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FERDIA O'BRIEN

About Me

A Little About Me
Well, I suppose the first thing I should point out about myself is that I hail from the Emerald Isle, I'm currently doing a Higher Degree in Multimedia Applications Development, and I work for America Online to keep myself afloat.

In regards to Wikipedia I usually perform small, correction type edits, but my main goal on Wikipedia is to standardise the methods of Archiving, and to crack down on the rampant vandalism of the articles. I also do more major edits every once in a while, usually on music type articles. As you may be able to guess I am currently rebuilding my User Page, the main addition being a new layout for the Main Page, with a complete rebuild of the main page existing here.

Check out this link: It's cool. [1]

A Flag For Each Year

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My Interests

This user is an audiophile.
Republic of IrelandThis user is a
resident citizen of the
Republic of Ireland.
IrelandThis user is Irish and
lives in Ireland.
FGThis user thinks Family Guy is freakin' sweet.
This user enjoys Star Trek.
This user contributes using Firefox.
PsThis user contributes using
Adobe Photoshop.
This user is an atheist.

This user has an iPod.
cRap This user can't stand rap music.
This user enjoys rock music.
This user is a member of Wikipedians against censorship.
This user is a member of the
Counter-Vandalism Unit.

Today's featured article

Logo of Namco Limited
Logo of Namco Limited

Namco Limited was a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company founded in 1955 by Masaya Nakamura which operated video arcades, amusement parks, produced video games, films, toys, and arcade cabinets. In the 1960s, it manufactured electro-mechanical arcade games such as the 1965 game Periscope. It entered the video game industry after acquiring the Japanese division of Atari in 1974, distributing games such as Breakout and Gee Bee. Among Namco's first major hits was the fixed shooter Galaxian in 1979 and Pac-Man in 1980. During the golden age of arcade video games in the early 1980s, Namco released titles such as Galaga, Xevious, and Pole Position. Namco entered the home market in 1984 with conversions of its arcade games. Namco produced several multi-million-selling game franchises, such as Pac-Man, Galaxian, Tekken, Tales, Ridge Racer, Ace Combat, and Taiko no Tatsujin. In 2006, Namco merged with Bandai to form Bandai Namco Holdings. (Full article...)

Recently featured:

In the news

My Work & Templates

Original Work
I mostly do small edits, but heres some of my larger ones (the list isn't fully compiled by any means, I'm just to busy hunting vandals right now:

Outside specific edits like those, I've set up countless archives, archive boxes and (in my own humble opinion), the indespencable To-Do-Boxes

Templates

My Origional Homepage

For My Beta Page

Bands I Work On

AC/
DC
This user is a fan of AC/DC.
VHThis user loves Van Halen.
This user is a Black Sabbath fan.
MöHThis user is a fan of Motörhead.
This user is a Nirvana fan.
RHCPThis user is a huge Red Hot Chili Peppers fan.
TLThis user is a Thin Lizzy fan.
BRThis user is a fan of BAD RELIGION.
This user is a fan of Metallica.
This user is one hard-core Pearl Jam fan.
WSThis user fell in love with The White Stripes
  All in all, this user's just another brick in the wall.
This user is a fan of The Smashing Pumpkins and worships Billy Corgan.
When this user dies, this user takes the stairway to heaven.
WikiProject iconMotorhead (inactive)
WikiProject iconThis page is within the scope of WikiProject Motorhead, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.

Did you know...

Sylvilagus aquaticus
Sylvilagus aquaticus
  • ... that the swamp rabbit (pictured) is both territorial and a great swimmer?
  • ... that no other month in a calendar year starts with the same day of the week as June?
  • ... that Samantha Kane led an unsuccessful takeover bid for Sheffield United F.C. and, after a gender transition, was interviewed to become its chief executive?
  • ... that the first version of the Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge was heavily damaged by a tornado during construction?
  • ... that medicine dean Sjahriar Rasad was accused of being involved in a conspiracy to assassinate Indonesian President Sukarno?
  • ... that the U.S. Supreme Court is currently deciding whether the family who lived in a house wrongly raided by the FBI may sue the government?
  • ... that Romanian sports shooter Petre Cișmigiu demanded the elimination of a pension gap between Olympic and non-Olympic champions, such as himself?
  • ... that the novel Looking Glass Girl was launched at Coventry Central Library to highlight the threat of 17 libraries in the city closing?
  • ... that John P. Morris won a strike by hiding pigeons in fur coats?

On this day...

June 1

Wreckage of American Airlines Flight 1420
Wreckage of American Airlines Flight 1420
More anniversaries:

Other Stuff

For That Which Does Not Fit Into The Pages Above, It Will Have To Go Right Here

Saved Pages
1# - BitTorrent Index Comparison
2# - iTunes Version History

Quick Note
Just a quick note for those of you brave enough to make it to the bottom. This page is designed for a 1680x1050 flat panel monitor. Why? Well, because that's what I use and this page is my tool box, not yours. I have set up my own copy of the Main Page (with everything, not just the main five boxes) here because I hole-heartadly disagree with one fundimental element of the page, which will become obvious when you head over to the page. I set up a redirect on the Talk Page to go to the actual main page for my own conveniance, if you want to say something on my Main Page Talk Page, please do so on my Talk Page.

Drosera capensis, commonly known as the Cape sundew, is a perennial rosette-forming carnivorous plant in the family Droseraceae. It is endemic to the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. As in all sundews, the leaves are covered in stalked, mucilage-secreting glands (or 'tentacles') that attract, trap, and digest arthropod prey. When prey is captured, the tentacles bend inward and the leaves curl around it, preventing escape and enhancing digestion by increasing the surface area of the leaf in contact with the prey. This time-lapse video shows a D. capensis leaf curling up around a Mediterranean fruit fly over a period of approximately six hours.

Video credit: Scott Schiller