About

by dan 10/05/06 12:00:00 static.

This site is written in Django, a python-based framework. After working with PHP (and others) for years, web programming became fun again. A complete rewrite of the website was done over the past couple of months, replacing all the old PHP crud. While PHP was great for its time, Django can create web applications easier and faster. Overall, it was just an excuse to code in python. Green Machine, a very simple Django CMS (content management system) was created to host this content.

computers

Old hardwares are great and many can still be put to good use It's sad to see old computers get thrown away just because it can't run the latest Windows or games. However, I'm long overdue for a major upgrade and would love to get my hands on a quadcore Mac Pro with 23" Apple Cinema Display. Drool.

HP AMD 2500+ notebook

OS: Windows XP
Hardware: 768MB ram. 80GB hard drive. Hyperpen 8x10 tablet and a no-name 5x7 tablet.
Uses: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash. Occasional programming in C#. Testing my websites in IE, browsing web. Multimedia encoding,

Linux10

OS: Linux Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper (server install)
Hardware: AMD K6-2 300MHz. 460GB combined hard drives. 128MB ram. Pair of NICs. Logitech chat webcam. Headless (no monitor).
Uses: Runs continuously, 24/7. Firewall/Router (using shorewall/iptables). Apache HTTP server. Samba (Windows File Share) for my video/audio collection. SSH. Webcam. MySQL.

Linux110

OS: Linux Xubuntu (xfce)
Hardware: Pentium 3 800MHz. 256MB ram. 40GB hard drive. Yes, it runs well for its intended purpose. In a world of multicore 3+Ghz computers, a humble 5 year old pc armed with linux can be made decent.
Uses: Programming. Editor of choice: Anjuta

Others

Whole bunch of spare computers ranging from AMD XP 1800 to Pentium 150MHz. Currently used as backup.

Me

I graduated from UCI with a degreen in Information and Computer Science. I live in Los Angeles, California.

Skills

C#, VB.net, C/C++, Python, and a little bit of PHP, Javascript/Flash Activescript, Linux administration, Windows 2000 Server, Novell. Networking, MS SQL 2000, MySQL database, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Perl, XHTML, XML, Ajax, VPN

Future Plans

dedicated servers

are in plan once there is justification for the upgrade. A couple of 1U web server and a couple of clustered 1U MySQL server would do the trick. Currently, bzdz.com is hosted on a shared server.