Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 14:49:44 GMT Server: NCSA/1.5 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 02:47:46 GMT Content-length: 6366
I'm not quite sure who I am or what I do; here's the best explanation I've developed so far. In many ways the question who is a person is defined by what that person does. In my case, I'm a software engineer who develops semi-real-time operating systems and utilities. I've been doing that for the last 5 years. Before that, I was a BSD Kernel Hacker and Unix system Administrator.
I create things, and that's why I'm an engineer. An engineer applies science to the design and construction of "things", and that's what I do. You can't really call me a scientist, though I have a Computer Sciences degree. I'm more of ... a Mad Scientist!!! The guy who pays me, David DeWitt, (who is a scientist) shudders at my methodology. On the other hand, I'm right most of the time. It works for me, eh?
When I'm not designing, architecting, and implementing new operating system type things, I'm often doing the same to other things. Some of those other things are my FORTH system, Woodworking, Home Control, Drawing, and Brewing Beer.
To completely relax, try sleep -- it works wonders! But sleep is not enough, although my roommate disagrees with me. Other pursuits which I enjoy are flying, reading science fiction, comic books, railroading (both prototype and model), and role playing games.
You may notice images of the most sublime striped creature, the Tiger in appearing throughout my WWW pages. Tiger has taken me for his own. William Blake's poem Tyger! Tyger! puts words to the wonder of Tiger.
Josef T. BurgerThe new voice number is 608-223-0486.
6301 East Gate Road
Monona, WI 53716-3910
It seems like we get new parallel computers every other month, and I have to beat them into submission, while doing everything else under the sun, moon, and stars.
I'm currently working on the following projects for Dave DeWitt, a world- (in)famous database hacker!
All this, and a whole lot more, occurs at the Computer Sciences Department of the Madison Campus of the University of Wisconsin. The campus is located in Madison, WI (USA) on a peninsula between two of Madison's five lakes.
Along the same lines, I am also the Computer Sciences Department's volunteer news master. Much of that goes hand-in-hand with running uwvax. However, trying to take care of 3 or 4 news readers across 5 or 6 different architectures is a trying task. I don't have much time to take care of that software.
Over the years we've developed new acquaintances, and many of them became part of our loftily-labelled Blitz Drinking Society. We're rather diverse ... some of the members don't drink! We meet once a year at the Essen Haus during the time of Octoberfest to have a weekend of fun.
Chud has accumulated a short history and whatnot of this charade.