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This page is available from two hosts. The first one is the main
site; the second will probably be faster for readers in the US.
Links to more information about me, just in case you
might actually want to know, and also some random things that don't fit
anywhere else.
You may find them useful, or then again maybe not...
where I used to study Engineering at the world-famous University or, to be more precise, at Churchill, one of its many
constituent Colleges.
For more Cambridge links, try the "Cambridge (UK) Web Guide".
I am still quite active in several of the student societies in
Cambridge:
on www.chiark.greenend.org.uk
on www.geocities.com
Me!
My personal details (Warning! Bad photo alert!) and how to contact me.
Lots of
people seem to use my list of ftp sites and WWW sites for hardware and software companies
Some funny? things people have
sent me, and others found on the 'Net.
My test page.
My CV. Alternatively, try the plain text version.
My friends on the web
Links to other places
Cambridge
The Computing Service have provided a nice guide on how to find people electronically
in Cambridge University.
The Probably Nearly
Comprehensive List of Cambridge Web Servers is maintained by Geoff Tolley.
Very useful: Cinema
listings in Cambridge, courtesy of Keith Edkins, or
alternatively the ABC or Warner Bros. listings
from Electronic Yellow Pages.
What's on at the
Corn Exchange?
I am the Chief
Caprine Entity for CURS (the Role-Playing Society)
I was
somehow chosen to be Honorary Vice-Chair Thing in CUWoCS (the
Worshippers of Cthulhu Society)
I also read USENET a fair amount, especially
the local
discussion newsgroup ucam.chat. It
also has a home
page
alt.sysadmin.recovery, the
only newsgroup to spawn a new hierarchy - bofh.* . You can find
out more about the antics of the BOFH from the original site in
New Zealand, or the later tales from Network Week in the UK.
linux.* and comp.os.linux.*, the groups dedicated to
discussion and development of the Linux operating
system.
If you're
interested in newsreading yourself, I would recommend
trn. Richard Corfield has written an Idiot's Guide.
WWW guides and more
My local
copy of the most common WWW search forms and links
to the originals such as Yahoo's Guide to
WWW. This will probably be far quicker for readers in the UK...
Needs forms
An HTML Quick Reference. You might also want
to try some Web Development
Tools.
Linux is a Unix clone which was originally written to run on
386/486/586-based PCs, but has now been ported to many other
architectures. It was started by Linus Torvalds in Helsinki, Finland
and then added to by an anarchic team of coders distributed around the
world. It is distributed free under the terms of the Gnu General Public License. Upgrade your
Windoze machine today! For more information, try:
If you have
any questions, the Linux FAQ will
probably help.
For more
details on setting up and running your own Linux machine, look at the
Linux Documentation
Project in the US, or a UK mirror.
If you do decide
to install Linux yourself, I would recommend the Debian distribution, due to its easily
upgradable nature and systematic bug
reporting/fix system. But then, I may be a little biased,
as I maintain several packages for the Debian project.
The Linux Journal is published monthly and
contains much of interest to Linux users, including tips and
advertisements for hardware and software suppliers supporting Linux.
Steve McIntyre
stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk
CUWoCS
Honorary Vice-Chair-Thing
"Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky,
Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I..."
