Team HHHH

You might expect that four random guys who have a Class C of their own probably have between them a good deal of talent, even in this age when Internet providers are a little thicker on the ground than espresso carts on the Ave.

You'd be right, too, though the Class C doesn't have much to do with it. We could manage some pretty impressive stuff if we were to get off our apathetic, in-fighting butts and do something about it. Unix, Microsoft, language (natural and otherwise), users and their interfaces, solder, music, and madness: we take them all in stride. But each of us has our own price...

Jason Black Sometimes mistaken for a ninja, Jason is often seen peeling uncommon fruits and vegetables for his cohorts' benefit or performing intricate feats of ballistics. He's trained in the arcane art of technical documentation and the study of language. He is a ballroom dance aficionado and a fully recovered Magic player. He owns and pretends to program on a buff Linux machine that mostly just crunches Seti@Home units. His friends, enemies, and bowling ball know him as cloister.

Konrad Schrøder A silent slim figure dressed all in dark blue, Konrad is the scholar of the Team and perhaps somewhat aloof from its activities. Versed in Latin and schooled in mathematics, he has been known to write the occasional device driver for his NetBSD machine. Konrad amazes us all with his ability to write hard software (like OCR software, Journaling Filesystem drivers and WYSIWYG TeX editors). He is perseant, and he keeps our web server running.

Jared Reisinger Renowned as a cheerful and easy-going fellow, little is known of Jared "feety" Reisinger since he got domestic with his supermodel wife (ok, she's not a supermodel, but she could have been). Once our Webmeister and chief insurrectionist, his athletically handsome figure has been seen traversing the sterile corridors of the Evil Empire and working with its most closely guarded secrets. His knowledge of popular culture sometimes confuses and frightens the rest of the Team, although his love of a cappella music has proven contagious to some other team members.

Wim Lewis Exceeded in his zeal for doing things right only by Herr Doktor Reisinger (above), wiml is the Team's specialist in hardware, Objective-C, NEXTSTEP, and obscure programming languages. Brain damage caused by inhalation of solder fumes early in life has caused him to write this description of his housemates. He owns Chad, the HHHH's NeXT slab, which probably isn't on the net right now.

Brenda Larcom Constantly rediscovering and redefining the boundries of nerd-girl lifestyles, Brenda is the team's Indian food chef, seamstress, brass section. Plying her trade as a professional wandering nomad, she mixes her days with her nights but never lets the strictures of corporate life, ill-behaved users, or The Man keep her down. She is asparagi.

Megan Dew Megan (a.k.a. maia) personifies the artistic side of team HHHH, in media such as pencil, pastel, fingerpaint, and imagemap. Rivaled only by Konrad Schrøder in terms of classical literacy, Megan often entertains the rest of the team with tales from ancient Greek, Roman, and particularly Norse, mythology. Occasionally accompanied by Konrad in these endeavours, they never fail to liven up a conversation.

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Througout these pages you will often find after-the-fact comments in the text, enclosed in square brackets. [Much like this, in fact --jared] The notes are signed with an inconsistent variety of tags, corresponding to different people. The tags usually start with some number of hyphens, which I won't reproduce here. Here's a key to help you along: