Low-Maintainence Web Page

Welcome to oostendorp.net -- the place where nate lives. Virtually, at least.

Rob took a picture of me for his photography class. I like it. Here's an animated GIF of me hard at work (500k)...

I also added some of my Gimp Art and some ramblings

Even More stuff? Well, you can go to my Everything site. I have also built a generative Oblique Strategies Garden, and you can explore some Word Galaxies.

I work for a cool company called Blockstackers Intergalactic...

(Worthless Advice)

Listen to Brian Eno and anyone he touches. This includes the Talking Heads, Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp, U2, Devo, James, John Cale, and others. Also listen to the Velvet Underground. And the Clash. And Sonic Youth. And the Pixies. And Bauhaus. And Elvis Costello. And Frank Zappa. And John Coltrane. And Stravinski. And John Cage. And Harry Partch. And Philip Glass. And Steve Reich. And Gustav Mahler. And Lou Harrison. And the Kronos Quartet. And Dimitri Shostakovich. Now I'm into hip-hop. I enjoy Public Enemy. Gang Starr. KRS-One. J5. ISPs. Shadow. Redman. For a retrospective, the Beats and Rhymes set by Rhino is excellent.

You should also read Dune by Frank Herbert. And Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. Read Junky, Queer, Interzone, and Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs. And Stranger in a Strange Land and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein. And Silence by John Cage. And The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman. Geeks: Read Microserfs by Douglas Coupland.

Throw away the copy of Windows 95 that came with your computer and install Linux. Learn how to use it and set up a Unix network with friends. Go to Rob Malda's page and see what he has to say about Linux.

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