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This section of my personal web pages is mostly a catch-all for the miscellaneous bits of personal disclosure that don't fit into the framework above.
If you're wondering if I'm the same "Don Hosek" you knew at some point in the past, it's possible. So far no one has sent me an e-mail asking me if I was who they thought I was and been wrong.
The following Don Hoseks are me.
- The insane bicycle commuter
- The guy who knows obscure Jewish folk legends. But I insist, I never posted to alt.fan.kali.astarte.inanna
- The teacher of improv to flute players
- The literate programmer
- The reviewer of type books
- The choral singer
- The internet pioneer (yes, that's right 1986)
- The fan of serious discussion of religion on television
- Typographic advisor to anthropoligists
- Animaniacs fan and trivia explainer
- Some guy has decided to write a song about me. Very strange. I don't remember writing the e-mail in question, but it sounds plausible that I did.
Since my first post on 21 April 1986, I've been spotted in the following news groups. I'm not sure what inspired me to post in some of these groups. Because posting to usenet has become increasingly spam-bait, my Usenet participation is close to zero these days, and so this list represents more a historical record of interests than a contemporary record.
- alt.acting
- alt.america.online
- alt.audio.pro.live-sound
- alt.bass
- alt.california
- alt.cellular
- alt.conspiracy
- alt.dcom.telecom
- alt.disney.disneyland
- alt.drugs.pot
- alt.fan.blues-brothers
- alt.fan.cecil-adams
- alt.fan.conan-obrien
- alt.fan.la-radio
- alt.fan.madonna
- alt.fan.unabomber
- alt.flute
- alt.folklore.computers
- alt.folklore.urban
- alt.guitar
- alt.guitar.amps
- alt.guitar.bass
- alt.guitar.rickenbacker
- alt.guitar.tab
- alt.hemp.politics
- alt.internet.services
- alt.mountain-bike
- alt.music.4-track
- alt.music.billy-joel
- alt.music.genesis
- alt.music.makers.available-wanted
- alt.music.makers.electronic
- alt.music.midi
- alt.music.peter-gabriel
- alt.music.saxophone
- alt.music.synth.kurzweil
- alt.music.who
- alt.neo-tech
- alt.online-service.compuserve
- alt.perl
- alt.philosophy
- alt.politics.usa.republican
- alt.postmodern
- alt.prose
- alt.prose.d
- alt.psychology.personality
- alt.publish.books
- alt.rock-n-roll
- alt.skinheads
- alt.snail-mail
- alt.society.generation-x
- alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs
- alt.true-crime
- alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer
- alt.tv.homicide
- alt.tv.law-and-order
- alt.tv.newsradio
- alt.tv.seinfeld
- ba.general
- ca.driving
- ca.general
- ca.politics
- chi.eats
- chi.forsale
- chi.general
- chi.internet
- chi.jobs
- chi.media
- chi.places
- chi.politics
- chi.wanted
- comp.archives
- comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
- comp.compilers
- comp.databases.paradox
- comp.databases.sybase
- comp.databases.xbase.fox
- comp.fonts
- comp.graphics.apps.pagemaker
- comp.graphics.apps.photoshop
- comp.human-factors
- comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
- comp.infosystems.www.authoring.misc
- comp.infosystems.www.browsers.misc
- comp.infosystems.www.providers
- comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
- comp.infosystems.www.users
- comp.jobs
- comp.lang.asm370
- comp.lang.c
- comp.lang.c++
- comp.lang.c++.moderated
- comp.lang.javascript
- comp.lang.pascal
- comp.lang.perl
- comp.lang.perl.misc
- comp.lang.perl.modules
- comp.lang.postscript
- comp.lang.rexx
- comp.mail.uucp
- comp.org.eff.talk
- comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.compatibility
- comp.os.msdos.programmer
- comp.os.os2
- comp.os.os2.advocacy
- comp.os.os2.apps
- comp.os.os2.misc
- comp.os.os2.networking.tcp-ip
- comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
- comp.os.os2.setup.misc
- comp.os.vms
- comp.programming
- comp.programming.literate
- comp.publish.prepress
- comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- comp.sys.mac.printing
- comp.sys.next
- comp.text
- comp.text.desktop
- comp.text.frame
- comp.text.pdf
- comp.text.sgml
- comp.text.tex
- comp.unix.programmer
- comp.unix.shell
- dfw.personals
- fa.typography
- fido7.guitar
- gated.mysql.misc
- humanities.design.misc
- humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare
- la.forsale
- la.eats
- la.general
- la.personals
- la.transportation
- mailing.database.myodbc
- mailing.database.mysql
- mailing.database.mysql-win32
- microsoft.public.win32.programmer.mapi
- misc.books.technical
- misc.consumers.house
- misc.invest.financial-plan
- misc.job.contract
- misc.entrepreneurs.moderated
- misc.legal
- misc.transport.rail.americas
- misc.transport.urban-transit
- misc.writing
- misc.test
- net.micro
- netcom.general
- news.admin.net-abuse.email
- news.admin.net-abuse.misc
- news.groups
- rec.arts.books
- rec.arts.disney
- rec.arts.movies
- rec.arts.movies.current-films
- rec.arts.movies.past-films
- rec.arts.startrek
- rec.arts.startrek.current
- rec.arts.tv
- rec.audio.pro
- rec.autos.driving
- rec.autos.tech
- rec.beer
- rec.bicycles.marketplace
- rec.games.backgammon
- rec.games.diplomacy
- rec.games.pbm
- rec.games.playing-cards
- rec.music.beatles
- rec.music.cd
- rec.music.makers
- rec.music.makers.bands
- rec.music.makers.bass
- rec.music.makers.choral
- rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic
- rec.music.makers.marketplace
- rec.music.makers.piano
- rec.music.makers.saxophone
- rec.music.makers.songwriting
- rec.music.makers.synth
- rec.music.misc
- rec.music.progressive
- rec.music.theory
- rec.parks.theme
- rec.pets.cats
- rec.running
- rec.travel.usa-canada
- sci.classics
- sci.crypt
- sci.lang
- sci.lang.japan
- sci.psychology.personality
- sci.psychology.psychotherapy
- sci.psychology.research
- sci.psychology.theory
- sci.skeptic
- sci.stat.math
- sdnet.general
- soc.culture.arabic
- soc.culture.jewish
- soc.culture.slovenia
- soc.libraries.talk
- soc.religion.christian
- soc.singles
- soc.singles.moderated
- va.politics
The following Don Hoseks are not me.
- Don Hosek, the non-violent offender
- Don Hosek, the Charles Mix County Highway Superintendent
- Don Hosek, financial advisor to physicians
My fiancée has her own XML and XQuery development website.