About the Hosts, Co-Hosts, Behind the Scenes...

Posted 2016-06-28 03:54

These are your ~~grumpy~~ fearless leaders.

Brent Saner

Name Brent Saner

Episode Signing Key 0×97E09B248060AA58

Nicknames, Handles, Aliases johnnybubonic, r00t^2, bts3685, bts

Occupation GNU/Linux SysAdmin, Systems Engineer, etc.

Current Employer FoxyProxy

Title with Current Employer Network/Systems Engineer

Involvement with Sysadministrivia Host, Operations

Likes/interests GNU/Linux, camping, playing banjo/didgeridoo, old FPS games (Quake I/II/III, DooM I/II, Unreal Gold/Unreal Tournament 1999, Half-Life 1, etc.), being right so dang much, long walks on the beach at night, ~~American Spirit Perique rolling tobacco~~ I quit smoking!

Dislikes/disinterests Windows/Microsoft, Mac OS X/Apple, hiking, That Guy that always plays the guitar in a public setting (you know the one.), (unskilled/untalented/just plain bad/lame) trolls, people with an overinflated sense of pride without having a reason to be proud, swimming in natural bodies of water, burnouts, self-entitlement, the way jthan pronounces “sysadmin”

Recording Rig

Mumble (project)

Recording/post-processing in Audacity (project)

Both on Arch Linux (x86_64)

Hardware:

ASUS Sabertooth Z77 motherboard

Intel Core i7-3770K CPU

Corsair Vengeance 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit (x2)

(more details can be found in my dmidecode output)

A/V Kit

~~Samson C01U~~ Now a Samson Meteor mic (black model)

~~Samson PS01 Pop Filter~~ Now a Dragonpad pop filter

~~E Zhiying Shock Mount~~ Now a Leegoal Shock Mount

~~E Zhiying Scissor Boom~~ Now a NEEWER Scissor Boom

~~Rosewill RHTS-8206~~ Now a Logitech G430

I tend to do post-processing/editing on my ~~Samsung ATIV Book 6~~ Samsung ATIV Book 9 Pro laptop (also Arch x86_64), using my Rosewill RHTS-8206 headphones if I’m “on the go”.

Sites/Personal Contact

Square-R00t.net (includes GPG pubkey, SSH pubkeys, etc.)

Keybase.IO

Twitter

r00t^2 on IRC (mosty of my activity is on Freenode in our channel)

Name	Brent Saner
Episode Signing Key	0×97E09B248060AA58
Nicknames, Handles, Aliases	johnnybubonic, r00t^2, bts3685, bts
Occupation	GNU/Linux SysAdmin, Systems Engineer, etc.
Current Employer	FoxyProxy
Title with Current Employer	Network/Systems Engineer
Involvement with Sysadministrivia	Host, Operations
Likes/interests	GNU/Linux, camping, playing banjo/didgeridoo, old FPS games (Quake I/II/III, DooM I/II, Unreal Gold/Unreal Tournament 1999, Half-Life 1, etc.), being right so dang much, long walks on the beach at night, ~~American Spirit Perique rolling tobacco~~ I quit smoking!
Dislikes/disinterests	Windows/Microsoft, Mac OS X/Apple, hiking, That Guy that always plays the guitar in a public setting (you know the one.), (unskilled/untalented/just plain bad/lame) trolls, people with an overinflated sense of pride without having a reason to be proud, swimming in natural bodies of water, burnouts, self-entitlement, the way jthan pronounces “sysadmin”
Recording Rig	Mumble (project) Recording/post-processing in Audacity (project) Both on Arch Linux (x86_64) Hardware: ASUS Sabertooth Z77 motherboard Intel Core i7-3770K CPU Corsair Vengeance 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit (x2) (more details can be found in my dmidecode output) A/V Kit ~~Samson C01U~~ Now a Samson Meteor mic (black model) ~~Samson PS01 Pop Filter~~ Now a Dragonpad pop filter ~~E Zhiying Shock Mount~~ Now a Leegoal Shock Mount ~~E Zhiying Scissor Boom~~ Now a NEEWER Scissor Boom ~~Rosewill RHTS-8206~~ Now a Logitech G430 I tend to do post-processing/editing on my ~~Samsung ATIV Book 6~~ Samsung ATIV Book 9 Pro laptop (also Arch x86_64), using my Rosewill RHTS-8206 headphones if I’m “on the go”.
Sites/Personal Contact	Square-R00t.net (includes GPG pubkey, SSH pubkeys, etc.) Keybase.IO Twitter r00t^2 on IRC (mosty of my activity is on Freenode in our channel)

Jonathan DeMasi

Name Jonathan DeMasi

Episode Signing Key 0×29D004547675230F

Nicknames, Handles, Aliases jthan, jrdemasi

Occupation Linux Systems Administrator

Current Employer BioFrontiers Institute

Title with Current Employer HPC Administrator

Involvement with Sysadministrivia Co-host, giving Brent a hard time about everything, fixing PHP errors

Likes/interests Fountain pens, the outdoors, an occasional cigar or pipe, all the tea, IRC, genuine intellectual conversations

Dislikes/disinterests Frat guys who act like stereotypical frat guys, snow, used clothing

Recording Rig

Mumble (project)

Recording in Audacity)

Both on Mac OS X

Hardware:

MacbookPro 15-inch

A/V Kit

Blue Yeti mic

Whisperteknik pop filter

Klipsch S4A Headphones

Sites/Personal Contact

Twitter

Facebook

Blog (unfinished)

jthan on IRC (Freenode in our channel)

Name	Jonathan DeMasi
Episode Signing Key	0×29D004547675230F
Nicknames, Handles, Aliases	jthan, jrdemasi
Occupation	Linux Systems Administrator
Current Employer	BioFrontiers Institute
Title with Current Employer	HPC Administrator
Involvement with Sysadministrivia	Co-host, giving Brent a hard time about everything, fixing PHP errors
Likes/interests	Fountain pens, the outdoors, an occasional cigar or pipe, all the tea, IRC, genuine intellectual conversations
Dislikes/disinterests	Frat guys who act like stereotypical frat guys, snow, used clothing
Recording Rig	Mumble (project) Recording in Audacity) Both on Mac OS X Hardware: MacbookPro 15-inch A/V Kit Blue Yeti mic Whisperteknik pop filter Klipsch S4A Headphones
Sites/Personal Contact	Twitter Facebook Blog (unfinished) jthan on IRC (Freenode in our channel)

Chris Norton

Name Chris Norton

Episode Signing Key 0×993D2584A742B96F

Nicknames, Handles, Aliases paden, Crazymarine

Occupation Jr. Systems Engineer

Current Employer The ATS Group

Title with Current Employer Junior Systems Engineer

Involvement with Sysadministrivia Co-host, giving Jonathan a hard time about everything

Likes/interests ~~Hiking, Windows/Microsoft, Mac OS X/Apple, trolls~~ Wait, this is my likes, not the opposite of Brent’s. I actually do like hiking, as well as Linux (Arch Linux), Intel, Nvidia, gaming (Kerbal Space Program), gaming on Linux, RF, cell, Ham Radio

Dislikes/disinterests Windows/Microsoft, Mac OS X/Apple, assholes, obtuse assholes, know-it-all assholes, that one guy that you know that is an asshole, jthan (just kidding!), piss poor code (yes, I hate my own code), jthan, idiots, slow ass drivers that can’t figure out the fast lane, jthan

Recording Rig

Mumble (project)

Recording in Audacity (project)

Both on Arch Linux (x86_64)

Hardware:

Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H motherboard

Intel Core™ i5-3570 CPU

Crucial 24GB 8×2 D3 1600

A/V Kit

Samson Meteor mic (chrome)

Dragonpad pop filter

NEEWER Scissor Boom

Hesh 2 Bluetooth Headphones

Sites/Personal Contact

sirhc.net

Twitter

paden on IRC (Freenode in our channel)

Name	Chris Norton
Episode Signing Key	0×993D2584A742B96F
Nicknames, Handles, Aliases	paden, Crazymarine
Occupation	Jr. Systems Engineer
Current Employer	The ATS Group
Title with Current Employer	Junior Systems Engineer
Involvement with Sysadministrivia	Co-host, giving Jonathan a hard time about everything
Likes/interests	~~Hiking, Windows/Microsoft, Mac OS X/Apple, trolls~~ Wait, this is my likes, not the opposite of Brent’s. I actually do like hiking, as well as Linux (Arch Linux), Intel, Nvidia, gaming (Kerbal Space Program), gaming on Linux, RF, cell, Ham Radio
Dislikes/disinterests	Windows/Microsoft, Mac OS X/Apple, assholes, obtuse assholes, know-it-all assholes, that one guy that you know that is an asshole, jthan (just kidding!), piss poor code (yes, I hate my own code), jthan, idiots, slow ass drivers that can’t figure out the fast lane, jthan
Recording Rig	Mumble (project) Recording in Audacity (project) Both on Arch Linux (x86_64) Hardware: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H motherboard Intel Core™ i5-3570 CPU Crucial 24GB 8×2 D3 1600 A/V Kit Samson Meteor mic (chrome) Dragonpad pop filter NEEWER Scissor Boom Hesh 2 Bluetooth Headphones
Sites/Personal Contact	sirhc.net Twitter paden on IRC (Freenode in our channel)

Author r00t^2