Zolan's Writings

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Here's a page with links to things I've written over the years. Nothing fantastic, but it seems some people like my writing style, so they are available for your reading pleasure here.

Fun Stories

Magnet For Strangeness: A short list of crazy things that happened to me on a trip to the beach.

My Proposal - Sorry Ladies, I'm Off The Market: Story of how I proposed to the woman of my dreams.

Wisdom Tooth Extraction -- The Epic Story: I had one crazy time at the dentist getting a wisdom tooth removed. I posted my story to my blog.

House Building Part 1 -- Bomb Squad: First in a series of stories I've written on my blog about stuff that has happened while working on building a house.

House Building Part 2 -- Finding Grandpa: Second in a series of stories I've written on my blog about stuff that has happened while working on building a house.

House Building Part 3 -- Oh My God, That's A Skull!: Third in a series of stories I've written on my blog about stuff that has happened while working on building a house.

Geeky/Educational Works

Geek Definition: My best attempt at defining what it is to be a geek. Many of my fellow computer geeks have read this and verified that I've said it about as good as anyone can.

Basics of Boolean Logic: Ever wonder how the computer compares bits, and other cool binary type stuff? This will give you a starter's course.

Basics of IPV4 Networking: Basic rundown of how your computer knows if another computer is on its network or if it needs to do some routing to find it.

Decimal/Binary/Octal/Hex Fraction Conversions: Boy I'm a lively one. This document explains how to convert fractions. It's still pretty basic but helpful to a beginner.

Basic UNIX File Permissions: Another lively one. Watch out, women around the world want to bare my children... Maybe not.. But here's a basic rundown on how unix file permissions work.

Linux Article #1: My first article I wrote for Linux.com

Linux Article #2: My second article I wrote for Linux.com

Linux Article #3: My third article I wrote for Linux.com