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|| IRC || skellat on irc.freenode.net ||
|| Jabber || alpacaherder on jabber.org ||
|| identi.ca || [[http://identi.ca/alpacaherder|alpacaherder]] ||
|| Website || [[http://skellat.freeshell.org|skellat.freeshell.org]] ||
|| Gopher || [[http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw.lite?gopher://sdf.lonestar.org:70/1/users/skellat/|gopher://sdf.lonestar.org:70/1/users/skellat/]] ||
|| Email || skellat@sdf.lonestar.org ||
|| SIP || 1580 on sip.sdf.org ||
|| IRC || smkellat on freenode ||
|| Library``Thing || [[https://www.librarything.com/profile/alpacaherder/stats/ddc|Collection Snapshots]] ||
|| Website || [[http://erielookingproductions.info|Erie Looking Productions]] ||
|| Blog || [[http://coyote.works/|Coyote Works]] ||
|| Email || skellat@sdf.org ||
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|| Current Ubuntu/Linux Version || Xubuntu 12.04.1 (x86 netbook / [[http://www.digikey.com/product-highlights/us/en/texas-instruments-beagleboard/685|BeagleBoard-xM]]) || || Current Platform Versions || Varying Widely ||
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I am the Head Writer at [[http://erielookingproductions.info|Erie Looking Productions]] and present ''[[http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/burningcircle|The Burning Circle]]'', the podcast of the [[OhioTeam|Ohio LoCo Team]]. The podcast now has over sixty episodes and has been active for over a calendar year. Outside the Ubuntu realm I have presented since December 2007 ''[[http://www.lisnews.org/podcast|LISTen: An LISNews.org Podcast]]'' which deals with more general issues in the realm of library and information science.
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I have currently bricked a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SheevaPlug|SheevaPlug]] and have hurriedly repurposed my [[http://www.digikey.com/product-highlights/us/en/texas-instruments-beagleboard/685|BeagleBoard-xM]] to bridge the gap. My [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_e71x|my old-timey Nokia smartphone]] is dead and [[http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/nokia-2720-fold-blue/4505-6452_7-33896908.html|an old flip phone]] is being utilized with Twitter SMS and my e-mail being bounced on occasion to the phone via the magic on an MMS gateway. The hand-me-down desktop that previously was in use running [[http://www.vectorlinux.com/|VectorLinux]] Light 7.0 has been put into storage due to power budget issues involving a month-on-month tripling of kilowatt-hour usage. No, I cannot really say I have a ton of working equipment at the moment. I am called many things. Launchpad states:
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Right now my netbook serves up what it can and travels with me. The [[http://www.digikey.com/product-highlights/us/en/texas-instruments-beagleboard/685|BeagleBoard-xM]] is functioning as a server. Currently I am looking to acquire another low-power ARM board to act as a desktop due to current power budget restrictions in force. An Arudino has been purchased by a benefactor which will allow some work in experimentation along the lines of building perhaps a timebase focusing on [[http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwv.cfm|WWV/WWVH]] or some other project that comes to mind with what junkbox parts I do have on-hand. ''Amateur Radio Operator (General Class). Lapsed Podcaster. Occasional Domestic Missionary. Information Specialist. Accused of Authorial Acts. Ubuntu Member.''
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Equipment donations via [[http://amzn.com/w/35SWMCWPMXDJE|this configured Amazon wishlist]] are graciously accepted in this time of cutbacks and continuing equipment failures. As I am not currently gainfully employed, anything received is gratefully apreciated with a cheerful heart.

I have been [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership|an Ubuntu Member]] since March 15, 2012.
You’ll need to make your own decision as to what/who I am. I am not quite sure lately, it seems.
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=== Activities === === The Undiscovered Country: The Now ===
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 {*} presenter of [[http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/burningcircle|The Burning Circle]]  {*} proprietor of Erie Looking Productions
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 {*} member of [[OhioTeam|Ubuntu Ohio]]  {*} duly-licensed amateur radio operator holding call sign [[http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=480524|KC8BFI]]
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 {*} member of [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntumembers|Ubuntu Members]] since March 15, 2012  {*} member of [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntumembers|Ubuntu Members]] since 2012-03-15
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 {*} member of [[NGO|Ubuntu in NGOs]] team  {*} member of the [[https://launchpad.net/~not-canonical|Not Canonical]] group where I note I am not employed by Canonical
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 {*} member of the [[https://launchpad.net/~not-canonical|Not Canonical]] group on [[https://launchpad.net|Launchpad]] where I note I am not employed by Canonical  {*} member of [[https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-doc|Xubuntu Documentation]] team
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 {*} member of [[https://launchpad.net/~openbox-desktop.team|openbox-desktop]] team  {*} member of [[https://launchpad.net/~bugsquad|Ubuntu BugSquad]] team in spirit if not in output
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 {*} transitioning into serving as listowner for [[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PNLA-L/|PNLA-L]]
 {*} currently building up server capacities on Digital Ocean to serve my own needs
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=== Pending Matters === === That Foreign Country: The Past ===
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 {*} Learn Perl  {*} Graduated from the [[http://lakelandcc.edu/web/about/emergency-management-planning-administration-departments|Emergency Management and Planning Administration program]] at Lakeland Community College in December 2017
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 {*} Learn Python  {*} Leader for [[OhioTeam|Ubuntu Ohio]] as from 2013-04-07 until 2014-12-30
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 {*} Evangelize Ubuntu and its many flavors further <-- '''BLOCKED''' ''as per discussion of local deficiencies in Ashtabula County relative to Maslow and his Hierachy of Needs''  {*} Councilor for [[LoCoCouncil|the LoCo Council]] from 2013-10-07 until 2015-05-11
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 {*} Concluding preliminaries so as to run for office of Township Trustee at the November 2013 general election to help govern the township I live in  {*} active and contributing member of [[https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-doc|Xubuntu Documentation]] team

 {*} former member of [[https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-team|Xubuntu Team]] leadership group

 {*} former member of [[https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-bugs|Xubuntu Bugs]] overwatch

 {*} listowner for [[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PNLA-L/|PNLA-L]] for 4 years and 6 months without anybody noticing that I was the listowner

 {*} researching Outernet (now Othernet) for external evaluation

 {*} employed by part of the United States Government most recently 2013-12-13 to 2019-10-02

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=== Wishful Thinking: Matters I Wish To Undertake ===

In many respects the coronavirus crisis has effectively derailed most planning that I have had. For several months earlier in 2020 planning became so short-term that I could not plan beyond the next daily press conference by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. Original plans for this part of 2020 would have had me in a far different place than I am right now.

These were not the adventures I expected. I do not know what awaits. I'm not sure what I want to do as I have spent too much of this year reacting instead of acting. Spending six years in a job where I had to self-redact and mute myself daily did not help me either.

=== Additional Materials ===
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Name

Stephen Michael Kellat

SIP

1580 on sip.sdf.org

IRC

smkellat on freenode

LibraryThing

Collection Snapshots

Website

Erie Looking Productions

Blog

Coyote Works

Email

skellat@sdf.org

Launchpad

Stephen Michael Kellat

Current Platform Versions

Varying Widely


About Me

I am called many things. Launchpad states:

Amateur Radio Operator (General Class). Lapsed Podcaster. Occasional Domestic Missionary. Information Specialist. Accused of Authorial Acts. Ubuntu Member.

You’ll need to make your own decision as to what/who I am. I am not quite sure lately, it seems.


The Undiscovered Country: The Now

  • Ubuntu proprietor of Erie Looking Productions

    Ubuntu duly-licensed amateur radio operator holding call sign KC8BFI

    Ubuntu member of Ubuntu Members since 2012-03-15

    Ubuntu member of the Not Canonical group where I note I am not employed by Canonical

    Ubuntu member of Xubuntu Documentation team

    Ubuntu member of Ubuntu BugSquad team in spirit if not in output

    Ubuntu currently building up server capacities on Digital Ocean to serve my own needs


That Foreign Country: The Past


Wishful Thinking: Matters I Wish To Undertake

In many respects the coronavirus crisis has effectively derailed most planning that I have had. For several months earlier in 2020 planning became so short-term that I could not plan beyond the next daily press conference by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. Original plans for this part of 2020 would have had me in a far different place than I am right now.

These were not the adventures I expected. I do not know what awaits. I'm not sure what I want to do as I have spent too much of this year reacting instead of acting. Spending six years in a job where I had to self-redact and mute myself daily did not help me either.

Additional Materials


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