Bob Jonkman's Home Page

A freshen-up, just in time for the holidays...

^ Just how much family do I have, anyway? Oom Fouke sent me his Christmas card, my cousin Albert Apperlo sent a picture of his daughter and niece, Natasha and Anoeska. My sister-in-law, Nicole C. Russwurm has her own web page; my other sister-in-law Liana Russwurm has a web page for her glassmaking business, Pyramide de Verre, and by brother-in-law, Larry Russwurm has a web page too.

^  I have a resume online. I'm always willing to discuss new opportunities with potential employers, either for full time employment or contract work for SOBAC Microcomputer Services. I have found it convenient (not to mention prettier) to provide a resume suitable for faxing or printing. As well, there is a resume in ASCII format for suitable for scanning.

^ I've been busy with Pegasus Mail. If you want to help promote Pegasus Mail by placing a graphic on your Web page check out my page of Pegasus Buttons. I finally got Pegasus Mail working as an auto-responder. I'm hosting a Humour List, to which you can subscribe or unsubscribe through e-mail. Have a look and join the fun! Privacy is important (in general, not necessarily for the Humour List), so keep your e-mail secure with strong encryption. You can get my pgp key online or via e-mail.

^ Seems everyone has their favourite links online. So, me too. Here is the Netscape Bookmark file I use at home, and the Bookmark file I use at work. Note that these are updated frequently, unlike the rest of this stuff :-(

What do you know about distributed computing? Well, what I knew used to fit into a thimble. I'm currently a member of Distributed.Net where the object is to break a particular phrase encoded by RSA's RC5-64. You can check to see how well I'm doing, and if you're not already affiliated with a team I invite you to join mine, "Neighbours".

Only one non-computer hobby, really -- SCUBA diving! In 1983 I certified with Steel City Sport Divers as a Basic Open Water diver. In 1987 I got my Assistant Instructor certification, and now I'm an ACUC Open Water Instructor, certification number ACUC 903EA. Diving led to an interest in caving (but not cave diving!). I haven't been too active in either over the last few years. There was a period where we had no car (don't need one if you live in Toronto and make use of the TTC, but it makes it difficult to get to dive sites), and a young son keeps me too busy to spend weekends away from home.

--Bob