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Work
I've recently stopped working for International Studies Abroad as
system/network administrator (after just over four years). Right
before that, I worked for Mach 10 Hosting. They were a web hosting provider
in Austin, Texas where I was one of two system administrators in charge of a
set of about 180 Linux machines.
Previously, I worked for Texas Information
Services (TxIS) as a Senior Network Analyst. I still do some consulting
with TxIS during the weekends. As a consultant I do many things,
largely Linux-related, ranging from
web/ftp/mail/shell server administration to firewall setup and administration
to wide-area networking infrastructure for point-of-sale operations. I have
also been involved in the creation and administration of the Novell Netware networks at Austin High
School and Travis High
School.
Prior to that, I was employed as a Test Technician in Dell's Linux Solutions team. I worked with
RedHat Linux on Dell's complete
PowerEdge server line of hardware including pre-production hardware based on
Intel's IA-32 (x86) and IA-64 (Itanium) architectures.
Prior to work at Dell, I was the Network Systems Administrator for Travis
High School, and prior to that I did work with TxIS similar to the
consulting I described earlier.
I have also done private consulting which I started in late 1992 so that I
could afford to buy a new computer. Via my private business I did Macintosh,
Windows, DOS, and Linux consulting, though not on the scale of some of the
TxIS projects. I also had the occasional web design project or network setup
request.
Volunteer
My volunteer work has diminished recently, but I was involved in PFLAG/Austin, the Austin chapter of
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians
and Gays. At the moment I provide hosting for their website. I have
also done a bit of volunteer work for Equality Texas (formerly LGRL),
though I've been missing their usual volunteer day lately.
I originally became involved with PFLAG after I came out to the "world."
This was in late May 1996 (I had come out to my parents and brother in late
October 1995). My mother and I went to meetings together until she moved
back to the ranch where she grew up. During this time I was also involved
with Out Youth Austin, largely as a
youth, but partially as a volunteer. With one of the adult volunteers I
maintained the website, a project that is now going wonderfully in the hands
of others (thanks to all who have continued the work).
Hobbies
My hobbies are rather varied. They include music, hiking, camping, jogging,
Japan, computing, networking, photography, and pondering things such as
politics, philosophy, and so forth. I enjoy most any type of music, to the
point of surprising others with the things I have and haven't heard. And yes
I do get outside once in a while... I have been camping various places around
Texas (the real kind where you pack in all the things you will need, food and
water included). I haven't yet been camping in Big Bend, though I have been
there several times. Maybe next time... And yes, my interest in Japan does
include anime, though not enough to get me to attend the UT Anime Club's weekly showings.
<grin>
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