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*[[Wikipedia:Australian Greens|Australian Greens]]. Formerly a member of SHAG (Summer Hill Ashfield Greens), but now I don't belong to a branch as I'm leaving Australia. | *[[Wikipedia:Australian Greens|Australian Greens]]. Formerly a member of SHAG (Summer Hill Ashfield Greens), but now I don't belong to a branch as I'm leaving Australia. | ||
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Former memberships, associations (80s and 90s): | Former memberships, associations (80s and 90s): | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Australian Democrats|Australian Democrats]] (until 2003) till | *[[Wikipedia:Australian Democrats|Australian Democrats]] (until 2003) till | ||
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**St Matthias ([[Wikipedia:Phillip Jensen|Phillip Jensen]]'s church) | **St Matthias ([[Wikipedia:Phillip Jensen|Phillip Jensen]]'s church) | ||
**The Australian [[Wikipedia:The Navigators (organization)|Navigators|]] | **The Australian [[Wikipedia:The Navigators (organization)|Navigators|]] | ||
* Back when I still believed in stuff (and was moving a lot, living in different parts of Sydney): | |||
** St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church & youth group in Newport. 1988-89. | |||
** Southern Cross Bapist Church, Engadine, 1989-91. They taught me to really read the Bible. I took their advice, and started asking questions - they were probably glad to see me go. | |||
** Harvest Baptist Church, Narrabeen. 1991-2. Had a lot of respect for Col, the pastor. Again, he was probably relieved when I left. | |||
** [[Wikipedia:The Navigators (organization)|The Navigators]] at Sydney University, 1992-97. "Putting the ''sin'' back into ''cynicism''." Lots of big talk... wasn't all hot air, and there was a real sense of community, but it left me a bit burnt-out as well. | |||
** Church of the [[Wikipedia:Flying Spaghetti Monster|Flying Spaghetti Monster]], present. (Just kidding.) | |||
Places of Education (all in Sydney, Australia): | Places of Education (all in Sydney, Australia): | ||
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''Other stuff to help web searches to find this page'' | ''Other stuff to help web searches to find this page'' | ||
* Christopher Watkins, Christopher James Watkins. | * Christopher Watkins, Christopher James Watkins. | ||
* In the real world I have been known variously as: Harvey (Yr 9, after playing that character in Bye Bye Birdie... I wonder why they picked me to play a nerd?) Merf, Shadow. Many others names I can't recall. | * In the real world I have been known variously as: Harvey (Yr 9, after playing that character in Bye Bye Birdie... I wonder why they picked me to play a nerd?) Merf, Shadow. Many others names I can't recall. | ||
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*Recreation: | *Recreation: | ||
** The Abbotsford 12ft Flying Squadron, sailing sabots, Flying 11s and two years in the amazing [[Wikipedia:12ft skiff|12ft skiff]]s. | ** The Abbotsford 12ft Flying Squadron, sailing sabots, Flying 11s and two years in the amazing [[Wikipedia:12ft skiff|12ft skiff]]s. | ||
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Revision as of 06:51, 30 August 2006
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| Languages:
English (native) Indonesian (fluent) Malaysian (conversational) Japanese & German (very basic - thanks, excuse me, delicious, mein linke Blinker ist kaput...). |
| My writing |
| Blog: Still deciding on a place... I'd like to figure out transclusion and RSS, and maybe even automatically list links to my most recent topics in a table on this page... Here's my out of date blog. |
| My recipes: Pleasure & health. |
| a.k.a. "Singkong2005" |
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| Anyone calling themselves Singkong2005 on the internet is probably me, whereas "Chris Watkins" describes a lot of people... if my parents had taken my sister's suggestion to call me "Gilligan," then I'd probably be the only one Gilligan Watkins, but thankfully they insisted she pick again. |
| What I'm doing now... |
| Catching up on the talks from Wikimania. Some interesting stuff.
Currently (August 7) indulging my Wikiholism for a few days, before I get onto doing the boring stuff I need to do (taxes, passport, sorting through all my crap...) before buying my one-way ticket overseas. I love the way the internet facilitates collaboration, and I'm quite involved in several collaborations, as you can see below. |
| Contact |
| I don't put my email on here, as I want to avoid spam... likewise I don't put my chat usernames here as a whole word - you'll have to do some simple decoding...
You can contact me:
I also like IRC chat... but you'll need to contact me first to arrange a channel. I plan to spend a bit of time on the wiki-related IRC channels occasionally (e.g. #wikipedia & #wikimedia on irc.freenode.net). Please note: I enjoy chatting, but don't be offended if I sometimes say I can't chat for long (I believe in honesty). Often when I'm on the computer, I've started editing one Wikipedia or Appropedia page, then realised I need to check something else and maybe correct it, which leads to yet another article... having 4 or more editing windows open plus various google searches is fairly standard for me. And it all starts with one little edit... |
| My collaborations |
Development stuff |
| Appropedia - Appropriate technology, development, sustainability. User page |
| Nabuur.com - "The global neighbour network." Assisting mainly with water and sanitation. User page |
| Development-related topics on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia user page.
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| Wikipedia - The concept inspires me. User page. I'm involved in several WikiProjects (collaborations to improve content) including: |
| Climate change Energy development |
| Learning & teaching at Wikibooks. Wikipedia user page. |
| Mainly Indonesian and English.
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| Wiki-based communities: Wikia.com has a number of community sites. My user page has miscellaneous net-related stuff, and links to the Wikia communities I'm watching. |
| Political: Campaigns, and also the Australian Greens' wiki... still experimental. |
| I'm looking and waiting for a community recipes site - for now see my recipes and recipe links.
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| Other exciting free sites |
| CouchSurfing - share your couch or spare bed. It can be a great experience. My username: Singkong |
| HelpX - work for accomodation. For work in Asia & developing nations, free. Most advanced nations, free reg, 10 euros/2 years to make contact with hosts. |
| OkCupid The most interesting dating site, with the most accurate matching, completely free. My username: Bayangan |
| more...
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| My other writing - see the blue box on the right. |
Who I amOne of my reasons for putting this info here is to make it easier for people find me - e.g. people who went to the same school. Memberships, places of study, associationsCurrent memberships:
Former memberships, associations (80s and 90s):
Places of Education (all in Sydney, Australia):
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