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About the author

This is a short description of the author of Messages from the Ether.

Scott D. Strader, personal information:

• sstrader@mindspring.com
• AIM:strader66
• MSN:sstrader66@hotmail.com
• Yahoo:sstrader66
• ICQ:275967932
• Resume (PDF) - I'm a software developer currently coding applications in Java/JEE and related technologies, with a long history in Windows development.

I have written and recorded two rock operas arranged for piano and voice. Both are available for download as streaming M3Us, MP3s, MIDIs, and scores in Finale's MUS format:

• The Journalist (2003)
• The Silent Spectrum (2005)

I have created two web sites from original ideas and continue to actively develop them:

• ::RadioWave [ streaming radio schedule aggregator ] - RadioWave aggregates schedules for different radio stations to allow listeners to browse all shows across stations by day or hour.
• ::EtherTV [ video from the ether. broadcasting now ] - A video playlist editor.
• ::EventNett [ a community-maintained events calendar ] - EventNett is an events calendar modeled after the openness of Wikipedia. Anyone can add new events or edit existing events without having to log in or provide any personal information.

As far back as 1995, I had posted to various Usenet newsgroups. The subjects are scattered, the intentions are random, and much of the writing is poor. Here are links to the addresses under which I had posted:

• Newsgroups postings from sstrader@ix.netcom.com - from 29 July 1995 to 1 March 1996
• Newsgroups postings from sstrader@mindspring.com - from 19 February 1997 to 9 December 2003

Links to other external content (alpha ordered):

• Amazon reviews
• Amazon Wish List
• Digg
• Facebook
• Faviki - semantically tagged social bookmarks
• LinkedIn
• Photos of me at Adam Howitt's Photopia (dead?)
• Reddit
• Twitter
• Wikipedia contributions

Years ago, I had joined SIGSEM (Special Interest Group on Computational Semantics) after going to the 2000 ACL conference (Association for Computational Linguistics) in Seattle. People I am not:

• The actor Scott Strader [IMDB]
• The sculptor Scott Strader, although I do have a BFA in painting
• sstrader on MySpace

Anything else not linked to from here is probably also not me.