About

Is this the about page? Yes. Should I be writing about myself? Debatable. Am I going to anyway? Clearly.

I’m a systems guy. I’ve spent the better part of three decades making computers do things they didn’t want to do, networks behave in ways their vendors didn’t intend, and explaining to executives why, no, you cannot just “add more internet.” I’ve been doing this long enough that I remember when “the cloud” was just someone else’s bad excuse for a data center. I was that someone else’s nightmare, and I wore it proudly.

I started a consulting business called mtau in 1997 that had a good run but has now been decommissioned — though I did keep the domain, because of course I did. Smart enough to know better. Opinionated enough not to care. Still here since 2002. I ran it for years with great dignity, and I regret nothing. At least about the business. Other regrets I will keep to myself for now.

I have a very bad inner filter, an above average bullshit detector, and an unreasonable love of technology. I mean, I like technology, but sometimes I just want to sci-fi books, then play with virtualization, cloud computing, homelab nonsense. I also like the general idea of DevOps, and automation. I dislike religion, politics, and any closed-minded commentary.

My favorite spew of mine I’ve been saying since 1994:

None of this is rocket science, it is memorization and rote.

What sets us apart is our imagination.

Googs it! I am 99.99% sure this is 100% my spew and not regurgitated.

(I hope)