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'''Ksnortum''' and '''AntiEntropy''' are both handles for me, Knute Snortum.  Below are my known biases so you can know somthing about me and I can better write from a nuetral point of view.  If you think I'm not doing that, you can always [[User_talk:Ksnortum|talk to me]].

The name '''AntiEntropy''' comes from a conversation I had with my father when I was a teenager.  I asked him why humans were around at all, since entropy was the rule in the universe.  He responded, "We are a temporary enclave of anti-entropy."  That phrase has stuck with me, although I tend to see it with a certain irony.

== My biases and world views ==

=== Politics ===

I'm a moderate politically.  I lean right of center on some issues and left on others.  I voted for [[George W. Bush]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000]] and [[John Kerry]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004]].  I voted for [[John McCain]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 2008|2008]] but I really wanted [[Barack Obama]] to win.  I voted for him in 2012.  I am a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Party but I'm reconsidering this (I am officially a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] now).   I hate talk radio (except for [[National Public Radio|NPR]]).

=== Religion ===

I am a [[Protestant]] [[Christian]] without any other strong denominational ties.  I am an ethnic [[Jew]] in the sense that my mother is Jewish.  My mother is a [[Holocaust]] survivor.  My father was a university [[professor]] and an [[agnostic]].

=== Science ===

I am an amateur scientist, especially [[Computer Science]], [[Mathematics]], and [[Physics]].  My vocation is as a [[software developer]] for a small company.  Basically, I am a [[geek]].

I see no conflict in being scientific and religious.  One of my favorite books on this subject is ''[[The Mind of God]]'' by [[Paul Davies]].

=== Music ===

I am a musician.  I play piano at an early advanced level.  I also play guitar and drums well enough to by asked to play them now and then.  I used to be a fair trombonist in college.  I play a mean kazoo.  I enjoy and play nearly all types of music, including [[Jazz]], [[Rock and roll|Rock]], [[Classical music|Clasical]], [[Folk music|Folk]], [[Blues]], [[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]], and some [[Popular music|Pop]].

=== Comics ===

I love comics, especially [[webcomic]]s, [[Manga]], and [[Anime]].  I may seem a bit old for Anime, but remember, I grew up with [[Speed Racer]] and [[Astro Boy]].  I'm not really into [[Sailor Moon]] but I do own a [[The Powerpuff Girls|Powerpuff Girls]] DVD.  (It was given to me, but I still enjoyed it.)  You can see more about what I read and what I think about webcomics at my external [http://snortum.net home page] and at [http://www.thewebcomiclist.com/share.php?id=17313 the webcomics list].

I've been working on -- but never finished -- an extended version of the [[Bruno (webcomic)]] article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ksnortum/Bruno here]

A Dave Kelly article that (hopefully) won't be deleted: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ksnortum/Dave_Kelly_(artist)]

=== Stats ===

I was born on January 22nd.  I'm writing that here so I don't forget.  I'm going to write a program that will display my age:

* [http://snortum.net/cgi-bin/how_old_2.pl?date=1960-01-22 How old I am]

If you're interested in the [[Perl]] code, it's a really simple [[Common Gateway Interface|CGI]] you can download [http://snortum.net/work/how_old_2.pl here].

<!-- If you want to see an "ego search" using Goggle's web services [http://www.snortum.net/cgi-bin/googleSearch.pl click here].  The code is [http://www.snortum.net/googleSearch.pl here]. -->

=== Wikipedia References ===

[[/References|Here]] are some Wikipedia newcomer references I want to save, but get off my talk page.

== Working on articles ==

=== Bad Rendering ===

The [[surjection]] article isn't rendering correctly for Firefox or IE (at least for me) so I'm trying to fix it [[/surjection|here]].

: I'm done with it.  I wonder how to get rid of it?

:: [[Wikipedia:User_pages#Deleting_user_pages_and_subpages|Deleting a subpage]]

=== Working on Orthogonal ===

I'm going to take a stab at writing the into to [[orthogonal]].  I'll be playing with the article [[/orthogonal|here]].

I messed up.  The article is [[orthogonality]].  I'm keeping the subpage; I'll just have to remember not to create a new page.

Okay, I'm done.  Admins, please delete the subpage.

== External links ==

[http://snortum.net My home page]

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