the resident alian

About Us:

Ian Camaclang: The Resident Alian, and yes, I spelled that right (see below). I went to UCSD in beautiful La Jolla, California! It's okay... =). I got my Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, and my B.S. in Bioengineering. Sounds geeky and technical? It is. But the ladies love it. Ask my wife! Anagrams: acing almanac, magical canna. Find yours! Anagrams (resident alian): aliased intern, internal ideas, island trainee.
Maureen Ibañez: My wife Maureen went to UCSD with me for undergrad (B.S. Molecular Biology) and Yale University for her M.S. in Epidemiology/Public Health. Anagrams: inane emu zebra, rube zen anemia.
Timothy Camaclang: Our son Timmy was born on Valentine's Day, 2001. He is pure entertainment. Anagrams: galactic ham monty, manic myth catalog.
Evelyn Camaclang: Our daughter Evelyn was born on Valentine's Day, 2005. (That's not a copy-and-paste error; she really was born on Timmy's fourth birthday!) She is a princess in many senses of the word. Anagrams: calm navel agency, elm angel vacancy.
Spencer Camaclang: Our son Spencer was born on 05 Nov 2010, the 55th anniversary of Doc Brown inventing the flux capacitor in Back to the Future (Thanks, Joe!). Anagrams: calmer can-can pegs, crag clan spacemen.

Theoretically Asked Questions (TAQ):

What does Resident Alian mean? It's my status as a San Diegan. I'm originally from the Bay -- Hayward, California. And Maureen is from Claremont, CA. Timmy and Evelyn were born in San Diego.
Don't you know how to spell? "Alian" is just "alien" with my name in it...it's a pun, I guess. I've got tons.
So why make a home page? I just want to make my home on the web so people who know me or my family or want to know us can visit. Lost contact? Not anymore! Plus, I've got help for all of you web surfers out there, resources for classic and modern gamers, and more cool links.
Can I make my own page? Sure, I've got some tips. Visit my web help page.
Why "Theoretically..."? It can't be "Frequently" since I hardly (actually never) get asked these questions. And with the above answers the questions will probably still never get asked. They're preemptive explanations of things.

Announcements:

05 Jan 2012: Happy New Year! I made the site more mobile-browser-friendly. It didn't take too much work since I'd already coded the pages with PHP, XHTML, CSS, and strict compliance. I pretty much just had to add the meta viewport tag to my html headers and do a bit of layout rearrangement. I've also been updating the tech page every so often.
28 Jul 2011: Updated the tech page again, adding Windows 7 and my setup details.
22 Nov 2010: Updated and cleaned up the tech page a bit. New details on AGDI (KQ1, KQ2 fixes and now supporting Mac), IA (SQ2 progress update), and ScummVM (SCI support).
05 Nov 2010: Welcome, Spencer! Born today, he's Timmy and Evelyn's new little brother. I'm still quite behind on the gallery, but I put up Spencer's mini-site. Enjoy!
26 Sep 2010: I'm quite behind again on the gallery, but I finally updated the concerts page and the bands page, after the recent Muse concert. I had two other concerts unposted till now. I still have lost of new shows to post, but those will come sooner or later.
Announcements Archive

Some personal items:

	Journal My personal journal. Thoughts on music, technology, politics, faith, and life in general. Open to the public. All of the entries are mine so far, but Maureen may chime in every now and then.		Photo Gallery Tons of pictures from 1994 to 2009. Spans college, grad school, and family life.
	Maureen and Ian's Wedding We got married 04 Jan 2003, and here's our website with some wedding pictures, digital memorabilia, and credits.		Concerts page All the concerts I went to so far. I recently added U2 [Vertigo Tour] (02 Apr 2005, Anaheim), Moby (08 May 2005), Coldplay (26 Aug 2005), and Depeche Mode [Touring the Angel] (19 Nov 2005).
	Important Dates Birthdays and anniversaries. For privacy reasons, some of you listed here may want it taken down. If so, or to add something, contact me.		My resume There's no reason not to put this here. Maureen's is here too. The kids' resumes may be added shortly.

Some inspiring readings:

This passage demonstrates the history, strength, and persistence of the Filipino female, the Filipina:
"The Filipina" by Sylvia Mayuga from Insight Guide: Philippines

This passage demonstrates my philosophy on life, music, and math:
"Music and Fractal Landscapes" by Richard MacDuff from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

These essays echo my philosophy on politics, true compassion, and faith:
Moby Essay Archive from various albums by Moby

Vocabulary Word of the Irregular Interval: schadenfreude (UrbanDictionary.com) (note that many UD entries cite lyrics for the song "Schadenfreude" from the show Avenue Q)

Yes, you too can speak hip urban, hacker, or European slang just like your favorite actor, musician, professor, roommate, or distant relative! Use words like fo' shizzle, shiznit, w00t, or pikey! Visit UrbanDictionary.com! (Parental discretion advised.) For a standard dictionary, I use Dictionary.com.

Some other cool links:

	Maureen's Lab Space Maureen's research and slides from her lectures for the EMD 534 class at Yale.		timmy's zone Timmy's mini-site with his e-birth announcement, sonograms, and assorted pictures through his first year.
	evelyn's crib Evelyn's mini-site with her e-birth announcement, sonograms, and assorted pictures through her first two months.		Friends' pages Friends and family that still have pages I know of, that is.
	Band and music-related Official sites and fansites for a small fraction of the all the bands I like.		Fun stuff, movies, and multimedia Very miscellaneous fun stuff.
	Web Help Surf like a pro. Save time and find what you want. Publish your material.		Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-related sites 42.
	Organizations at UCSD, Yale, and elsewhere Student orgs and resources. Needs some updating. For UCSD organizations, try searching here.		Original Software I wrote some bits of open-source software for my own utility, and they're stored here locally as well as on their own SourceForge sites.
	Hunger and sister sites To make the clicking for free donations slightly easier, I made a wrapper in HTML frames to allow selection of the next sister site without having to scroll to get to it.		CD database The list of CDs we own, by artist. Soundtracks are organized by film/play, and compilations by series name.
	Technology Resources Formerly called "Computer Resources." Hardware, software, humor. Play classic games!.		DVD database The list of DVDs we own, by genre. Seems like a lot, but we keep it from getting too bloated.

Spatial info:

This page exists in several places. They're tabulated below. Note that fewer areas are available in mirrors closer to the bottom of the list (i.e. as the available space gets smaller). Also, the mirrors will be updated roughly weekly (lately: never), unlike the main and home servers, which are updated roughly daily (lately: pretty irregularly).

Mirrors:

Server	PHP?	Space	Location
Main server	yes	5000MB	http://www.res-alian.com/ "99.9% uptime"
Home server	yes	lots	backup only The original; now a private address. I'll redirect here if something happens to the main server.
FortuneCity	no	100MB	http://resident_alian.fortunecity.com/ Free with banner ads and few, if any, popups
Lycos Tripod UK	yes	50MB	http://members.lycos.co.uk/resalian/ Free with PHP with overlay ads and ad frames
Lycos Multimania FR	yes	50MB	http://membres.lycos.fr/resalian/ Free with PHP with overlay ads and ad frames en français
Comcast	no	25MB	http://home.comcast.net/~res_alian/ Secondary account, no ads
RoadRunner (inactive)	no	5MB	http://home.san.rr.com/resalian/ Primary account, no ads

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Temporal info:

First created 08 Oct 1995.
Last modified 05 Jan 2012.
Journal updated 05 Nov 2010.

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