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Me and Nicole at the United States CapitolMe and Nicole at the United States Capitol. Courtesy of Nicole's Flickr.

Recently I graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In school I discovered my passion for system administration while working at the Residential and Student Service Programs IT Department, which manages systems running FreeBSD and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to support the residence hall network.

Now I work as a system administrator for BitGravity, a FreeBSD-based content distribution network that specializes in the delivery of high definition video and live broadcasts. My day-to-day work includes maintaining the globally distributed servers that run our network, creating an infrastructure in which they cooperate, and devising ways to make my job easier.

In my copious amounts of spare time I experiment with my personal machines, which run FreeBSD, Gentoo Linux, and a few other operating systems from which I am trying to divorce myself. I also enjoy spending time with my girlfriend, Nicole Tantoco.

If you would like to contact me, you can e-mail me at ben@b1c1l1.com [PGP 0xCA15DA31].