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A [[wikipedia:woozle|woozle]] is a phenomenon caused by obsessively following one's own footsteps while thinking you are covering new ground. The presence of a woozle generally can be taken as an indication that you have become too focused on your immediate task and need to take a look at the larger picture in order to see where you have gone wrong. | A [[wikipedia:woozle|woozle]] is a phenomenon caused by obsessively following one's own footsteps while thinking you are covering new ground. The presence of a woozle generally can be taken as an indication that you have become too focused on your immediate task and need to take a look at the larger picture in order to see where you have gone wrong. | ||
==Introduction to This Woozle== | ==Introduction to This Woozle== | ||
This particular woozle can be [[contact|contacted via various methods listed here]], and is commonly found in [[Durham]], NC and various places on the internet. | This particular woozle, officially known as Nick Staddon, can be [[contact|contacted via various methods listed here]], and is commonly found in [[Durham]], NC (where it lives with its [[hypertwin]], [[User:Harena|Harena]]) and various places on the internet. | ||
(Woozle's internal/notes page is [[User:Woozle|here]], but most of it probably won't mean anything to anyone else.) | (Woozle's internal/notes page is [[User:Woozle|here]], but most of it probably won't mean anything to anyone else.) | ||
Woozle is now switching to first person for the rest of this page. Do not adjust your sets. | Woozle is now switching to first person for the rest of this page. Do not adjust your sets. | ||
==Projects== | ==Projects== | ||
=== | ===The Important Stuff=== | ||
* [[Issuepedia]], a wiki-based site for discussing and documenting public issues (including [[Issuepedia:Durham, NC|local ones]]) and [[issuepedia:User:Woozle/Position Statement|personal opinions]] | * [[Issuepedia]], a wiki-based site for discussing and documenting public issues (including [[Issuepedia:Durham, NC|local ones]]) and [[issuepedia:User:Woozle/Position Statement|personal opinions]] | ||
** [[Issuepedia:User:Woozle| | ** ([[Issuepedia:User:Woozle|my user page]] | [[issuepedia:User:Woozle/positions|my positions on stuff]]) | ||
* [[HTYP]], a wiki-based online "directory of everything" and "technical manual for the universe"; trying to turn it into a real-world resource database | |||
** [[HTYP:User:Woozle|my user page]] | |||
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* I write and record music. I've also been in a couple of bands which didn't go anywhere but recorded some stuff maybe worth listening to. | * I write and record music. I've also been in a couple of bands which didn't go anywhere but recorded some stuff maybe worth listening to. | ||
** My original recordings are [[Woozalia:Main Page|here]] | ** My original recordings are [[Woozalia:Main Page|here]] | ||
** Recordings from my first band, MoG, are [[MoG|here]] | ** Recordings from my first band, MoG, are [[MoG|here]] | ||
** A couple of other musical projects are not yet online | ** A couple of other musical projects are not yet online | ||
** Some other not-really-musical recordings | ** Some other not-really-musical recordings are [[Woozle's Audio Weirdness|here]] | ||
* [[Clarence the Rock]], | * comics I drew a long, long time ago before there were webcomics: | ||
* [[Clarence the Rock]], 1992 or so (using Windows 3.0 and Microsoft Paint!) | |||
* [[Store Trek]] | |||
===The Side Burner=== | |||
* [[vbz.net]], an online store which is operating but under reconstruction. | |||
* Various computer services which will eventually have a web site of their own: | |||
** On-site computer service (including Windows and Linux) | |||
** Web site programming (MediaWiki, MySQL, and PHP a specialty) | |||
=== | I'm kind of just starting to recover from being essentially buried by co-responsibility for my [[hypertwin]] [[User:Harena|Harena]]'s [[Josh|autistic son]], whom we finally placed in a good long-term home in February 2011. I keep going back and forth between trying to earn a living and trying to do something useful. Funny how those two are incompatible. | ||
===The Back Burner=== | |||
There are a number of things I'd like to be doing but lack one or more critical elements. | There are a number of things I'd like to be doing but lack one or more critical elements. | ||
* '''Recording studio''': I have enough equipment to set up a small but income-generating recording studio; I lack the space, and I also wouldn't have the time to run it on a daily basis (at least until the [[Josh]] situation improves). I could, however, help get it set up and put some time into technical maintenance. | * '''Recording studio''': I have enough equipment to set up a small but income-generating recording studio; I lack the space, and I also wouldn't have the time to run it on a daily basis (at least until the [[Josh]] situation improves). I could, however, help get it set up and put some time into technical maintenance. | ||
* '''VBZ expansion''': I ultimately want to make [[vbz.net]] easier to run and hand over its daily operation to someone else; eventually I'd like to see it move into a physical storefront, and expand from there. I would also like to offer more work by local artists and musicians, as this is why I got into online retail in the first place. | * '''VBZ expansion''': I ultimately want to make [[vbz.net]] easier to run and hand over its daily operation to someone else; eventually I'd like to see it move into a physical storefront, and expand from there. I would also like to offer more work by local artists and musicians, as this is why I got into online retail in the first place. | ||
=== | ===The Obscure Stuff=== | ||
You can also find me at: | You can also find me at: | ||
* [http://lesswrong.com/user/woozle LessWrong] ([http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/User:Woozle wiki]): discussion about rationality | * [http://lesswrong.com/user/woozle LessWrong] ([http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/User:Woozle wiki]): discussion about rationality | ||
* [http://trianglehackers.com/wiki/index.php/User:Woozle Triangle Hackerspace] (joined 2010-08-06) | * [http://trianglehackers.com/wiki/index.php/User:Woozle Triangle Hackerspace] (joined 2010-08-06) | ||
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* [http://www.bjaodn.org/wiki/User:Woozle BJaoDN] (mainly for the purpose of communicating about wiki vandalism) | * [http://www.bjaodn.org/wiki/User:Woozle BJaoDN] (mainly for the purpose of communicating about wiki vandalism) | ||
* ''probably other places I can't think of at the moment'' | * ''probably other places I can't think of at the moment'' | ||
* [http://www.intensedebate.com/people/Woozle My comments] on IntenseDebate, the forum service used by [http://change.gov Change.gov] – i.e. you can see all the comments I made at Change.gov by going to that link. | |||
== | ** I also installed IntenseDebate on [[Issuepedia:project:IntenseDebate|Issuepedia]] as an experiment, but it didn't turn out to be useful | ||
==Too Much Information== | |||
* [[/drafts]]: a place to keep drafts so I can show them to people | * [[/drafts]]: a place to keep drafts so I can show them to people | ||
* [[Anna Nikola|Mine offspring]] ([[:category:Anna Nikola|pictures and such]]) lives in [[Athens]] with her mom. | |||
* | |||
* I'm not related, as far as I know, to [http://www.staddonfamily.com/about/ these folks] ([http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111303900.html?hpid=sec-religion 2009-11-13 news item]) or to [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/335560.html Stanley Staddon of Zimbabwe] | * I'm not related, as far as I know, to [http://www.staddonfamily.com/about/ these folks] ([http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111303900.html?hpid=sec-religion 2009-11-13 news item]) or to [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/335560.html Stanley Staddon of Zimbabwe] | ||
* I have [[gender dysphoria]]. (Note to family: deal with it.) | |||
Revision as of 18:25, 15 July 2011
Introduction to Woozles
A woozle is a phenomenon caused by obsessively following one's own footsteps while thinking you are covering new ground. The presence of a woozle generally can be taken as an indication that you have become too focused on your immediate task and need to take a look at the larger picture in order to see where you have gone wrong.
Introduction to This Woozle
This particular woozle, officially known as Nick Staddon, can be contacted via various methods listed here, and is commonly found in Durham, NC (where it lives with its hypertwin, Harena) and various places on the internet.
(Woozle's internal/notes page is here, but most of it probably won't mean anything to anyone else.)
Woozle is now switching to first person for the rest of this page. Do not adjust your sets.
Projects
The Important Stuff
- Issuepedia, a wiki-based site for discussing and documenting public issues (including local ones) and personal opinions
- HTYP, a wiki-based online "directory of everything" and "technical manual for the universe"; trying to turn it into a real-world resource database
- I write and record music. I've also been in a couple of bands which didn't go anywhere but recorded some stuff maybe worth listening to.
- comics I drew a long, long time ago before there were webcomics:
- Clarence the Rock, 1992 or so (using Windows 3.0 and Microsoft Paint!)
- Store Trek
The Side Burner
- vbz.net, an online store which is operating but under reconstruction.
- Various computer services which will eventually have a web site of their own:
- On-site computer service (including Windows and Linux)
- Web site programming (MediaWiki, MySQL, and PHP a specialty)
I'm kind of just starting to recover from being essentially buried by co-responsibility for my hypertwin Harena's autistic son, whom we finally placed in a good long-term home in February 2011. I keep going back and forth between trying to earn a living and trying to do something useful. Funny how those two are incompatible.
The Back Burner
There are a number of things I'd like to be doing but lack one or more critical elements.
- Recording studio: I have enough equipment to set up a small but income-generating recording studio; I lack the space, and I also wouldn't have the time to run it on a daily basis (at least until the Josh situation improves). I could, however, help get it set up and put some time into technical maintenance.
- VBZ expansion: I ultimately want to make vbz.net easier to run and hand over its daily operation to someone else; eventually I'd like to see it move into a physical storefront, and expand from there. I would also like to offer more work by local artists and musicians, as this is why I got into online retail in the first place.
The Obscure Stuff
You can also find me at:
- LessWrong (wiki): discussion about rationality
- Triangle Hackerspace (joined 2010-08-06)
- Wikipedia et al.
- BJaoDN (mainly for the purpose of communicating about wiki vandalism)
- probably other places I can't think of at the moment
- My comments on IntenseDebate, the forum service used by Change.gov – i.e. you can see all the comments I made at Change.gov by going to that link.
- I also installed IntenseDebate on Issuepedia as an experiment, but it didn't turn out to be useful
Too Much Information
- /drafts: a place to keep drafts so I can show them to people
- Mine offspring (pictures and such) lives in Athens with her mom.
- I'm not related, as far as I know, to these folks (2009-11-13 news item) or to Stanley Staddon of Zimbabwe
- I have gender dysphoria. (Note to family: deal with it.)