Why is this page here?

Well, this page was created with the intention of being 'to the point'. Come here, read/get what you want and move on with life. Plus, it's a handy way to store my work so that others can view it.

How did you create this web site?

VI and validator.w3.org. All HTML and CSS2 code written on this web site will have NO warnings or errors. This web site was tested with IE 6.0, Mozilla 5.0, Opera 7.01, and Lynx. If you're having difficulty viewing this web page, I suggest that you upgrade. Of course, if you're really that desperate to come here and it's not displaying properly, I'll gladly accept a 12-pack of Mt. Dew, Coke, family size cans of Chef Boyardee Ravioli, or a 6-pack of Red Stripe beer... oh, and money is nice :P

Why is this page primarily text?

Because I like really simple interfaces. If I have to wait a year and a day just to browse some web page that I probably won't be coming back to, then there's a good chance I won't be going to it in the first place :)

What operating system(s) do you use?

At home, I use Debian GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, while at work I just use Debian. I used to use RedCrap...err RedHat Linux, but I finally convinced my boss into letting me use something else; I r happy.

What are some of your interests?

• User interface design
• Modern architecture
• World of Warcraft. I go by Occulte or Saluss on the Spirestone server.
• Proper programming techniques (some call this, Security Programming)
• The C programming language
• Italian food, Italian food, and Italian food
• Electronic music (trance, acid jazz, a bit of break beats, and a lot of progressive types as well)
• Linux system administration
• Various forms of visual art (sculpturing, charcoal sketching, and photography)

Here's a very short list of technical books that I own (this hasn't been updated in a long time. I'll get around to it eventually.)

• UNIX Network Programming, 2nd edition, Volume I - Richard Stevens
• Programming in ANSI C - Stephen G. Kochan
• TCP/IP Network Administration, 2nd edition - Craig Hunt
• DNS and BIND, 4th edition - Paul Albitz and Cricket Lio
• Teach Yourself C++ in 21 days -- Jesse Liberty
• Running Linux -- Matt Welsch, Kalle Dalheimer, and Lar Kaufman
• Programming the Perl DBI -- Alligator Descartes and Tim Bunce
• Learning Perl -- Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Phoenix
• MySQL and Perl for the Web -- Paul DeBois
• Essential System Administration -- Aeleen Frisch
• New C Primer Plus -- Mitchell Waite and Stephen Prata
• Engineering Statistics, 2nd edition -- Montgomery, Runner, and Hubele
• Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation, 2nd edition -- Hopcroft, Motwani, and Ullman

Books I want

• TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume I -- Richard Stevens
• TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume II -- Richard Stevens
• The C Programming Language -- Kerningham and Richie
• Elements of Network Protocol Design -- Mohamed G. Gouda
• Programming Perl -- Wall, Christiansen, and Orwant
• MySQL and mSQL (Nutshell Series) -- Randy Jay Yarger, George Reese, and Tim King

You're still reading this?

What's wrong with you? Ah, you must be really bored.