User:pmc

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Technical

prog

This user is a programmer.

PHP-N

This user is a fluent PHP user.

SQL

This user can program in SQL.

re-N

This user writes regular expressions to find everything around the house.

awk-4

This user is an expert AWK programmer.

sed

This user can program in sed.

vi_

This user contributes using vi.

bash

This user can program in Bash.

tcsh

This user is a tcsh scripter.

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Personal

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

This user comes from Canada.

This user drinks beer.

OSrc

This user contributes to Open Source projects.

This user contributes using FreeBSD.

This user contributes using Firefox.

This user enjoys reading science fiction.

This user does not smoke.

Secondhand smoke is one of this user's pet peeves.

Philosophy

incl

This user is an inclusionist.

even

This editor is an eventualist.

This user prefers the metric system.

This user eats cheese.

This user knows that 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

If you can't bear the thought of going another moment without communicating with me, please send me email or use my talk page. I may respond on yours. If I don't respond right away, assume I have a day job. :-)

I'm particularly interested in the following pages:

FreeBSD, Drupal and open source software development,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the country's public broadcaster,
Mountains, a feature at which Canada excels, and
Category:Canada stubs

What have I done recently? (Or maybe you want a more complete log, or my edit count?) For my own use mostly, here are my user subpages.

A while back I started a gallery of some of the images listed below.

Images:

Wikistuff:

Templates:

WikiTemplates:

{{welcomeg}}
{{vanity}}
{{verror2}}
{{spam}}
{{notice}}

Fun:

Wikistress

(legacy stuff)

To do

On the way

Done (for now)

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