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<a href=/websites/><span class="fa-container fa-fw"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="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><div class=motto title="She almost looks like she's in her native country again."><div class=motto-inside><h1 id=motto><small>My name is Thomas Christensen</small><br>I am Milliron X</h1></div></div><section><div><h2 id=what-is-a-milliron-x>What is a “Milliron X”?</h2><p>It’s a <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestock_branding>cattle brand</a>, of
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course! My cattle brand!</p><p>The milliron is the bar with a bend in the middle. It does not
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represent anything physical or textual <em>per se</em>, and is therefore a rather
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unique element in cattle brands. Millirons are difficult to modify into another
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brand, and provide a guarantee of authentic ownership.</p><p>X is the letter of mystery and mystique. For nerds, it’s the unknown
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in any algebra problem. Ranchers and cowboys will associate it with big names
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like the “Bar X” and the “Double X.” In either case, it lends itself to a sense
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of withholding, prestige, and power.</p><p>Together, these two symbols represent the qualities I strive for in each of my
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works: authenticity, originality, power, depth, and prestige.</p><h2 id=who-am-i>Who am I?</h2><figure class=float-right><img class=img-fluid src=/me-and-lady_hu7060dc4dab919d51d7854024d27698e6_13657210_768x0_resize_q75_box.jpg width=768 height=513><figcaption class=figure-caption><small>Image courtesy
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<a href=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
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by the pictures), and am sometimes called “one of those crazy, Wyoming dairy cow
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people.” I love anything to do with cattle or technology, but especially
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anything to do with both of them.</p><p><em><abbr
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title=“Born again, fundamentalist, dispensationalist, King James Bible-believing, independent Baptist”
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>Christian, American, Convervative, Pro-gun, Heterosexual - any questions?</em></p><h2 id=where-am-i>Where am I?</h2><figure class=float-left><img class=img-fluid src=/wy-in-ks_hudc7807e3bcd929cdfa1bf6a15cff914e_370962_768x0_resize_box_3.png width=768 height=499></figure><p>I am a Wyomingite sojurning in Kansas. That ought to lead to some interesting
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stories.</p><p>Around the web you can find me at (in order of subjective importance)</p><ul><li><span class="fa-container fa-fw"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 496 512"><path d="M165.9 397.4c0 2-2.3 3.6-5.2 3.6-3.3.3-5.6-1.3-5.6-3.6.0-2 2.3-3.6 5.2-3.6 3-.3 5.6 1.3 5.6 3.6zm-31.1-4.5c-.7 2 1.3 4.3 4.3 4.9 2.6 1 5.6.0 6.2-2s-1.3-4.3-4.3-5.2c-2.6-.7-5.5.3-6.2 2.3zm44.2-1.7c-2.9.7-4.9 2.6-4.6 4.9.3 2 2.9 3.3 5.9 2.6 2.9-.7 4.9-2.6 4.6-4.6-.3-1.9-3-3.2-5.9-2.9zM244.8 8C106.1 8 0 113.3.0 252c0 110.9 69.8 205.8 169.5 239.2 12.8 2.3 17.3-5.6 17.3-12.1.0-6.2-.3-40.4-.3-61.4.0.0-70 15-84.7-29.8.0.0-11.4-29.1-27.8-36.6.0.0-22.9-15.7 1.6-15.4.0.0 24.9 2 38.6 25.8 21.9 38.6 58.6 27.5 72.9 20.9 2.3-16 8.8-27.1 16-33.7-55.9-6.2-112.3-14.3-112.3-110.5.0-27.5 7.6-41.3 23.6-58.9-2.6-6.5-11.1-33.3 2.6-67.9 20.9-6.5 69 27 69 27 20-5.6 41.5-8.5 62.8-8.5s42.8 2.9 62.8 8.5c0 0 48.1-33.6 69-27 13.7 34.7 5.2 61.4 2.6 67.9 16 17.7 25.8 31.5 25.8 58.9.0 96.5-58.9 104.2-114.8 110.5 9.2 7.9 17 22.9 17 46.4.0 33.7-.3 75.4-.3 83.6.0 6.5 4.6 14.4 17.3 12.1C428.2 457.8 496 362.9 496 252 496 113.3 383.5 8 244.8 8zM97.2 352.9c-1.3 1-1 3.3.7 5.2 1.6 1.6 3.9 2.3 5.2 1 1.3-1 1-3.3-.7-5.2-1.6-1.6-3.9-2.3-5.2-1zm-10.8-8.1c-.7 1.3.3 2.9 2.3 3.9 1.6 1 3.6.7 4.3-.7.7-1.3-.3-2.9-2.3-3.9-2-.6-3.6-.3-4.3.7zm32.4 35.6c-1.6 1.3-1 4.3 1.3 6.2 2.3 2.3 5.2 2.6 6.5 1 1.3-1.3.7-4.3-1.3-6.2-2.2-2.3-5.2-2.6-6.5-1zm-11.4-14.7c-1.6 1-1.6 3.6.0 5.9 1.6 2.3 4.3 3.3 5.6 2.3 1.6-1.3 1.6-3.9.0-6.2-1.4-2.3-4-3.3-5.6-2z"/></svg></span>GitHub: <a href=https://github.com/MillironX>@MillironX</a></li><li><span class="fa-container fa-fw"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M294.75 188.19h-45.92V342h47.47c67.62.0 83.12-51.34 83.12-76.91.0-41.64-26.54-76.9-84.67-76.9zM256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm-80.79 360.76h-29.84v-207.5h29.84zm-14.92-231.14a19.57 19.57.0 1119.57-19.57 19.64 19.64.0 01-19.57 19.57zM3e2 369h-81V161.26h80.6c76.73.0 110.44 54.83 110.44 103.85C410 318.39 368.38 369 3e2 369z"/></svg></span>ORDiD:
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<a href=https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1219-9320>0000-0003-1219-9320</a></li><li><span class="fa-container fa-fw"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M503.5 204.6 502.8 202.8 433.1 21.02C431.7 17.45 429.2 14.43 425.9 12.38 423.5 10.83 420.8 9.865 417.9 9.57 415 9.275 412.2 9.653 409.5 10.68 406.8 11.7 404.4 13.34 402.4 15.46 400.5 17.58 399.1 20.13 398.3 22.9l-47 144H160.8l-47.1-144C112.9 20.13 111.5 17.59 109.6 15.47 107.6 13.35 105.2 11.72 102.5 10.7c-2.64-1.025-5.52-1.405-8.38-1.113C91.26 9.878 88.51 10.83 86.08 12.38c-3.24 2.05-5.75 5.07-7.16 8.64L9.267 202.8 8.543 204.6c-10.027 26.2-11.263 55-3.52 82 7.747 26.9 24.047 50.7 46.447 67.6L51.74 354.4 52.33 354.8 158.3 434.3 210.9 474l32 24.2C246.6 500.1 251.2 502.5 255.9 502.5S265.2 500.1 268.9 498.2l32-24.2 52.6-39.7 106.7-79.9L460.5 354.1c22.4-16.9 38.7-40.6 45.6-67.5C514.7 259.6 513.5 230.8 503.5 204.6z"/></svg></span>GitLab: <a href=https://gitlab.com/MillironX>@MillironX</a></li><li><span class="fa-container fa-fw"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512"><path d="M403.2 32H44.8C20.1 32 0 52.1.0 76.8v358.4C0 459.9 20.1 480 44.8 480h358.4c24.7.0 44.8-20.1 44.8-44.8V76.8c0-24.7-20.1-44.8-44.8-44.8zM377 180.8c-1.4 31.5-23.4 74.7-66 129.4-44 57.2-81.3 85.8-111.7 85.8-18.9.0-34.8-17.4-47.9-52.3-25.5-93.3-36.4-148-57.4-148-2.4.0-10.9 5.1-25.4 15.2l-15.2-19.6c37.3-32.8 72.9-69.2 95.2-71.2 25.2-2.4 40.7 14.8 46.5 51.7 20.7 131.2 29.9 151 67.6 91.6 13.5-21.4 20.8-37.7 21.8-48.9 3.5-33.2-25.9-30.9-45.8-22.4 15.9-52.1 46.3-77.4 91.2-76 33.3.9 49 22.5 47.1 64.7z"/></svg></span>Vimeo:
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<a href=https://vimeo.com/tchristensenii>Thomas Christensen II</a></li><li><span class="fa-container fa-fw"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 384 512"><path d="M290.7 311 95 269.7 86.8 309l195.7 41zm51-87L188.2 95.7l-25.5 30.8 153.5 128.3zm-31.2 39.7L129.2 179l-16.7 36.5L293.7 3e2zM262 32l-32 24 119.3 160.3 32-24zm20.5 328h-2e2v39.7h2e2zm39.7 80H42.7V320h-40v160h359.5V320h-40z"/></svg></span>StackExchange:
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<a href=https://stackexchange.com/users/4863541/milliron-x>Milliron X</a></li><li><span class="fa-container fa-fw"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 496 512"><path d="M496 256c0 137-111.2 248-248.4 248-113.8.0-209.6-76.3-239-180.4l95.2 39.3c6.4 32.1 34.9 56.4 68.9 56.4 39.2.0 71.9-32.4 70.2-73.5l84.5-60.2c52.1 1.3 95.8-40.9 95.8-93.5.0-51.6-42-93.5-93.7-93.5s-93.7 42-93.7 93.5v1.2L176.6 279c-15.5-.9-30.7 3.4-43.5 12.1L0 236.1C10.2 108.4 117.1 8 247.6 8 384.8 8 496 119 496 256zM155.7 384.3l-30.5-12.6a52.79 52.79.0 0027.2 25.8c26.9 11.2 57.8-1.6 69-28.4 5.4-13 5.5-27.3.1-40.3S206 305.6 193 300.2c-12.9-5.4-26.7-5.2-38.9-.6l31.5 13c19.8 8.2 29.2 30.9 20.9 50.7-8.3 19.9-31 29.2-50.8 21zm173.8-129.9c-34.4.0-62.4-28-62.4-62.3s28-62.3 62.4-62.3 62.4 28 62.4 62.3-27.9 62.3-62.4 62.3zm.1-15.6c25.9.0 46.9-21 46.9-46.8.0-25.9-21-46.8-46.9-46.8s-46.9 21-46.9 46.8c.1 25.8 21.1 46.8 46.9 46.8z"/></svg></span>Steam: <a href=https://steamcommunity.com/id/millironx>MillironX</a></li></ul><p>This list is intended to verify my identity on other sites. Please do <em>not</em> use
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it as fodder to try and “follow” me on each of these platforms. I stand with
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RMS:</p><blockquote>Facebook is a bad place for a person to be. When people find us on Facebook, we
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lead them away from Facebook and then talk with them elsewhere.<br><small>Richard Stallman <em>in</em> <a href=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
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<a href=/contact>my contact form</a>, instead.</p></div><div class=card><div class=card-header><div class=thumb-icon-wrapper><span class=thumb-icon-badge><span class="fa-container fa-fw"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M0 144 256 0 512 144v48H0V144zM0 512V464l64-48V224h64V416h40V224h64V416h48V224h64V416h40V224h64V416l64 48v48H0zM256 144a32 32 0 100-64 32 32 0 100 64z"/></svg></span></span></div></div><div class=card-body><div class=card-title><a href=/academia/><h3>Academic Publications and Presentations</h3></a></div><div>23 Oct 2023</div><p class=card-text>I have spent too long in school and not enough time in the middle of nowhere
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– Baxter Black, DVM
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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.
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<strong><small><a href=/academia/>Read more »</a></small></strong></p><div class=card-footer></div></div></div><div class=card><div class=card-header><div class=thumb-icon-wrapper><span class=thumb-icon-badge><span class="fa-container fa-fw"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 576 512"><path d="M224 0H0V512H384V427l-1.7 1.7-120.1 17.2-11.7 1.9-11.6 1.9-5.3-10.5L222.1 416H209.9l-11.6 23.2-4.4 8.8H184h-8-11.9l-3.4-11.4L144 381l-16.7 55.6L123.9 448H112 80 64V416H80h20.1l20.6-68.6 3.4-11.4H136h16 11.9l3.4 11.4 15.4 51.4 3-5.9 4.4-8.8H2e2h32 9.9l4.4 8.8 7.2 14.5 13.5-94 117-117V160H224V0zm32 0V128H384L256 0zM505 119.8l-41.3 41.3 71 71L576 190.8l-71-71zm-63.9 63.9L299.9 325 288 407.9 370.9 396 512.1 254.7l-71-71z"/></svg></span></span></div></div><div class=card-body><div class=card-title><a href=/contact/><h3>Contact Me</h3></a></div><div>01 Jul 2023</div><p class=card-text>Contact Me Name Email Phone number Subject Message Cancel Submit
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<strong><small><a href=/contact/>Read more »</a></small></strong></p><div class=card-footer></div></div></div><div class=card><div class=card-header><div class=thumb-icon-wrapper><span class=thumb-icon-badge><span class="fa-container fa-fw"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M0 32H512V480H0V32zm160 72v48H448V104H160zm-32-8H64v64h64V96z"/></svg></span></span></div></div><div class=card-body><div class=card-title><a href=/websites/><h3>My Websites</h3></a></div><div>01 Mar 2022</div><p class=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.
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<strong><small><a href=/websites/>Read more »</a></small></strong></p><div class=card-footer></div></div></div><div class=card><div class=card-header><div class=thumb-icon-wrapper><span class=thumb-icon-badge><span class="fa-container fa-fw"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 576 512"><path d="M384 64H0V448H384V64zM576 448V64L416 174.9V337.1L576 448z"/></svg></span></span></div></div><div class=card-body><div class=card-title><a href=/videos/><h3>Videos</h3></a></div><div>16 Feb 2017</div><p class=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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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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<strong><small><a href=/videos/>Read more »</a></small></strong></p><div class=card-footer></div></div></div></section></main></div><footer><img src=/graphics/brandedbull.min.svg height=95rem><p>© 2023 Thomas A. Christensen II<br>Licensed
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