I'm interested in: Appropriate technology - Green living - Water - Energy
My edits to Appropedia are as a member of the community, and occasionally as an admin.
Unless otherwise stated, they are not legal or official actions as a director of the Appropedia Foundation.

I know this box is ugly. If you want to make it look better, feel free :-).

Template:Userboxtop Chris Watkins
a.k.a. Chriswaterguy

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My homepage tells you more about my history.
Template:Userbox tasks Template:User watsan Template:User EWB Australia Template:User topicadmin Template:User porting helper Track changes: Water · Flood control · Water conservation · Water supply· Solar distillation · Rainwater Template:User topicadmin Track changes: Sanitation · Composting toilet Template:User topicadmin Track changes: Culture and development Template:Userboxbreak Registered on Appropedia on 26 June 2006.

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I'm an Australian engineer with a passion for sharing knowledge to make a better world, and I've been involved in Appropedia since the very early days. I spend most of my time in Asia, especially Indonesia.

Sometimes I make custom search engines, like Public Domain Search, or this Linux search (for the occasions when I want to strictly search only Linux-related sites):

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What I'm up to

I'm an admin on Appropedia, and I help to...

Specific tasks I'm focused on now:

  • Finding funding
  • Ekopedia merger
  • Porting - esp finding help in converting appropriate PDF documents and web pages to MediaWiki markup.

More

My favorite videos (on appropriate technology etc) are on my Youtube homepage.

Contact me via my talk page, or try me on instant messenger:

Google's mail chat: singkong
Skype: chriswaterguy

Or call (In Indonesia): 0821-22-007-049

Microblogging: Identi.ca & Twitter

Follow me on Identi.ca, an open source microblogging service that gives you more freedom than Twitter (and also lets you link to Twitter). But I use the same usernames on Twitter:

I manage Appropedia's Identica account and Twitter account, and my personal Identica account and Twitter account. Below are the Twitter feeds:

@appropedia

@chriswaterguy (personal)

My blog posts

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Wikiholism alert
"My username is Chriswaterguy and I am a wikiholic.W"
  • I cancelled my plans to live and work in China when I learnt they blocked Wikipedia.
  • I often read (non-fiction) books and mark things that I want to put into Wikipedia.
  • I'm a registered user of about 15 wikis.

Yes I'm an addict. No, it's not a problem. I'm going to take a break, just as soon as I finish editing this...

Maybe I need a 12 step programW...

  1. We admitted we were powerlessW over wiki-editing and our lives had become unmanageable.
  2. Came to believeW that a power greater than ourselvesW could restore us to sanityW.
  3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood HimW/HerW/ItW/Them.W
  4. When that failed, we took responsibility for our own actions.
  5. Admitted the Wexact nature of our wrongs.
  6. Left the computer occasionally, in order to meet attractive people and flirt with them.
  7. Sought through prayerW and meditationW to improve our conscious contact Wwith God as we understood Her,W praying only for Wknowledge of Her will for usW and the powerW to carry that out.
  8. Having had a spiritual awakeningW as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this messageW to wikiholics.W
  9. Realised the irony of creating this notice.
  10. Learnt to count.
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Content ideas

Feel free to look at or use anything from my Content/Ideas page.

Subpages

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