User:Captmondo

Captmondo
A late-50's-ish guy living in London, Ontario, in Southern Ontario.

I work as a Senior Manager for Technical Documentation at a certain semiconductor firm, and have long been an expert in the Darwin Information Typing Architecture. I am also a published author of four computer-oriented titles (a couple of books on HTML and then another two on CSS). More recently I have contributed a chapter on the development and spread of DITA to an academic book on technical writing. I have also been a long-time lecturer on Information Architecture at the University of Toronto's School for Continuing Studies. I hold degrees in English and a Masters of Public Administration, all from Queen's University, Kingston. Other than a brief stint with the Federal government in the early 90s, I have worked primarily in the technology sector. I also worked on one of the earliest Canadian commercial Web sites in the early 90s (Delrina).

I have been a contributor to articles relating to the subject of Ancient Egypt, which has long been a hobby of mine. I am also interested in Canadian numismatics, which is woefully under-represented here on Wikipedia, and something I plan to work on. I also have interests in Astronomy, History, specifically Canadian, Torontonian, Roman, British and British Commonwealth, as well as the history of language and science.

Of late I have decided to turn my attention to Canadian numismatics and pre-Confederation tokens, an area that only had a few stub articles on the subject before I started making additions.

I am also an avid photographer and like making additions to Wikimedia Commons. My current cameras of choice are a Olympus PEN E-PL5 and my trusty Olympus E-620 DSLRs. Whenever I go on business trips, if there is something I can take a few pics of in order to help illustrate an article for Wikipedia, I'll bring my camera along and deliberately take a few photos in order to help out. A gallery of the images I have shot and uploaded can be found here:. Chances are that if I am not making contributions here in the English Wikipedia, I am working on something in Wikimedia Commons.


 * My contributions

Canadian Numismatics
Articles created:
 * Blacksmith tokens
 * Bouquet sou
 * Habitant token
 * Joseph Leroux
 * La Banque du Peuple (translated/copyedited from French Wikipedia article; needs more work)
 * Magdalen Island penny token
 * Pierre-Napoléon Breton
 * Robert Wallace McLachlan
 * Vexator Canadiensis tokens
 * Howland Wood (an American, but notable for his monograph on the Blacksmith tokens)

To create:
 * The Brock Coppers
 * Lesslie and Sons Tokens
 * Sloop Token
 * Bust and Harp Tokens
 * Ships Colonies & Commerce Tokens
 * Eugene Courteau
 * Bank of Montreal Sideview Penny or just Sideview Penny
 * Bank of Montreal Front View Halfpenny or just Front View Halfpenny

Contributions

 * All of Captmondo's article creations

Featured Articles

 * Ahmose I
 * Delrina
 * Rosetta Stone

Good Articles

 * McLaughlin Planetarium

"Awards"
The Original Barnstar

The Million Award

Ancient Egyptian bibliography
These are the source materials I have readily at hand from my personal library. Since I often reference this material in the articles, it makes some sense to have it all in one place. It also means I don't have to re-type my references to the full each and every time. ;-)


 * Adams, Barbara and Ciałowicz, Krzysztof M. Protodynastic Egypt . Shire Egyptology. 1988. ISBN 0-7478-0357-9
 * Adkins, Lesley and Roy, The Keys to Egypt: The Obsession to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs . Harper Collins. 2000. ISBN 0-06-019439-1
 * Aldred, Cyril. The Temple of Dendur . The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1978. (No ISBN)
 * Amenta, Alessia (Ed.) The Treasures of Ancient Egypt: From the Egyptian Museum in Cairo . Rizzoli Art Guides. 2003. ISBN 0641777329
 * Bagnall, Roger S. Rathbone, Dominic W. Egypt: From Alexander to The Copts . The British Museum Press. 2010. 0-7141-1952-0
 * Baker, Darrell D. The Encyclopedia of the Egyptian Pharaohs, Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty (3300-1069 BC) . Bannerstone Press. 2009. ISBN 0977409449
 * Berman, Lawrence, Freed, Rita E., and Doxey, Denise. Arts of Ancient Egypt . Museum of Fine Arts Boston. 2003. ISBN 0878466614
 * Booth, Charlotte. The Hyksos Period in Egypt . Shire Egyptology. 2005. ISBN 0-7478-0638-1
 * Brier, Bob. Egyptian Mummies: Unraveling the Secrets of an Ancient Art . William Morrow and Company, Inc. ISBN 0-688-10272-7
 * Brier, Bob. Houdin, Jean-Pierre. The Secret of the Great Pyramid . 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-165552-4
 * Burleigh, Nina. Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt . 2007. ISBN 978-0-06-059767-2
 * Cannuyer, Christian. Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile . 2001. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 978-0810929791
 * Carter, Howard. The Tomb of Tutankhamen . Excalibur Books. 1972. 0-525-70101-X
 * Clayton, Peter A. Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt . Thames & Hudson. 2006. ISBN 0-500-28628-0
 * D'Auria, Sue. Lacovara, Peter. Roehring, Catharine H. Mummies and Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt . Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1988. ISBN 0-87846-303-8
 * David, Dr. Rosalie. Mysteries of the Mummies: The Story of the Manchester University Investigation . Cassell London. 1978. ISBN 0-304-30233-3
 * Davies, W. V. Egyptian Hieroglyphics: Reading the Past . University of California Press. 1997. ISBN 0-520-06287-6
 * Davis, Theodore M. The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou: with The Funeral Papyrus of Iouiya . Duckworth, 2000. ISBN 0-715-62963-8
 * Dodson, Aidan. Afterglow of Empire: Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance . The American University in Cairo Press. 2012, ISBN: 978-9774165313
 * Dodson, Aidan, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation . The American University in Cairo Press. 2014, ISBN: 978-977-416633-4
 * Dodson, Aidan, Amarna Sunrise: Egypt from the Golden Age to Age of Heresy . The American University in Cairo Press. 2009, ISBN: 978977416304-3
 * Dodson, Aidan. Egyptian Rock-cut Tombs . Shire Egyptology. 1991. ISBN 9-780747-801283
 * Dodson, Aidan. Nefertiti: Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt . The American University in Cairo Press. 2020, ISBN: 978-977-416-990-8
 * Dodson, Aidan. Poisoned Legacy: The Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian . The American University in Cairo Press. 2010, ISBN: 978-977-416-395-1
 * Dodson, Aidan. Rameses III King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife . The American University in Cairo Press. 2019, ISBN: 978-977-416-940-3
 * Dodson, Aidan. Sethy I King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife . The American University in Cairo Press. 2019, ISBN: 978-977-416-886-4
 * Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0-500-05128-3
 * Dodson, Aidan and Ikram, Salima. The Tomb in Ancient Egypt . Thames & Hudson. 2008. ISBN 978-0-500-05139-9
 * Doss, Latif and Besada, Asham. The Story of Abu Simbel . Longman Group Ltd. 1973. ISBN 0-582-76116-6
 * Dunand, Francoise. Lichtenberg, Roger. Mummies and Death in Ancient Egypt . Cornell University Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-8014-4472-2
 * Emery, Walter B. Archaic Egypt . Penguin Books Ltd., 1972 (reissue). ISBN 14-020462-8
 * Ellis, Simon P. Graeco-Roman Egyptian . Shire Egyptology. 1992. ISBN 9-780747-801580
 * Fazzini, Richard A., Romano, James F., and Cody, Madeleine E. Art for Eternity: Masterworks from Ancient Egypt . Brooklyn Museum of Art. 1999. ISBN 0-87273-139-1
 * Forbes, Dennis C. Tombs, Treasures, Mummies: Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology . KMT Communications, Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-879388-00-7
 * Hamilton-Paterson, James and Andrews, Carol. Mummies: Death and Life in Ancient Egypt . Penguin Books Ltd. 1978. ISBN 0-1400-5266-6
 * Hankey, Julie. A Passion for Egypt: A Biography of Arthur Weigall . I.B. Tauris. 2001. ISBN 1-86064-566-6
 * Harris, James E., Weeks, Kent R. X-raying the Pharaohs . Charles Scribner's Sons. 1973. ISBN 684-13016-5
 * Hawass, Zahi. Valley of the Golden Mummies . Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 2000. ISBN 0-8109-3942-8
 * Hölbl, Gūnther. A History of the Ptolemaic Empire . Routledge. 2001. ISBN 0-415-23489-1
 * Hope, Colin A. Egyptian Pottery . Shire Egyptology. 2nd Ed. 2001. ISBN 0-780747-804949
 * Houdin, Jean-Pierre. Khufu's Pyramid Revealed . Abydos Publications. 2010. ISBN 977-17-7768-8
 * Hutchinson, Warner. Ancient Egypt: Three Thousand Years of Splendor . Grosset and Dunlap. 1978. ISBN 0-448-16350-0
 * Jackson, Kevin. Stamp. Jonathan. Building the Great Pyramid . Firefly Books. 2003. 1-55297-719-6
 * James, T.G.H. Egyptian Paintings . The Trustees of the British Museum. 1985. ISBN 0-674-24153-3
 * Johnston, Paul. The Civilization of Ancient Egypt . Weidenfield and Nicolson. 1999. ISBN 0-297-82464-3
 * Killen, Geoffrey. Egyptian Woodworking and Furniture . Shire Egyptology. 1994. ISBN 0-7478-0239-4
 * Lehner, Mark. The Complete Pyramids . Thames & Hudson. 2008 (reprint). ISBN 978-0-500-28547-3
 * Malek, Jaromir. In the Shadow of the Pyramids: Egypt During the Old Kingdom . The American University in Cairo Press. 1986. ISBN 977-424-1871
 * Noblecourt, Christiane Desroches. Ramses II: An Illustrated Biography . Flammarion. 2007. ISBN 978-2-0803-0043-0
 * Oakes, Lorna. Gahlin, Lucia. Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohs . Hermes House. 2002. ISBN 1-84477-008-7
 * O'Connor, David. Abydos: Egypt's First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris . Thames & Hudson. 2009. ISBN 978-0-500-39030-6
 * O'Neill, John P. Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids . Yale University Press. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1999. ISBN 0-87099-907-9
 * O'Neill, John P., Ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egypt and the Ancient Near East . The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2005. ISBN 0-300-09837-5
 * Parkinson, Richard. The Rosetta Stone: British Museum Objects in Focus . The British Museum Press. 2005. 978-0-7141-5021-5
 * Peck, William H. Egyptian Drawings . E.P. Dutton. 1978. ISBN 0-525-09691-4
 * Partridge, Robert B. Faces of Pharaohs: Royal Mummies and Coffins from Ancient Thebes . The Rubison Press. 1996 (Reprint) ISBN 0-948695-32-3
 * Quirke, Stephen. The Cult of Ra: Sun-Worship in Ancient Egypt . Thames & Hudson. 2001. ISBN 0-500-05107-0
 * Redford, Donald B. Egypt, Canaan, and Israe; on Ancient Times . Princeton University Press. 1992. ISBN 0-691-03606-3
 * Reeves, Carole. Egyptian Medicine . Shire Egyptology. 2001. ISBN 0-7478-0127-4
 * Reeves, Nicholas. Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet . Thames & Hudson. 2005. ISBN 0-500-285527
 * Reeves, Nicholas. The Complete Tutankhamun . Thames & Hudson. 1990. ISBN 0-500-27810-5
 * Reeves, Nicholas. Wilkinson, Richard H. The Complete Valley of the Kings . Thames & Hudson. 1997. (Reprint) ISBN 0-500-05080-5
 * Roberts, David. A Journey in Egypt . Casa Editrice Bonechi. 2004. ISBN 978-8880291107
 * Robins, Gay. Egyptian Statues . Shire Egyptology. 2001. ISBN 0-7478-0520-2
 * Roehrig, Catherine H., Ed. Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh . The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2005. ISBN 1-58839-173-6
 * Romer, John. A History of Ancient Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid . St. Martin's Press. 2012. ISBN 978-1-250-03011-5
 * Romer, John. Ancient Lives: The Story of the Pharaohs' Tombmakers . Phoenix Press. 1984. ISBN 1-84212-044-1
 * Rose, Mark (Ed). Archeology Magazine: Secrets of Ancient Egypt . Hatherleigh Press. 2004. ISBN 9-781578-261598
 * Russmann, Edna R., Strudwick, Nigel., James, T.G.H. Temples and Tombs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from The British Museum . University of Washington Press. 2006. 0-295-98618-2
 * Russmann, Edna R. Eternal Egypt: Masterpieces from the British Museum . University of California Press. 2001. ISBN 1-885444-19-2
 * Seyfried, Friederike. (Ed.) In the Light of Amarna: 100 Years of the Nefertiti Discovery . Michael Imhof Verlag. 2012. ISBN 978-3-86568-848-4
 * Schoske, Sylvia. Egyptian Art in Munich . Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst. 1993. ISBN 3-87490-565-9
 * Schultz, Regine. Seidel, Matthias. (Eds.) Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs . Könemann. 1998. ISBN 3-8331-1104-6
 * Shaw, Ian. Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction . Oxford University Press. 2004. ISBN 0-19-285419-4
 * Shaw, Ian. Exploring Ancient Egypt . Oxford University Press. 2003. ISBN 0-19-511678-X
 * Shaw, Ian. The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt . Oxford University Press. 2000. ISBN 0-19-280458-8
 * Shaw, Ian and Nicholson, Paul. The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt . Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1995. ISBN 0-8109-9096-2
 * Siliotti, Alberto. Guide to the Valley of the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples . A.A. Gaddis & Sons. 1996.
 * Smith, G Elliot The Royal Mummies . Duckworth Egyptology. 2000 (Reprint from original 1912 edition). ISBN 0-7156-2959-X
 * Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . 1960. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 60-13944
 * Spencer, Jeffrey. et al. The British Museum Book of Ancient Egypt . The British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0-7141-1975-5
 * Stewart, Harry M. Egyptian Shabtis . Shire Egyptology. 1995. ISBN 0-7478-0301-3
 * Teeter, Emily. Ancient Egypt: Treasures from the Collection of the Oriental Institute University of Chicago . Oriental Institute Museum Publications. 2003. ISBN 1-88592-325-2
 * Tooley, Angela M. J. Egyptian Models and Scene . Shire Egyptology. 1995. ISBN 0-7478-0285-8
 * Trigger, B.G. Kemp, B.J. O'Connor, D. Lloyd, A.B. Ancient Egypt: A Social History . Cambridge University Press. 2001. (Reprint) ISBN 0-521-28427-9
 * Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt . Thames & Hudson. 2006. ISBN 0-500-05145-3
 * Tyldesley, Joyce. Cleopatra: Last Queen Of Egypt . Basic Books. 2008. ISBN 0-465-00940-9
 * Tyldesley, Joyce. Egypt: How a Lost Civilization was Rediscovered . BBC Books. 2005. ISBN 0-563-52257-7
 * Tyldesley, Joyce. Egyptian Games and Sports . Shire Egyptology. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7478-0661-5
 * Thomas, Angela P. Egyptian Gods and Myths . Shire Egyptology. 2001. ISBN 0-85263-788-8
 * Thurston, Harry. Island of the Blessed: The Secrets of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis . Doubleday Canada. 2003. ISBN 0-385-25969-7
 * Uphill, Eric P. Egyptian Towns and Cities . Shire Egyptology. 2001. ISBN 0-85263-939-2
 * Vinson, Steve. Egyptian Boats and Ships . Shire Egyptology. 1994. ISBN 0-7478-0222-X
 * Verner, Miroslav. The Pyramids: The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments . Grove Press. 2001. ISBN 0-8021-3935-3
 * Walker, Susan. (Ed.) Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth . The Trustees of the British Museum. 2001. ISBN 0-7141-1943-1
 * Waxman, Sharon. Loot: The Battle Over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World . Times Books. 2008. ISBN 978-0-8050-8653-9
 * Weeks, Kent R. The Lost Tomb: The Greatest Discovery at the Valley of the Kings Since Tutankhamun . Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1998. ISBN 0-297-81847-3
 * Wildung, Dietrich. Egyptian Art in Berlin: Masterpieces in the Bodemuseum and in Charlottenburg . Verlag Philipp von Zaber. 1996. ISBN 3-8053-1631-3
 * Wilkinson, Richard H. The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt . Thames & Hudson. 2003. ISBN 0-500-05120-8
 * Wilkinson, Toby. Genesis of the Pharaohs: Dramatic New Discoveries Rewrite the Origins of Ancient Egypt . Thames & Hudson. 2003. ISBN 0-500-05122-4
 * Wilkinson, Toby. Lives of the Ancient Egyptians . Thames & Hudson. 2007. ISBN 978-0-500-05148-1
 * Wilkinson, Toby. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt . Random House. 2010, ISBN 978-0-553-80553-6
 * Wilson, Hillary. Egyptian Food and Drink . Shire Egyptology. 2001. ISBN 0-85263-972-4
 * Wilson, Penelope. Sacred Signs: Hieroglyphs in Ancient Egypt . Oxford University Press. 2003. ISBN 0-19-280299-2
 * Winlock, Herbert E. Tutankhamun's Funeral . The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-16735-1
 * Ziegler, Christiane. The Pharaohs . Thames & Hudson. 2002. ISBN 0-500-05119-4

A selection of new articles created

 * Ankhhaf (which was a "Did You Know?" article)
 * Behenu
 * Blacksmith token (my first Canadian coin/token article)
 * CBC Museum
 * The Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour
 * Deja Voodoo (Canadian band)
 * Delrina (which became a Feature Article)
 * El Mocambo
 * Embalming cache
 * Émile Amélineau
 * Hemaka
 * Here Come the Seventies (radio show)
 * HyperACCESS
 * Khaba
 * Gilmour's Albums
 * The Irrelevant Show
 * Laugh in a Half
 * Metamora (shipwreck)
 * Mayall's Object (my first wholly-new astronomy-related article)
 * McLaughlin Planetarium (which is now considered a Good Article)
 * Mr. Interesting's Guide to The Continental United States
 * The Norm
 * O'Reilly on Advertising
 * Paleozoological Museum of China
 * Reserve head (which was a "Did You Know?" article)
 * Running with Scissors with Mr. Interesting
 * Tefnakhte
 * The Debaters
 * The Younger Lady (mummy) (which became another "Did You Know?" article)
 * Waubuno (my first shipwreck article)
 * What A Week
 * WireTap (radio program)
 * Template:Hiero/5Fold

As for the username: I created a fictional superhero by that name for a bunch of radio comedy spots I did for CFRC back in the late 1980s, and adopted it for personal use since that time. ;-)