User:Thunderbird L17
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== <span style="color:#C90">About Myself</span> == | == <span style="color:#C90">About Myself</span> == | ||
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| - | <div style="background: url('http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/ThunderbirdL17/thunderbirdforuserpage.jpg');">Hi. I'm Leith, AKA Thunderbird, and I'm 19 years old. I first was introduced to Homestar Runner through my cousin from [[Wikipedia:Alberta|Alberta]], during a lull in the MSN conversation. The first thing I saw was the email [[suntan]], and that was in late August of 2003. Nearly a year later, a different friend of mine gave me [http://old.hrwiki.org/index.php?page=Peasant%27s+Quest%2FWalkthrough this link] to a walkthrough for Peasant's Quest that she found. I was excited by this find, and intended to fully investigate this new exciting wealth of knowledge. But when I returned less than a week later, the site had begun the switch to MediaWiki. After anxiously waiting for several weeks, I was finally able to create this account on September 14th, 2004. After over seven months of contributions, I was made a sysop on April 26th, 2005 during the [[HRWiki:April 2005 Sysop Nominations|2005 Sysop Nominations]]. I'm an [[Wikipedia:Electrician|electrician]] from [[Wikipedia:Canada|Canada]], [[Wikipedia:White_Rock%2C British Columbia|near]] [[Wikipedia:Vancouver|Vancouver]] [[Wikipedia:British Columbia|BC]]. My screenname is Thunderbird L17, and no, it doesn't have anything to do with the [[Wikipedia:Ford Thunderbird|car]]. It's more the inspiration of the [[Wikipedia:Thunderbird %28mythology%29|legendary creature]] from [[Wikipedia:Native American|Native American]] mythology. And no, I am not Native American. I enjoy the heritage of [[Wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]] and... [[Wikipedia:Ontario|Ontario]]. But I prefer the Scottish half. Thunderbird was simply my first internet screen name when I played [[Wikipedia:Age Of Empires|Age Of Empires]] back in the late 90's, now I use it for all my screen names. The L17 stands for my first initial and my age when I first started coming to this site. It's a progressive screenname; on the forum I am Thunderbird L18, and usually on the IRC chat channel I use Thunderbird L19. I'm usually sleeping or at work when the site is updated, and miss out on the "new page" rush. See my contributions for the kinda work I've done around here. I also keep the Featured Article of the Week running smoothly, and I'm always willing to help out fellow users whenever they ask. I used to be a [[Wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] junky, but nowadays I don't really have time for much of that anymore. This is my second favorite website, second only to the [[Wikipedia:Homestar Runner|obvious]]. And that, in a nutshell, is me. <span style="color:#FFF">Oh, and I just so happen to own the audio of the UMFM Interview on CD. Lucky me. :)</span></div> | + | <div style="background: url('http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/ThunderbirdL17/thunderbirdforuserpage.jpg');">Hi. I'm Leith, AKA Thunderbird, and I'm 19 years old. I first was introduced to Homestar Runner through my cousin from [[Wikipedia:Alberta|Alberta]], during a lull in the MSN conversation. The first thing I saw was the email [[suntan]], and that was in late August of 2003. Nearly a year later, a different friend of mine gave me [http://old.hrwiki.org/index.php?page=Peasant%27s+Quest%2FWalkthrough this link] to a walkthrough for Peasant's Quest that she found. I was excited by this find, and intended to fully investigate this new exciting wealth of knowledge. But when I returned less than a week later, the site had begun the switch to MediaWiki. After anxiously waiting for several weeks, I was finally able to create this account on September 14th, 2004. After over seven months of contributions, I was made a sysop on April 26th, 2005 during the [[HRWiki:April 2005 Sysop Nominations|2005 Sysop Nominations]]. I'm an [[Wikipedia:Electrician|electrician]] from [[Wikipedia:Canada|Canada]], [[Wikipedia:White_Rock%2C British Columbia|near]] [[Wikipedia:Vancouver|Vancouver]] [[Wikipedia:British Columbia|BC]]. My screenname is Thunderbird L17, and no, it doesn't have anything to do with the [[Wikipedia:Ford Thunderbird|car]]. It's more the inspiration of the [[Wikipedia:Thunderbird %28mythology%29|legendary creature]] from [[Wikipedia:Native American|Native American]] mythology. And no, I am not Native American. I enjoy the heritage of [[Wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]] and... [[Wikipedia:Ontario|Ontario]]. But I prefer the Scottish half. Thunderbird was simply my first internet screen name when I played [[Wikipedia:Age Of Empires|Age Of Empires]] back in the late 90's, now I use it for all my screen names. The L17 stands for my first initial and my age when I first started coming to this site. It's a progressive screenname; on the forum I am Thunderbird L18, and usually on the IRC chat channel I use Thunderbird L19. I'm usually sleeping or at work when the site is updated, and miss out on the "new page" rush. See my list of contributions below for the kinda work I've done around here. I also keep the Featured Article of the Week running smoothly, I'm usually the one that sends emails to other sites asking for reprint permission, and I'm always willing to help out fellow users whenever they ask. I used to be a [[Wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] junky, but nowadays I don't really have time for much of that anymore. This is my second favorite website, second only to the [[Wikipedia:Homestar Runner|obvious]]. And that, in a nutshell, is me. <span style="color:#FFF">Oh, and I just so happen to own the audio of the UMFM Interview on CD. Lucky me. :)</span></div> |
== <span style="color:#C90">Proudest Contributions</span> == | == <span style="color:#C90">Proudest Contributions</span> == | ||
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* [[Floppy Disk Container]], [[Couch Mumbling]] <span style="color:#C90">⇔</span> My proudest pages. I did most of the info, and much of the formatting. | * [[Floppy Disk Container]], [[Couch Mumbling]] <span style="color:#C90">⇔</span> My proudest pages. I did most of the info, and much of the formatting. | ||
* [[H*R.com updates 2003]], [[H*R.com updates 2002|2002]], [[H*R.com updates 2001|2001]] and [[H*R.com updates 2001|2000]] <span style="color:#C90">⇔</span> Read about the idea to use LiveJournals in the Forum, and ran with it. | * [[H*R.com updates 2003]], [[H*R.com updates 2002|2002]], [[H*R.com updates 2001|2001]] and [[H*R.com updates 2001|2000]] <span style="color:#C90">⇔</span> Read about the idea to use LiveJournals in the Forum, and ran with it. | ||
| - | * [[Interviews and Public Appearances]] <span style="color:#C90">⇔</span> Created the page, and did most of the work, including adding several transcripts, formatting, and asking for most of the | + | * [[Interviews and Public Appearances]] <span style="color:#C90">⇔</span> Created the page, and did most of the work, including adding several transcripts, formatting, and asking for most of the reprint permission. |
* [[Halloween Costumes]] <span style="color:#C90">⇔</span> Came up with the idea and did most of the formatting and pics, but not much info. | * [[Halloween Costumes]] <span style="color:#C90">⇔</span> Came up with the idea and did most of the formatting and pics, but not much info. | ||
* [[Strong Bad Email By Name]] and [[Strong Bad Email By Place|Place]] <span style="color:#C90">⇔</span> Read about the idea on the Strong Bad E-mail talk page, and created these twin pages in response. Added the first 100+ emails when I started it, and later reformatted the name one into tables. | * [[Strong Bad Email By Name]] and [[Strong Bad Email By Place|Place]] <span style="color:#C90">⇔</span> Read about the idea on the Strong Bad E-mail talk page, and created these twin pages in response. Added the first 100+ emails when I started it, and later reformatted the name one into tables. | ||
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* [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005]] <span style="color:#C90">⇔</span> Scribed the last half of the Sample of Style Too section. | * [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005]] <span style="color:#C90">⇔</span> Scribed the last half of the Sample of Style Too section. | ||
=== <span style="color:#C90">Contributions By The Numbers</span> === | === <span style="color:#C90">Contributions By The Numbers</span> === | ||
| - | *Over 4000 edits and counting!!! | + | *Over 4000 edits and counting!!! <span style="color:#FFF">And only two of them troll edits! :)</span> |
| - | *Over 222 pictures and counting!!! | + | *Over 222 pictures and counting!!! <span style="color:#FFF">Including picures of Jonathan Howe and Paul Slocum</span> |
*Over 6000 views of my userpage and counting!!! <span style="color:#FFF">I hope they weren't all by me...</span> | *Over 6000 views of my userpage and counting!!! <span style="color:#FFF">I hope they weren't all by me...</span> | ||
Revision as of 01:06, 4 January 2006
About Myself
Hi. I'm Leith, AKA Thunderbird, and I'm 19 years old. I first was introduced to Homestar Runner through my cousin from Alberta, during a lull in the MSN conversation. The first thing I saw was the email suntan, and that was in late August of 2003. Nearly a year later, a different friend of mine gave me this link to a walkthrough for Peasant's Quest that she found. I was excited by this find, and intended to fully investigate this new exciting wealth of knowledge. But when I returned less than a week later, the site had begun the switch to MediaWiki. After anxiously waiting for several weeks, I was finally able to create this account on September 14th, 2004. After over seven months of contributions, I was made a sysop on April 26th, 2005 during the 2005 Sysop Nominations. I'm an electrician from Canada, near Vancouver BC. My screenname is Thunderbird L17, and no, it doesn't have anything to do with the car. It's more the inspiration of the legendary creature from Native American mythology. And no, I am not Native American. I enjoy the heritage of Scotland and... Ontario. But I prefer the Scottish half. Thunderbird was simply my first internet screen name when I played Age Of Empires back in the late 90's, now I use it for all my screen names. The L17 stands for my first initial and my age when I first started coming to this site. It's a progressive screenname; on the forum I am Thunderbird L18, and usually on the IRC chat channel I use Thunderbird L19. I'm usually sleeping or at work when the site is updated, and miss out on the "new page" rush. See my list of contributions below for the kinda work I've done around here. I also keep the Featured Article of the Week running smoothly, I'm usually the one that sends emails to other sites asking for reprint permission, and I'm always willing to help out fellow users whenever they ask. I used to be a Nintendo junky, but nowadays I don't really have time for much of that anymore. This is my second favorite website, second only to the obvious. And that, in a nutshell, is me. Oh, and I just so happen to own the audio of the UMFM Interview on CD. Lucky me. :)
Proudest Contributions
- Floppy Disk Container, Couch Mumbling ⇔ My proudest pages. I did most of the info, and much of the formatting.
- H*R.com updates 2003, 2002, 2001 and 2000 ⇔ Read about the idea to use LiveJournals in the Forum, and ran with it.
- Interviews and Public Appearances ⇔ Created the page, and did most of the work, including adding several transcripts, formatting, and asking for most of the reprint permission.
- Halloween Costumes ⇔ Came up with the idea and did most of the formatting and pics, but not much info.
- Strong Bad Email By Name and Place ⇔ Read about the idea on the Strong Bad E-mail talk page, and created these twin pages in response. Added the first 100+ emails when I started it, and later reformatted the name one into tables.
- Toilets ⇔ Created the page, watch over it, and added most of the pics. I don't know why I like it so much, but I do.
Proud Contributions
- Random Toon ⇔ Convinced other users it was needed and spearheaded the page as soon as soon as Random toons selection began, resulting in much debugging info being saved before it was fixed and lost. Contributed the picture and much of the info.
- Duck Guardian ⇔ Summaries of last 20 or so levels, completely made level select after finding it in the forum (after a while the links broke and it became obsolite, but it was cool while it lasted), and came up with armor glitch.
- Holiday Toons ⇔ Started the page and worked on it lots, including finding and listing all the additional Holiday Toons.
- King of Town's Castle ⇔ Added the 'virtual tour' of sorts using pics.
- Monkey D ⇔ Created the page, and added the pics.
- Museum Sketchbook ⇔ Expanded on a very basic summary to add pictures and captions.
- Strong Bad's Basement ⇔ Added the widescreen pic of said basement, it took quite a bit of work and editing.
- Making Out ⇔ Came up with the idea, and made the page, along with a list of most of the occurances.
- Tandy 400 ⇔ Added and organized the history of the Tandy 400, with pictures.
- The Cheat's Head Exploding ⇔ Added the pics.
Scribings
- Wired News Radio Interview - 23 June 2003 ⇔ Wrote the transcript for the entire 19 minute interview.
- Sketchbook (video) ⇔ Stumbled across it only half complete, finished the other half of the transcript.
- NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005 ⇔ Scribed the last half of the Sample of Style Too section.
Contributions By The Numbers
- Over 4000 edits and counting!!! And only two of them troll edits! :)
- Over 222 pictures and counting!!! Including picures of Jonathan Howe and Paul Slocum
- Over 6000 views of my userpage and counting!!! I hope they weren't all by me...
Most pages that aren't even on the periodical update list I watch and update. But my pet pages are listed under the Frequently Updated Pages section. They're my favorite pages. I'm very proud of the slow and methodical time I put into the updates pages, the time I spent watching every Strong Bad Email to fill out the name and place pages, and the time researching and adding the games in The Floppy Disk Container. The latter is by far my favorite page. I research the labels, add the new pics, add sources, all that good stuff. I like that page. It's my precious.
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Contact me
If you have the Mediawiki email setting set up, feel free to send me something, if you feel so inclined. I'm usually a bit quicker to answer usual wiki questions through my talk page though. Thanks for stopping by.
