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About me.

• Interests
• Appalachian Trail
  

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  Remote for detachment,
  narrow for chosen company,
  winding for leisure,
  lonely for contemplation,
  it beckons not merely north and south,
  but upward to the body, mind, and soul of man."
  
                                                  -  Harold Allen, 1877-1939

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  • Summer 2002 (No 2002 pictures)
    Pennsylvania - Delaware Water Gap south to Penmar, PA - 229.3 miles
  • Summer 2003
    Springer Mountain, Georgia to Kincora Hiking Hostel, Tennesse - 385.8 miles
    Missed section between Standing Indian Shelter and Winding Stair Gap
  • Summer 2004
    Kincora Hiking Hostel, Tennesse north to US220 in Virginia - 305.0 miles
  • Summer 2005
    South from Penmar, Maryland, through West Virginia, to Thorton Gap in Virginia (US211 & Skyline Drive). and
    South from Thornton Gap (US211 & Skyline Drive) to US33 in Virginia
    South from Penmar, Maryland, through West Virginia, to US33 in Virginia - 157.2 miles
  • Summer 2006
    North from US220 in Virginia to US33 also in Virginia - 178.9 miles
  • Summer 2007
    North from Delaware Water Gap through New Jersy, New York, and Connecticut stopping at Tyringham, Mass - 247.6 miles
  • Summer 2008
    North from Deep Gap to Winding Stair Gap. North Carolina - 24.4 miles
  • Summer 2009
    North from Tyringham, Mass - to Hanover, New Hampshire - 205.3 miles
  • Summer 2010
    North from Hanover, New Hampshire to Pinkham Notch, NH16 - Map 1 and 122.9 miles.
  • Summer 2011
    North from Pinkham Notch NH16 to ME17 - 85.9 miles
  • Summer 2012
    North from ME17 to 11.0 miles north of ME15 (Monson, Maine) 45° 23.965'N 69° 26.868'W - 129.6 miles Map and map (Google Maps doesn't know about the Kennebec Ferry.)
  • Summer 2013
    Another 18.9 miles in the 100 mile wilderness. Intersection of the Appalachian Trail and the Katahdin Iron Works Road. Map
  • Summer 2014
    Intersection of the Appalachian Trail and the Katahdin Iron Works Road to Baxter Peak on Mount Katahdin. The last 84.6 miles. Map
  • My total distance on the Appalachian Trail: about 2175.4 miles.
• Article in the Appalachian Trailway News Volume 9, May 1948, Number 2, EXTENDED TRIPS
• Harmonic and sideband spectra for various sources
• Resumé
• Past classes

Interesting external links

• UNIX & Linux
  • PuTTY Terminal Emulator
  • Debian
  • Linux Documentation Project
  • User Mode Linux UML
• HTML & Perl
  • The Perl Institute
  • CPAN, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
• Semiconductors & Electronics
  • Linux Instrumentation at DigiTemp
  • B&B Electronics (Data Acquisition)
  • Maxim/Dallas (one wire LAN stuff)
  • The i-Button site
  • Cirrus Logic
  • Microchip (Embedded computer products)
• Links to documentation on lt.tucson.az.us.
  • Hyperlatex manual. Version 2.5 by Otfried Cheong