tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91654673083862912472012-02-16T11:44:13.328-08:00<b>One thing I bear away with me tonight — And that is <i>My White Plume.</i></b>Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165467308386291247.post-5875420780923595992008-08-11T05:55:00.000-07:002008-08-13T14:10:38.826-07:00<h2>Chess Player — <i>Life Member of the USCF<br /></i></h2><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKGtTZdUaRI/AAAAAAAAAOU/vpyN5kt1wdI/s1600-h/chess.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKGtTZdUaRI/AAAAAAAAAOU/vpyN5kt1wdI/s400/chess.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233654790744205586" border="0" /></a>Well I saw Susan Polgar's web site was named after, guess what, "Susan Polgar." So I thought I better snap up my name as soon as possible before some other Ray Schneider get's the idea. In case you didn't know <a href="http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/"><b>Susan Polgar</b></a> is a chess Grand Master. I don't know if she is the only woman grand master, but it's enough that she is a grand master. So since I got the idea to make this blog from her blog I thought I'd mention that I'm a life member of the United States Chess Federation, but I have not played competition chess in forever and was never rated higher than a high B or low A (that's what they called'em when I was playing, now they number the categories).<br /><h2>Scientist</h2><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKGwPkVKfVI/AAAAAAAAAOk/ZkeSGLTcGYE/s1600-h/math200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 136px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKGwPkVKfVI/AAAAAAAAAOk/ZkeSGLTcGYE/s320/math200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233658023478197586" border="0" /></a>I'm a scientist. Most of my life experience has been working as an applied scientist. I have a B.S. in Physics, most of an M.S. in Physics too, although I actually got my M.S. in Engineering Science, and a Ph.D. in Information Technology. If you're curious you can check out my <a href="http://www.bridgewater.edu/%7Erschneid/vitae.htm"><b>Vitae</b></a>. A large part of my technical career was leading cross disciplinary teams to do developments focused on military or industrial problems.<br /><h2>Teacher</h2><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKG4nGGLb-I/AAAAAAAAAOs/6zm0ohbsZyk/s1600-h/appleS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKG4nGGLb-I/AAAAAAAAAOs/6zm0ohbsZyk/s320/appleS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233667223772164066" border="0" /></a>I've actually taught throughout my industrial career part-time, first in vocational schools in Minnesota and later after moving to my present location as an adjunct faculty member at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. So when I completed my Ph.D. nothing was more natural than to start teaching full time, which I've been doing since 2001. Currently I am teaching at <a href="http://www.bridgewater.edu/">Bridgewater College</a> in Bridgewater, Virginia.<br /><h2>Writer</h2><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKGu0Wp46TI/AAAAAAAAAOc/I-KBQhkKwYs/s1600-h/typewriterS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKGu0Wp46TI/AAAAAAAAAOc/I-KBQhkKwYs/s400/typewriterS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233656456438933810" border="0" /></a>I have a lot of hobbies and one of them is writing. So it is only natural that I have combined my interest in writing with my hobbies. I've written for computer magazines on computer related topics and was a columnist for three years with VAR Business magazine writing a little column called <span style="font-style: italic;">Focus on Software</span>. Then around 1996 I got interested in hydroponics and have written on hydroponics gardening for <a href="http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/index.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Growing Edge</span></a> since then.<br /><h2>Hydroponics Hobbyist</h2><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKG70eVp2wI/AAAAAAAAAPE/v1YlB2re9gY/s1600-h/TomatoesS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKG70eVp2wI/AAAAAAAAAPE/v1YlB2re9gY/s320/TomatoesS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233670752152705794" border="0" /></a>I like to garden, but not in the usual way. I'm way too frustrated with digging and weeding and things like that to be very good at ordinary gardening. So instead I grow things about 3 feet off the ground in PVC plastic tubes using hydroponics. My adventures are documented in my blog <a href="http://theweedlessgarden.blogspot.com/"><b>The Weedless Garden</b></a>.<br /><h2>Pundit and Gadfly</h2><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKG67MlifNI/AAAAAAAAAO8/hpFeVize-Kk/s1600-h/gadflyS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKG67MlifNI/AAAAAAAAAO8/hpFeVize-Kk/s320/gadflyS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233669768134950098" border="0" /></a>I love ideas and in fact some of my favorite things are <i>Notetaking</i>, <i>Drawing</i>— especially diagramming ideas <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map"><i>Mindmapping</i></a>. Just because I think ideas are so interesting I started the blog <a href="http://spitzenpopper.blogspot.com/"><b>Spitzenpopper</b></a>— which is reserved for little squibs of text and images about whatever ideas are in the air.<br /><h2>Sindonologist</h2><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKG5oGmIpZI/AAAAAAAAAO0/czncFi_UkOQ/s1600-h/shroudFace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XsSofvFxr4Y/SKG5oGmIpZI/AAAAAAAAAO0/czncFi_UkOQ/s320/shroudFace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233668340597695890" border="0" /></a>A <a href="http://www.sindonology.org/index.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sindonologist</span></a> is someone who studies the <b>Shroud of Turin</b>. I've been aware of the shroud since about 1960, but really got interested in it when <a href="http://www.one-episcopalian-on-faith.com/2008/05/shroud-of-tur-1.html"><b>John Jackson</b></a> and <a href="http://www.nd.edu/%7Eame/facultystaff/Jumper,Eric.html"><b>Eric Jumper</b></a> discovered the three dimensional encoding properties of the image. I'm a member of the <a href="http://shroud.wikispaces.com/"><b>Shroud Science Group</b></a> and involved in detailed image analysis of the shroud image. For more information about the Shroud of Turin you can visit Barrie Schwortz's excellent site <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.shroud.com/">www.shroud.com<br /></a> Check out a video on the HAL9000 image of the shroud <a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1435443261/bctid1435496345"><b>Click Here</b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9165467308386291247-587542078092359599?l=rayschneider.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0