640K ought to be enough for anybody - incorrected attributed to Bill Gates
DOS was an easy to love operating system. Any negative brought up against DOS
can be "scoped out". I didn't miss multitasking; It had graphics and
sound;
Platform of Choice
I kept some rants and notes to myself a while back about what I thought about some of the operating systems I've used and currently use. These notes are more about day-to-day usage from the perspective of a software developer / power user rather than an objective review of each platform. I also update these pages with links to my favorite apps and tricks I've come across.
Fuzz Testing and Being a Dick
I really couldn't help myself with this one. Someone gave me the privledge to play around with their pet project, and the first thing I thought of was to read the HTML, and write a bash loop to spew all over it. We both got a kick out of it.
my $perl;
My first exposure to Perl was near the end of high school when I was working as a computer assistant at the USDA Forest Service. I really can't recall the exact gut feeling Perl gave me at the time, but I imagine it was a mixture of disgust and delight. A few years later, near the end of my undergrad career, Perl came back into my life. Only instead of a few simplistic scripts, Perl was now the core language for my job.
Mach Microkernel
The Mach kernel is a microkernel developed by CMU in the eighties to address issues with multiprocessors and networked environments, and the growing complexity of BSD systems.