• Name: Kirk Strauser
• Email: kirk@strauser.com

Hi! I'm the SystemAdministrator^? for Subwiki and the server it runs on. My wife wanted to BuyaMinivan, but now we've BoughtaMinivan. I used to work for ISP2K (http://www.isp2k.com/), but now run a computer consulting firm called TheStrauserGroup.

I will never fly on UnitedAirlines again.

Wife: JenniferStrauser^?
Daughter: GabrielleStrauser^?
Son: JacobStrauser^?
Daughter: ArianaStrauser^?

To Contact Me Via Instant Messenger

I no longer use the legacy instant messaging systems like ICQ, AIM, or MSN. To chat with me:

1. Go to http://psi.affinix.com/
2. Download the version appropriate to your OperatingSystem.
3. Register for a new account on the server at jabber.org
4. Add me as a contact. My Jabber account is kirk@honeypot.net . If that doesn't work for some reason, try again with kirk@jabber.honeypot.net .
5. Now we're chatting! Sweet!

MyPortal

• CompaniesThatSuck
• MiscellaneousRamblings
• HackingMyWebPlayer
• DebianKernelBuilding
• TravellingTips
• Buy your music from CdBaby
• Rants
  • HumanShieldsAreIdiots
  • BuyAStar
• Current VarmintCount
• WhyIWriteFreeSoftware
• ThingsIRememberAboutMyDad
• Sometimes CoolThingsHappen
• I have a summer ReadingList
• RippingDvdsOnDebian

Reviews

• FreeBSDTheCompleteReference

Old friends

People I'd like to talk to again:

• David ("Davey") Talley (San Diego)
• Jak Barnett (San Diego)
• Ken Schnapp (ex-Navy)
• Perry Pullen (ex-Navy)
• Russ Ingram (ex-Navy)
• John ("JJ") Marcel Smith (ex-Navy)

Software I've written:

• JailAdmin: manage FreeBSD jail environments
• AmControl: control an Amanda backup server
• A BirthAnnouncement in Python
• CheckVinum: a Nagios plugin to monitor a FreeBSD server's RAID system
• ViDns: a DNS ZoneFile^? editor
• AntoNym: a client to use the anonymous remailer networks

To-Do

• SSL-ize OpenLDAP^?
• Make Jabber do more stuff on my server
• Kerberize

Past and Future SlashDot Signatures

• "Jokes mentioning ducks were considered particularly funny." -- cnn.com
• "This chorus is the feces that is produced when shame eats too much stupidity."
• "Either that's a crack in the driveway, or the Chinese are making their move."

Personal Preferences (details in TWikiVariables)

• Horizontal size of text edit box:
  • Set EDITBOXWIDTH = 90%
• Vertical size of text edit box:
  • Set EDITBOXHEIGHT = 25
• Default state of the link check box in the attach file page:
  • Set ATTACHLINKBOX =
• Optionally write protect your home page: (set it to your WikiName)
  • Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = KirkStrauser

Favorites

• Administrative functions can be found at AdminHome.

-- KirkStrauser - 21 May 2004