Andy Paton's most Technical Adventure

Question was asked of me the otherday, "How long have you been using Unix" Answer, 18 years since September 1986. My first Unix system was a PDP 11/44 running AT&T Version 7 Unix. Used for witting COBOL using ed and unipad editors. I was particularly good with "ed" which if I remember was also in early versions of MS DOS. You couldn't get me off the system which held about 24 VT100 terminals. Many a late night waiting over vt100 terminal for compilation and waiting at the line printer for that COBOL program to print. Picture of PDP11-44

I was watching Celebrity Fit Club with the wife and my son age 10. Just after Andy Fordham weigh in, my son turned round to me and said,”Dad I want you to loose weight”, Its not how he said it but the worried look in his young eyes and obvious concern. First of all, I'm 14 Stone 8lb (94.15Kg) so not in Andy Fordham's league, but I do feel compelled to loose weight. I've have given up smoking for 7 years because of the kids so this should be easy :-) The plan Stop the late night snacks Take the dog twice a day for a walk (currently only once) Only three cups of tea a day (two sugars) Not a big change, but a nice slow start. Not sure at this point what my end target is, but hope to loose a few pounds a week.

I've created some new sections for people who are interested. Andy's..... Unix Shell Scripts Mini How to's Presentations - flash format None of these files are going to win any awards for "best in class", but I did enjoy creating them. Andy

Books not read, I always have best intentions, but never the time to read books. List of currently unread books on my shelf, in no particular order. IT List Stealing the network "How to own a Continent" The Art of Deception - Kevin Mitnik Security Assessment Hackers - Steven Levy Security Warrior Redhat Linux Firewalls Teach yourself game programming Linix, LPI Certification Non - IT Digital Fortress - Dan Brown The Blue Nowhere - Jefffery Deaver Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrrell - Susanna Clarke Books I have read in 2004, that I can remember! Masters of Deception, The gang that ruled cyberspace Stealing the network "How to own the box" SSH, The definitive guide The Code book, Simon Singh The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown Andy

HAPPY NEWYEAR EVERYONE Heres comes 2005, As you do in the new year Ive set my self some goals. IT related of course! Linux Certification, LPI exams Solaris 10 Certification, I've done in the past 2.4,2.5,2.6 & 8 Learn the basics of CISCO IOS. Windows Security, some piratical harding and policies setup. Move to a Linux desktop, I've started this one with Gentoo on my HP NX9010 laptop. Read all the books I've bought in 2004. Non IT Start my Aikido again, stopped a year ago and I dearly miss the training. Fitness & loose weight (the usual ones again!) Andy