My first Ethernet Network and Router

I’ve mentioned in the past how my first job in IT (starting in 1995) was as a “systems administrator” for a small company in Marin County, California.  The company designed and built museum exhibits, and its team of around 60 employees was split between fabricators, who built the exhibits, and office workers.  Some of the […]

For the love of wiring

We’ve moved into a wireless world, which is too bad for me because I love, more than anything, wiring.  I miss the days of good old Cat 3 cable, T1 lines, and ISDN BRIs.  I miss 66 blocks, punch down tools, cross-connect wire, and tone/probe kits.  And butt sets.  Especially butt sets.  Now I just […]

Painted into a corner

I’ve written before about my years at the San Francisco Chronicle, my first job which was exclusively network engineering.  It was an interesting environment, as this was back in the years before the Internet totally displaced newspapers.  We had printing plants to support, active newsrooms with reporters and photographers, and a massive circulation operation. When […]