Roman Shaposhnik's

My name is Roman Shaposhnik and I have a confession to make -- I used to be a latent blogger who had to come out of the closet because of the burnt out therapist.

Apart from that, I work for Sun microsystems doing Sun Studio compilers and tools and I also tinker with the Universe using Math, Software and Physics.

I have a nasty habit of keeping lots of files in ~rvs/notes and my hope is that this blog will replace a need for that collection of things I want to keep track of or otherwise salvage from sudden onsets of forgetfulness.

Finally one last thing I have to explain before moving on: when I first heard of blogging a couple of years ago we had a conversation with a friend of mine about how much blogging reminded us of the good old FidoNet days. In fact, it is quite amazing to realize how similar blogs and semi-restricted echo conferences (the best kind!) really are. And its not just the technical aspect of it, but the social one that gives me goose bumps. I guess there's a very basic human need here that has to be addressed and each age of computing offers its own take on how to do that. Of course, given that my latent condition goes as far back as IBM PC XT and 2400 BAUD days it was absolutely necessary for me to operate a BBS and a FidoNET node back in the '90.

Today the legacy of 2:5030/359: Yellow Submarine BBS lives on this blog!