Johan
08-16-2006, 02:55 PM
Hello CG Crowd!
Johan is my name, originally from Holland but now within the M25, Greater London for the last 5 years.
I share an interest in all things Webmastery with Al, that's how I got to know of this place. I also occasionnaly snap up the chance to spam the CG blog with links to the online shops I run - obviously only where appropriate ;)
Working in a computer shop, testing machines by playing Unreal Tournament is what I used to do, now I'm Head of IT at that e-tail company.
As far as gadgets are concerned, I don't tend to go all that cutting edge. Mainly because early adopters get to pay the R&D bill - wait a year and you get the same at a fraction of the cost. I did get a cool RFID door lock though, you'll be seeing more of that soon when I take some snaps and do a write up to share with you.
Some gadgets from my collections: Cassiopeia EM-500 old school PDA (I won at that PC store for selling the most MS bundles - don't shoot me!), Powerbook G4 with a bunch of Airport Expresses for wireless iTunes across my new place, a couple of PCs running Win XP, Ubuntu and CentOS (Asteriks PBX), RFID Lock, Phidgets stuff and a Roomba robotic floor vacuum I plan to hack and control remotely via the web.
I tend to start loads of things but not finish them due to time constraints. I find too much stuff too interesting and then I want to be good at them as well. Which is annoying in a way.
So, enough of an intro, you can find more about Phidgets and other geeky stuff on my blog: http://terpstravaganza.blogspot.com - soon to be hosted on my own server at home on a proper domain. (Soon as in within the next 6 years soon...)
Nice looking forum BTW though the non-anti-aliased smileys seem a bit odd, in comparison to other forums I visit.
I'll be here mainly for some Home Automation ideas and discussions; looking forward to meeting sme new people!
Johan is my name, originally from Holland but now within the M25, Greater London for the last 5 years.
I share an interest in all things Webmastery with Al, that's how I got to know of this place. I also occasionnaly snap up the chance to spam the CG blog with links to the online shops I run - obviously only where appropriate ;)
Working in a computer shop, testing machines by playing Unreal Tournament is what I used to do, now I'm Head of IT at that e-tail company.
As far as gadgets are concerned, I don't tend to go all that cutting edge. Mainly because early adopters get to pay the R&D bill - wait a year and you get the same at a fraction of the cost. I did get a cool RFID door lock though, you'll be seeing more of that soon when I take some snaps and do a write up to share with you.
Some gadgets from my collections: Cassiopeia EM-500 old school PDA (I won at that PC store for selling the most MS bundles - don't shoot me!), Powerbook G4 with a bunch of Airport Expresses for wireless iTunes across my new place, a couple of PCs running Win XP, Ubuntu and CentOS (Asteriks PBX), RFID Lock, Phidgets stuff and a Roomba robotic floor vacuum I plan to hack and control remotely via the web.
I tend to start loads of things but not finish them due to time constraints. I find too much stuff too interesting and then I want to be good at them as well. Which is annoying in a way.
So, enough of an intro, you can find more about Phidgets and other geeky stuff on my blog: http://terpstravaganza.blogspot.com - soon to be hosted on my own server at home on a proper domain. (Soon as in within the next 6 years soon...)
Nice looking forum BTW though the non-anti-aliased smileys seem a bit odd, in comparison to other forums I visit.
I'll be here mainly for some Home Automation ideas and discussions; looking forward to meeting sme new people!