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User:Mulad

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I'm Mike Hicks.

Myself

Before creating this account, I created/modified some entries from 24.26.179.194 on May 27, 2003. Some other entries show up from that address when Wikipedia forgets my cookie. As of March 12, 2004, I have made over 1425 edits, and rank #276 on Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits.

I'm a filthy American consumer who usually watches too much TV. I've been using the Linux operating system since 1996 though I've been interested in computers for much longer. I'm also from Minnesota, eh? I'm sure all of that shows in the entries I write and edit..

I have an interest in all sorts of things and also happen to be quite a neutral person most of the time, so that should help a lot when thinking NPOV-ly.

When editing, I occasionally try to apply the tweaks that make typeset text (like what you get from TeX) look so nice. I'm a big fan of “open/close quotes” (“/”) and em-/en-dashes between words—like that (—)—and dates like 1990–91 (–). Sometimes, it seems more appropriate to use an en-dash instead of an em-dash – to make text stand off, or in some lists. I also think there's a place for the ‘single quote’ (‘/’), but I don't really think it's necessary when just doing apostrophes. I'm curious if anyone knows if there's a proper way to do a possessive quote. My Mom’s job had her learn about it, so maybe I should just ask her what she's figured out.

I'm a big fan of making See also a heading rather than just another line in an article. I don't understand why so many articles in Wikipedia have heading after heading, but don't include a See also heading. That makes no sense, especially when articles have References and External links sections. That's so weird…

Quick Reference

Other Places

Current Contributions

• progressive shifting
• transmission/transmission (automobile)/automatic transmission/gearbox
• Zippo
• List of nuclear accidents
• Joseph Nicollet (explorer of upper Mississippi River/Minnesota)
• Hiawatha Line
• Twin City Rapid Transit
• Jesse Ventura

Images I've made/found (mostly found)

• Image:MipMap Example STS101.jpg
• Image:DavidKay.jpg
• Image:TCRT MN State Fair.jpg
• Image:TCRT Trolley Boat.jpg
• Image:MarkDayton.jpg
• Image:WalterMondale2002.jpg
• Image:GeraldineFerraro.jpg
• Image:LakeMinnetonkaBlue.jpg
• Image:TCRT Express Boat Minnehaha.jpg
• Image:TCRT Express Boat Minnehaha small.jpg
• Image:Jon Stewart.jpg
• Image:Jon Stewart full.jpg
• Image:James J. Hill at 35.jpg
• Image:James J. Hill at 35 full.jpg
• Image:X-43A technicians.jpg

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Other Interests

• The Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul and the surrounding Metropolitan Area
  • The University of Minnesota, where I spent nearly 6 years of my life
    • I went to the Twin Cities campus
    • I was in the University of Minnesota Marching Band for 4 years
  • Because of my proximity to the Mall of America and Southdale, the first enclosed shopping mall, I'm interested in their history
    • arcades
    • department stores
    • discount stores
    • etc.
  • The Metrodome (and, I suppose)
    • Minnesota Twins
    • Minnesota Vikings
    • others?
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
  • IDS Center
  • Foshay Tower
  • Apparently, I lived in a house once owned by a founder of
    • Pillsbury or
    • General Mills
  • Some NOAA stations in the area: MSP and MPX
    • Related to weather, NEXRAD radar
    • EMWIN
    • others
  • Twin Cities Linux Users Group and it's sponsor Real-Time Enterprises (probably too insignificant to really be in an encyclopedia, but we'll see)
  • Fort Snelling, at the confluence of
    • Mississippi River
    • Minnesota River
  • the general history of the Twin Cities, including railroads and rail barons
• Byron, Minnesota, where I grew up
• Rochester, Minnesota, a nearby city
  • The Mayo Clinic and the Drs. Mayo
  • IBM, where my dad works (my mom used to work there, too)
    • AS/400, which both of my parents worked on
    • System/38, a machine my mother worked on (not sure what specific model(s), but they called it the “washer-dryer system” because of it's similarity to those appliances)
    • and other miscellaneous IBM stuff
• Tysnes, the island/region near Bergen, Norway that my grandmother is from
• Fargo, North Dakota, where my grandmother is now
• Some railroads that have caused me to stop at rail crossings
  • Chicago and North Western used to run near my hometown
  • Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern was built up out of former CNW property
  • Soo Line would run through town every so often
  • Burlington Northern was the big company up north near Fargo
  • Milwaukee Road is long gone as far as I know, but there's a historic building in Minneapolis.

Some movies, TV shows, etc

• Fake news and, “Oh my god, I can't believe that's real” news
  • The Daily Show, along with Jon Stewart and friends
  • The Onion, a satirical newspaper
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, an NPR show that includes Daily Show correspondent Mo Rocca
    • Also, Car Talk (not a news show, but a funny one on NPR)
  • Weekend Update, the Saturday Night Live skit
  • Frontline, a damn good real-news show
• Movies by Joel and Ethan Coen
• Mallrats was partly filmed in the Cities
• TV/Radio stations in my area
  • WCCO (definitely worthy of an article)
  • KSTP (dunno.. Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation, though..)
  • KARE (has some history, though I'm too young to know much, has had many names, though is noted for having first pictures of a tornado from a helicopter)
    • Paul Magers worked there for 20 years from 1983 to 2003
  • Channel 23 (many different owners), original source of MST3K
  • more (though probably not very noteworthy) WFTC (We're (not) Fox Twin Cities), KMSP, KAAL, KIMT, KSMQ, KTTC (hmm, they were pretty early with HDTV in Rochester, as I remember)
  • Twin Cities Public Television – KTCA and KTCI
  • See List of television stations in Minnesota
  • Radio stations are messy, but some might be noteworthy
    • Minnesota Public Radio
    • Rev 105 (there should still be an article in the MN Daily, and City Pages)
• tons of other stuff I just can't remember right now

I'm also interested in the history of computing and a lot of pieces of hardware and software

How to Get on Radio Talk Shows All Across America w/o Leaving Home		This Broad's Life: The Raucous, Riveting Autobiography of the Most Outrageous Radio Talk-Show Host in America Today		You Can't Say That : Common Sense From America's Number One Gay Radio Talk Show Host		How to Get On Radio Talk Shows All Across America
Talk Show Selects 1999: A Guide to the Nation's Most Influential Television and Radio Talk Shows		Talk Show Selects 1998: A Guide to the Nation's Most Influential Television and Radio Talk Shows (1998 Edition)		Talk Show Yearbook 2000: A Guide to the Nation's Most Influential Television and Radio Talk Shows (Talk Show Selects, 2000)		Conduct a National Radio Talk Show Tour Without Leaving Your Home or Office...Without Paying a Cent for Air Time (How to Make People Buy Whatever You)