Welcome my user page. You probably got here by accident. :)

AtholM is a contraction of my real name, Athol Mullen.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Engineering

This user participates in WikiProject Highways.

This user participates in WikiProject Australia.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Automobiles.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Skepticism.

Please note that, while I have a range of interests and am affiliated with several wikiprojects, my contributions are fairly random as I simply don't have time to deal with all the things that interest me.

en This user is a native speaker of the English language.

AU This user speaks Australian English.

This user comes from Australia.

UTC+10 This user's time zone is UTC+10.

I live in Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia. The timezone here varies. The normal timezone is UTC+10 but it changes to UTC+11 during daylight saving times, which applies from late October to early March.

This user is an engineer.

UoN This user is a student, or graduate, or staff of the University of Newcastle.

BE This user has a Bachelor of Engineering degree.

This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues.

LPG This user uses vehicles that run on low polluting autogas

This user is skeptical of anthropogenic global warming.

This user supports exporting coal from Newcastle.

This user is interested in maps.

This user believes that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is as likely as creationism.

This user has a hex monitor configuration

C-2 This user is an intermediate C programmer.

for-3 This user is an advanced Fortran programmer.

This user does not smoke.

I'm:

• born in 1969 so you can work out my age without me having to edit it every year
• a degree qualified mechanical engineer specialising in certifying the modification of road registered motor vehicles

• a member of The Institution of Engineers, Australia
• a Chartered Professional Engineer
• a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, Australasia
• a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, International
• a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

• married with an adult son
• a long term linux user, having used Slackware since about version 2.0
• a qualified motor mechanic
• very interested in getting roads built or upgraded to improve traffic conditions
• interested in improvements to railway services to reduce traffic on the roads
• a political moderate who is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia

My image gallery is on Wikimedia Commons.