BBD

[Tony Hardie-Bick]

that's a really cool bunch of words

On 09/02/13 22:17, komatos wrote:
> ******Begin historical email quote from Jay V.******
> Hiya folks,
>
> This is a long email, but an important one.  If you're interested in the
> future of teklab.com, a service you've used or may otherwise be familiar
> with, then please take some time to read this email.
>
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>
> I've just decided that June 16th is teklab.com's 'official' birthday.
>
> Today is also the day that I've decided to put teklab.com, as you know
> it, to rest.
>
> And, it is a day for me to reveal some plans I've been making that
> affect all of us.
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>
>
> Per my email archives I first turned on teklab.com on 06/16/95.
>
> (Side note: I'm ignoring the NetSol 'create date' record, because it's
> wrong.  I went to Japan in '96, and teklab.com was up and running before
> I left, so I dunno what's up with NetSol.  They probably got the
> day/month of registration right, though, because I'd registered it a few
> weeks before I began using it...)
>
> 6 years ago, the humble little server for teklab.com was set up in a
> frigid computer room in Glendale, CA.  It had 3 physical changes of
> location (and a couple hardware upgrades) before the two of us finally
> settled here in my office in Los Feliz, where we've been for the last 4
> years.
>
> I'll never forget the day that I set up the box, did a little editing,
> typed 'kill -HUP `pidof named`' and watched the 'torpor', 'dosed', and
> 'jay' mailboxes receive their first '@teklab.com' mail. Once that was
> all working, I started inviting friends to put the machine to use.
>
> Since then, a lot has happened.
>
> It's been a thoroughly wonderful experience - a few ups, a few downs,
> but for the most part I will always consider the effort to keep
> teklab.com up and running one of the most important things I've done in
> my life so far - I've met some amazing people, I've heard some fantastic
> music, and I've personally learned a *lot*.
>
> I also believe, along the way, I may have taught a few people some
> things too.
>
> I feel that one of the most important qualities that I've observed as
> 'overseer of teklab.com', in what appears to be boundless supply, has
> been other people - electronic artists from around the world - helping
> each other out by way of the teklab.com services, and I also believe
> this is probably one of the most special things I've experienced as I've
> bounced around this world of ours.
>
> ******End (abbreviated) historical email quote from Jay V.******