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<ahref=/websites/><spanclass="fa-container fa-fw"><svgxmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"viewBox="0 0 512 512"><pathd="M0 32H512V480H0V32zm160 72v48H448V104H160zm-32-8H64v64h64V96z"/></svg></span>Websites</a></nav></aside><main><style>.motto::before{background-image:url(/images/charolette_hu3443e2e07cb5f8d9bccf60b0005a6a7f_350799_6000x2000_fill_q75_box_center.jpg)}</style><divclass=mottotitle="She almost looks like she's in her native country again."><divclass=motto-inside><h1id=motto><small>My name is Thomas Christensen</small><br>I am Milliron X</h1></div></div><section><div><h2id=what-is-a-milliron-x>What is a “Milliron X”?</h2><p>It’s a <ahref=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestock_branding>cattle brand</a>, of
course! My cattle brand!</p><p>The milliron is the bar with a bend in the middle. It does not
represent anything physical or textual <em>per se</em>, 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>X 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><h2id=who-am-i>Who am I?</h2><figureclass=float-right><imgclass=img-fluidsrc=/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><abbr
title=“Born again, fundamentalist, dispensationalist, King James Bible-believing, independent Baptist”
>Christian, American, Convervative, Pro-gun, Heterosexual - any questions?</em></p><h2id=where-am-i>Where am I?</h2><figureclass=float-left><imgclass=img-fluidsrc=/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
it as fodder to try and “follow” me on each of these platforms. I stand with
RMS:</p><blockquote>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.<br><small>Richard Stallman <em>in</em><ahref=https://stallman.org/facebook-presence.html>If you feel your organization needs a ‘presence’ in Facebook</a></small></blockquote><p>I typically don’t respond to inquiries made on these platforms. Please use
<ahref=/contact>my contact form</a>, instead.</p></div><divclass=card><divclass=card-header><divclass=thumb-icon-wrapper><spanclass=thumb-icon-badge><spanclass="fa-container fa-fw"><svgxmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"viewBox="0 0 512 512"><pathd="M0 144 256 0 512 144v48H0V144zM0 512V464l64-48V224h64V416h40V224h64V416h48V224h64V416h40V224h64V416l64 48v48H0zM256 144a32 32 0 100-64 32 32 0 100 64z"/></svg></span></span></div></div><divclass=card-body><divclass=card-title><ahref=/academia/><h3>Academic Publications and Presentations</h3></a></div><div>23 Oct 2023</div><pclass=card-text>I have spent too long in school and not enough time in the middle of nowhere
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=/contact/>Read more »</a></small></strong></p><divclass=card-footer></div></div></div><divclass=card><divclass=card-header><divclass=thumb-icon-wrapper><spanclass=thumb-icon-badge><spanclass="fa-container fa-fw"><svgxmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"viewBox="0 0 512 512"><pathd="M0 32H512V480H0V32zm160 72v48H448V104H160zm-32-8H64v64h64V96z"/></svg></span></span></div></div><divclass=card-body><divclass=card-title><ahref=/websites/><h3>My Websites</h3></a></div><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><divclass=card-footer></div></div></div><divclass=card><divclass=card-header><divclass=thumb-icon-wrapper><spanclass=thumb-icon-badge><spanclass="fa-container fa-fw"><svgxmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"viewBox="0 0 576 512"><pathd="M384 64H0V448H384V64zM576 448V64L416 174.9V337.1L576 448z"/></svg></span></span></div></div><divclass=card-body><divclass=card-title><ahref=/videos/><h3>Videos</h3></a></div><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.
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