I don't seem to be getting any hits on my xdrum package so maybe I need a bit more formal introduction.
Background: I was going to Penn State in 1992 when I learned about Debian an Linux. At the time I was running a fidonet BBS called "Tactical Operations," it was XBBS 1.19 with BinkleyTerm and I ran the thing using DesqView on my 386. I was a junior in Computer Engineering at the time. During that year, I found out about Linux and Debian 0.97 and actually installed it on my box. I loved it and have used Debian exclusively ever since. Well, stuff happens, I ran out of cash, my awesome GrandFather died, and I headed home to regroup and help out GrandMa. Figured I'd take a year off and get my finances in order. Well, Butler, PA had no shortage of colleges. I attended fabled party school "Slippery Rock University" and took two semesters of Modula2 programming from Doc Hunkler. Next year I hit the local community college and took general engineering, graduating in one year as an Associate of Science in Engineering with honors in the Phi Theta Kappa fraternity. This was a turning point for me. I already was a mega computer expert, and so I switched gears and upgraded to Mechanical Engineering. I applied, was accepted and attended Grove City College in Grove City, PA. Mechanical Engineering turned out to be _way_ harder than anything I had ever previously experienced. I persevered and graduated in 1999 from Grove City as an ABET accredited Bachellor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Now, I'm living in Bradford, Pennsylvania, a beautifully wooded area in the heart of the Allegheney National Forest. I work as a manufacturing engineer and make a comfortable living designing piping networks for natural gas installations. Great, you say, well indeed it is. I have used every moment of my time to get through college, and now that I have I am ready to give back to Debian and put some of my spare time to good use. My home network consists of my main box, a dual pII 450 SMP machine with Debian/Linux and Debian/Hurd, an older i686 box with Debian/Linux, two Corel Netwinders running Debian/ARM, and one HP9000/C200 running Debian/HPPA. Here's a brief rundown of my major programming skills. Wizard Level Stuff: C, Python, Assembler Good Working Knowledge Of: C++, Java, Perl, Ada95, m4 Use at work but don't really like: VBA / Access Math Skills: Extreme! Numerical methods, partial differential equations, I'm a mechanical engineer - can solve just about anything. My previous work: 1'st ever pthreads implementation for Debian/Hurd. I ported GNU Pth to Hurd around 03/2002. The patch files are here: http://www.gyrodynamic.net/hurd My Latest Stuff: XDrum packages: http://www.gyrodynamic.net/debian/ Latest Wanderings: I was at Debconf2 at York University in Toronto, ON What do I look like? http://www.gyrodynamic.net/about.html Yes, my gpg key has been signed by 5 Debian developers. Well, Later Days! - Doug
