kimnach.org 

Multiculturalism is a euphemism for national division.

I opted for Betamax, the world for VHS; I for Amiga, the world for IBM clones.

--it's an e e cummings thing

Welcome to my nightmare, I think you're gonna like it......wait, let's try that again because I used that in my last website version.

2018 ushers in a totally updated version of my website, which had its last major revision ten or so years ago when TWC took over Adelphia in the Greater Cleveland area.  (There have been very infrequent updates to individual pages.)  It remains simple and unadorned: As in 1997 with my first website on ExchangeNet, I maintain that a website having a cacophony of colors, a see of blue splattered with red text, and spinning visuals for the sake of nothing more than, well, spinning text is all useless.  I will incorporate (i.e., copy and paste) a lot of the text to save typing with which I still have much trouble capitalizing.  And these pages will include old pages with little alteration from the original.  For example, my y2k pages from 1998 (remember how the world was going to fall into complete chaos at the stroke of midnight on 1 January 2000?), Charlton Heston's speech at Harvard, and my thoughts on multiculturalism and computers in the classroom remain.

The focus of kimnach.org remains family.  I am maintaining this site primarily as a repository of family history (most of which you cannot see), information exchange, and multimedia--all of which require massive amounts of storage.  Yes, there's facebook, but I am not enthralled with social media and the pitfalls of it.  (My wife and kids are still amazed--she sometimes miffed--how little I text and that I use it for geeky things only.)  Some familiar information will be publicly available on this site, while most family-related multimedia will be available to only those having a password. 

As in older revisions of my website, this is not to say that this website is myopic: I will add other information here.  For example, my "lofty goals," for which I still do not seem to have time, will be included here. (Will I ever have time?)  These goals include, for example, the math and engineering tutorials and on-line compound miter calculator with 3D visualization.

One other point: If you cannot understand something then it's probably because it's written poorly, written in Hungarian, or poorly written in Hungarian:-)  I still type fast, so capitalization and grammar will suffer.  (For years my sig files on forums and e-mails has had "it's and e e cummings thing" due to my inability to capitalize.)  Compound that with switching between two languages (i.e., software mapping of an English-101 keyboard) and we'll just have to see what the results are.  Just send me an e-mail asking for clarification.  Also, for now I shall have Hungarian text on the same page as English--this will eventually change to completely separate pages.

The index for this site with active and To Be Done (TBD) links:

• Family Pages
• Kimnach family tree (publicly accessible) / Kimnach-családfa (nylvánoslapok)
• Kimnach family pictures and multimedia file sharing (password protected) / Kimnach-család képek és audiovizuálisfilek osztozás (jelszóvédett).  
  Family members and friends may request a password below. Note that this is only for family, friends, or acquaintances with whom I am familiar. If you are potentially family, friend, or acquaintance, the provision of a password is strictly up to me after you have provided necessary and sufficient information.
  
  Ismerõs családtagnak és barátoknak szivessen kiadom jelszót. Ismeretlen vagyonís potenciális családtagnak kiadom jelszót, feltéve elégségessen bebizontya kimnach-származatást vagyonis barátsággát.

• Home Automation and security.  These pages deal with the application of  X10 and Insteon products in my house.  I use Active Home Pro as the programming/automation tool.

• Woodworking and Yard/House Projects. These pages will include some information about the construction of my pole-building (as a reference for some contemplating how-to and "what" to or not to build), some of my projects, tutorials/calculators, etc.
• My PCs.  Remember that in this context "PC" stands for "Personal Computer" and not "x86 on Windoze," "Politically Correct," "Powder Coated," "Poly-Carbonite," "Pretty Cool" (which my Amigas are!), or many others.
  
• 3D Printer.  I purchased a Folgertech FT-5 Rev2 in October 2017.  As of 13 January 2017 it's not quite done, but I will detail its assembly and use.  (The primary reason for the purchase was to upgrade the bezel in my IROC to accommodate two touch screens.)
• 1988 IROC-Z pages which detail
• Mechanical and body
• My wife and a buddy of mine planned and executed the "theft" of my car to repaint it.
• Sub-frame and strut tower brace
• The 2017 season is the first, since purchasing the car, that it had not been out on the road.  That's what happens when an engine is pulled and rebuilt.
• Audio system
• Stereo and sound dampening
• The carputer as it was originally installed, currently stands, and future update plans

• Music.  While I am just old enough to have seen many rock bands in their prime (e.g., Led Zeppelin in 1977) or bands on the rise at a number of World Series of Rock concerts that I attended from 1976-80, I have not liked much music which has come out post-1990.  Until now that is: My older son had me listen to Volbeat this past summer.  Great music!  How great, you may ask?  Well, I made the mistake of placing the Volbeat tracks on my wife's USB stick in hear car and.......that's all she's been listening to since November 2017.  Michael Poulson's voice is absolutely hypnotic.
• Betamax.  Yessir, "i opted for Betamax, the world for vhs...." was a longstanding line in my sig file and, while the world and I have gone digital, that was the best consumer analog format.  From our first top-loading Betamax in 1978 to my ED Beta VCRs, I have had roughly 20 different models.  I describe many of them here.
• NASA related stuff.:  Just visit NASA.GOV for all sorts of great info, multimedia, and student & teachers' guides.

• Miscellaneous stuff.  Some will be limited access, others publicly available
• Rocklords.  I owe it to Ben (our mascot, of the Fantastic 4) to find pictures and videos of our softball team......oh, the parties!  These pages are private also just e-mail me for a password.   
• Going through some old pictures, I came across some  of the Hungarian Theater and Dance Company of Cleveland (member 1977-85) and Csárdás (member, 1995).  Both groups performed Hungarian folk dances.  I'll scan some and post them here.   
• My favorite breed of dog is the Komondor.  Our "baby girl," Zsa Zsa, is pushing 15 years.  Here I have a link to a booklet which my younger son wrote, when he was in third grade.  Also, if I find the original usenet post on grc.talk, I will post that also.
  

Lastly, these pages are or have been created using a suite of tools over the years.  Some pages were created on my Amiga 2000 or 4000 with a text-editor (gold-ed) or Metal-web. Other pages may have been or are created on my Windoze box, using a text editor, HotMetal 4 (archaic), or BlueGriffon.  I had finally reached the point many years ago where the tool (i.e., computer platform or software package) I use isn't that important.....But you'll still have to pry my Amigas out of my cold, dead hands:-)

Questions, broken links, comments, concerns?

e-mail me, Greg Kimnach (non-hyphenated American)

You are young for a short time only, but you can be immature for a lifetime.

portions this website were last updated September 2009 September 2011 (wow, 2-years!) 2018(wow squared).

in memoriam sobrinusa meus, csiky péter, 1958 - februar 2003

édesapám, kimnach lajos, emlékére 1938 - augusztus 2003