ATT Cable modems, OT: Looking for a job
basher584
basher584@usol.com
Thu, 06 Jul 2000 10:49:50 -0400
Ben Pfaff wrote:
> basher584 <basher584@usol.com> writes:
>
> > [...] Ben
>
> Hey, *I'm* the Ben around here, dammit.
> But seriously, care to introduce yourself?
>
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Ok.. just remember, you asked for it.. :)
My Name is Benjamin Noggle and I have lived in MI my whole life.
My first program was on a TI99/4a when I was eight - It was a simple
text game I copied out of some magazine some-place and added some fancy
coloring..
My first linux distribution was RH 5.0.. So I think I have been using
linux for about two years now. I instantly fell in love with linux
(and UNIX in general) and after 6 months I determined I had everything
that I needed in Linux and ditched MS win..
I Recently graduated from Eastern Michigan University w/ a decent GPA
and have been working part time at a Tier II automotive company. I
moved here to live with my long time girlfriend..
While I was at the company I successfully setup a Linux box as a small
public DNS and e-mail gateway. (Amongst writing end-user applications,
system applications, maintaining the manufacturing database, and doing
system administration)
Two of my favorite programs I have written in linux using C/C++ (for
school).. First was my simple parser for my 'finite automata' class
(Which I had to port to the win environment which was simple..) and
second was my user shell for my 'Systems Programming' class (which was
all linux..)
I am a programmer by nature.. I like all programming languages.. (I
haven't used them all.. but will.. :) C and C++ is definitely fun..
I use a GUI most of the time, and my WM of choice is Enlightenment ( I
tried sawfish/mill with Gnome 1.2 but it corrupted my display.. and
Enlightenment has never done that to me (a stable release anyhow..))..
Plus Enlightenment seems very UI efficient.. a lot of intuitive keyboard
short-cuts.. (along with some other non intuitive.. but...).
My text editor of choice has been JED, but I have been using VI more and
more...
I haven't made any presentations at WLUG because of work-load and
school, but hope to at GLLUG sometime after things get settled down.
Actually, I was lucky if I got to attend the WLUG meetings because
school almost always conflicted with it.. But I was active on the
mailing list.
Other: I like to bike, play pinball and go to movies..
There.. that was a little bit of me, linux, and misc stuff. Anything
else? I can't think of anything..
Oh almost forgot. my web site is www.basher584.org.. but I don't have
anything functional yet..
I am planning on attending the next GLLUG meeting so hopefully I will
put some faces to the names..
Cheers,
Basher584