User:Ubiquity

I have three kids, two ex-wives, 17 patents ("Pneumatic oxygen conserver" isn't mine) and a PhD in "Mathematical Science" that I never use. I'm a contract programmer, currently working on scientific visualization programs. In my spare time I like to read, go to movies (only the big screen really does it for me), make music, or goof on the internet. Articles with Major Contributions from Me Boyle Roche — Irish soldier, politician and wit Tiger Roche — disreputable brother of Sir Boyle Roche Thomas Jevon — English actor and dramatist Thomas Browne, 4th Viscount Kenmare — Irish landowner and politician John Frush Knox — American memoirist Lou Levy (pianist) — American jazz pianist Lou Levy (publisher) — American music publisher Irish bulls — humorously self-contradictory statements and some people famous for making them The Goldwyn Girls — a troupe of musical comedy dancers Yosef Almogi — Israeli politician New York State Route 104B — insignificant highway Texas, New York and New York, Texas — two insignificant hamlets New York State Route 481 — highway from Oswego to Syracuse (and vice versa) Katharine Sergeant Angell White — New Yorker editor and wife of E. B. White Jacques Rivière — French man of letters Harold F. Clayton — American sculptor and stone carver Tanzan, Tetsugen and Subhuti — Japanese Zen Masters Nevil Maskelyne (magician) — British magician and inventor The Brasher Doubloon — famous old coin Stuart Merrill — French symbolist poet Millard Kaufman — American screenwriter and novelist Billy Lee Brammer — American writer Old Leighlin — small village in Ireland Victor Schertzinger — American film director and composer Edward Austin Sheldon — American educator Oswego Movement — influential 19th century American educational movement Articles of Significant Interest to Me Wilson Mizner — American playwright, scenarist, raconteur, wit and general trouble-maker Earl of Kenmare — lineage of Sir Valentine Browne, including the Baronets Browne of Molahiffe and the Viscounts Kenmare Sammy Cahn — American composer William Hootkins — American actor Alain Fournier — noted academic and computer graphics pioneer. People in Wikipedia I have met Samuel Adler — met when he was music director at the temple I went to in Dallas Yosef Almogi — distant cousin Brian A. Barsky — friend of a friend John Browning — met backstage Loren Carpenter — met at SIGGRAPH Ramsey Clark — friend of the family Harold F. Clayton — met over the phone Ted Codd — met at a conference Kenneth H. Cooper — met at the Cooper Aerobics Center John Cornyn — voted in the precinct where I was an election judge Mike Cowlishaw — met professionally Nikki Craft — met at KCHU in Dallas Hugh Darwen — met professionally August Derleth — met over the phone while ordering a book Lloyd Doggett — met at a political event Michael Douglas — met at a press conference Alain Fournier — close friend Jane Fonda — met at a press conference Henry Fuchs — met while at UT Dallas Bamber Gascoigne — met while on University Challenge Jack Gilford — met at the Tadich Grill in San Francisco Stephen Hawking — met at an astrophysics convention Banesh Hoffmann — met at an astrophysics convention (no relation) John H. Hoffman — met while at UT Dallas (no relation) Robert Hoffman — same school (no relation) William Hootkins — same school, same drama group Donald Johanos — was friends with his daughter Tommy Lee Jones — same school, same drama group Bryce Jordan — met while at UT Dallas Tom Kite — met at a birthday party for his son Polykarp Kusch — on my doctoral committee John Lehmann — took a course from him at UT Jack Lemmon — met at a press conference Benoît Mandelbrot — had dinner with him when he spoke at my school Stuart Margolin — my aunt's nephew Edwin Neal — same drama group, later member of same synagogue Dean Ornish — same high school, same poker group Rick Perry — sat next to him on a plane Penn & Teller — volunteer from the audience in The Refrigerator Tour J.J. Pickle — met at a political event David Pines — related to first wife, also present at my first conference talk Regina Resnik — met backstage Patricia Richardson — same drama group Wolfgang Rindler — on my doctoral committee Robert Xavier Rodriguez — met at UT Dallas Barefoot Sanders — introduced by his daughter, a school friend Allan Shivers — met at UT Board of Regents meeting Lewis Shiner — same school, same drama group John Silber — met while at UT Preston Smith — met at a press conference Stephen Spender — interviewed for The Daily Texan Roger Staubach — met in the locker room of the Cooper Aerobics Center Annette Strauss — served with her on a committee Bjarne Stroustrup — met at a conference Jeffrey Swann — same school Edward Teller — met when he spoke at our school Stephen Tobolowsky — met at high school debate tournaments Alex Trebek — met while on Jeopardy! Jack Valenti — interviewed for The Daily Texan John Wayne — had lunch with him at a press conference George Whitman — hung out in his bookstore in Paris in the early seventies Angus G. Wynne — father's law partner