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I think the first thing you might notice about my web pages is that they're rather simple. Well, for a person that spent two years as a "webmaster", you might think that I'd have all of the latest javascript, or macromedia flash animation, PHP scripting, or the like on my pages. In most cases, I'd love to. However, I don't have the time to learn most of these things, let alone the creativity to put them to use. My role as webmaster was in the "pioneer" days of the internet - 1995-1997. "Hey!" you say, "wasn't that before Al Gore invented the Internet?"

In truth, I was an something of an internet pioneer. While I worked for Penn State University's York Campus (you can visit my web page there, as I still donate time to the campus), I got plenty of experience in using the Internet and with TCP/IP in general. For 2 years, I was the campus's LAN administrator. Actually, we had 3 LANs - 1 Token-Ring (bleah!), and 2 ethernet (thin-net). This was from late 1986 through 1989! I learned on 3Com's Ethershare, and then 3+Share (the fore-runner to 3+Open, which later was renamed Microsoft Lan Manager when 3Com sold out of the NOS market). I also learned Banyan ViNeS on that horrid Token-Ring. Banyan was way ahead of the curve with their software, and it was a shame they eventually failed. What they had in 1987 with global directories and server integration was still better than where Microsoft is today!

Anyway, I don't yet have much yet to publish here. I will not publish personal stuff, such as where I live, my phone number, email address etc, because I get enough spam already - all types. However, my interests are another matter.

And just what is it I'm interested in?

Well, cars for one. And what guy can say he's not? Anyway, I'll need to devote an entire page to that!

Continuing with the "guy" theme, I can't leave out my firearms collection. For obvious 'security' reasons (my own), I won't publish the specifics on this web site. My friends know what I have, and that's really all that needs to know.

I'm also a fan of comics and animation. I've devoted an entire web site to my all-time favorite comic - Bloom County.

Science Fiction. I watch movies, TV, read books, and collect various things related to those movies and TV shows. Years ago, I started collecting the new Star Trek Next Generation toys that were coming out. Over the years, that collection grew to be rather massive.

Technical Geek Stuff

Well, after all, it is what I do for a living. I'm a rather well-rounded (I'm not talking about my physique either) individual when it comes to my computer skills. I've basically done it all, from user/desktop support, LAN/Server support, Enterprise networking, and security.

Building a bootable Solaris CD. Quick reference on building a Sol 2.6, 7, or 8 (possibly 9) bootable CD. Yes, you can even build a Sol 8 bootable CD.

How to effectively block P2P services with your Cisco router. I've spent a lot of time on this where I work since we have a lot of people that seem to think that US GOVT property is actually free for their own personal (and sometimes illegal) activities.

Coming soon: my efforts to integrate Solaris into a Win2k environment using Kerberos authentication. I know somebody else has probably done it, but if they have, they're not writing about it. I will.

Updated 10/31/2002 - because it was about time.