This host is a Apple box, one of the new Intel Mac Minis (single CPU running at 1.5Ghz). Before that it was a ho-hum PII running at 350Mhz (sweet ASUS motherboard allows me to play at overclocking, but I don't really have time these days) The K5/K6 have both been retired as the motherboard in the first box suffered from some flakiness, as I would hve to keep the machine off 10-15 minutes, otherwise it would panic mounting /), and the second box took a hit when we had flooding in our garage...don't ask, just regulate water flow at the SPIGOT not at the spray handle!
This site is hosted off of my colo box, though "bestii.org" is still served from home.
Freenix makes old PC hardware come alive. This box is my gateway box, used to do more but moved the rest of it off to wopr.bestii.com It is connected to the net by a Sonic DSL connection.
I once said that the modem will probably serve as a paperweight, or as an experimental dialup, or something. I think I'll keep as a backup in case the DSL flakes out. update: the modem is long gone, though the DSL has been flaky lately.
The best in the name is for Best Internet Communications whom I worked for. They were subsequently purchased by Hiway Technologies which was then sold to Verio. Dog eat dog in the isp industry, and Verio is a mangy mutt with fleas. I went to Critical Path and Supernews , doing networking stuff. I left in mid-2003, and then in later 2004 went to Shopping.com, which got bought by eBay. As you can see, I've been around a litle bit.
Nothing else here for now, unless you know the secret code. Go here for the main site, at some point I'll figure out the HTML META tag to automatically redirect users hitting this page. Then again, maybe not, as I'm informed that practice is lame.
Okay, you can check out one of my friends web site. Some good stuff there, if you can find it.
I subscribe to the following credo on why making a web page sux.
Alternatively, check out some family photographs:
