Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 19:12:11 GMT Server: NCSA/1.5 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 09:24:12 GMT Content-length: 4963 Keeper's Home Page

Steven Fought


They say that heaven
is like TV.

A perfect little world
that doesn't really need you.

And everything there
is made of light.

- Laurie Anderson, Strange Angels


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I have just started my third year as a graduate student in the Computer Sciences Department. I was a TA for the first two weeks, but since then I've supported myself by taking care of a variety of machines, with varying degrees of success.

On the graduate student side, I've never been published, nor have I ever done anything impressive. If by some miracle I pass my prelim, my research will add up to a hill of beans or, more likely, fizzle out before any results are obtained. This will probably leave me as a junior-level programmer creating kiosk front-ends in Visual J++ until primitive AI systems leave me permanently skill-free.

To my surprise, about a year ago I discovered I was gay. This was especially surprising because I wasn't that convinced I was alive. Those who know me well would probably argue that my being gay is no proof of my being alive. Anyway, you might want to read my thoughts on being a hedgehog.

The only way of contacting me is by electronic mail or pager. I am not reliably at any specific location and often work from home. If you would like to see me in person, write me and we can set something up. My address is keeper@cs.wisc.edu. If it becomes clear you'll want to contact me on short notice, I'll give you my pager number.

Various creations:

Coming when hell freezes over, at this rate: