User:JCHall

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[edit] About me

By profession I am an astronomer, by avocation a musician. I registered my Wikipedia account in late 2007, and have made few contributions so far. However, I think Wikipedia is a grand concept, and look forward to contributing as I am able. Generally you'll find me in the vicinity of astronomical and musical articles, but I enjoy writing and will happily help stamp out typos, clumsy sentences, and vandalized items wherever I find them.

My research focuses on the Sun and Sun-like stars, and you can find some references and professional links at http://www.lowell.edu/users/jch.

My musical tastes range from Gregorian chant to avant garde 20th century works. I very much enjoy some, but dislike most, rock and pop. My favorite composer is Bach, and as an organist, I especially enjoy listening to and playing his organ works. Find my synthesizer realizations of Bach and many others, with free MP3s for your downloading pleasure, at http://www.flagmusic.com.

When not doing astronomy or music, I enjoy mountain biking, Web design and programming, CGI multimedia development, and reading. I enjoy computer games like Civilization or Flight Simulator; I can't stand the brainless shoot-em-ups.

To contact me by email, send a message to jeff at flagmusic dot com.

[edit] General stuff

PhD This user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Astronomy.
XP This user uses Windows XP.
Firefox This user prefers Mozilla Firefox.
This user plays the
pipe organ.
This user is a synthesizer player.
This user makes electronic music on a home computer. Listen here.
This user enjoys watching the weather.
C2 This user rows on a Concept2 rowing machine.
This user is a bicyclist.

[edit] Conan the Grammarian says

ANAL 4 This user advocates good grammar usage.
they This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage.
A, B, and C This user prefers the serial comma.
its & it’s This user understands the difference between its and it’s. So should you.
by This user does not like the passive voice.
which & that This user knows how to use which and that correctly.
, This user fixes comma splices. They are annoying.
. The This user does not put two spaces after a full stop.
man-
kind		 Regarding gender, this user will use the vernacular, not what is "politically correct".

[edit] Geek status

xhtml This user can write XHTML.
.css This user can write Cascading Style Sheets.
This user can typeset using LaTeX.
Java This user can program in Java.
mysql This user writes programs that access MySQL.
php This user can code PHP.


js This user can program in JavaScript.
C This user can program in C.