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My real name is Chris Horry. I was born in England in 1978 and was raised in the market town of Boston. Most people, including many Bostonians, are blissfully unaware that Boston, MA is not the original, I blame this on the school systems. I went to the University of Hull between 1996 and 1998, dropping out at the end of my second year (not one of my better moments). After leaving University, I moved to Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (best known for ducks, and something of an armpit) and worked for an Internet Service Provider starting out doing technical support and eventually moving into the operations department. I learned more there in my first 2 weeks than I did in 2 years at University.
In 2000 I emigrated to the United States, the catalyst in my move was my wonderful fiancée (and now wife!) Kelly, whom I met on the Gameslink IRC network whilst maintaining a server for my employer. We have a son named Thomas who was born in November of 2002 and another son named Alexander is due in August 2005. I currently reside in Florida where I am one half of the technology department for a large customer service company. Yes, the hurricanes sucked!
To trade, I'm a Unix systems administrator who also builds networks. My main Unix interest is with Linux and I've been using it for 9 years now. My current job has taught me a lot about Microsoft operating systems, but so far has not made me start to like them.
Aside from occasional edits to Wikipedia my hobbies include Computing, Amateur Radio, Reading, History, Astronomy and Baseball (I'm New York Yankees fan).
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Wikipedia stuff I'm most proud of
I started the Steve Dalkowski article in January and it became featured in February after going through peer review.
I was part of the successful push to get Laika featured which also included writing the Russian Space Dogs article.
Shameless Plug
Wibble UK (http://www.wibble.co.uk) is my personal, and oft neglected web site. There's a lot of fun stuff there though if anyone is interested. :-)
To Do
(In)Famous family members
- William Clarke (apothecary) (apothecary who was Isaac Newton's landlord),
- William Horry (executed at Lincoln Castle for murder).
Both are waiting on my parents to get me their family history research, William Clarke has a little stub culled from my copy of his will but needs a huge amount of work. See also Anthony Babington, who is related to us by marriage on my Mother's side. Interestingly, the current generation are all staunch supporters of the monarchy!
Personal Interest
- Batemans Brewery (looks like someone beat me to this!)
- Expand and tidy up Boston, England
- Expand Maud Foster Windmill
- Vittorio Sacerdoti (Italian Doctor who saved Jews from the Nazi's with fictious illnesses... interesting) [1] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4066105.stm)
Wikipedia Edits
Articles I've either begun, or made substantial contributions to:
May 2004
- Articles: Greylisting, Fab Morvan
June 2004
- Obituaries: Joshua Bryant and Lillian Martin, Yash Johar
- Articles: Keith Beukelaer, Clunk Click Every Trip, Russian Space Dogs, Wietse Venema
July 2004
- Obituaries: Ali Abbasi, Joe Cahill, Jeillo Edwards, Antonio Gades, Sir Julian Hodge, Carlos Paredes, Serge Reggiani, Francisco Romao
- Articles: Boston, England, Cassadaga, Florida, Michael Cretu, Laika, Natasha, Ivan Noble, Jimmy Savile
August 2004
- Obituaries: Marcel Caux, Janet Chisholm, Al Dvorin, Sam Edwards, Margo McLennan, Ko Young-hee
- Articles: Sister Wendy Beckett, Burns' Day storm, Great Storm of 1987, Telsa Gwynne, Peter Hajba, Ian McCaskill, Pirahã
September 2004
- Obituaries: Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Phil Tucker
- Articles: Jesus wept, In the box!, Oleg Gazenko, Dimitri Malashenkov
October 2004
- Obituaries: Uzi Chitman, Veerappan, Ivor Wood
- Articles: Asteroid 39382 Opportunity, Asteroid 37452 Spirit, Blackfriars Arts Centre, Boston, England, Maud Foster Windmill, Pilgrim Fathers Memorial
November 2004
- Obituaries: Gibson Kente
- Articles: Scott Peterson
December 2004
- Obituaries: Sidonie Goossens, Eddie Layton, Lorenzo Ponza
- Articles: Madeline Mann, DJ Misjah, Jim Morris, Little Nicky, V.92
January 2005
- Obituaries: Danny Rapp
- Articles: Danny & the Juniors, Steve Dalkowski
April 2005
- Articles: Chaos
] 2005
- Obituaries: Ryan Alan Hade