Milliron X</h1></header></div><divclass=blurred-container><divclass=motto><h1id=motto><small>My name is Thomas Christensen</small><br>I am Milliron X</h1></div><divclass=img-srcstyle=background-image:url(/images/charolette.jpg)></div><divclass="img-src blur"style=background-image:url(/images/charolette_hu3443e2e07cb5f8d9bccf60b0005a6a7f_350799_filter_6742909828560968691.jpg)></div></div><br><sectionclass="container-fluid list-main"><divclass="container px-5"><h2>What is a "Milliron X"?</h2><h3>It's a
of course! My cattle brand!</h3><p>The <dfn>milliron</dfn> is the bar with a bend in the middle. It does not
represent anything physical or textual <i>per se</i>, and is therefore a
rather unique element in cattle brands. Millirons are difficult to modify into
another brand, and provide a guarantee of authentic ownership.</p><p><dfn>X</dfn> is the letter of mystery and mystique. For nerds, it's the
unknown in any algebra problem. Ranchers and cowboys will associate it with
big names like the "Bar X" and the "Double X." In either case, it lends itself
to a sense of withholding, prestige, and power.</p><p>Together, these two symbols represent the qualities I strive for in each of my
works: authenticity, originality, power, depth, and prestige.</p><h2>Who am I?</h2><figureclass="figure float-md-end w-md-50 p-3"><imgclass="figure-img img img-fluid"src=/me-and-lady_hu7060dc4dab919d51d7854024d27698e6_13657210_768x0_resize_q75_box.jpgwidth=768height=513><figcaptionclass=figure-caption><small>Image courtesy <ahref=https://www.guymccutcheon.com/>Guy McCutcheon Photography</a></small></figcaption></figure><p>I am</p><ul><li>🧬 A bioinformatician (by profession)</li><li>📐 An engineer (by education)</li><li>🐂 A rancher (by lifestyle)</li><li>🖥️ A techie (self-taught)</li><li>🎥 And a filmmaker (at heart)</li></ul><p>I've got a soft spot for Brown Swiss dairy cows (just in case you couldn't
tell by the pictures), and am sometimes called "one of those crazy, Wyoming
dairy cow people." I love anything to do with cattle or technology, but
especially anything to do with both of them.</p><p><em><abbrtitle="Born again, fundamentalist, dispensationalist, King James Bible-believing, independent Baptist">Christian</abbr>, American, Convervative, Pro-gun, Heterosexual - any questions?</em></p><h2>Where am I?</h2><figureclass="figure float-md-start w-md-50 p-3"><imgclass="figure-img img img-fluid"src=/wy-in-ks_hudc7807e3bcd929cdfa1bf6a15cff914e_370962_768x0_resize_box_3.pngwidth=768height=499></figure><p>I am a Wyomingite sojurning in Kansas. That ought to lead to some interesting
stories.</p>Around the web you can find me at (in order of subjective importance)<ulclass="float-md-end w-md-50"><li><iclass="fab fa-fw fa-github"></i> GitHub:
<ahref=https://discord.com/users/484492414837587978>@MillironX</a></li></ul><divstyle=clear:both></div><divclass="card border-warning m-3"><divclass=card-body><pclass=card-text>This list is intended to verify my identity on other sites. Please do
<em>not</em> use it as fodder to try and "follow" me on each of these
platforms. I stand with RMS:</p><figure><blockquoteclass=blockquote><p>Facebook is a bad place for a person to be. When people find us on
Facebook, we lead them away from Facebook and then talk with them
elsewhere.</p></blockquote><figcaptionclass=blockquote-footer>Richard Stallman in
<cite><ahref=https://stallman.org/facebook-presence.html>If you feel your organization needs a 'presence' in Facebook</a></cite></figcaption></figure><pclass=card-text>I typically don't respond to inqueries made on these platforms. Please use
<ahref=/contact>my contact form</a>, instead.</p></div></div></div><divclass=rowdata-masonry='{"percentPosition": true}'><divclass="col-xl-6 mb-4"><divclass=card><divclass=category-button></div><divclass=card-body><divclass="thumb-icon-wrapper mb-3"><spanclass="badge thumb-icon-badge rounded-pill bg-primary py-4 px-5"><iclass="fa-fw fad fa-university"></i></span></div><ahref=/academia/><h3class=card-title>Academic Publications and Presentations</h3></a><div>23 Oct 2023</div><pclass=card-text>I have spent too long in school and not enough time in the middle of nowhere
– Baxter Black, DVM
During my time in academia, I have amassed a few notable accomplishments. Of course, as the old saying goes, “if it isn’t published, then it never happened,” so here is a list of everything that actually happened. Several of these articles are also available on my Google Scholar page, but this is the complete list.
<strong><small><ahref=/academia/>Read more »</a></small></strong></p></div><divclass=card-footer></div></div></div><divclass="col-xl-6 mb-4"><divclass=card><divclass=category-button></div><divclass=card-body><divclass="thumb-icon-wrapper mb-3"><spanclass="badge thumb-icon-badge rounded-pill bg-primary py-4 px-5"><iclass="fa-fw fad fa-file-signature"></i></span></div><ahref=/contact/><h3class=card-title>Contact Me</h3></a><div>01 Jul 2023</div><pclass=card-text>Contact Me Name Email Phone number Category I'm hiring for artificial insemination Something else Subject Message Cancel Submit
<strong><small><ahref=/contact/>Read more »</a></small></strong></p></div><divclass=card-footer></div></div></div><divclass="col-xl-6 mb-4"><divclass=card><divclass=category-button></div><divclass=card-body><divclass="thumb-icon-wrapper mb-3"><spanclass="badge thumb-icon-badge rounded-pill bg-primary py-4 px-5"><iclass="fa-fw fax fa-bull-sperm"></i></span></div><ahref=/ai/><h3class=card-title>Artificial Insemination</h3></a><div>31 Dec 2022</div><pclass=card-text>Cattle artificial insemination services I am licensed in the Great State of Wyoming as a food animal artificial insemination technician. I only offer AI services for cows, even though legally I could AI cows, goats, and sheep. My services are most readily available in the southeast Wyoming area or the Flint Hills of Kansas depending on the time of year. Rate schedule Insemination (per cow) $25.00 5 cow minimum charge Milage (per mile, one-way) $1.
<strong><small><ahref=/ai/>Read more »</a></small></strong></p></div><divclass=card-footer></div></div></div><divclass="col-xl-6 mb-4"><divclass=card><divclass=category-button></div><divclass=card-body><divclass="thumb-icon-wrapper mb-3"><spanclass="badge thumb-icon-badge rounded-pill bg-primary py-4 px-5"><iclass="fa-fw fad fa-browser"></i></span></div><ahref=/websites/><h3class=card-title>My Websites</h3></a><div>01 Mar 2022</div><pclass=card-text>I do occasionally build websites for myself and other people. Here is a list of websites I have contributed code to directly, in a vain attempt to gain each of them some search engine cred.
<strong><small><ahref=/websites/>Read more »</a></small></strong></p></div><divclass=card-footer></div></div></div><divclass="col-xl-6 mb-4"><divclass=card><divclass=category-button></div><divclass=card-body><divclass="thumb-icon-wrapper mb-3"><spanclass="badge thumb-icon-badge rounded-pill bg-primary py-4 px-5"><iclass="fa-fw fad fa-video"></i></span></div><ahref=/videos/><h3class=card-title>Videos</h3></a><div>16 Feb 2017</div><pclass=card-text>The culmination of all art forms is that of film. A good film must have the plot and language of a good novel, characters as bold and stunning as sculpture, a rhythm as driving and delicate as poetry, frame compositions more stellar that those of photography, and music that speaks to the souls of both the characters on screen and the viewers off.
But I digress. Most of my forays into the world of film are immortalized on my Peertube channel, but I decided to share a few highlights here.
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acknowledging them all.</p><tableclass="table table-condensed table-responsive table-striped"><tr><th>Project name</th><th>URL</th><th>License</th></tr><tr><th>Hugo</th><td><ahref=https://gohugo.io/>gohugo.io</a></td><td><ahref=https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/master/LICENSE>Apache License v2</a></td></tr><tr><th>Node.js</th><td><ahref=https://nodejs.org/>nodejs.org</a></td><td><ahref=https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/LICENSE>MIT License</a></td></tr><tr><th>Bootstrap 5</th><td><ahref=https://getbootstrap.com/>getbootstrap.com</a></td><td><ahref=https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/main/LICENSE>MIT License</a></td></tr><tr><th>Bootswatch Lux 5</th><td><ahref=https://bootswatch.com/lux/>bootswatch.com</a></td><td><ahref=https://github.com/thomaspark/bootswatch/blob/v5/LICENSE>MIT License</a></td></tr><tr><th>JQuery 3</th><td><ahref=https://jquery.com/>jquery.com</a></td><td><ahref=https://jquery.org/license>MIT License</a></td></tr><tr><th>Font Awesome 6</th><td><ahref=https://fontawesome.com/>fontawesome.com</a></td><td><ahref=https://fontawesome.com/license/>Font Awesome Pro License</a></td></tr><tr><th>Get S*** Done Toolkit</th><td><ahref=https://www.creative-tim.com/product/get-shit-done-kit>creative-tim.com</a></td><td><ahref=https://github.com/timcreative/freebies/blob/master/LICENSE.md>MIT License</a></td></tr><tr><th>FitText</th><td><ahref=http://fittextjs.com/>fittextjs.com</a></td><td><ahref=http://www.wtfpl.net/>WTFPL License</a></td></tr><tr><th>jQuery Mask Plugin</th><td><ahref=https://igorescobar.github.io/jQuery-Mask-Plugin/>igorescobar.github.io</a></td><td><ahref=https://github.com/igorescobar/jQuery-Mask-Plugin/blob/master/LICENSE>MIT License</a></td></tr><tr><th>PostCSS</th><td><ahref=https://postcss.org/>postcss.com</a></td><td><ahref=https://github.com/postcss/postcss/blob/main/LICENSE>MIT License</a></td></tr><tr><th>PurgeCSS</th><td><ahref=https://purgecss.com/>purgecss.com</a></td><td><ahref=https://github.com/FullHuman/purgecss/blob/main/LICENSE>MIT License</a></td></tr></table></div><divclass="tab-pane fade p-3"id=privacyrole=tabpanel><p>I take privacy very seriously. That said, I do need
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