Describe Nick Schmalenberger here.
I have lived in Davis all my life and like it, especially Davis water. On Davis Wiki, I like to see active discussion about Davis in a very free and highly linked mesh topology way like Katamari Damacy. My hobbies are collecting comic books, reading, bsing with people on Davis wiki, learning about UNIX and computer programming, amateur radio(KG6PIP), and being outside. I like to ride my bicycle around town and go backpacking, skiing, and canoeing. I am an Eagle Scout from Troop 111. I am usually in the daviswiki irc channel and on AIM as nickzxcv. Someday I would like to visit the ![[wikipedia]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/inter.png){kind=small}
Isle of Skye, because I like the name, among other places such as Sky Harbor, to which I hope to go back some day. I think Sky Harbor is the most beautiful and melodious name for an airport I have ever heard.
My favorite comic book series is Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio. It is a webcomic now, here: ![[WWW]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small}
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/, but it was in print for thirteen issues and I own all of them in single issues, trade paperback, hardcover, or all three. I also like Neil Gaiman, Fables, Star Wars, and lots of other science fiction and fantasy, including the book Darkmage by Barbara Hambly. I am one of the few geeks in the world who has read Ender's Game (twice, both assigned) and didn't like it. I have an account at Librarything. My favorite Star Wars movies are IV,II,V,III,I,VI in the order of my preference from best to worst. Firefly/Serenity are amazing and much like my favorite Star Wars episode, A New Hope. I also like to read some other webcomics and play games like Nethack.
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2007-03-14 08:10:38 Seriously good idea for an entry. It's one of those things that people need to research now and then. UCD Med Center likely has a booklet on local resources. —JabberWokky
2007-03-15 19:05:52 Because the official site claimed there were no groups in the area. I was actually curious, so I did check. I just punched it in again, and there are four listed. Either I did the wrong zip the first time (unlikely as it popped up in the typeahead), or I missed Davis, as it's down in the list, and I think I thought it was by geographic distance and now I see it's alphabetic... okay, so I did check, but my medication soaked brain couldn't parse a simple list when I did, apparantly. Many apologies, no slight intended. —JabberWokky
2007-03-15 19:10:03 In fact, my concurrent comment on IRC to that chunk of edits was "< JabberWokky> Either I'm doing a zillion really really crappy edits, or being half-out of it on medication helps my wiki editing skills." Guess that one fell into the really really crappy side 'o the pile. —JabberWokky
2007-03-16 12:11:14 Hi! I'll take a stab at more info for the Geology section. First thought is that the Sutter Butte's aren't really part of Yolo County, though are part of our "region". —RocksandDirt
2007-03-17 17:45:21 Howdy, Nick... any chance you could provide a photo for Fruitless Mulberry? —JabberWokky
2007-03-29 02:06:23 RE: Your Edit on Elections— I'm pretty sure that it is only for undergraduates, not members of ASUCD. For example, BrentLaabs is paying the ASUCD fee, which makes him a member of ASUCD, but he is a grad atmospheric science student, and cannot vote in ASUCD elections (at this time). However, I am pretty sure he is currently taking a lawsuit against the association in order to enfranchise himself. —MaxMikalonis
2007-03-29 10:52:39 I think my boy scout troop (192) had a feud with yours for a long time. Always fighting for first place or whatever (Baden-Powell) at the camporees. I think 192 is dead now. —BradBenedict
2007-04-30 23:13:57 Hey, my UCD login still works. I don't know which letter from Ruth Williams you're referring to but hopefully this Newsbank link will work for you. —AndrewChen
2007-05-08 18:20:00 How did you do that Schmalen? Thats good work! Hit me in like 2 weeks as the holes in my mouth from the wisdom teeth removal will be healed and we will kick it... —StevenDaubert
2007-05-10 07:07:42 I don't know anything about the building, but they probably referred to it as "the lodge hall" or "the temple." —WilliamLewis
2007-05-10 07:09:09 You might ask TarZxf. —JabberWokky
2007-05-15 12:49:09 Don't worry about it. Thanks for adding my pic though. I appreciate it. (: —HeatherFlood
2007-05-16 18:16:10 I like the delayed response —StevenDaubert
2007-05-27 01:46:23 that would be tight, I will hit you up —StevenDaubertwe should turn this into a lolwtfwikieatery run
2007-05-29 07:57:30 it's looking thurs morning ish —StevenDaubert
2007-06-05 01:50:22 We should chat it up on 2 m or something soonish (that is, when I'm done writing these infernal term papers). I need an excuse to dust off and use that HT that's just sitting in my backpack. —WilliamLewis
2007-06-15 14:26:56 I mildly prefer the "I ♥ maia" title, although I think the "I Heart maia" format should be a redirect for search and link purposes given that many people don't know how to type in unicode. If I recall correctly, I just picked whichever was easier to restore, since there was a catfight about it this morning and both got deleted in the scuffle. I was fixing the zillion stupid edit wars and was concentrating on preserving content. I may have just restored it to the previous version to be less antagonistic about the restoration of the entry. I figured it could be discussed after the reverts and vandalism was cleaned up. —JabberWokky
2007-06-16 11:51:03 Now I just need you to provide an example of something not found in Davis. 
—JabberWokky
2007-06-17 13:19:18 I linked to the schools entry at the top of campus because I couldn't think of any Davis local areas referred to as campuses. Most corporate research facilities I've been to are called campuses, as are most daycares. Any others you can think of? —JabberWokky
2007-07-27 02:11:29 hello nick, please consider contibuting to my project: Heystek's Pothole Project thanks! —LamarHeystek
2007-07-28 14:54:08 http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?&showtopic=102082&view=findpost&p=1641110
lawl we killed girl genius online by owning the bandwith allocation —StevenDaubert
2007-10-04 21:25:25 Thanks for catching my mistake on the Big Lots page. I added the West Sac location, so my directions make more sense now. —NumiaCairaguas
2007-10-14 18:04:48 You wrote, "the toad tunnel goes into the dog park." Yes, I realize that, but does it make sense to suggest that one parks in the Toad Tunnel? Perhaps there's a better way to indicate the connection between the Park and the Tunnel? —CovertProfessor
2007-10-28 18:20:39 Thanks, Nick, for editing my page! I need to get better at the wiki links rather than going the easy http route! —RichLindvall
2007-11-04 15:29:57 I've been away for a while so meybe you've had a chance to catch up -__- —StevenDaubert
2007-11-07 11:22:28 Nick, I am somewhat new to editing Daviswiki. I work at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis and wanted to make sure that the information about the church on Daviswiki is accurate and accessible. I looked at the other spiritual organization pages and took their lead as far as what information to include and how. This morning I looked again and saw that you have rearranged my section headings and a few other things. Is there some reason that I can't have the sections in the order I had them? I read through the instructions, and tried to make the information as easy to read as possible, but now that you've rearranged them, I am left wondering why. Please e-mail me to let me know if there are wiki conventions I should be aware of, otherwise I plan to make future changes as I see fit. Thank you. - Mandy Dawn (UUCDstaff) office@uusofdavis.org —UUCDstaff
2007-11-16 00:27:55 In answer to the question you posed on the Safeway page: yes, I think the State Market and Harvest Market pages can be merged. Harvest Market was the final incarnation of State Market. I'm not sure why they added "Harvest" to the name, but it was the same people running it (the Gees). Sniff. I miss George. —robinlaughlin
2007-11-16 00:32:09 Yikes. No idea why your last comments are underlined. I couldn't see any weird code. I'm wondering if the previous poster's name (with all those u's) did some voodoo. —robinlaughlin
2007-11-28 17:25:48 Hey Nick, Chris from Cal.net here. Sorry for the dazed look on my face when you walked into the office today. I was in a paperwork trance. Just wanted to drop a note and say hi, awesome to meet a fellow Wiki user. —ChrisThompson
2007-12-12 20:53:26 how can you not like ender's game? my second day of reading and i'm almost done. talking about the battleroom, the net, arguing online, playing computer games, it's all keeping me from putting the book down. i can see why orson scott card finds chess to be dull (according to his introduction). trying to figure out how to win the battles is so much more fascinating! —JessicaRockwell
2008-02-22 12:57:39 I think the Christopher Cabaldon page could be copied and pasted into the westsac wiki. But, it's pertinent on the DavisWiki because he's running for the 8th assembly district, which also covers Davis. I'll put the wikipedia link in there too. —brandonhkey
2008-03-20 11:53:56 Schmalen, do you have 2 mobo jumpers by any chance? —StevenDaubert
Yeah, I do, I try to strip them off any trash I see. Call me and come over sometime. —NickSchmalenberger
2008-03-23 00:44:08 It was nice meeting you today! :) —ScarlettYing
2008-03-24 01:51:15 I would concur wholeheartedly —StevenDaubert
2008-03-24 21:21:49 Cool link, thanks. I buy that sugar does not cause hyperactivity, but that's not what was needs evidence. The critical questions is whether, during a malnourished all nighter, sugar will quickly bring your alertnesss to a normal level at a rate quicker than lipids, complex carbs, wookies meat, etc. —CraigBrozinsky
2008-05-12 21:17:53 Wow, that was really harsh. She was very happy with her new look. —Davidlm
2008-07-15 10:17:38 As a mater of fact, I would. —MasonMurray
2008-08-22 11:24:48 I'm glad someone appreciates good taste! My classmates sure don't. To answer your question, it wouldn't be funny if I said it. They are all on my computer. I can wreak all kinds of havoc with one press of a button. You can find them online. —CurlyGirl26
- Sadly in high school I used to say them —StevenDaubert
2008-08-22 12:12:43 there is a rather extensive soundboard. There is also a site that has the vast vast majority available for download, I had damn near all of them before I lost the HDD —StevenDaubert
2008-09-07 17:14:20 All People Suck Trains Now Daubert Pissoff —StevenDaubert
2008-09-15 17:38:59 Thanks :) —ElleWeber
2008-09-17 13:57:48 Hi, the lake in my pic is Josephine Lake in Glacier National Park. —ChelseaAyers
2008-10-02 07:32:30 what up Schmalen! Shouts —StevenDaubert
2008-10-15 08:28:03 Hey, not sure where you got the info about the bubonic plague but, if you have the reference handy, you might check for hantavirus as well. These days bubonic plague is pretty trivial to treat, but hantaviruses aren't so treatable. The rodents I'm familiar with (Mus, Peromyscus, etc) carry it and it's a pretty common warning and topic among people who raise rodents. It usually comes up in discussing rescues of wild rodents. I have no idea if squirrels carry it, but if so, it (and the plague and rabies notes) should probably go up into the entry. —JabberWokky
2008-10-15 12:14:54 Hello, Fellow Wikian and Davisphile! I enjoyed your company at dinner last night. Good of you to come! —CurlyGirl26
2008-10-15 12:20:23 Oh and I"m with you on the UCD politics. Seems like every time someone farts in the ASUCD, it gets recorded somewhere here on the wiki. —CurlyGirl26
2008-10-26 13:10:19 could be down, but I have plans of liasing with other wikians later tonight... —StevenDaubert
2008-10-27 09:52:16 yeah it was hella packed when I strolled... I would be down, except the eatery is effing dead brah... —StevenDaubert
2008-11-04 07:45:10 personally I enjoy the where is waldo style with cartman interspersed... —StevenDaubert
2008-11-04 08:41:58 No Hitler image posting please, much less spam. —EdWins
2008-11-04 09:11:47 Lemme guess... you were trying to invoke the "Hitler" rule to stop the flaming. —CovertProfessor
2008-11-08 17:31:15 King of pedantry! (And a good place for a link, to boot). —JabberWokky
2008-12-18 05:58:22 Thanks Nick. I'm not a fan of Flash either, especially that movie he has, but what you are looking for is exactly what he does. Most of the people in this industry talk about "experiences" because the system itself changes from customer to customer, but he could probably be more specific. He spoke to me about a couple of his past customers and it would probably be useful to discuss those on the Web site, with pictures. —condemned2bfree
2008-12-19 05:21:00 Hey, i would post that on the Facebook even page. I'm actually not in town and have nothing to do with the event. —Chibi
2008-12-19 05:22:13 Woot for Fables! it's an awesome comic! —Chibi
2008-12-19 22:23:49 You must have me mistaken...I have not edited that page. —EliseKane
2008-12-27 23:27:00 hi Nick, Jabberwocky showed me what edit you were referring to; I thanked him for clarifying. I did indeed make that edit. Boy, that was a reallllly long time ago but I remembering making it because that bit of info was completely irrelevant to the entry. Hope this clears that up for ya! —EliseKane
2008-12-27 23:40:38 My reasoning is that someone's personal anecdote about being dropped off at a store to wander around without any money to spend has nothing to do with Fry's Electronics. Entries should remain uncluttered because their purpose is to provide information to the wiki public in a straightforward, mainly factually-based manner. —EliseKane
2008-12-28 14:35:53 TO: Mr. Nick Schmalenberger CC: JabberWocky
Mr. Schmalenberger, I would appreciate it if you didn't get belligerent in your messages to me. It is offensive and unproductive toward our main cause, which is improving the wiki. I love Davis, as do you, so it would be in our best interests to treat each other with respect. Note that it is in conflict with Wiki Ethics to use "confrontational speech."
You mention that I removed the portion of the article "just because you don't like it". This is a false assertion, per my explanation for you as to why I edited that entry (see comment above). If that is your interpretation of my reasoning, I apologize that you misunderstand me so vastly.
You state that "the idea of pages having a purpose of informing the wiki public is BS." It is my opinion that you have missed the [overarching objective] of the wiki. I am also afraid that you have neglected to read the Wiki Introduction, which states that the wiki is "a place for sharing, listening, learning, growing and exploring," and that it is "a place to record Davis culture, places, [and] spots." I fully agree with your AND the wiki Intro's sentiment that "what the wiki contains and means is up to you. As a general rule you should contribute content you think will be helpful or insightful to others, but even this rule can be broken at times."
In removing Marie Huynh's anecdote, my objective was only toward improving the entry as a whole, and not toward removing a humanizing aspect of the entry. I still maintain that Huynh's anecdote is less of a humanizing aspect of the entry and more of an irrelevancy for the fact that it is NOT informative, as would be Jabberwocky's example of "there are particularly nice smelling flowers on the slope outside the store." (see Jabberwocky comment for reference.) Do what you will with the Fry's page, however, because you clearly have a very deep attachment to Huynh's comment whereby you felt it necessary to contact me.
As for your citation of my Orgasmatron page, I am flattered that you expended such effort to find a page I created so as to back up your argument, because this gives me the opportunity to share with a fellow Davis-lover a great piece of town trivia: It just so happens that the Orgasmatron's sign has been up since the 1970s and was the location of all California Aggie photographic production pre-digital technology (note that this is a "place" or "spot" in Davis, as the Wiki Intro states). There are, of course, secrets about the room that I am not at liberty to divulge because they remain classified except for those in the know at The California Aggie. In essence, this page exists because as you say, "I can relate to [the] text from my own experiences." —EliseKane
2009-01-23 10:45:31 Hey, Nick. I think the restaurant you're talking about used to be A&W Rootbeer. They had carhops and a bench or two. In the late summer the bench would be swarming with yellow jackets. When I was a kid we used to get gallon jugs of rootbeer that they had for take home. Mmmmm. There was a space next to the barber shop that was a record store that had used records and it was a natural food store for a while that was operated by Bob Black who became mayor and later a county supervisor or something like that. The natural food store moved over by the hardwars store on G street in the building with the mural that faces the hardware store parking lot. —JohnBaker
2009-01-23 10:58:07 Guseppie's Restaurant was on the same side of the street farther east down Olive Drive from Slatter's Court. The Calori's house was behind it. It had an outdoor dining area, I think, and there's probably something else in the same building now. It had a bar inside, too. I imagine that big cork oak tree is still there, too. Can't tell you for sure because I've been living in Chicago for about 30 years and haven't been back to Davis but a few times. —JohnBaker
2009-02-08 01:27:40 8D —BreeButler
2009-02-08 17:53:58 pokity! (was making some nice changes on my user page that i think you'll a ppreciate, when i noticed that you were prolly online) —Chibi
2009-02-09 02:06:14 o.0 the pic scared me at first as it was loading _ You look pretty, oh so pretty! i'm sad i missed the thriftstore run, but i had Mage LARP. but i'm DEFINATELY going to Japantown! —Chibi
2009-02-26 14:15:24 no prob; I noticed it was missing from the list! —EliseKane
2009-03-09 06:59:40 I was up around 4 as well, what were you doing up? —StevenDaubert
2009-03-12 12:22:03 Typical paperclips probably don't have enough mass to toss far enough. I'd go with a binder clip. Other than the smallest ones, you should be able to hit a NAT enabled router. —JabberWokky
2009-03-24 18:25:42 Well, I saw the addition about you on the sex page and had to add to it. I mean, I don't think that you want people chasing you down to cut your hair off, right? —Jteeples
2009-03-26 22:29:20 I could try, and if I did I would be successful. However, I do not wish to. I'm a guy, and I think my Fiancee wouldn't like it very much. But thanks for the offer. —Jteeples
2009-04-28 09:50:08 Hey nick, just thought I'd drop by and give you a wave. *wave* —MasonMurray
2009-05-01 05:29:54 Okay. —JabberWokky
2009-05-21 02:17:00 Yelp is a fake site? Their wiki entry talks of some criticisms, but I wasn't aware that there was a widespread problem with them. That's not to say that I've ever used them or care about them, I just didn't know there was such rancor about them. —JoePomidor
2009-05-25 13:24:40 Kudos on the nice incorporation of Google street-view. Kudos! KUDOS!!!! —TheAmazingLarry
2009-06-12 11:44:04 um... because I am a davis student and resident and huge contributer to the Davis community, as well as the sole organizer of this event, and additionally because it's being cosponsored by KDVS, i think it's perfectly acceptable that it is on the daviswiki. last time i checked this was a free community of helpful information. Most of the people vendoring at this are from Davis and it would be useful for them to know.
So, yes, I will add it to the sacto wiki, but I'm keeping it on here as well —SharmiBasu
2009-06-16 18:53:02 and after linking it will people be able to find us when they look up salons and barbershops? sorry really not used to this wiki thing. haha —HollywoodtheBarber
2009-06-16 22:47:32 Thanks for your comment. I agree with conventions, including this one in general, but felt this was a minor and appropriate exception. There are, to my knowledge, no cute penguins in my computer. —DonShor
2009-06-17 11:07:54 Thanks so much for your help. like i said its very much appreciated brotha! have an awesome day! —HollywoodtheBarber
2009-07-13 02:07:47 Thanks for the clarification. —BlueDot
2009-07-30 07:50:55 I actually use Ubuntu - my first foray into Linux, I wanted to start 'simple,' idea being to get some grasp of it before possibly venturing off into other varieties. Figured I had used every version of Mac OS and just about every Windows incarnation (including making ME stable!), so I should at least give Linux a shot. Of course, I haven't had much time to play with it, but I get a few minutes here and there to teach myself more. —BrettHall
2009-08-22 12:37:40 Thanks:) You should come check them out. —Ravenwolfmoondragon
2009-08-25 13:09:14 That would be super-awesome. But I'm not getting SC2 at least not until someone releases a good hack for LAN gaming. —MasonMurray
2009-08-27 09:54:38 No kidding. Probably the worst thing that they could have done too, that was one of the main features of SC. Supposedly it's go "Cut down on piracy," or some such. An interesting note, since you didn't know that... if you want to play on Battle.Net, your CD key is tied to your account, so if you get Perma Banned, your CD key gets banned, not just the account you were using. —MasonMurray
2009-09-11 15:35:05 were you talking about the no lan support for starcraft 2? it's pretty awesome isn't it —StevenDaubert
2009-09-11 22:29:11 Thanks for catching the spam on Irvine Wiki. Work has made it difficult to monitor and update the wiki these last several months. —Mateo
2009-09-14 18:54:25 Best to avoid these places. They all sell spoiled milk (often with real strawberries!). —JabberWokky
2009-09-15 11:16:19 Do you know for a fact that Green Lady Landscapes is a landscaping service? I realize it is linked from the landscaping page, but last night I was trying to get those pages in order. I moved one landscape architect from the landscaping page to the new landscape architects page. If you don't know for sure which it is, we should probably restore my question to the page. —CovertProfessor
2009-09-15 18:52:27 Great, thanks! —CovertProfessor
2009-09-17 23:34:47 Good catch. I did a search on the page, but I guess I stopped too soon and didn't see the other text on La E. —robinlaughlin
2009-09-20 13:54:38 Thanks, Nick! I agree...sometimes, I am so in awe with the fact that I can even eat food that I actually forget to eat it. And I just stare at the food in all of its glory. And then when the hunger becomes unbearable, I eat it. I'm glad that you and I are on the same page, haha! :) —kthrnngo
2009-09-22 23:13:30 Nick, WTF? You should ask before reverting -assume a person has a good reason to make a change. Take a look at 'Campus Lecture Halls' and tell me what you see there! -SteveDavison —SteveDavison
2009-09-23 02:47:22 If you need a citable reference, I have a published book for travelers, "Daytripping Sacramento", that calls it Chem 194. :) —JabberWokky
2009-09-23 04:00:32 go to sleep Schmal —StevenDaubert
2009-09-23 04:37:39 I wasn't being very serious (in fact, if I were, I'd have headed downstairs to go check the title and get the author). Your point is valid, but I'm more irked by the lack of redirects that connect common and formal names. That way the namespace would carry both forms without data duplication. That's what they are for, anyway... pointers to the same data by multiple labels. There is precedent, however, for names being the most commonly known official form rather than the proper formal form. I remember it coming up at least twice (and a third time as a side issue during the whole Solidarity thing). Looking for official use via a quick Google search (and skipping over dozens of Registrar uses, as they shorten names anyway), I can find it in Dateline, UC Davis Magazine and a couple hundred other ucdavis.edu pages. Certainly not the formal name, but used by authoritative sources. With the odd "if it doesn't have a link to it, kill the redirect!" tendency around here, there's little incentive to add a formal/informal pointer to the actual content, and readers would likely be more confused than enlightened by the full, formal title. (Yes, I'm stating a viewpoint of the situation more than making an argument for or against anything; there's no real "correct" solution here, IMO... you are right, and they are also right by practical use. My preferred method that would make room for both isn't currently supported by the editing community). —JabberWokky
2009-10-12 06:32:13 Because it was referring to the Woodland Starbucks. There is a link higher above that is referring to Davis Starbucks already. I thought it pretty clear. —RyanMikulovsky
2009-10-18 01:06:45 Thank you!! —VeronicaBruno
2009-10-19 17:04:58 Thanks for the offer! I'm actually really busy right now, since I've just started working full time for the first time in my life, and also I managed to hyperextend my knee, so I haven't been doing a lot of hiking, but I will try to get in touch when I have the time and ability to be a bit more mobile. —JoePomidor
2009-11-03 08:55:00 You might want to help KristinApril with Luci's Salon. —JabberWokky
