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User:mdlbear (587486) Paid User
The Mandelbear's Musings
Name:Mandelbear
Website:at theStarport
Location:San Jose, California, United States
Birthdate:1947-03-13
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Yahoo! ID:Yahoo status ssavitzky (Add User, Send Message)
Bio:The Mandelbear (Steve Savitzky) has been kicking around the net for a long time now. He started out on alt.callahans as "the Middle-Sized Bear" (a Cordwainer Smith reference), and ended up as the Mandelbear after describing himself as an infinitely-fuzzy, vaguely ursine fractal (visible here for example).

Lately he is becoming better known as ``Father of Chaos'' The Wolfie is behind the creation of [info]mdlbear_albums, which chronicles the Bear's progress toward finally getting some filksongs published.

Note to friends: My "friends" list is basically a reading list. I hardly ever lock my posts; if you're not on my friends list, it's probably because I don't think I have time to read your journal, not because I don't like you.

Note on interests: Regardless of what ignorant morons have put as a "rule of thumb" in a sidebar to the interests list, the word "interest" does not mean "liking" or "approval". It means that I am interested in discussing a topic. For example, my interests list contains the word "censorship", which I thoroughly disapprove of. It also contains "La Marseillaise" in spite of the fact that the chorus could easily be misconstrued by ignorant morons as a death threat against my enemies. I don't necessarily approve of that sentiment; I just like the song. Got it?

Legal Notice: Except as noted, material in this journal is copyright © 2001-present. All rights reserved. It may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or part without express written permission. Fair use is permitted, including short quotations, links, and extracts used in search engines. Song lyrics are posted under a creative commons non-commercial license; see the song page for details.

Contact Info: at the household web page; also has the latest party info.
Memories:607 entries
Pictures:fewer than 10 public
Interests:29: cancer, censorship, chocolate, coffee, computers, cordwainer smith, debian, domain name addiction, filk, filk music, filking, folk music, free software, guitar, hacking, home recording, la marseillaise, linux, linux audio, music publishing, open source, science fiction, songwriting, voip, web, web communities, web publishing, wiki, xml
Schools:West Rocks Middle School - Norwalk, CT (1959 - 1962)
Norwalk High School - Norwalk, CT (1962 - 1965)
Carleton College - Northfield, MN (1965 - 1969)
Stanford University - Stanford, CA (1969 - 1972)
Friends:
People248:05_silvermaple, _amethyst_fire_, acrobatty, adammaker, adamselzer, allisona, almeda, almelina, anach, andpuff, andyheninger, angharads_house, artbeco, asavitzk, ashi, autographedcat, barbarakitten_t, bardling, bedlamhouse, bercilakslady, billroper, blackfyr, blaurentnv, bluesmancd, bookwyrm172006, braider, brokenhexagon, brunnhilde, butifidid, cacieroomom, cadhla, callahanshappy, capplor, carmiel, catalana, catsittingstill, cflute, chaoswolf, chatworthy, chipuni, chriso, ciarhwyfar, cphoenix, crystalfall, daisy_knotwise, dandelionreport, dandelionteeth, debaday, deborah_c, decadentdave, dejla, djbp, dmmaus, donsimpson, dormouse_in_tea, dr_nebula, drarizona, dunkelpig, eleccham, elemirion, elimloth, elishabet, elven_tears, fairyshaman, faxpaladin, figmo, filceolaire, filkarchive, filkcook, filker0, filkerdave, filkertom, filkferengi, finagler, fireskin, flower_cat, folkmew, fractalwolf, freyjaw, fuzzyvanman, geojlc, gfish, gimmeahand, girlgeniuscomic, gmcdavid, gorgeousgary, grendies, gridlore, harmonyheifer, hazelchaz, hellloooonurse, hms42, hofdave, hrj, hsifyppah, hvideo, idea_fairy, ifics, interdictor, it_aint_easy, janeg, janmagic, jcbemis, jcfiala, jeffreycornish, jenkitty, jhayman, jilara, jjcampbell, jodimuse, joecoustic, johno, jslove, judifilksign, julesong, kaththeamac, katster, katyhh, kayshapero, kbeader, kendaer, kennita, khaosworks, kissmyassterisk, kitespirit, kshandra, kyburg, kyrielle, ladyat, lapislaz, linda_muireall, lindaneely, lisa_marli, lola_mccrary, lysana, madfilkentist, madtom_o_bedlam, magicheide, mamagnome, markiv1111, marypcb, marysuemagdalen, marythefilker, mbumby, mdlbear, megdavis, meglimir, mia_mcdavid, min0taur, mnemex, montemplar, moshez, mr_kurt, mrgoodwraith, mrlogic, museinred, mvt, mysticfig, netolu, nimuejohn, nolly, obsessivewoman, ohiblather, opportunitygrrl, participant, patoadam, persis, peteralway, phillip2637, pikadudeno1, pocketnaomi, pwl1, quadrivium, quentin_long, randwolf, ravan, realfranklin, reasoningralph, roaringmouse, robin_june, robinpage, rowanf, saffronrose, sailorv61, sammyd, sandy_tyras, sbisson, sdorn, selenesue, selkit, semy_of_pearls, sexybass, sffilk, shaddyr, shadowwolf171, shannachie, shapirac, singingpatient, singlemaltsilk, slothman, smalltowndad, smoooom, snobahr, soojaebi, spikeiowa, spiritdance, spiritrover, sposter, squeegeelicious, sroth, stevemb, suecochran, super_star_girl, sweetmusic_27, tagryn, tarkrai, technogeek1, technoshaman, telynor, tenderstone, tetralizard, tfabris, thatcrazycajun, theferrett, thefrugalgamer, thnidu, tibicina, tiggerypum, tnatj, tollers, tregare, trektone, trogula, trystel, unclechristo, valydiarosada, victorthecook, vixyish, wcg, webmaven, wendyg, wichiwoman, willowisp, writtenwolf, wyld_dandelyon, xthelonegunmanx, zencuppa, zyxwvut
Communities42:alexanderfans, baycon, con_central, conflikt, consonance_con, debian, domain_junkies, elsejournal, fan_investors, fandom_action, fandom_counts, fandom_flies, filk, filk_safely, filkcon_reports, filknews, frankthecomic, fucksixapart, healthy_fen, ipstp, laconiv, linux, linux_audio, lj_2008, lj_biz, lj_design, lj_dev, lj_maintenance, lj_policy, lj_releases, ljupdate, loscon, maclinux, mdlbear_albums, news, paidmembers, pegasusawards, permmembers, s2styles, sfba_sf_fans, starport_humor, unixish
Feeds23:bernerslee, cattygesserit, cryptome, cwgw_feed, dailycoyote, docbug_feed, don_marti, drfun, glimpsesofgwen, i_cringely, irregular_comic, itphasechange, johno_pics, lolthulh, mcgath_blog, megatokyocomic, naoqv, openjournalnw, radaroreillyrss, softerworldfeed, spaf_cerias, stardustcounty, xkcd_rss
Mutual Friends:201: 05_silvermaple, _amethyst_fire_, adammaker, adamselzer, allisona, almeda, almelina, anach, andpuff, angharads_house, artbeco, asavitzk, ashi, autographedcat, bercilakslady, blackfyr, bluesmancd, bookwyrm172006, braider, brunnhilde, butifidid, cacieroomom, callahanshappy, capplor, carmiel, catalana, catsittingstill, cflute, chaoswolf, chatworthy, chipuni, chriso, ciarhwyfar, cphoenix, crystalfall, dandelionreport, deborah_c, decadentdave, dejla, djbp, dmmaus, donsimpson, dormouse_in_tea, dr_nebula, eleccham, elemirion, elimloth, elishabet, elven_tears, fairyshaman, faxpaladin, figmo, filceolaire, filkcook, filker0, filkerdave, filkferengi, finagler, fireskin, flower_cat, fractalwolf, freyjaw, fuzzyvanman, gfish, gimmeahand, gmcdavid, gorgeousgary, grendies, gridlore, harmonyheifer, hazelchaz, hellloooonurse, hms42, hofdave, hsifyppah, hvideo, idea_fairy, ifics, it_aint_easy, janeg, jcbemis, jcfiala, jeffreycornish, jenkitty, jhayman, jilara, joecoustic, johno, jslove, julesong, kaththeamac, katster, katyhh, kayshapero, kendaer, kennita, khaosworks, kissmyassterisk, kitespirit, kshandra, kyburg, kyrielle, lapislaz, linda_muireall, lindaneely, lisa_marli, lysana, madtom_o_bedlam, magicheide, mamagnome, markiv1111, marypcb, marythefilker, mbumby, mdlbear, megdavis, meglimir, mia_mcdavid, min0taur, mnemex, montemplar, moshez, mr_kurt, mrgoodwraith, mrlogic, mvt, mysticfig, netolu, nimuejohn, nolly, obsessivewoman, ohiblather, opportunitygrrl, patoadam, persis, phillip2637, pocketnaomi, pwl1, quadrivium, quentin_long, randwolf, ravan, roaringmouse, robin_june, robinpage, rowanf, saffronrose, sailorv61, sammyd, sandy_tyras, ...
Also Friend of:20: additive, aerowolf, animekid, ari1223, billstewart, cooldude, danceswthcobras, dimakoi, drewkitty, foxgrrl, itmaniac, jaycoyote, lyzard13, mandelbear, mroblivious, penngwyn, pwilkinson, raindrops, somebodies, texxgadget
Member of:34: alexanderfans, conflikt, consonance_con, debian, domain_junkies, elsejournal, fan_investors, fandom_action, fandom_counts, fandom_flies, filk, filk_safely, filkcon_reports, filknews, frankthecomic, fucksixapart, healthy_fen, ipstp, laconiv, linux, linux_audio, lj_2008, lj_policy, ljupdate, loscon, maclinux, mdlbear_albums, paidmembers, pegasusawards, permmembers, s2styles, sfba_sf_fans, starport_humor, unixish
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