John de Courcy Ireland
- Lough Dan
- Maynooth railway station
- Military Cryptanalytics
- Mountjoy Square, Dublin
- Null Object pattern
- Parnell Square, Dublin
- Phoenix Park railway station
- River Poddle
- Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Baggot Street
- St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton
- Saint Francis Xavier Church, Dublin
- Southease (before I registered a username)
- Thormanby Road
- Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
Entries I've contributed to
Other entries I'm interested in
Categories I'm interested in
Rail Transport
Other transport in places I've visited
I'm gradually morphing this page into something approaching my activities in Wikipedia - closer to official Wikipedia policy. However, this change may take place asymptotically! Autarch 17:44, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia
Wikipedia Reference Desks
Users who share interests with me
Wikipedia news
Disputes
Misc
Wikipedia boards
Portals
Userboxes
Keen interests
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Programming languages
| LaTeX | This user can typeset using LaTeX. |
| MAPLE-2 | This user is an intermediate MAPLE programmer. |
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Science
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This user has a keen interest in physics.
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This user accepts evolution as a biological fact.
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