Jeff's No Brainer Web Page

in the grand tradition of one of my closest associates, nate oostendorp, i have elected to construct one of the easiest web pages on the planet. if you want neat, go to Rob's Page. or you can go to the main place i work on, the redoubtable slashdot.org (which we've sold to Andover.net, a great bunch of people).

what else do i do? i work for blockstackers, a small firm that is basically an umbrella to all the things in life that we like to do, and i also work for Andover.net. I also play computer games. i am eagerly awaiting diablo 2. i run linux. i listen to brian eno. i listen to a huge assortment of other music as well, but particularly enjoy ambient music. I'm also very interested in nanotechnology.

i like to read (and you can see what I'm reading right now) and not just on the computer screen. if you want to read, you should read things like neil gaiman, terry prachett, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, William S. Burroughs, Kerouac, James Joyce, Shakespeare, and Douglas Coupland. they all have something to say, and you should listen to them. but you should also listen to what you have to say. you should write that down, and keep that somewhere, because in seven hours, you aren't going to be able to recall this moment. that's one of the biggest lessons in life.

like geeks in my generation, i have the requiste computer experience-working on slashdot and everything makes that apparent. i also like to talk to people-that's why my title i s "the face". nate is a perl monkey. rob is a code jockey. kurt is a number cruncher. we're blockstackers.

why should you listen to me? well, no particular reason-other then i think i've learned a bunch of neat stuff about computers, but more to the point, how computers and people work together. because it doesn't matter how good computers can be-we have to use it. and we need to, because technology is only going to get cooler. i am eagerly awaiting the day for nanotech. my significant other thinks differently. but that's ok-because people need to think different things. besides, she brought her daught er into the world, who is the apple of my eye.

on other occasions, i've taken the time to write things down. due to bad luck, as epitomized by a big house fire, i've lost much of my writing, but what i have...well.

and for those of you who wonder where the name hemos came from, perhaps an answer can be found.