User:Stbalbach/AboutMe
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Hi my name is Stephen T. Balbach (no relation to St. Balbach), and have been an active Wikipedian since June 04'; computer programmer; BA degree in History; early pioneer in the ISP industry in the Washington DC/Baltimore area; and have written or re-written wikipedia articles, with a focus on Medieval history and classic novels.
----- Works on the Web(elsewhere)
A reading diary (books and articles):
A travel blog of a 6-week solo car-camping trip:
---- Who Am I?
Gender: Nuts
Background: According to a National Geographic Genomic Mapping Project cheek-swab test, my DNA contains the M170 mutation. This means my ancestors left Africa between 30,000 to 60,000 years ago, stoped over in the Middle East for a while, migrated to southern and central Europe about 20,000 years ago, and arrived in North America in the 19th century.
Current Location: Sandy Spring, Maryland, Olney, Maryland, Brookville, Maryland and Ashton, Maryland are the inner circle (10 minutes). Beyond is Columbia, Maryland and Rockville, Maryland (20 minutes). Outer ring contains Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC (40 minutes). The visible horizon: San Francisco, California and New York, New York.
Personality: Aquarius in the West and a Ram in the East.
Picture: Christmas 2003 in Brookeville, Maryland, 18th century cabin.
Challenges: Spina Bifida which has become a more limiting factor in recent years.
---- Background
First computer was a Vic-20 in the early 80s and grew up in the 80's with the 8088s and the BBS scene (WWIV and Searchlight). Received a Bachelors in History degree from St.Marys College of Maryland in 1992. Created numerous shareware (TimeCard) and commercial (3D Laser Photocopier) applications in 'C' for DOS. Sold Linux on 50 floppy disks out of my basement in 1993 during the last recession, unwittingly making me the first person to commercially sell Slackware. Helped found the second Internet Service Provider in Maryland and first in Baltimore called ClarkNet (out of a cow barn) in early 1993.
---- Current Projects
Currently involved with LifeClinic, Inc which makes pharmacy bloodpressure machine kiosks. You've seen them in pharmacies and grocery stores, a free blood pressure check, our company represents about %90 of those around the world. CEO Philander Claxton, grandson of Philander Claxton, invented the idea and business.
And Advanced Motion Technologies a new electromagnetic piston replacement for analog oil hydraulics used in simulators, military applications, elevators, earth movers, combines and more. Faster, more precise, less maintenance, cleaner, stronger.
---- Interests: Nutrition
Weston A. Price Foundation founded in 1999 its purpose is to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price, whose studies of isolated non industrialized peoples demonstrated that humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and the vital fat-soluble activators found exclusively in animal fats.
Weston A Price Foundation report to Congress on Dietary Health Guideline changes in 2005 (pdf 800k).
The below books support Weston A Prices findings and represent a new way of looking at diet and health. Instead of focusing on fat and cholesterol in designing a healthy diet these books debunk many of the nutrition myths today, tell how these myths came about and who profits from selling highly-processed real-food substitutes, the health impacts and an alternative way of living that doesn't support big-agribusiness.
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, Weston A Price
Nourishing Traditions, Sally Fallon (1999)
