Nick: Criggie

I live in Christchurch, but don't hold that against me! I am a member of CLUG I host and administer horse, which is similar to the WlugServer but for CLUG. The hardware is a xcpng virtual machine which connects to the net via a pfsense firewall over vlans.

My home server and email The network is documented at http://criggie.org.nz/network/

My first laptop was a Compaq Concerto pen-based 486 laptop, then a Toshiba Tecra 530 CDT, then a Toshiba Satellite 4030 CDT, and for a long time was a Dell Latitude L400. Sold that when I got a work-supplied laptop, a HP/Compaq NX9000 from the TELA teachers scheme. Then I left that job and have been without for two years. All ran Linux with various wireless cards. Then the missus buys me an Asus? EEE 901. {Big-gap} Now I have a Lenovo x220 for home and a x1 carbon at work.

Please go look at GarageSale to see what stuff I need and want, or have and don't want. There's another list at http://criggie.org.nz/swap/

I also read WebComics, work at http://www.aucom.com/ in Christchurch, where I do everything computer/network related. Win/Linux server support/maint/replacement, VPN admin, general network with Juniper and Aruba and Fortigate and Ubiquiti wireless, while drinking coffee.

Points of view with regard to Religious Wars

• Vim over Emacs - used to use emacs at uni, but vi is smaller.
• Intel CPUs over AMD - you just don't see as many old AMDs as you do intel CPUs.
• KDE or GNOME both suck - use TWM
• ReplyToMunging over NoReplyToMunging
• Linux vs Windows - whatever works for the task at hand.
• AppleMacintosh vs x86 - as above.
• DebianLinux over RedHat / YourLinuxDistributionOfChoice - deb breaks less than rpm. But I work with rpm distros.
• sysvinit over systemd
• ShellScripts? over Perl/C/C++/Java/Python.
• Apples over Oranges - they squirt less.
• Nokia6310 over Android over IOS.
• Bike over Car

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