About Me

This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 6 months and 18 days.

This user is a Wikipedian in Canada.

This user is a Wikipedian in British Columbia.

This user's time zone is Pacific Standard Time.

en This user is a native speaker of the English language.

prog-3 This user is an advanced programmer.

This user is Facebook-free.

Things that interest me, in no particular order

• Programming
  • Go, Rust, C, C++, PHP, Perl, Pascal, Assembly
• Web development
  • HTML/ HTML5, CSS/CSS3
  • Javascript, JQuery, Ajax, ReactJS
  • Bootstrap, Skeleton, Pure
• Operating Systems
  • FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Linux ( Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Redhat)
• Networking and Routing
  • BGP, OSPF, IS-IS
  • VXLan, Tunnels, SDN
• Routing platforms and implementations
  • Cisco, Juniper, Quagga, Vyatta & VyOS, Ubiquiti EdgeOS
• Long-haul networking, Submarine cables
• Timekeeping (operating public stratum-1 NTP servers [1] [2] [3])
• Music (primarily guitar)
• Electronics - I have been a perpetual tinkerer for over 30 years.
• Microcontrollers (in particular, Atmel AT(x)mega & tiny)
• Embedded systems ( BeagleBone Black, Raspberry_Pi)
• Weather (weather sensing and forecasting)
• Cryptography & Cryptocurrency
• Gaming ( StarCraft/Starcraft II)
• Writing
• Cooking