Ben Scott's Home Page

Welcome to my web site!

This is my personal web site.

I used to call my personal home page The Cow Path. Why? Because, like a cow path, my home page is small, out-of-the-way, and doesn't look very impressive, but might still lead you somewhere interesting. I've since dropped that moniker as no longer entirely fitting, but the general idea still applies. You're welcome to look around, but don't expect the next Facebook.

Who Am I?

My full name is "Benjamin Scott", but most people (myself included) just use "Ben". I've long used the handle "Dragonhawk". You can call me that if you want. I also answer to "Hey you!", as well as assorted grunts and gestures. Whatever works.

I live in New Hampshire, in the New England region of the United States. I'm a techno-geek, a professional computer system administrator by trade. Most of what you'll find here is related to that.

Why Do I Have a Web Site?

I've written a few bits of code that others might find useful. I also occasionally have a need to post something that isn't suitable for whatever mailing list or social media platform I'm using at the time. This site gives me a place for that. It also gives me a sandbox in which I can try out ideas or new web software.

In short, it's kind of like a factory outlet for my mind.

My Résumé

Available in the following formats:

I also provide a list of products and technologies I've worked with.

Technical Goodies

Here you will find software I've written, configurations I've built, and knowledge I can share.

Platform Agnostic

This is stuff that should run on any platform with compatible software. Most of it was developed on Linux, and adheres to the traditional Unix design philosophy, but doesn't have anything particularly Unix-specific in it.

Unix and Linux

Microsoft Windows

Telephony

Other Stuff

Paths Elsewhere

Here are some of my works on other sites.

Contact Me

Feel free to contact me! I am open to suggestions, comments, commendations, and condemnations. Let me know what you think I'm doing right or wrong. Or just say "Hi". You may use the form linked below to send me a message:

Contact Ben

Colophon and Copyright

You may note that the design of this web site is rather plain. Part of this is just that my talents don't include graphics design. But there are technical-philosophical reasons, too. This site is standards-compliant, and downgrades gracefully to any browser. It respects user font choices, colors, and so on, in keeping the web's underappreciated ability to present the same content in different ways under user control. It meets accessibility guidelines and should be usable to people using screen readers or other media. It is likely to continue working well into the future as well. While all of that yields a rather utilitarian appearance, that suits my goals.

Except where otherwise noted, all work on this site is my own.

These web pages (the HTML and CSS) and any graphics/images are licensed under the terms of the CC-BY-4.0 license. Basically, you can do anything you like with it, as long as credit is given.

Unless otherwise noted in the specific files, all software/code files on this website are dedicated to the public domain, per the Unlicense. You can do anything you like with them. You don't even need to worry about attribution.