User:Robert W King

Status

Thank goodness for hand surgeons! (Cut tendon, stitches underneath)

Lime green! Typing is easier, but still not great.

• I am now actually in Seattle until Friday July 11th. --Robert W King 12:12, 8 July 2008 (CDT)
• I am currently on the west coast, in Huntington Beach this week and next week I should be in Seattle (06/28) --Robert W King 16:53, 28 June 2008 (CDT)

• (06/22) The stitches came out on the 29th, and I began physical therapy soon after. It still looked rather nasty so I did not take a photograph. The scar is almost done forming. Unfortunately because they were "huge" stitches and I think due to the fact that I had stitches twice in the same holes, I now have what can only be represented as a ":|:" pattern on my thumb along the scar. A close inspection yields the stitch holes along the cut. There's not as much as swelling as there was, however there is still a fair amount below the top knuckle of the thumb and I can bend it a fair amount. --Robert W King 08:12, 22 June 2008 (CDT)

• The stitches cannot come out soon enough! (5/24). My appointment is on the 29th and my thumb feels like it should be practically battling to get out of the splint. I can't wait to start physical therapy. --Robert W King 20:02, 24 May 2008 (CDT)

• Visited the hand surgeon today(05/15). Updated split on thumb; received more information on proceedure. The finger looks "great", however the inside heals much slower than the outside so skin appearance is unreliable. Turns out there are three sets of permanent stitches holding my tendon together, which will be inside my thumb forever and may or may not appear on x-rays. I'd like to make a note that this is my first injury where the replacement involved something permanent and foreign inside my body (aside from a dental filling or two). See photo. Surface stitches come out on the 29th of May and will begin physical therapy then. --Robert W King 00:42, 16 May 2008 (CDT)

• I am currently somewhat incapicated. See photo Delays in my correspondence are to be expected. Typing does not go well. Template:Codefrown

• Please be aware: I am no longer using IE6--I am now a "firefox switcher". (until IE8 anyway) Do not ask me to debug pages for IE6! I simply do not care. --Robert W King 12:04, 6 May 2008 (CDT)

( Where Robert lives it is approximately: 06:38)

About me

Quack!

Robert - Introduced to England by the Normans, Robert is derived from the Old High German Hruodperht, a compound name composed of the elements hruod (fame) and perht (bright). The name was borne by Robert I (d. 1035), Duke of Normandy and father of William the Conqueror, and by three kings of Scotland.

William - From the Old Norman French Willaume which is from the Old High German Willehelm (Resolute protector). The name is composed of the elements willeo (will, determination) and helm (helmet, protection).

I am a young man working in the field of Information Assurance, and living somewhere in Northern Virginia. I hold an Associate's in Information Technology from NVCC and am working (infrequently) on my B.S. in Information Technology from George Mason University. My interests include data organization, networks, philosophy, critical thinking, and observation.

My background is in Network Security, Programming, and Technical Support; all things tech. I have worked for the US Navy, the Army, and other institutions. A number of my projects have included data organization, automation, and collection. Lately I have taken a strong interest in global politics and monetary policy, and in making things(fabrication). I have a great desire to acheive something great for mankind.

In the past I have contributed to U.S. Government articles within Wikipedia, and reported on the Wired-sponsored Assignment Zero.

• (Profile here
• contributions here)

I have written three blog posts on NewAssignment.Net

• Link to my blog posts

Books I have read or am currently reading:

• The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand (cmplt.)
• Status Anxiety - Alain De Botton (cmplt.)
• Stiff - Mary Roach (cmplt.)
• Talk to the Hand - Lynne Truss (cmplt.)
• The Use and Abuse of Art - Jacques Barzun (un-r)
• The World is Flat 3.0 - (un-r)
• The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell (mostly-r)
• Supercapitalism - Robert B. Reich (mostly-r)
• The Joke's Over: Ralph Steadman on Hunter S. Thompson - Ralph Steadman (apprx. 1/2)

Quick Links

• http://yarchive.net/home.html
• http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/color-blend/
• http://www.mandarindesign.com/opacity.html

Work on CZ

Tabella Nemorosus

Developing Articles Initial Author Status 4: bowling  wristwatch Status 3:  Assignment Zero  censorship  Color  Coffee  Crime Cyberpunk  Diamond  Executive Schedule  Fire  Garbage  Light  Light bulb in progress  Mona Lisa  murder  Optical Disc  Socks (clothing)  stone  swimming  Team Fortress  Tide  tools  The Twilight Zone in progress  water Author / Contributor  Chernobyl Disaster Contributor  Champagne  Citizendium  Food photography  French fries  History of computing  Software bug Stubs Initial Author  belt_(clothing)  collage  Crystal  Diamond  Drawing  Drinking_game  FTIR  Fun  Glass  Halloween  Hat  Induction heating  Island  K2  M._C._Escher  Marble (stone)  metaphor  Mohs' scale  necktie  painting  Romeo_and_Juliet  Saturday_Night_Live  sculpture  ship  shirt_(clothing)  Simile  Sword  symbolism  Taco  Toy  Triangle  Wind  Writing Neutrality (Currently in a void state) Author / Contributor  Larry_Sanger  Thanksgiving Contributor Apple  Frustration  Plural  vodka Templates Initial Author Template for the NFPA Safety Panel (Version 2.1, still not functional in Safari) Template for building the header of "The Citizen". A template for new templates. See CZ:Templates/Guidelines. A left-hand side inline TOC, copied and modified from TOC-right. See Template:TOC-left and Template:TOC-right Template:Timeline and Template:TLevent for creating graphical timelines. Template:Nutrition, ya know, just in case.. A template for recipe creation. An infobox template for the chemistry workgroup for chemicals An easy superscript template and an easy subscript template. An infobox template for the chemistry workgroup for elements. See subsystems below: Template for calling up a configurable mini-periodic table Part of the periodic template a template that produces hoverable text that I blantantly ripped from WP. Test here... A disambiguation box template Proposal System A template for making proposals. See CZ:Proposals/Guidelines. A template for responding to proposals. See CZ:Proposals/Guidelines. A template for assuming repsonsibility for proposals. See CZ:Proposals/Guidelines A template for indicating necessary proposal reformatting. See CZ:Proposals/Guidelines Author / Contributor To be completed... Contributor Table for catalog of Famous Tennis Players Subpage Index Template for the Subpage Project Upload Wizard for upload of media, mostly re-vamping Stephen's work.

Projects on CZ The Citizen! My Sandbox: Testing grounds. CZ:Proposals, a community portal created in order to enable citizens to make suggestions that impact the wiki CZ's Core Article Initiative: CZ:CORE CZ's recruiting initiative: CZ:Recruitment. I created a one-sheet black and white recruitment flyer to be distributed (primarly) on college campuses, community bulletin boards, and other open public posting areas. It can be found here. Instructions are enclosed. Hat article image request initiative: If you have one of many different types of hats, and have a picture of you wearing it, please submit it to the articlespace! This article would do greatly with a large number of hat images. --Robert W King 20:49, 18 October 2007 (CDT) A youtube channel for videos posted on or about Citizendium Newpage counter for, er, new pages. (Max is 2,000 it seems) To Do Finish converting these to {{subpages}} as opposed to subpages9 Practically finished minus a few issues that need to be cleaned up on some "list" pages, but other than that subpages9 should no longer be on any subpage (unless its in conversation). --Robert W King 13:31, 17 November 2007 (CST) Fix double redirects There are none! Review Orphaned Pages for speedydelete. (May that never have to be done again! Next time a bot better do it...) Image Category Party! Review uncategorized pages Play TF2 when burnt out on wikiediting. Convert existing checklists into subpage pages. (g'ah, didn't we do this already???) Largely done by other processes. --Robert W King 13:08, 1 April 2008 (CDT) Move to Europe in 10 Months.  !!!What's happening in Europe?!!! -Go to Europe for two months starting in September. --Robert W King 13:06, 1 April 2008 (CDT) Fix the dashboard. Close enough for government work! --Robert W King 20:47, 13 January 2008 (CST) Finish organizing templates used in CZ at CZ:Templates Part One complete; now need to organize base on use and category. --Robert W King 11:40, 22 December 2007 (CST) Win a Million Dollars. Create/Finish creating CZ:Technical_Team_Workgroup. A workgroup template will be better. Images modified Photograph of Mt. Vernon -Original vs. current Photograph of Ireland's Four Courts - Original vs. current Photograph for Prohibition - Original vs.current Photograph for Abraham Lincoln - Original vs optional replacement Photograph for Shirley Chisholm - Original vs current Image of King Louis XIV - Original vs current Image of Eamon de Valera - Original vs. current Two images from Hayford: Original vs. current and Original vs. current.

I performed levels of relentless editing on these articles:

• TI:Unertan_Syndrome After vs. Before

I created the following images:

Cockroach   Picture of an Apple   Mocha and Donut   Flowers outside my office   More apples   Additive light model   Subtractive light model   Screenshot of the AZ desktop   Be bold test image   Regular exposure of flourescent lighting   Low level light exposure of flourescent lighting   Two insects in mating stance (possibly my best capture yet)   A stone and concrete walkway   Stone used in a retaining wall   Rust deposit on a sidewalk   A bowling alley   A bowling ball corral   A very old bowling scoring terminal   A group of bowlers on league night   Bowling ball return machine. Do not stick your hands inside!   Many people have worn these.   Modified image of an empty tennis court to include its dimensions

Work on Wikipedia

• OMB Circular A-21
• OMB Circular A-16
• OMB Circular A-130
• OMB Circular A-126
• OMB Circular A-123
• Hatch Act of 1939
• Geographic Information System
• General Services Administration
• Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
• Executive Schedule

Philosophies

Neutrality

There are three properties that I believe should be adhered to in the context of this project when it comes to non-philosophical topics: fact, relevancy, and neutrality.

• Fact: Everything that pertains to a particular subject should not be made up or speculated on. There should be no lies and no conjecture. I believe in trails, audits, and observations. That which is shown to be absolutely provable.
• Relevancy: There will always be a percentage of information which points to a demonstratable conclusion. Only the upmost definitive evidence that shows A leads to B should be included.
• Neutrality: Every viewpoint should be shown, and substantiated with credible sources. Credibile does not mean "existing", "popular", or "notable"; but rather those sources that are known to exhibit only the observable and objective truth and not an agenda or bias. Documentation is a must.

It is the reponsibility for everyone who wishes to further the knowledge and education of the masses to provide the basis for others to make their own decisions. One should be "informative" and not "convincing" when it comes to the essential elements of knowledge.