User:Nathanm mn

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This is a semi-anonymous autobiography. Anyone who knows me would probably know who I am, but anyone else will probably not. That's the way I want to keep it.

Contents 1 Me 2 Education 3 Careers 4 Languages 5 Hobbies 6 Wikipedia 7 Other

[edit] Me

This user is a Christian.	This user is male.	This user is of multiple ancestries.
This user lives in the United States of America.	This user is from Minnesota.	This user is from the Twin Cities.
NT This user's Keirsey Temperament is Rational.	INTP This user's MBTI type is INTP.	This user is right-handed.

[edit] Education

AAs This user has an Associate of Applied Science degree.	This user is an undergraduate student majoring in History.	This user is an undergraduate student majoring in Civil Engineering.
This user is a student or alumnus of the Community College of the Air Force.	M This user is a student or alumnus of the University of Minnesota.	This user is self-educated to an advanced college level.

[edit] Careers

I've been in the military since 1993. First, I was enlisted in the US Air Force, now I'm a 2LT in the MN Army National Guard.

This user is in the United States Military.

This wikipedian is/was a member of the United States Air Force.

This wikipedian is (or was) a member of the United States Army.

I'm a draftsman, surveyor, and construction inspector by trade. I can just as easily use the metric or standard American measurement systems (but definitely prefer the American system).

ft-lb This user uses American Measurements.

SI This user uses the metric system of measurement.

SI-0 This user thinks the metric system is bureaucratic and inhuman and will think in Fahrenheit until he/she dies.

[edit] Languages

I'm very interested in languages, and I've studied a few of them.

en This user is a native speaker of English.	en-us-mn This user can speak Minnesotan.	es-2 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.
ko-1 이 사용자는 간단한 한국어를 말할 수 있습니다.	ar-2 هذا المستخدم يستطيع المساهمة بالعربية بمستوى متوسط.	cs-1 Tento uživatel má základní znalosti češtiny.
א This user fully understands the Hebrew alphabet.	... This user would like to be able to speak more languages.

[edit] Hobbies

In the little spare time I have, I have lots of diverse interests, including travel.

16 This user has set foot in 16 countries of the world.	This user is interested in maps.	This user enjoys philosophy.
This user is a bibliophile.	This user is an audiophile.	This user is interested in his or her family history.
SV This user is faster than a speeding bullet.	Shiny This user loves Firefly!!	This user is a fan of Heroes. Ordinary people discovering extraordinary abilities.
This user still plays games on the NES.	d'oh! This user thinks The Simpsons is simply...excellent.	This user does not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
This user is a certified scuba diver	This user plays the guitar.	band-3 This user loves the band Gov't Mule.
This user is a fencer.	This user enjoys rifle shooting.	This user enjoys pistol shooting.

I'm definitely a computer geek.

This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.

This user contributes using Apple Mac OS X.

This user contributes using Gentoo Linux.

I do some programming and web design.

lisp-2 This user is an intermediate Lisp programmer.	c-2 This user is an intermediate C programmer.	c++-2 This user is an intermediate C++ programmer.
bash-2 This user is an intermediate bash scripter.	Perl-3 This user is an advanced Perl programmer.	php-3 This user is an advanced PHP programmer.
html-4 This user is an HTML expert.	js-3 This user is an advanced JavaScript coder.	css-3 This user is an advanced Cascading Style Sheets user.
xml-2 This user is an intermediate XML coder.	mysql-3 This user is an advanced MySQL programmer.	sql-2 This user is an intermediate SQL programmer.

[edit] Wikipedia

I've made a few of my own userboxes. I love Wikipedia, but hate the ridiculous POV in many articles.

This user is a member of the Minnesota WikiProject	This user is a member of the Military history WikiProject.	This user is a member of WikiProject Aircraft.
This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues.	This user finds edit/revert wars disruptive.	This user prefers using userboxes to fill up his/her user page instead of actually writing something useful.
<ref> This user would like to see everyone using inline citations. Please...	A, B, and C This user prefers the serial comma.	This user wastes far too much time editing Wikipedia.

[edit] Other

This user believes in a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.	This user is skeptical of the Zodiac.	This user supports concealed carry laws.
This user is an omnivore.	This user believes that Caffeine is necessary in large doses daily.	This user supports the use of nuclear power.
X This user does not believe in the existence of human races, except as a social construct. X	This user loathes, but is forced to observe, Daylight Saving Time.	This user realizes that educated people from the Middle Ages already thought that the Earth was spherical.

MIN This user is a Minnesota Twins fan. Win Twins!	MIN This user is a Minnesota Vikings fan.
MIN This user is a Minnesota Timberwolves fan.	MIN This user is a Minnesota Wild fan