Chris Johnson
Hail & Welcome. Greetings & felicitations.
There is a Web site beyond that which is known to man. It is a Web site that can be as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the Web site of imagination. It is an area which we call "The Techno-Wizard Zone".(My attempt at humor. Some are better than others. The object of course was to mimic a Rod Serling intro to the Twilight Zone, the major shape and direction of my life.)
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
(Somerset Maugham)Random link.
Intellicast
Obviously the rest of these pages are about me and what I like (as strange and bizzare as that can be sometimes). To the left in the side bar are some, hopefully, interesting links. Please feel free to browse. If anyone is looking for an old computer wizard with many dragons under his sword and magics under his belt, PLEASE, you are invited to look at my full Web version résumé or, if you wish, the summary Web version. It’s short and sweet and to the point. The full blown job can be a little daunting. If you really must insist on killing and eliminating another desperately needed forest by having hard copy, the following links will provide you with printable (but no where near as attractive) versions in MS Word format
I’m always interested in hearing about opportunities. Really.
My Art and Craft is that of computer, network and information technomancy. Lately I’ve been practicing thaumaturgy (miracles) in linux/UNIX with the demonology of distributed systems and networks (network software writing & degugging), log file tasseomancy (analysis and system/network forensics), the more practical forms of system and network security divination (tighten/hardening systems and networks against intrusion and tracking down the source if a break-in occurs, although in 17 years at Northeastern University not one of my systems ever had a confirmed root or system level crack), real-time witchcraft, sorcery and wizardry as well as other more arcane arts (configurations and tunnings). I am fluent with incantations in many unnatural (computer) languages and have on occasion practiced necromancy on crash dumps and other unpleasant things. Augury reading done while you wait. White magic is a specialty but you do need to know black magic to be able to defend against it (you need to know how to crack a system/network to protect it). I’m a very good software conjurer and white magic engineering practitioner. I’m good at what I do. I should be. I've been doing it for over 42 years and there is still much to learn.
My darker side has been known to surface from time to time. (Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards for we are subtle and sometimes quick to anger.) You do not want to be in the vicinity when that happens as I am known to throw lightening bolts with both great power and accuracy. Just ask anybody I’ve tracked for performing socially negative actions on systems and networks. I’m very tenacious when it comes to this and have been known to divine or squeeze valid information from random entropy on occation. Or you can ask the odd vendor here and there who has ticked me off and has shortly thereafter learned the depth of that mistake. My politely worded but emphatic nastygrams (properly thought out and incanted magic spells if you prefer) have been known to cause near firings, initiate procedural changes in departments, shake entire geographic regions, and otherwise make it known that I am displeased. And all with out raising my voice. I should point out that I’m usually safe to be near as no one has actually vanished in a flash of chaos or spontaneously combusted while in my presence for some time. I must be mellowing. A pitty that.
Peace, may we see and understand that which is around us.
Credits
I did all the typing and most of the inventing of the various spells and incantations in HTML for all of this so thank me. I read a grimoire (“The Non-Designer’s Web Book” by Robin Williams and John Tollett) and learned so thank me again. I’m sure there is much more to learn. I keep learning from others. But I had some help from a couple of sorcerers in the mystic arts of graphic design who were patient enough with me to give hints, tips, tricks, (not that I didn’t come up with a few of my own mind you) and some gentle constructive critisism when asked. They are both professionals I might add. The sorcerers in question are Deanna Brown-Aho and Seth Merriam both currently of the NU Educational Technology Center.Thanks guys.
(HELP! I’m being held captive in an HTML factory!)
Author: Chris Johnson
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