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<h2><a href=http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf>DONT TREAD ON ME</a></h2>
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<p><font size = -1><b>District of Columbia et al. v. Heller. For all you grammer-nazis: The Gadsden Flag (from which the above phrase comes) does not have an apostrophe in the word "don't".</b></font>
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<h2>Photos</h2>
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<li><a href=http://profile.ak.facebook.com/profile6/1816/124/n8606149_2541.jpg target="_blank">Photo of Me</a>
<li><a href=http://profile.ak.facebook.com/v230/1816/124/n8606149_4815.jpg target="_blank">Me and Amanda</a>
<li><a href = http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v233/52/117/8606149/n8606149_42596140_8861.jpg>My Work Enviornment</a>
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<h2>Bio</h2>
<p>I'm orriginally from a small town in Northern Wisconsin (which I firmly believe should be its own <a href = http://photos-149.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v231/52/117/8606149/n8606149_42563907_3558.jpg>state</a> along with the UP and North Eastern Minnesota) called <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haugen,_Wisconsin>Haugen</a>. I'm a senior at <a href=http://www.wisc.edu>UW Madison</a>, majoring in Zoology and Biology. I'm hoping to get into bioinformatics progamming. I hunt, fish, play rugby, and write code for fun. I have about a year left here at UW, and I try to get up North as often as I can to escape the city and the noise and get back to my roots.
<h2>Saints in MY Book</h2>
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<li>[id://131494|Argel]
<li>[id://298378|Arunbear]
<li>[id://52645|basicdez]
<li>[id://5348|Corion]
<li>[id://534893|Gavin]
<li>[id://381608|ikegami]
<li>[id://465654|liverpole]
<li>[id://433972|starbolin]
<li>[id://665618|wade]
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<p><font size = -1><b>Whatever you did/said may not have seemed like a lot to you at the time, but it meant a lot to me. Thank you, I appreaciate it.</b></font>
<h2>Learn From My Mistakes</h2>
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<li>[id://676493|Problems With Tab Delimited Files], My first post, and I screwed up big time. A good example of how <b>not</b> to conduct yourself, and how little things can get blown out of proportion.
<li>[id://677181|ASCII Checkers], Originally posted in the Code Catacombs, a no-no and <strike>very</strike> <strike>kinda bad</strike> a learning experience. <strike>Will be</strike>Was moved to Cool Uses For Perl. Thanks, [id://298378|Arunbear] and [id://5348|Corion].
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<h3>My Suggestions For Other Newbies</h3>
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<li>Don't take anything personally... unless it is. But it isn't. (If you're not sure whether the remark was a personal attack against you, it probably wasn't.) In the extremely rare case that someone was intentionally malicious , don't be afraid to stand up for yourself, but don't feed the trolls or start a flame-war! Take the high road, be polite, and walk away. In general, the monks are friendly and willing to help.
<li>Don't be afraid to contribute, but make sure your posts are well informed. <b>Read</b> everything you can. If you're not sure about a post (if you're a newbie, you're probably not sure, even if you think you are)... post to your scratchpad first and ask for input in the chatterbox (thanks, [id://5348|Corion]).
<li>You <b>will</b> make a few mistakes and step on a few toes. As long as no harm was intended, it usually isn't a big deal around the monastery. The janitors do a great job, but try not to give them extra work, eh? Following the above suggestions will minimize this, though.
<li>When you're no longer a newbie, remember what it was like to be a newbie.
<li>Enjoy your time at the Monastery.
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<h2>Code I wrote</h2>
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<li><a href=http://www.mediafire.com/?nugm9owdxgx>Checkers</a> The file is ~902kb, hosted at Mediafire.
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<h2>Stuff on My Plate</h2>
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<li><a href=http://www.wisc.edu>School</a>: I'm majoring in Biological Aspects of Conservation and Zoology and will be graduating in May of 2009. As of 14 December, 2008 I have 18 credits to go and I'm on vacation until 20 January 2009. It's Perl time.
<li><a href=http://www.normandeau.com/>Work</a>: On a weekly basis I download and verify radio telemetric data from tagged blue sucker, lake sturgeon, shovelnose sturgeon, and paddlefish and check recieving equipment at a hydroelectric dam on the Wisconsin River by Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin as part of a study to determine the apropriate placement of a <a href = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_ladder>fishway</a>.
<li>I'm working on writing a portable fish bioenergetics program based on and compatalbe with a fish bioenergetics modeling program developed at UW Madison, <a href = http://limnology.wisc.edu/research/bioenergetics/bioenergetics.html>Fish Bioenergetics 3.0</a>. I like fish. A lot.
<li>Life in general
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<h2>Contact Me</h2>
<p> I can be contacted at my school e-mail account (only valid for another year until I graduate), or my google mail account:
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<li><a href="mailto:schaffer@wisc.edu">schaffer@wisc.edu</a>
<li><a href="mailto:schatom@gmail.com">schatom@gmail.com</a>
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<p>I check both religiously.
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