Who am I?

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CandidHQ is my internet handle, because it is the name of the internet community that I run. I try to be a good boy on Wikipedia, and I'm all about working together and being civil. I do this for fun, so if it gets uncivil, it's no longer fun. It's how I relax. Weird, huh?

Wikipedia areas I watch and edit

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My employment (past and present)

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I currently work in Instructional Technology at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas.

In the past, I have been a Video Editor, Engineer, and Producer for the Institute in Basic Life Principles, Oak Brook, IL, http://www.iblp.org

I worked at one point for http://www.characterlink.net, where I performed background coding (Server scripts that served as pipelines between data sources and destinations). Most of the work I did was in Perl, and was never seen by the customer, although I did some ASP work (VBScript), too.

The Slew of Way-Too-Many Userboxes

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 This user is a native of Kansas.
@
 This user's AOL Instant Messenger screenname is candidhq.
Web This user has a website.
 
This user maintains a blog at We're Blogging This.

Computer Skills

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 This user uses Google as a primary search engine.
 This user uses Wikipedia as a primary point of reference.
OWNThis user uses an email account with their own domain name.
  This user's primary Instant Messaging software is Trillian.
 This user contributes using Microsoft Windows.
  This user has a dual monitor configuration.
BBThis user contributes using a broadband connection.
 This user hacks happily with Emacs.
PerlThis user is just another Perl hacker.
<html>This user can write HTML.
mysqlThis user writes programs that access MySQL.
XMLThis user can write XML.
JavaThis user can program in Java.

Preferences

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met?This user prefers metric units, but, having grown up in the United States, cannot relate to them.
USThis user uses American English.
they
he or she
This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage.
snukThis user says snuck.
infinitiveThis user has no opinion about split infinitives.
byThe passive voice may be used by this user.
... in. This user thinks that a sentence ending with a preposition is just dumb-looking.
man-
kind
Regarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct.
to
too
two
This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.
whomThis user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever they see.
which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly.
their
there
they're
This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!
your
you're
This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.
Subj This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it.
“,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler.
.  TheThis user puts two spaces after a period.
A, B and CThis user prefers not to use the serial comma.
itsThis user understands the difference between its (of it) and it's (it is or it has).
’sThi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.
"…"This user favours typewriter style quotation marks over typographic ones.

Interests

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 This user is interested in drama and acting.
 This user enjoys cooking.
 This user enjoys filmmaking.
cvg-3This user is an advanced gamer.
 This user is addicted to video games.
+This user enjoys playing retro games.   
 This user prefers to play games on a laptop.
 This user still enjoys playing
games on the NES.
 This user feels that the SNES or Super Famicom was the last great console.
fan-3This user thinks that Mega Man is the best video game series ever established.
fan-2This user loves the computer or video game Legend of Zelda.
fan-3This user thinks that Metroid is the best computer or video game ever made.
NThis user is a loyal fan of Nintendo hardware and software, and as one, prefers Nintendo consoles over non-Nintendo consoles.
SERIOUS
SAM
This user knows it's time to get serious!
NCISThis user is a fan of NCIS.
STAR TREKCandidhq is a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation.TNG
This user is a heroic Autobot.