I believe in quality over quantity for my network. I enjoy making connections, and/but want to ensure that all have real, meaningful, human depth. If we don't know each other very well, I offer the following pair of conversation-starters:+ How do you like people to remember you? Describe yourself in a memorable sentence or three. Whenever I hear or see your name, I should instantly be able to think, "Ah! YourNameHere! S/he is the person who..."+ Please let me know what I must do to be one of your ten most valuable contacts. Perhaps I already am; maybe I never can hope to be; but I'd like some metrics and guidance to help me help you.I am entrepreneurial at heart, and always keen to meet motivated, talented people interested in a "positive-sum game". If you believe that we can accomplish something wonderful together, you're probably correct... and I encourage you to contact me.Philosophy aside, I:Like a challenge, particularly when it allows me to improve something, or to create something new and useful. Enjoy building networks, servers, and developing software in C/C++ and Lisp (with occasional assembler optimization). Also perform various admin-type tasks, consult to both end-users and service providers, and have taught PC applications along the way.Specialties:+ Unix: FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD+ routing and network infrastructure: BGP, Cisco/IOS, Junos, OSPF, R&D, VLANs+ software development: amd64 (and ia32) assembler, C/C++, Lisp+ SQL databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite+ miscellaneous: DNS, iSCSI, LDAP, Windows Server+ fun stuff: From the old days' assembly-language reverse-engineering and modification on the Commodore64 to today's compiler design, low-level algorithm design (e.g. high-perfomance HPC and IPC routing), migration/conversion of legacy in-house applications, I enjoy intellectually-stimulating projects... that still have a useful outcome.