User:Travis9
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Who are you? I'm Travis aka t9.
Theres a new wikipedian in town and he's fitting to bust some CAPS ;0
My name is Travis Osborne. I live in the capital of the state of Ohio, the city of Columbus. I recently entered my 27th year of living. I have a 4 years old daughter named Alexis that turns 5 towards the end of march 2005. I have a girlfriend of four years named Crystal whom I currently share an apartment with.
I just created this account a few minutes ago, at about 5:00 AM EST, 1/28/2005. I have used the wikipedia a fair number of times, but generally to quickly find specific information, and not for general browsing. I am very impressed with both the content and concept of the Wikipedia. I feel that a 'live' encyclopedia in a state of perpetual revision has far reaching implications behind what we may be capable of understanding fully today. I hope to contribute to the Wikipedia project in the future, and in doing so also make a contribution to our shared future as humans. In the future, when my daughter is in high school or college, I hope that the quality and quantity of information available on the wikipedia makes it one of the more frequently used, cited, and accepted tools for research in academia.
I hope that my collection of otherwise useless information, my penchant for aquiring more of it than is needed, and my extreme resourcefulness (as observed by peers) in locating the materials I desire is something that will help me to be a good wikipedian. I hope that my horrible spelling and grammar is something that will not keep me from being a good wikipedian.
I'd like to say that participating in the wikipedia feels a little like being asked to participate in the galactic encyclopedia project and be a member of the first Foundation. I cant speak for him, but I have a feeling that Asimov would find the Wikipedia very interesting and also very very important.
I love to read fiction among other things. I generally dont read non-fiction books for entertainment, or at all for that matter. My favorite books are sci-fi, specifically cyberpunk books and what is sometimes called "hard" sci-fi. My favorite authors include Asimov, Stephonson, Gibson, and Clarke. My other major interests include the sciences, technology, humans and humanity, history, electronic music, information technology, open source software, and enlightenment.
NOTES - (oh by the by) I plan to edit this page very soon. I apologize in advance for spelling and grammatical errors. Please do not edit this page except to correct spelling or grammatical errors. Please feel free to use my talk page for constructive feedback.
--t9 11:01, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
