I can help with editing instructables and with layout problems. I like editing. :D

Yeah, new topics could get messy... Anyway, I'm great for Greasemonkey scripts (:P) I'm very knowledgable about math (Algebra, Trig, Calculus) and a few programming languages (JS/Python/C) I'm also good with computer problems, although I'm running linux, so its hard for me to fix Windows problems...

So people post 'help me' topics in Volunteers, and they get answers from experts?

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. I'm one of those jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none types, like Goodhart. I know the general principles behind a lot of things, but the details about very little. . As a child I built things like a SW radio (tubes), walkie-talkies, &c. Had a nice Erector set that I used a lot. . My first "real" jobs were as a Pipeline Mechanic and a Mechanical Maintenance Technician, working on pumps and valves, doing some welding, trained to fight LPG fires in the former and working with pumps, valve, glass piping, and high-purity Bromine and Br compounds in the latter. . I then changed careers and spent ~14 years as an Electrical & Instrumentation Technician at a hazardous waste incinerator. Worked with all sorts of control loops, including high temp (2000+degF), pressures from inches of water to 10K+ psi, flow, etc. Got a lot of experience with PLCs (small computers designed for process control), DCSs (mainframe computers designed for process control), and desktop computers. . Been using computers since 1972. At one time or another I have written small programs in BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, HyperTalk, 6502 assembler, 8088 assembler, JS, and several others. And have forgotten most of what I learned. I was the co-writer of a AppleBASIC program that handled billing for small water utilities. I mostly worked on optimizing the existing code (including converting the sort routines to 6502 machine language) and error-checking/fault-tolerance. I even managed to make a few $100 off the deal. Do a lot of volunteer computer work for local organizations and ppl that can't afford a real computer tech. . Up until I had heart surgery, I was a voracious reader (ex used to make fun of me for reading the dictionary while sitting on the toilet heehee) and have yards of reference books on the shelves. "It's not what you know that matters so much as it is what you can look up in a hurry" - forget who said that, but I always lived by it. . Over the years, I've dabbled in photography (had a small darkroom for B&W), sailing, auto mechanics (have rebuilt engines, trannies, carbs, &c. Working on a '67 Mustang now), and a bunch of other stuff. . I was a working partner in a local dialup ISP and learned a bit about networking, &c. I was Webmaster, Forummaster, cable installer, did some tech support, and any other technical jobs that the paid help couldn't handle. . Been online since 300 baud was the norm. Forget when I first got on the 'Net but it was sometime in the late '70s or early '80s. Taught an Internet class for the instructors at a local junior college for a few semesters. . Do NOT ask me to prognosticate! When we got a new 33MHz '386 at work, I told a co-worker that I thought computers had gotten about as fast as they were going to get. I also told my Internet students not to spend too much time learning to use Mosaic as all those pictures took up too much bandwidth and it would never catch on - Lynx works perfectly well. . OK. That's me. Left out a lot of stuff, but y'all are probably bored with all this. . PS: I'm not afraid to make a guess, but try to say so when I do.

Ok, well if you will have me, a relatively newbie on board, when I am online, I could be of general service on a lot of different subjects: A kind of jack of most trades, master of very few, type.

Plus I have a personally created degree in researching things odd ;-) or old (especially electronic "stuff".

Should some one start a new thread about what peoples areas of expertise are, or is everyone just posting that here?

If somehow you need a photographer's help, that's what I'm best at. I also have a very mechanical mind..if that will ever come in handy to you.

ill join, although I'm not really an expert at anything, but i can provide help in videography or just ideas for various projects.

Lets see, I am decent with electronics, computers, C++, history, creativity for DIY-ness. All off the top of my head.

Oh Yeah! You did it! Perhaps people should post here on what areas they are knowledgeable at instead of creating new topics? Hmmm.... I'm good at, um, er, uh.........oh! Spelling and grammar, some math, Internet researching, and, well, that's about it. I enjoy technology and science, but there are plenty more people on here more knowledgeable than me on those subjects. Hope this helps people out!

Well I'm here to help with anything electronic (keep it fairly basic), any computer issues people are having as long as they are willing to describe the fault in full, and all things Internet. Don't be afraid to ask if you have an issue ;-)