User:Mckinlayr

Welcome to this page.

Any stupid questions should be directed to the stupid author. (He has a tendency to make obvious mistakes and write in the third person!)

I also edit pages anonymously. Sometimes because I have forgotten to login, other times because I know what I'm writing is not formatted correctly and doesn't meet the exact letter of the wikipedia guidelines.

That is how Keira High School and Balgownie came into existence. It says great things about the wikipedia community that an ignorant fool like me can dump information in piles around the place and within days it is transformed into useful stuff.

What do I want to do?

See Europe by train all the way from Istanbul to Inverness.

Ride the TGV, Eurostar and Shinkansen.

Learn Spanish and spend a year exploring Argentina and Brazil.

Learn Mandarin and get lost in China.

Re-learn Japanese and visit Japan.

Build a Wind Turbine.

Design my own home and get someone to build it.

What I should be doing...

Enjoying my summer holiday freedom!

Topics of Interest

Climate Change

Peak Oil

British Nuclear Testing at Maralinga, South Australia

ECHELON

Xnu

Beos

Puppy Linux

Steve Wozniak

Theoretical Astrophysics

Astronomy, Planetary Sciences Software

Celestia

A 3D viewer that allows you to jump from planet to planet, star to star, galaxy to galaxy. It even simulates planetary atmospheres and rings so you can watch the sun rise from the surface of Mars, Titan, Jupiter or from onboard the ISS. On a large screen with a powerful computer, this software is cinematic. www.shatters.net/celestia

JMars

A 2D viewer that allows you to compare Mars maps and data sets. Runs in Java, loves at least 200Mb of RAM, needs a fast internet connection. Occasional stability problems. jmars.asu.edu

NASA World Wind

Very similar to google earth. Applies the data sets of JMars to 3D surface altimetry maps. Very smooth and easy to use. Windows only (uses DirectX and .Net) worldwind.arc.nasa.gov

SSSim Edu

A useful tool for simulating solar system events and producing live star charts. www.sssim.com/en

Google Earth

The Earth from above. No further explanation needed. earth.google.com

Stellarium

The night sky. The stars shimmer. The constellations fade in and out. The closest thing to night sky. www.stellarium.org/

Things, Places, Dates Related to Me

UOWThis user is a student or graduate of the University of Wollongong.	This user respects the beliefs and religions of others.	ISIHACI'm Sorry... This User Hasn't a Clue
Needle Nardle NooThis user listens to The Goon Show on the modern-type, steam-driven cardboard wireless.	ABCThis user supports Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio, television and online services.	BBC World ServiceThis user listens to BBC World Service.
This user is an Australian. G'day, mate!	This user lives in New South Wales.	This user prefers warm weather.
This user has never left the Southern Hemisphere.	This user is interested in environmentalism.	This user supports recycling.
This user knows global warming is a reality we are facing.	This user drives a quadracycle	This user knows that there are 2,000,000 reasons why the 2003 invasion of Iraq was wrong.†
This user loves reading The Sydney Morning Herald	CThis user can program in C.	This user runs macOS.
This user is an advanced mathematician.	This user, through Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy, will sap and impurify all of your precious bodily fluids.	$\int \limits _{a}^{b}\,$This user knows the difference between an integral and an antiderivative; and so should you!$\int \,$
This user is interested in astronomy.	This user has a keen interest in physics.	This user doesn't care whether Pluto is a planet or not – but IAU's 2006 redefinition of planet was a linguistic-philosophical embarrassment.
This user loves rainy days.	This user contributes while using iTunes.	This user is a fan of The West Wing.
Kermit is this user's hero.	LisaIf anyone wants this user, they'll be in their room... What kind of userbox is that?	Dr. Who"I say...would you like a Jelly Baby?"
¡This user knows the Chewbacca Defense and is not afraid to use it!	This user is a proud fan of Are You Being Served? ...and I am unanimous in that!	This user is a fan of Monty Python!
LBBritain! Britain! Britain!	CTThis user ain't even bovvered.	TRSo it's goodnight from me, and it's goodnight from him.
DR TV"As a result, the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il announcified that he would be resumerating their nucular program."	This user watches and listens to SBS.	This user enjoys the works of Kim Stanley Robinson.
D This user loves the Discworld series. But wouldn't want to visit Ankh-Morpork. Ever.	-0- /|\ This user is obsessed with The War of the Worlds.	This user's homeworld likes to think that it is mostly harmless, but it is, in practice, devastatingly dangerous.

Keira High School my highschool from 2000-2005.

Balgownie , part of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia is where I have lived my whole life.

1987 The year I was born.

All computers should either be running Ubuntu Linux or Mac OS X.

And Now.....the Pictures

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  The Mounatins above Balgownie
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  Any idea what this animal is?
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  Me in all my ULD (Ultra Low Definition) webcam glory!!