Old Site Pages

Here’s a collection of pages built and created over the past 20 years, linked to and archived for posterity, along with an explanation if possible of what it is.

• Trolling
  • total.txt – In the old days of IRC people would come into the IRC channel #north thinking it was the channel for North Carolina.  Sometimes we’d mess with people.  This is one of those times.
  • jb.txt – JulieBug got into the fun times in #north too
  • men.log – Men really are pigs
• sig.txt – A collection of .sig files, some relevant, some ancient, some just hilarious.
• UPS Rant – I’ve always been a grumpy wanker.
• Vi Vs Emacs – When I had a crisis of faith in editors.
  • The Iambe column that inspired it.
  • My .Emacs file
• How to buy a condom – Something funny I wrote (though at the time, a wee bit serious).
• C Programming Tips and Tricks – A collection from when I was doing C programming as a day job.
• JAPH – A collection of “Just Another Pearl Hacker” programs.
• MindStore  PSS-1820 Upgrade – The page that I used when upgrading some old hardware no one will ever use or hear of again.
• FVREB – A rant about work, realtors, and tech support.
• Hack.txt – Signs that you’re a hacker
• Column 10/17/1999 – A column I wrote for the Iambe page.
• Review – Garth Brooks – Sevens – A review of Garth Brooks’ (then) latest album.
• Golden Oldies – A subset of some classic text files I’ve collected over the years
  • net.rum.txt – Classic stories
  • top-ten.txt – Top ten signs linux has Bill Gates worried
  • unixfool.txt – Creators of unix admit C and UNIX are just a hoax
  • unixwiz.txt – Types of unix users
• Lan Party Invite – It was on January 20, maybe 2004, so don’t bother showing up.
• Poetry
  • The Poets of #North – The IRC channel poetry competition
• Calgary Trips
  • First Trip – Calgary 1997
  • Second Trip – Calgary 199… 9?
• Wallpapers – I called it “Touched”, and it has some terrible wallpapers I made
• Alt.Sysadmin.Recovery Quotes – Great quotes from the old newsgroup
• Men Vs. Women – Not sure if I wrote this or stole it
• What You Won’t Find Here – A list of things I promised you’d never find on this site.  Mostly still intact.
• Things That Piss Me Off – Again, stuff I complain about
• Cat Info – All about my cats
• Dreams – A list of crazy shit I’ve dreamed about
• The Hair Page – I used to have long hair, then I decided to cut it.  It was a big change.
• Rules of Being A Man – Another funny thing I picked up somewhere
• Romance – Talk about romance and being in love, pulled off of the internet somewhere (1994)
• The Sonya Worship Page – Made a fan-page for a friend, long long ago (1999)
• What Women Say Vs What They Mean – another funny thing from the archive