pennerd

Oh dear, I think I’m turning into a fountain pen nerd. I’ve dug out my old Parker and Sheaffer pens, and with my Rotring 600s, I’ll soon be needing a pocket protector. I’ve even found a couple of inks I like: Sheaffer Turquoise, and Waterman Havana.

I like fountain pens. They’re cranky, unreliable, antiquated, and need constant attention and refilling. A bit like myself, I suppose …

Formerly Known As Renaissance Nerd …

I guess I can pull this résumé from toronto.craigslist.org, then:

  • Can (& currently does) build high performance web applications with Unix, Apache, Perl and various RDBMS systems.
  • Linux user for nearly 10 years.
  • Knows his way around pre-press systems, and especially skilled in PostScript hacking.
  • Comfortable with SGML, HTML and XML. Not afraid to use CSS2, JavaScript or XSLT, either.
  • Knows lots of obscure markup languages, like TeX, troff and proprietary publishing languages.
  • Skilled book typesetter, having typeset dictionaries and thesauruses.
  • Obscenely large English vocabulary.
  • Experienced wind farm builder.
  • Skilled numeric data analyst.
  • Can build data logging and instrumentation systems, especially remote, solar-powered systems.
  • Director of a wind energy co-op.
  • Experienced free-lance journalist.
  • Confident public speaker.
  • Mechanical engineering degree, with a master’s in innovation theory.
  • More letters after my name than in it.
  • Cycling and transportation activist.
  • Sometime union shop steward.
  • Well-read and witty.