Come on, click on me, and get to know Team 10688

[dlevens]

Come on, click on me, and get to know Team 10688

[dlevens]

I figured I would start a thread that would help us all get to know each other a little better. I will go first
Feel free to reveal anything you want about yourself. Here goes:

My name is Dennis Levens, I am 30 years old, married (7+ yrs) with one son (4 months old). I live in Alta Loma (Rancho Cucamonga) California. I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and just finished a year contract migrating Walt Disney International from Novel to Windows 2000 Active Directory. Me and 3 other guys designed and deployed the new AD/Exchange 2000 design for Europe, Asia, and Latin America. I was the lucky one who got to travel around Europe for 8 months migrating site by site. This was my first contract and now after making the jump from full time to contract work, I have been out of a job for 6 months and still looking hehe

I am currently folding with around 8-12 machines depending on what is being upgraded, sold, or moved around.

I Folded my first unit on February 4th 2003. I am currently 21st on the team, right behind TheRhino and ButchB.

So now you know why I have so much time to post on Sudhian.

OK your turn!

D  

[Black Cat]

good lead Dennis!

i am a liquor salesman in Dallas, Texas.  now that i am divorced i have plenty of time to read and post to the forums.  i am 37 although i have no hair (yes worse than you Dennis ).  our motto at work is drink all you can and sell the rest.  i actually don't drink much anymore.  it seems that when i was married for 6 years, i just never seemed to have much time for it.

i have been folding for about a month maybe. i currently have 4 machines, but i am working on buying pieces to build a farm.  as i am 100% commission and business is horrible, i am taking it slow and looking for deals.  i find it a fun project to work on.  i am also working slowly to learn visual basic.  i hope to learn the big one(C++) some time in the future to have a back up plan for a job. 

anyway, great idea Dennis!  anyone else?

[fall-apart]

My name is Ian Hecht, I'm 24 years old, and I live in lovely Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.  I teach Science and French Immersion at the local Comprehensive high school (~1800 students).  I've been married since January 1, 2000 (easy to remember the anniversary), and we're expecting our first child.  I do webpage design in my spare time (ex. here, here, and here), and enjoy 'putering around (a pass-time which my wife does not understand).

I've been folding since November (methinks) on my SS51g (P4 2.4) and one work machine (P4 1.6).  There are a ton of computers at work I'd love to sign up (80 of the P4 1.6s and supposedly some new library computers coming in), but the network administrators can get a little growly if you muck around with your computer... meh.

I'm trying to get other people to sign up to fold for us, but most of my immediate acquaintances are suspicious of computers anyways, so I don't think they'll be doing it anytime soon.

[SFFNooB]

My Name is Dana Cain, I like long moonlit walks in the park, I am a hopeless romantic and a per... oh wait... wrong forum.     I am male BTW..   anyhow.. enough humor...  I am 33 years old... Live in Ohio USA, and work installing High Speed Internet service(cable) to countless morons.  Although today I turned in my letter of resignation because of major problems(paycuts, increased work, total stupidity).  

so I guess you could say in a week I will be unemployed and loving it!  more time to go camping, fishing, and ATV riding!  and I will be traveling to Michigan to see my first girlfriend who I haven't seen in 12 years!! Whooo Hooo!  she was too young for me to have then,  and I'm damn lucky I didn't get arrested.. but all bets are off now!  and she just went thru the BIG D!

[100fuegos]

Well, my real name is Raymond, I am Cuban but have been living in Spain for 4 years. I studied Chemistry at college though I sell computers in a small store here in "La costa del Sol". I am 25 and I am not married but my girl and I make a good team for  6 years now. I discovered Sudhian when I got my SS51G (November 2002) and was looking for information about it, I couldn't stop reading our forums since then and one day discovered all this about folding so I became a member like ahh.... 2 months ago ?? (how can I know for sure when I sent my first WU???)

I have 7 computers online, 3 at home, 3 at work and one from a friend I convinced to fold on my name   all of them 24/7  

[Wrawrat]

I'm not very active in the Sudhian Folding community, but hey, I still fold.

My name is Patrick Clément-Bonhomme. I'm 20 years old. I'm not married, but I have a girlfriend (since Easter 2002!). I live in Beauharnois, Quebec. That's in Canada. I finished college 3 months ago, and I have a diploma in Computer Science. recently I'm currently unemployed, but I'm searching for a job in the IT domain as a service technician (as long as it's not phone support 40h/week!). However, I might go to university, either in politics or, um, in something to study the marine life and fauna around the world (oceanography?). I love computers, but I think that I should keep that passion as an hobby, or I might get tired of them. However, I'm already tired of Windows, so I plan to switch to Linux or FreeBSD for good.

I've been folding since October (if I remember) with a Duron 900 @ 1000. I've upgraded to an AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (@ 1.895GHz) recently to help my cause. I still have the Duron 900, but it's only folding ~8 to 10 hours per day.  

[ScutMonkey]

Douglas Bell.  I've been with Sudhian since it was www.viahardware.com.  I think I was the third permanent member of the VH team after Jasper and Odie, but I'm not 100% sure.  I administer the backups for a major cell phone telecom (about 350+ servers in a Sun/HP Unix and Windows NT/2000 environment).  I'm certified as an A+ technician, EDM backup admin, and Veritas Netbackup as well.  I'm the forum admin in my spare time (waiting for slow stuff to load or configure at work most of the time).

We started a folding at home team as Via Hardware but it never took off and everyone went SETI instead.  One of our guys (I forget which one, Paul maybe?) saw the new rollout of Folding and decided to get a team together after a while.  I egged everyone on by pointing out how much I was slamming all of them in the stats and it started getting competitive.  It was only guys that worked for the site until we switched to Sudhian and at that point we went public.  It blew up from there and now we're in the top 15.  

I'm 31, single with a GF who's in college in NY.  I live in Atlanta, GA.  I play drums as a hobby and there should be a link to my band site in my sig.    

[MarkF]

Hi, Folks!

I'm Mark J. Foster, one of the founders and the CTO of a 3 year-old startup company that's in the interactive TV space.  My background is firmware engineering (i.e. PC BIOS), as well as portable computer engineering design, with 21 patents so far - I've previously headed the portable computer engineering groups at Zenith Data Systems, Digital Equipment Corp (DEC), and at Apple.

I've lived in quite a few places, but primarily grew up in the Midwest (Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin), moved to the Boston area for DEC, and have lived in Palo Alto, California for the last six years.  I've got a ham radio license and a pilot's license, though I haven't been active in either for quite a few years.  Mostly, I love to tinker around with computers and home theater (D-ILA projector)! I'm 42 years old, 6'4", and my long-term girlfriend is 5'11" (without heels)!  Together, we enjoy movies, music, art and wine festivals, and Victoria's Secret .

I've been folding since ~November, 2002 - it's great to be a part of the Sudhian Folding Team!

Cheers!
MarkF  

[wytco0]

Hi All,
in real life I am a IT project Manager, for the past 15 years I have worked as a contractor and for the last 13 of those years I have worked for one large Oil Company. I live in Hastings in the UK and spend far to much reading this forum. I am 44 years old and live with my very understanding girlfriend of 20 years.

Currently folding with about 6 PC's but I have 10 Mobos etc ready to build my FF (cosmos) currently I don't have time to work on it as I travelling a lot. My contract will end in the next few weeks and then I will have plenty of time (but not much money) to dedicate to Cosmos.

Main interests are Travel, Aviation, physics and computing.

[Everlast80]

I am Matt DeBaets, just turned 22 years old yesterday (Mar 22nd).  I work as a LAN Administrator for a small company in Golden, Colorado (where I also live) and also build and sell computer systems and do some consulting work on the side.  I've got a Cisco CCNA certification, tried for the MCSE but never got around to taking the tests...   I have been folding for a couple months now, with 3 systems of my own at home, plus whatever ones I haven't sold yet.  Oh yeah, and about 18 or so computers at work too (so THAT'S how I got so many points so quick...!)  Nice to meet you all!  

[dlevens]

Wow, this really turned into a nice thread. Glad everyone so far has contributed. Mark, we have got to talk about home theater some day, I have spent a lot of time setting of a somewhat decent rig (HK 520, Polks all around, Velodyne Sub). Still looking for the right TV to fit my custom built ET unit.

Everlast, most of my wife's side of the family lives in Colorado. Mostly in Center.

I had a feeling we had a slightly older crowd here. Most of us are 30 and over which means dedication baby!

By the way, I share your interest in Victoria Secret as well Mark! Gotta love that store.

D

[shinysteve]

Hi.

Steve Paine. 35 (tommorrow), from Ipswich, England, Now living Bonn, Germany with fiance.
Internet Networks Security Engineer working for ISH. Cable TV/VoiP/Internet provider.
History: Unix/Ultrix/SunoS sysadmin, Network design, Usenet over 9.6Kbps link, 1Gb drives for $16,000, Vic20 and games in 3.5KB memory, Depeche Mode, English beer.
Current: MMedia/PC tinkering, Quiet/Efficient PC's, TripHop/Downbeat/Jazz/Big Beat music, German Beer.
Future: MMedia/Lan parties, marriage, kids, more German Beer!

Nice to meet you all.

Steve.

[fall-apart]

Steve, I've always been curious - what's up with your avatar?  I presume that's you, but what's going on there?

[ScutMonkey]

<< I am Matt DeBaets, just turned 22 years old yesterday (Mar 22nd).  I work as a LAN Administrator for a small company in Golden, Colorado (where I also live) and also build and sell computer systems and do some consulting work on the side.  I've got a Cisco CCNA certification, tried for the MCSE but never got around to taking the tests...   I have been folding for a couple months now, with 3 systems of my own at home, plus whatever ones I haven't sold yet.  Oh yeah, and about 18 or so computers at work too (so THAT'S how I got so many points so quick...!)  Nice to meet you all! >>



Wow, same bday.  I turned 31 though  

[Tmagic650]

Happy birthday guy's...

My name is Kurt Hanson. I fold under "Hanson". I'm a retired Computer/Electronics Tech now living in the beautiful State of Montana, USA. I'll be 53, June 3 I built RADAR power supplies and tested them for the Navy's F15 fighters. I worked for MITS/Altair in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We built the first "kit" computer.

[Barney]

Paul Barnwell by name but the nickname Barney always followed me around so I gave up and adopted it.  34 and currently living near Reading in the UK.  Originally a Molecular Biologist by training but spent two years of my research time mucking about with computers in the early 90s and started writing applications to use in the lab for DNA analysis.  Finally one morning woke up and decided it was time to move on and 3 days later I had my first IT job.  9 years later still in IT but now managerial rather than purely technical and in the past few months have started to get some focus back on learning some technical skills.  Been folding away with a couple of machines since October.  Just need to persuade the girlfriend that spending money on more "useless" PC's is actually a good idea

[SVRoadracer]

I’m Don Crandall from Minnesota, USA.  I’m 42 years old and married since June of 2002.  I’ve been an Instrument & Control Specialist for a major power company for about 19 years.

One of my hobbies is motorcycle roadracing.  I race a Suzuki SV650 in the lightweight classes of the Central Roadracing Association (hence my user name).  I had a major crash the last weekend of 2001, and didn’t race in 2002 because the bike was toast and no time to rebuild.  My fiancé and I had two houses to sell, one to buy, and a wedding/honeymoon to plan.  I do plan on racing again this year.

I also enjoy recreational motorcycling, flying, snowmobiling, and obviously playing around with computers.

Around the end of last year it was time to build a new PC.  The Shuttle SFF’s looked interesting, so I ordered an SK41G as soon as they were available.  I found Sudhian from an old bookmark for VIAHardware, and this is where I learned of Folding@Home, which the Shuttle has been doing 24/7 ever since.  That became addicting and I soon ended up with 4 motherboards in a bookcase for folding.  And thanks to ButchB, my Dell PowerEdge 600SC will be here at the end of this week.  More Power!!

It was fun dicing with 100Fuegos until he out horsepowered me, so now I’ll just see how long I can stay ahead of the guy’s coming up fast from behind!


SVR  

[Black Cat]

it is amazing how many fliers there are!  that is on my list of want to's when money is there  right now, it's FFarm time

[shinysteve]

Hi fall-apart.

The avatar comes from the Oktoberfest, Munich 2000. I got attacked by four Finnish girls. It was tough but I got through it OK.
In fact, to liven up "Fold-for-BananaNutBread day" - Here's a few of the images.

[REMOVED - 1st April]

Of course, I don't remember any of this as I was somewhere between 4 and 5 litres of beer at this point. Shame!

Steve.  

[IceBiker]

A tough act to follow indeed shinysteve!

I'm Jim Barnes, 48 year old ex miner, mucker, and underground electrician. I've been self employed for the last fifteen years as an electrical contractor in Leadville, Colorado. I fold (and work) on the linux platform, SuSE 8.0 & 8.1. In my spare time I race mountain bikes, play with my 2-1/2 & 5 year old grandkids. I'm self taught in the computer end of things, and am getting into network adminisration, ethernet over linux with some samba thrown in.

Woo Hoo my two sc600 servers arrive today! Another 4.8 ghz for Sudhian! THANKS ButchB!

BTW, I found this group last fall when researching the Shuttle XPC after a review in THG I believe. I have two ss51g/2.4 and a herd of lessor p11/233 folders.  

[BMWRider]

Great thread and time for me to participate.  I am a 40 year old member of the United States Coast Guard.  I am retiring in 45 work days, but who's counting?  I have two sons 17 and 15, one computer geek/paintball fanatic and one jock.  I am a hardcore sport touring motorcyclist who has been riding for about 23 years.  I currently ride a BMW R1150RT with all the toys.  I love women, motorcycles, progressive rock, hockey, and the Washington Redskins.  The order changes depending on the day.  I have been into computers for about 15 years and ran my own part time consulting company in the mid 90s.  I currently live in Annapolis and have no clue where I will end up.  I am attending graduate school in the fall and look forward to a future filled with adventure.  I suppose that's it.  Interesting learning who is who.  

[OnefishTwofish]

Very cool to learn everyone's background and see what kind of people are drawn to folding.  

I am 32, with a one-year-old kid and another due any week now.  I am working in a molecular biology lab in Michigan.  We have a great dual 1.7GHz Xenon processor Dell with 2GB Ram with over 200GB usable space (SCSI, Raid 5); these specs were awe inspiring in 2001, when we got the machine.  This along with my P3 600MHz machine is what I fold on 24/7.  We have the Dell controlling our lab sound system consisting of a Kenwood receiver, Bose speakers in the lab and a pair of Pyle's in the office, MusicMatch and the Remote Wonder Controller.

While I am not nearly as computer savy as most of you sound, I am functionally proficeint in PERL and my job occasionally entails bioinformaics tasks (not lately, though).  I am an avid home-brewer, love motorcycles, muscle cars (have a 70 GTO), japanese sport cars (just got a mazda PR5 and cant wait to start customizing) and of course I love my SB51g HTPC.

ShinySteve:  I used to live in munich for a couple of years and may have also had a similar Octoberfest experience, but I cant remember for sure... and didnt have a good friend with a camera

100fuegos:  Living on "La Costa del Sol" with an SFF must be sublime.

1f2f

[SpyderCat]

Hi,
I guess it's my turn now to tell you something about myself.  I was born in 1952 (age changes, year of birth never), in the Netherlands, one of the smallest countries in Europe.  My job is at a rehabilitation center (health care) where I was Supervisor in the days of Novell, and have been 'degraded' to Administrator now with Microsoft.  Before I started messing with computers, I taught the patients at the center 'How to drive a wheelchair' for 6 years.  I was educated as a mechanical engineer, but it was resession-time when I was looking for a job, and they welcomed me as a 'wheelchair instructor', so I became one.  In the Novell days (1999) there was no software available to support the whole administrative process of a rehabilitation center, and I was given the chance to write the programs for the center, from entry up to billing.  I used Professional Basic & Btrieve, but somehow never managed to make the switch to the visual languages.  The software has been replaced by an Oracle application on HP-UX now, but the level of depth we had hasn't been surpassed.
Personally I have a 35 year long passion for sailing multihulls (you know: catamarans/trimarans and PROAs) and currently I'm slowly building my "third & last boat" in the garage.  36 ft long, 28 ft wide, 3200 lbs.  I designed the boat myself in Fastship & AutoCad, and only work on the boat when I feel like it.  The building has be a pleasure too!
Although I drive a 1991 Pontiac Firebird, I usually like small and efficient systems.
Recently I've aquired a taste for modding PC's with the aim to make them quiet and cool.
Just today I've upgraded my rig from a Athlon 1800+ (Palomino) to a 2400+ (Thoroughbred), and the CPU-temps have gone down by 5*C !

Regards, Han.
 

[Ady168uk]

Hi all, I am 18 years old from the UK. Currently studying for my A-Levels in Physics, Electronics and Maths, looking forward to doing Computer Science in University. I am a absolute noob when it comes to folding and just started but looks like a kewl thing to do Glad to join and help out the Sudhian team. I love chilling out my friends as we all got so much free time, eerrr also love watching films and listening to music, kinda into Korean/Japanese Pop atm. Another thing I like doing is going to LAN sessions with m8s and having some of the madess weekends ever. Non stop gaming and junk food, hehe

happy folding guys