The worlds lousiest placeholder.*
* also doubles as a homepage.
These pages are mainly about computer related things: scripts, software tidbits, configurations, annoyances - basically reference-able stuff so as not to waste time duplicating effort researching these things again and again.
There's also information about my current scientific research projects, and perhaps I'll even add some scripts and other info related to that.
Computer Systems Administration
Founded Zoidial Incorporated (as a web and server hosting business) in 1998, incorporated in 2000, and continue to manage all the associated computer infrastructure. For more info see http://thern.org/eric/zoidial/
I'm into Linux and FreeBSD administration (running Linux exclusively on my desktop too), networking and security. Recent (depending on your definition) projects have included everything in my projects folder, as well as firewalls for multiple OS's, some FreeBSD administration scripts (some of these are slightly incredibly old)
GPG/PGP Encryption - Eric R. Thern (2784-bit GPG Key)
"Ancient History" of Teaching, 2001-2002: Adjunct Instructor for the Computer Science Department at SUNY Potsdam teaching CIS 100 and previously CIS 495 "Topics in Network Administration", as well as giving the introductory lecture in CIS 290 "Linux".
Geology, Physics, Chemistry, oh my.
I used to still collect rocks. But now I torture them with rock crushers, plasma beams and lasers - rather than lining them up in neat labeled rows on a shelf under a UV light.
More information on the research page.
Projects & random tidbits (classy default apache listing)
http://www.thern.org/projects
A currently not-very-orderly directory of projects I have worked on or am working on. Some day I'm going to create webpages per-project and perhaps even sort things and update things. Some of the stuff here is incredibly useful (at least to me) and may be useful to other people as well, but it's hard to sift through, so, like fine wine, I'm letting it age a little.