Paul M. Hirsch

Welcome to my humble home on the information super highway! (Note: This welcome message is provided in accordance with the international Lousy And Rehashed Home Page Standard, and is not actually intended to welcome visitors.)

I live in Duluth, MN, USA with my wife, 3 kids, and a large assortment of pets. It is great living next to the world's largest (by area) freshwater lake (Lake Superior), not just for the scenery and recreation, but also to reduce the chances of dying from dehydration.

Enough about Paul, the human. If you have come to see my likes and dislikes, what movies I have recently seen, etc, etc, you're out of luck. I used to provide that information and more back in "the day". (That was 1995.) Now I provide only:

• Shameless Business Promotion - I launched Voltage Noir Consulting (www.voltagenoir.com), a one-man IT consultancy. Consider Voltage Noir Consulting for all or some of your infosec, Open Source support, and misc. dev needs. I am a full time Network Engineering consultant at Citon in Duluth. Consider Citon for all your network, server, and other needs.
• Shameless Self Promotion - My current resume in HTML, PDF, TXT, or HR-XML. (Note - HTML, PDF, and TXT built from HR-XML using HR-XSL)
• Project links - Currently, that means AppSamurai.
• Articles - A few tech articles I have written for various reasons. None were made public.... till now!!!! (silence) The target audience is non-geeks.
  • Gone Phishin' - A coming of age story told through the prism of Phishing
  • Net Of The Living Dead - A psychological thriller in about 3 pages about virtual zombie hoards virtually descending on a virtual small town (server)
  • I Love The Smell Of Packets In The Morning - The Apocalypse Now of packet sniffing
• Random Junk I Find Amusing - You will not be amused, but feel free to see my fake blog, or my list of imposters.