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Lars
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Unix Geek with a Gun and a Ham Radio

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What kind of geek are you?
GCC(GCM) d- s: a C+++ UB+++$ P+ L+++$ E--- W++ N+ o-- K- w O- M+$ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5? X? R tv+ b+
Why do you consider yourself a geek?
I'm a Bitter Ham Radio Geek, Clinging to my Guns and Unix.
How did you find out about our Geek community?
#chris on WyldRyde
What are your "geeky equipment" specs?
STATION SPECS: Icom IC-746Pro with Astron 25Amp Power Supply, and Butternut HF6V-X antenna.

DESKTOP SPECS: AMD Athlon64 4200+ X2, 3gb DDR400, ATI HD2400 Running PC-BSD 7.0

LAPTOP SPECS: AMD Turion TL-56, 2gb ram, Running Ubuntu 8.10 Beta

FIREARM SPECS: Second Generation Glock 19, Carried in a Comp-Tac MTAC holster, loaded with 115gr Hornady XTP/JHP
What do you want to be when you grow up?
A big name in combat handgun training.
What makes you laugh?
When idiots get that spark of realization the reason their computer is broken, is because they are in fact MORONS.
What is the thing in life you treasure most?
My Wife, & My rights, as protected by Constitution.
What's the geekiest thing you've ever done?
Installed Linux on my ipaq
What do you do to entertain yourself?
Shoot Trap, USPSA matches, Install, tweak, or otherwise hack my way through a *Nix system.
Favorite music, movies, books, shows, artists, games, people, events, hobbies, etc.?
Music: KMFDM, NIN, Korn, LimpBizkit, Linkin Park, Primus, Feindfluge, Die Form, Die Krupps

Movies: The Matrix, Hackers, The Replacement Killers, Most anything with Jet Li

Books: On Combat, The Gift of Fear, You don't have to be wrong for me to be right.

Hobbies: Ham Radio, USPSA matches, Defensive shooting classes, honestly about anything to do with guns ;), Working to learn more about Unix, and Unix like operating systems.
What's your Web site / blog address?
http://w9zeb.org

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Parallels H-Sphere & Tech Support



About a year ago the company I worked for sold it's web development and hosting arm off to one of the three partners in the parent corporation. The partner happens to be my father in law, who enlisted my assistance in helping him move the business to the next level. As part of this he purchased three new servers, and a license for H-Sphere from what was formerly P-Soft. P-Soft has since been purchased by Parallels, which also owns Plesk. For… Continue

Posted on October 16, 2008 at 11:30am —

Lars

SAS-70 Type-II Audit Week.


This week, Oct. 13 - 17 is my former employer's audit week. Because a few of their customers are publicly traded corporations, and my former employer processes financial information for them, they are required to pass an annual SAS-70 Type-II audit.

I told my new employer at the interview that I could start, but would have to be available to my previous employer for this week. So, I'm back to being a Wi… Continue

Posted on October 12, 2008 at 5:54pm — 2 Comments

Lars

Week two on the MacBook



Well week two with the MacBook down. I've found that Ctrl-A replaces "home" and Ctrl-E replaces "end" for moving around the command line. I invested in an actual aluminum Apple keyboard. I've found that touch typing on this keyboard is a bit easier than using a standard PC keyboard to work on the Mac. I'm not sure why it's different, other than Ctrl, Option, and Command are in the same ord… Continue

Posted on October 12, 2008 at 5:50pm — 5 Comments

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One week on a new Macbook.



I started a new job this past Monday, Sept. 29th. All of the desktops in the new office are Macbooks or Macbook Pros. I’ve used OS X before, but not since just after Tiger 10.4 was released, and never in the roll of a Unix Administrator. So far the machine seems to do most of what I want it to with few unexpected changes from any other Unix Like c… Continue

Posted on October 8, 2008 at 7:01am — 4 Comments

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Letter to a candidate

Today as I arrived home from work, I noticed on my doorknob a plastic bag with some paper folded inside. It turns out that Joe Weingarten, who is running for Indiana state representative in district 29, stopped through our neighborhood with the intent to meet as many constituents as he could before the election. "To listen to what's bothering me, and let me know he would be working for me if elected." He enclosed a flyer that covered a few key points, and a link to his Website & E-mail addre… Continue

Posted on October 7, 2008 at 9:04pm — 3 Comments

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At 7:21am on January 1, 2009, helmecj01 said…
Happy New Year as well have a great 2009!
At 2:20pm on November 11, 2008, Sol McNally Aka : Dmitri Girl said…
I wrote a new blog....
At 1:42am on October 29, 2008, Sol McNally Aka : Dmitri Girl said…
Hey there....It's been a while just making sure your still alive :(
At 12:34am on October 20, 2008, Sol McNally Aka : Dmitri Girl said…
Hey sorry I had to go so fast had to start cleaning up the house...
At 12:39am on October 16, 2008, usr_local said…
I was adding you to my blogroll but, w9zeb.org doesn't seem to be there? Sup with that?
At 7:17pm on October 12, 2008, Night*Hawk said…
http://www.thetenthritual.com/
At 1:47pm on October 12, 2008, Sol McNally Aka : Dmitri Girl said…
No New Blogs :(
At 9:06am on October 12, 2008, usr_local said…
Thanks for stoppin in slackstuff! Great to have a new slacker.
slacker = Sub-Genius Linux Hacker
laterz
At 10:20pm on October 10, 2008, electropro said…
Nice guns. Hope the democrats don't take the guns away from us.

Keep the brass flowing,
Electropro
At 6:47pm on October 10, 2008, usr_local said…
BTW ... very impressive bio and page that you have .

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Most of my log entries are for 2M FM operation through local repeaters. My favorite mode is QRP CW on 20M. 20M CW comes alive when there is a contest; otherwise, it can be quiet the rest of the time. — AD6YU
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Giving "smart weapons" a whole new meaning. Cheers.
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