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My day-to-day work is with a combination of C, ksh and PL/SQL. I enjoy asking and answering questions that come up at work. I also dabble in Perl, lua and LaTeX. My boss has asked me to learn Python as well.

My favorite living philosopher is Alvin Plantinga and my favorite dead philosopher is Blaise Pascal. I think Paul of Tarsus is too little credited as a force in Western philosophy. If you think I'm a Christian, you're right.

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. -- 1 Corinthians 1:20-25 (ESV)

At home, I have a potted herb garden, potted dwarfed citrus, and a hanging hummingbird garden. My wife and I are also trying to grow a son, but he's harder to feed and train properly.


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awarded  Autobiographer
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awarded  Teacher
Mar
9
comment AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for SE
@Benjol: Thanks for your help. I'm not sure how widespread the script is outside of SO, but I think my change will help me on other Stack Exchange sites.
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awarded  Editor
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revised AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for SE
With Benjol's help, I solved my problem and learned a bit of JavaScript to boot!
Mar
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comment AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for SE
@Benjol: I was thinking of something like: 'Welcome to ' + sitename + sitesuffix + '! ' in the place where you construct the greeting. Then I would want to configure it somehow (I don't really know JavaScript) to set sitesuffix = '—Stack Exchange'. Does that make any sense?
Mar
7
comment AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for SE
@Benjol: Yes, that would help. In fact, it would clarify some of the other messages, now that I see it in action. ;-) I wonder if it would be possible to add a variable suffix (which would default to the null string) at least for the Welcome portion. (I really do like the work you've done with this. If I have to type a few extra letters once in a while, it will still be a huge win for me.)
Mar
6
comment AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for SE
Welcome to Stack Apps! Please don't add "thanks" as answers. Invest some time in the site and you will gain sufficient privileges to upvote answers you like, which is the Stack Apps way of saying thank you.
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