about

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I'm Ryan Barrett. I
[live](/space/2004-12-02),
[work](/space/2008-04-07_google_app_engine_launched), and
[play](/space/archive)
in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. For more about me, see my
[past posts](/space/archive),
[pictures](/space/pictures),
[software](/space/software),
[lists](/space/lists), and
[resume](/space/resume.html).

email: _[public at ryanb dot org](mailto:public at ryanb dot org)_  
Jabber: _[heaven@gmail](xmpp:heaven@gmail.com)_  
AIM: _[bl4ize](aim:goim?screenname=bl4ize)_  
ICQ: _[1471094](http://wwp.icq.com/1471094)_  

I've been posting to this web site on and off since early 2002. For more, see
[snarfed.org's history](/space/snarfed.org+history) and [copyright](/space/copyright).

snarfed.org runs on [PyBlosxom](http://pyblosxom.sf.net/) and
[Apache](http://httpd.apache.org/), with a custom PyBlosxom
[flavour](/space/snarfed.org+PyBlosxom+flavour) and
[plugins](/space/software). snarfed.org is hosted at
[pair.com](http://pair.com/) on a
[shared FreeBSD server](http://pair.com/services/web_hosting/).

snarfed.org _used_ to run on
[SnipSnap](http://snipsnap.org/), on a
[Linux VPS](http://jvds.com/linux.php) at
[JVDS](http://jvds.com/).