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    <h1>Steve Youngs <br /><small>(aka JackaLX)</small></h1>
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    <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveyoungs">
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        alt="View Steve Youngs' profile on LinkedIn"
        title="View Steve's LinkedIn Profile" />
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    <h2>Obligatory Bio&hellip;</h2>
    <p>
      Aren't these little bio's, that everyone expects you to do, a
      right royal PITA?  If you maintain any kind of presence on the
      internet, (and lets face it, in this day and age who doesn't)
      you find yourself writing dozens of these silly things.  Well
      I've resisted doing this one for almost 4 years, so I better put
      <i>something</i> here.  All I gotta do now is think of something to
      write that isn't already on a thousand sites all over the bloody
      'net&hellip;
    </p>
    <h3>So who is this Steve Youngs bastard?</h3>
    <p>
      I'm a 40-something, 1st generation Aussie.  I have 3 gorgeous
      kids.  The eldest, from a previous marriage, lives with her Mum,
      so I have 2 with me.  I'm currently a full-time stay-at-home
      Dad.  The pay is pretty shit, but the benefits make up for the
      $0.00 income. :-) Oh, if you're wondering how I survive&hellip;
      <em>very</em> careful budgeting of my wife's income.  BTW, you
      <u>did</u> see that donation button on the left there, didn't
      you? :-)
    </p>
    <h3>What turns me on&hellip;</h3>
    Don't panic, I'm not going to talk about what you're thinking.
    I'm going to talk about general, &lt;G&gt; rated interests.  What
    interests me?  Hmm, lemme think&hellip;
    <ul>
      <li>
        Cooking&hellip; yup, I'm a pretty dab hand in the kitchen
      </li>
      <li>
        Coffee.  A couple of years back, Michelle (wife) bought me a
        sexy little expresso machine.  I've turned into quite the
        coffee snob since.  Grind me own beans an all.  There's still
        hope for me&hellip; I don't buy green (raw) beans.
      </li>
      <li>
        Learning.  I love to learn new things.  Who says you can't
        teach an old dog new tricks, huh?
      </li>
      <li>
        Football.  And that's <u>real</u> football, not that stupid
        rugby shit.  I should mention that the interest here lies in
        the area of spectator.  I haven't actually played a game since
        I was in high school.
      </li>
      <li>Cricket.  I'm an Aussie, what did you expect?</li>
      <li>
        Fishing.  Sadly, I haven't gone fishin for 20 years or more.
      </li>
      <li>
        Movies.  They don't have to be good, but they do have to be
        entertaining.  And in my eyes, thinking, does not come into
        the equation.  I want my entertainment to be entertaining
        dammit!  If there's 2 movies on TV, one where you have to be
        glued to the set 100% of time so you don't miss any subtle
        detail or else you completely loose track of the plot, and
        the other with Arnie shooting the crap outta everything that
        moves, can you guess which one I'll be watching?
      </li>
      <li>&hellip;and a gazillion other, even more boring, things</li>
    </ul>
    <h3>What turns me off&hellip;</h3>
    <ul>
      <li>
        Fools.  I'm sorry to all you fools out there, but I just
        can't tollerate you.
        </li>
      <li>Indecision</li>
      <li>
        Bad laziness&hellip; yes, there is such a thing as <dfn>good
        laziness</dfn>.
      </li>
      <li>
        Two face-ed-ness.  I can't stand people who are all <i>oh,
        you're me best mate, you're such a great guy</i> when they talk
        to you.  And then 5 minutes later when you're not around they
        are telling everyone how much of a wanker you are and how much
        they hate you.  C'mon people!  If you're not prepared to say it
        to their face, should you be saying it to <u>anyone</u>?
      </li>
      <li>
        The bignote.  You know the type, the guy who whenever he opens
        his mouth, his bum takes over.
      </li>
      <li>
        Anything that's crap.  Crap quality, crap service, crap
        beliefs, crap politics, crap taste, crap conversation.
        Whatever.  If it's crap, it's crap.  End of story.  And I hate
        it.
      </li>
    </ul>
    <h3>Who inspires me&hellip;</h3>
    Hmm, this could be a <b>very</b> long section, so I'll just give
    you the abbridged version&hellip;
    <ul>
      <li>
        Everyone on the SXEmacs team.  Seriously!  They're a great
        bunch.  You honestly couldn't ask for a better team.  And
        they're all waaaaay smarter than me.
      </li>
      <li>My children.  You can learn a lot from your kids</li>
      <li>Michelle.</li>
      <li><a href="http://www.jamieoliver.com">Jamie Oliver</a></li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_luther">
          Martin Luther</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_luther_king">
          Martin Luther King, Jr</a> (Mr I have a dream)
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_vinci">
          Leonardo da Vinci</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eddings">
          David and Leigh Eddings</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton">
          Sir Isaac Newton</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov">
          Isaac Asimov</a>
      </li>
      <li><a href="http://www.jwz.org">Jamie Zawinski</a></li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds">
          Linus Torvalds</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ustinov">
          Sir Peter Ustinov</a>
      </li>
      <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele">Pel&eacute;</a></li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens">
          Jesse Owens</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Clarke">Ron Clarke</a>
        (Aussie mid - long distance runner)
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams">
          Robin Williams</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Hill">
          Napoleon Hill</a>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <h2>What I do here at the SXEmacs Project&hellip;</h2>
    Erm, in case you hadn't yet figured it out all on your lonesome,
    I'm the project's maintainer.
    <p>
      Have fun with it, and drop me a line any time.
    </p>
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