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About Me
To expand upon the little about box in the sidebar of the front page, I am Gary V. Vaughan:
World Traveler: I have forgotten the years I spent in South Africa as a child, which until 2003 had been pretty much my only trip outside of England. In 2006 I left my long term job as a writer and software engineer with the UK defence industry to take a full time telecommuting position with The Written Word, allowing me to become a perpetual traveler.
Author: I once wrote the bulk of a free book about Autoconf and friends, and have had some technical articles published in traditional and online linux magazines. I also had a partially completed book pulled by O’Reilly in the wake of 9/11. I also have a new publishing contract for an exciting new book that I am currently working on.
Unix Programmer: I was exposed to the wonders of SunOS 4 at college in 1989, and have been an avid user ever since I got Linux 0.91 working on my first PC a few years later. I variously made my living as a C and Python programmer on Unix for the first 10 years of my career. Nowadays I’m lucky enough to be able to use a Mac for all my computing needs.
Free Software Supporter: I co-maintain some important programs for the FSF - GNU M4 and GNU Libtool (for which I rewrote almost all of the infrastructure and scripts for version 2.2).
Martial Artist: I’ve been studying and practicing martial arts since 1984. Starting in Shotokan Karate as a young teenager, I soon progressed to Tae Kwon-Do, Zhuan Shu Kwan and Jeet Kune Do. I’ve also dabbled in several other styles.
Biker: What can I say? There’s something exhilerating about being exposed to the elements while hanging on to an internal combustion engine wedged between two wheels with the tarmac rushing past at high speed!
Personal Productivity Meddler: A major turning point in my life was being given a reprimand by a manager I respected very much for not producing enough output at work. At the time I had 2 paid jobs, was writing a book, studying 3 martial arts and donating my free time to the FSF. After a long hard look at my life, I gave up 1 martial art, quit 1 job, and scaled back my book and FSF time, since then I’ve become a fan of personal productivity methods that have enabled me to get back to a similar level of activity without the associated burn out.
About azazil.net
This blog is fast closing on 500 posts, most of them written in the last year and half since I began travelling extensively. The subject matter varies extensively, but is mostly confined to the categories above. This is not a niche blog by any means, though the articles are written to be interesting to you the reader, and to keep you on your toes by defying your expectations a little. The archives already contain a great mix of articles both short and long, and we’re moving towards adding another new post every day.