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I'm ~w3bk3rn3l aka ~wbknl, also known as ~ʍ3pĸ3ʁu3ɼ. I live and work in a sunny country (though it’s not as sunny as it used to be).
I spent 25 years in the software industry and am currently a communications advisor for the local government.
Even before having full Internet access, I was exploring Usenet groups and email through local BBS systems. Then, in the early ‘90s, I became fascinated by the Internet and its possibilities—email, Gopher, the World Wide Web, and so on. My interest in communications goes back to 1979, when I began using transceivers to connect with people around the world. In amateur radio, we've been using data protocols like AX.25 to create BBS systems and transfer files since the ‘70s, and we still use these today.
My first Linux distro was Mandrake (which later inspired OpenMandriva). I enjoyed customizing the kernel to suit my needs, which is how I came up with my nickname [webkernel aka w3bk3rn3l]—a nod to the early days of the web and kernel compilation. These days, I enjoy testing various distros (mostly Arch-based), although my daily work is done on a MacBook -- sorry!).
Recently, I discovered the Gemini project, which brought back the magic of simple, direct content. It may seem a bit anachronistic, but having the freedom to choose the best way to build a community is a kind of freedom in itself. And that’s what the Internet is really about.
Interests and hobbies: Hamradio, Astronomy, Computing, Cyberculture, Decentralized Web, Flight Simulation, FOSS, GNU/Linux, Hacking, Indieweb, Literature, Music, Nerd Culture, Numbers Stations, Philosophy, Privacy, Semantic Web, Software Libre (just to name a few)
👽 ~wbknl