Personal Information

Age

24

Location

Lansing, MI

Occupation

Technical Support Supervisor

Favorite Bands

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Staind, Heaven & Hell, Queensryche, Alice in Chains, Incubus, Rush, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Jerry Cantrell, Shinedown, Three Days Grace, Counting Crows, Everlast

Favorite Sports

Football and Hockey

Favorite Distribution of Linux

Slackware

Favorite Steel Roller Coaster

Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point

States Visited

Bio

I'm a 24 year old male who resides in Lansing, MI. I am a Supervisor in the Technical Support Department for a Web Hosting company which has its own datacenter here in Lansing. The server this site runs on is located in that datacenter, naturally. I love Linux, and computers in general. I am a HAM Radio operator, and a member of the Lansing RACES and Skywarn groups here. I am the AEC (Assistant Emergency Coordinator) of the Ingham County Skywarn group. I drive a 2002 Ford Ranger XLT. I love sports, especially professional football and hockey. I play in multiple Fantasy Football leagues each year.

A big hobby of mine is to chase Storms. It's mostly just for fun, but sometimes I sell video. I'm also involved with Amateur Radio. I took and passed my Amateur Radio Technician class license test in May of 2005. My callsign is WX8BEN.

I enjoy riding roller coasters, and to date have ridden over 75 different coasters. My favorite is the Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH. I enjoy visiting Cedar Point and other parks during the summer on my days off.

My primary job function is to support Linux and Windows webservers, so naturally computers take up a lot of my time. I have my own server which this website runs off of, among other things. I am a total Linux nut, and use it almost exclusively on all of my systems. I've become a major user of open source software as well in the past few years. I only use Windows occasionally now to play video games or use Photoshop and for storm chasing. I also enjoy working on web sites in my spare time. I keep my website updated along with the Lansing ARPSC website.

Contact Information

Email Address

ben /at/ bholcomb.com

Phone Number

(517) 282-5321

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History

Member for

20 weeks 4 days

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