About this site:

Prior to blogs existing, people used to have websites containing things that they'd been working on. I started this site, as I was working in IT and have made some stuff that may be (but probably isn't) of use to other people. The name comes from the logo design in the GIMP. I also grew up on a cattle farm, which I don't think you can ever fully escape from. ;)

I just tend to use this site as a place to put bits and pieces that I've worked on and that hopefully can help somebody else. So if you find something useful to you, I'm glad to have helped.

About me:

I'm currently back at University studying towards a PhD in Bioinformatics at UQ. I have been using Linux since early high school, and although many of the pages here are about RedHat/Fedora, I've since joined (seemingly) the rest of the world in using Ubuntu, since they send CDs out for free (and I'm a student).

I have worked for several different companies, in positions ranging from programmer to systems administrator to dev lead to technical architect. As a result there are some tools here that I either modified or wrote to help with that work, and also some other related information.

Some of the more exciting projects that I have been involved in are porting a programming language (compiler/interpreter/virtual machine) (written in C/C++) from Unix to Windows, leading a development team, and architectural systems-related work in the ISP area. I'm currently also doing a PhD in Bioinformatics. I currently have more than enough work to keep me busy, but please feel free to email me if you've got an interesting project. (I'm also usually in #linux on irc.oftc.net as Ches).

I am also an avid reader, who is (very slowly) attempting to learn French (continuing from high school), and enjoys playing the piano/keyboard.

I also have a passionate hatred for blogs, so this shall be as far as possible from one as I can make it.