I live in The Wedge, the hippest neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The Wedge neighborhood seems to have the most coffee shops per square mile of any neighborhood in Minneapolis. I like coffee, but I don't go nuts for it. But if you do, and you live in The Wedge, you have many options open to you.

I live in a big house that was built in 1893. It's cool, but I still need to do a lot of work to it. I live there with my lovely wife Leslie, my two daughters, Stephanie and Rosalyn.

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More information about me:

• In August of 2001 I became a Reverend for the second time! I joined the Beer Church.
• In April of 2001 I joined USENIX (the Advanced Computing Systems Association) and SAGE (the Systems Administrators Guild).
• My PGP Public Key is available.
• On January 3rd, 2001 I became an Ordained Minister in the Universal Life Church, the favorite church of Team Strange.
• On December 19th, 2000 I got emailed a photo of a car with more than a TON of lumber and building supplies on it. I thought it was really funny, so I put up a page and mailed the link to a mail list I am on. About 50 people. Well, someone seems to have spread the link around and my DSL line promptly clogged with all the traffic. There is a counter on the page and more info there, but as of now it's gotten more than 42,000 hits.
• In October of 2000 I attended the SANS (System Administration, Networking, and Security Institute) Conference in Monterey, CA. In addition to spending a week in sunny California, I attended classes on Network Security, an area that I am very interested in. As a part of the classes, I got to add more certifications to my resume. I am now GSEC (GIAC LevelOne Security Essentials Certification) and (GIAC Certified Firewall Analyst) certified. You can view my GSEC practical and my GCFW practical (WARNING - Large (4MB) Document.)
• In October 2000 I started working for Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc as a System Administrator. This is pretty much my dream job. I get to play with Unix (various flavors), NT, cool hardware and learn all kinds of new stuff. The people are really cool and fun to work with and the pay isn't bad either!
• In March, 2000, I got a DSL line into my house and a domain name! This site is now hosted in my own web server under my desk! Check out anansi-web.com.
• In Feburary of 1999, I quit my job of 11 years, changed careers and became a full-time computer geek. I was working for a consulting firm, LDSi Consulting Services, and loved every minute of it!

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