PabloTron.org
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Pablotron: News
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I've started migrating non-technical content from Pablotron to paulduncan.org. Take a look at that site for more up-to-date non-technical information. The information below is old, but I've left it up for the time being.
Hi, my name is Paul Duncan. I live in Annandale, Virginia, and I'm a Computer Programmer and System Administrator for Mitretek Systems, Inc. Before working at Mitretek, I worked as a Department Computer Administrator for the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology (BPP) at Oregon State University. Before BPP, I worked as a Computer Technician at FutureShop in Eugene, Oregon. While working at FutureShop, I also did a brief stint as a Java and CGI programmer for my friend's startup web-design company, Alcala Entertainment. Until recently, I was also heading for a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, but right now I'm taking a break from school. I spend most of my free time contributing to, or working on my own free software projects. You can check out my current projects over on my Projects page. I'm also a contributing developer for the popular Enlightenment Window Manager; if I'm online, you can usually find me as pabs in #e and #edevelop on OPN IRC.
I've pretty much grown up working with computers. I'm not quite sure when I started using computers, or even what system I began on. I've owned a Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Macintosh Powerbook 180, Macintosh Powerbook 520, and several Intel-based PCs. In either 7th or 8th grade, I built my first computer: a blazing-fast 386sx/16 with 2 megs of RAM and a gargantuan 40 megabyte hard drive. I spent my time playing games and writing small games and DOS utilities in BASIC. Don't tell my Dad, but when he wasn't around I used to borrow 2 megs of his RAM so Prince of Persia would run smoother on my system.
