[vox] Re: Hello (Gandalf Parker)

[Nick Schmalenberger]

On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 12:00:07PM -0800, vox-request at lists.lugod.org wrote:
> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:50:45 -0800 (PST)
> From: Gandalf Parker <gandalf at any1can.net>
> Subject: [vox] Hello
> To: vox at lists.lugod.org
> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0702241130030.6018 at any1can.net>
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> 
> Not sure if intros are appropriate but I told some people Id let them know 
> when I got in. I will try to be brief...
> Gandalf Parker (yes I will show my ID if I get to a meeting).
> Vacaville, CA
> retired USAF
> 
> Been using Linux since its birth, using Unix before that, was on the 
> internet before it was called internet.
> 
> Was part of the birth and death of community.net (dont hit me)
> 
> Presently running 2 servers. Debian stable and unstable. Web, email, most 
> services, and an ancient MUD.
> 
> Also my present love/hate is a game called Dominions 3. Its a non-free 
> linux, windows, mac game. Unimpressive graphics/sound but VERY deep 
> strategy. Mythological/Fantasy armies. And it has pages of command-line 
> switches which screams for being linux hosted with email and web 
> interfacing.
> 
> Banging my head on ImageMagick and YaBasic, mostly for interfacing web/cgi 
> with the above game. Other places Im involved at that you might know: 
> Meetup.com, CafePress.com, ShrapnelGames.com, Sonic.net (I wont list my 
> own many domains here)
> 
> Im not sure if I can get to the meetings. Im the daycare providor for my 
> handicapped son. Im afraid that he sets my schedule and I often cannot 
> RSVP since I cant be sure if I can come until the last minute.
> 
> I will accept emails at the address mentioned on this post (and a couple 
> dozen other domains I have  :) if anyone wants more info on any of it 
> without cluttering this list. (rats, not so short was it?)
> 
> Gandalf  Parker
That is awesome, I hope you can come to a meeting. Our next formal meeting will
have a presentation from Ingres which you may have used a long time ago.
I first heard of it reading The Cuckoo's Egg when I was ten or eleven
years old and was the first I ever heard of unix also. Did a lot of
admins in the Air Force talk about that book? I'm sure you have a lot of
stories and we would like to hear them.
Nick Schmalenberger