The TMD Community Help Directory

[Hi-Val]

There was a thread in the old forums like this, decided to bring it back. I know we have teachers, lawyers, computer programmers and Generally Attractive People here.

What are you an expert at that TMDers can turn to you for help on?

Can you hook up a TMDer with special rates and stuff from your job?

Are you able to put up a TMDer if they're in town?

I bring this up because I had some ballbreaking calc problems last week and thought that though TMDers are a brilliant bunch and there are probably some people who could help me, I didn't know who to ask. If you have got a skill or ability or even a floor to sleep on, post about it!

I have degrees in Philosophy and History, so I can answer questions about either if someone has work to do on them. I am an LSAT prep course teacher right now and I can give you solid advice on improving your test score if you are planning on taking the LSAT. I also know a lot of really random and general knowledge stuff. For example, I can advise you on getting pots on center on a pottery wheel, how to make embroidered chain stitches go in a straight line, how to silkscreen, make a miter box, remove ball-point pen ink from clothing or blend watercolor paints.

Basically, if you have an arts or crafts question, I can probably answer it.

So what about you? How can YOU help TMDers?

(A note: saying what you do = good. Blatant advertising = bad.)

[Mith]

I'll be a M.D in less than six months, and I'll be starting my General Surgery residency. If anyone has medically-related questions or concerns, they can PM me and I'll answer them to the best of my knowledge. I won't get people free prescriptions, but I can advise on just about any medical issue.

So free medical advice for now...and in ~7year, I'll give a discount on Plastic Surgery to whoever can find me and remember my username on TMD  :lol:

[Klep]

I'm a grad student of Computer Engineering at Va. Tech, so I can help with schoolwork in that field (including circuit analysis), and since I have a single-occupancy dorm, I may be able to put a couple of people up if you're passing through on your way to somewhere that matters.  I'm also one of those people who knows something about everything, so there's always the chance I might know the answer to a random question.

[Dr. Sylvan]

I'm currently a sophomore at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. My dorm room's kinda micro-sized and full of roommates, so crash space is a negative for this year.

I'm mostly useless, but I'm good for talking to about analyzing data trends or humanities essay topics. I also have some pretty good research tools at my disposal and practice using them, so if you're looking for information, I'm there (the internet and DrS are like this ||, and I have, count them, TWO bookstacks passes to the largest public university library there is).

In terms of expertise, political theory and the US government are things I tend to know a lot about.

[Kowal]

I'm a freshman at Holyoke Community college, which obv means I can't teach you any new skills, except at how to be lazier (where the lesson is clearly me doing nothing and you following my lead.)

Crashing space is easy to get though.  In Western MA for a weekend?  Drop me a line.  I'm living in a house that's mostly empty right now, but after I move I won't have a roomate, so you can crash there too, assuming there's space still.

[Jacob Orlove]

If you need stuff hosted on the internet, I have about 2 Gigs of space.

[jpmeyer]

If you need an asshole intellectual, I guess I'm your man.  Or if you need help with some translations or something.

[Azhrei]

I know grammar so well that I used my knowledge of English to improve my Latin grade, and not the other way around.

I'm a very solid writer and know a good amount about literature and decent amount about film.

I have studied metaphysics, ethics, and world religions.

I am fairly solid with a rapier and knowledgeable about knife-fighting.

[wuaffiliate]

I'm good at destroying the hopes and dreams of people i dont like. I can also hold more alcohol than most mortal men. How useful.

[iamfishman]

I bring this up because I had some ballbreaking calc problems last week and thought that though TMDers are a brilliant bunch and there are probably some people who could help me, I didn't know who to ask. If you have got a skill or ability or even a floor to sleep on, post about it!

I teach Calc I and II at The Gilbert School in Winsted CT.

Email me, IM me, or PM anytime!

Ray

[The M.E.T.H.O.D]

yea so my dad owns a couple of pharmacies and I work at a regional office for staples.

So I can get anyting wholesale/discounted, ranging from games/technology to food, medicine, smokes, and alcohol.

[Eddie]

I'm an embedded software engineer on the Trimedia / Nexperia Philips DSP. I'm particularly good at TSSA chain and MPEG4 encoding and streaming. So if anyone needs help on this, PM me.

I also did some Windows programming, but I bet there are better TMDers around for that.

Edit: I speak Dutch, French and some German. So, If you don't understand Morefling or Toad when they talk in their native language, you can ask me to translate.

[Pyromaniac]

for what it's worth with a bucn of card-cucking weirdos: I've just finished a bachelor degree in Chemistry, so if people need any help with stuff like this, I can probably help you.

[Bram]

If for some unfathomable reason you would be at a loss for deeper understanding of the generation of renewable energy, I'm your man. Also: PM me for anything concerning The Netherlands. I like to think of myself as an ambassador :-P

[kl0wn]

I'm a cabdriver in Binghamton NY. If you can figure out how I can use that to hook a brother up, then I've got a whole friggin' box of cookies for you.

[theorigamist]

I'm now a student at the University of Chicago, and through some random quirk in the housing system, I may have been left in a large double with no roommate.  It may not last (they might reassign somebody into my room), so I can't absolutely promise this, but if I'm going to SCGChicago, and I'm still without a roommate, I could provide a place to crash.

Although, if the crashers had a car, that would be awesome.  I'm not entirely sure how I'm planning to get to SCGChicago.


Oh, and obviously I can fold even better than the French under pressure.  So if anybody has any questions about origami, or requests, I'll see what I can do (PM me).

[rvs]

If you need someone told they suck, I'm your man.

ROFL!! - Bram

[Vegeta2711]

I can draw things better than stick figures.

And Photoshop stuff.

Yep. That's about it.

[TracerBullet]

Printer questions come to me.


Additionally, if anybody's looking to party, hang out in, or just come and visit LA, lemme know.  I'll show you what's up.

[Sylvester]

My parents own a hotel in the Old Quebec. If you want a cool (ok...cold) place for christmas, i'm pretty sure we can arrange something.  Nice weather, smallish historical part, ski-friendly, and good clubs & nice women... oh and "europe on the cheap" according to [random chic magazine] :/ (and more tourist-friendly..we're used to hearing Americans/Ontarians butchering French, so you can safely try using what you remember from HS to impress your SO

[dandan]

I'm your man for Slovak language questions (works for Czech, Polish, Croat, Serb although with far worse results).
I also have a big house and a holiday cottage if anyone visits northern Slovakia, for example to ski, hike in the mountains and drink beer for 50 cents.
I am also a Mechanical Engineer so I can tell you to use a different grade of steel if your robot falls apart. As a mechanical engineer in Slovakia I can confirm that structures that use huge amounts of concrete appear to be robust although might offend from the aesthetic point of view.
Finally I have an eight-year old iguana who appears healthy despite being severely underfed for the first 3 years of his life (before I got him as a birthday present for my wife). If you have acquired an iguana, drop me a line.
I am also your man if you are a frustrated Wizards employee who is tired of fighting the good fight to allow Portal in Type I. I will cheer you up and send you back into the fray. - Edit - VICTORY. Now I can use even worse cards in my decks!!!

[rvs]

I am also your man if you are a frustrated Wizards employee who is tired of fighting the good fight to allow Portal in Type I. I will cheer you up and send you back into the fray.

I issue a challenge to you Daniel, to not mention portal and how it should be included in everything in your posts for the next month. I am 100% confident you cannot succeed.

[dandan]

I'll set Bram and TOPIC onto such off-topic posts.

Go a month 100% on-topic and I'll go a month without mentioning Portal (I'll be quiet soon anyway, when they allow it).

[rvs]

I'll set Bram and TOPIC onto such off-topic posts.

Go a month 100% on-topic and I'll go a month without mentioning Portal (I'll be quiet soon anyway, when they allow it).

You, my friend, have got yourself a deal.

T.O.P.I.C. operatives are watching you, my friend  - Bram

[TheBrassMan]

Not that it's *useful* per se, but I work at "Lazer Gate" in Fall River, MA,  if anybody in New England's looking to kick back and play a few free games of Lazer Tag, just gimmie a PM.  

Also, I definitely have some crash-space available in Providence, RI, and I generally don't mind giving people rides to tournaments, etc.

[Clown of Tresserhorn]

Yeah, um....so I live in Denver, CO and I'm currently a junior at Colorado School of Mines...M major is applied mathematics, so if any of you have troubles with calc, diffeq, or linear algebra, shoot me a PM.

Also, I plan on going to med school shortly.

btw, orgamist, where do you live? Me and Godot are headin' out to SCGchi-town and I'm pretty sure we can give you a lift.

If anyone heads out to CO, give me a holler. I'll show you the ropes and take ya'll skiing at the most famous resorts for basically nothing (my parents own a cabin in Vail, plus I know mad peeps that work at Keystone, A-basin, and breck)!

[Machinus]

I am a junior, physics and math major at UNC Asheville. I have had advanced courses in bio, organic, and chem, so basically I am a huge science nerd. I need help getting into graduate school though. I haven't failed the physics GRE yet but that is coming up next semester. I also love philosophy and spend large amounts of time reading and talking about it.

[Gandalf_The_White_1]

Well, I can't compete with all of your post-secondary education...yet, as I'm in grade 12 this year.  I also live with my parents so crashing space is out of the question.

Im a lifeguard, however, and have thus have knowledge about water rescue and basic first aid (My official qualifications are First Aid/CPR, Bronze Cross, and NLS certification if the specifics matter).  Not sure how this is useful, though...

I would consider myself both a literary and scientific nerd; maybe that counts for something .

Other than that I, umm, well, play magic and have a great sense of humour!!!

Edit: Oh and also I'm a Canadian so I can spell colour like this.

[Ric_Flair]

I am a lawyer, admitted to the bar in NH.  I have some knowledge about criminal law, employment law, labor law, con law, intellectual property, and a teeny bit about contracts, torts, and real property.  I also know an unhealthy amount about philosophy, though that is likely to be useless.  I have a video camera that I try to bring to every event so say "Hi" if you want.  I am always willing to playtest, but probably can't host folks because the Mrs. works on Saturday.  If you need help in any of the legal areas above I can give you some guidance but advice is limited for ethical reasons (the whole attorney client relationship formalities).

[Bram]

I'm a licensed stockbroker so I can give basic information about the market how stocks/bonds/mutual funds work etc. I can't give advice (that would cause me to lose my licensing probably), but I know a lot of the inner workings of the market are difficult and information about how to read financials, what some of the abbreviations or strange rules about the market could help someone.

Also I have a degree in Finance so if anyone has a basic accounting economic, finance question I'd be happy to help with that too.