Josh Tolbert's Homepage

Hi! Welcome to my little hole in the wall on the web. My name is Josh Tolbert. I'm thirty-four years old, I live in Urbana, Illinois and currently work for a local U. S. Department of Agriculture group as an Information Technology Specialist.

This page is just a brief overview and more information is available below. This page is constantly under construction. Do not shake. Contents under pressure.

Interests

I like a lot of different things. I'll give just about anything a try once or twice before I decide I don't like it. The interests that take up most of my time lately are:

• Computer hardware: everything from garden-variety x86 PCs to older, high-end x86 machines to Alphas and just about everything in between. Just pics for now, details coming soon!
• FreeBSD: the free, Unix-like operating system I prefer.
• Vehicles (this used to be just Cars): from my '03 Jeep Wrangler X to my '83 Suzuki GS1100GL. Just pics for now, details coming soon!
• Firearms: right now just a small collection involving a hot-rodded Ruger 10/22, an Arcus 94, a work-in-progress AR-15, a Smith & Wesson Model 19, a Swiss K31 and an FM Hi-Power "Detective."
• Sega Dreamcast: the little console that could(n't), except I don't play games on it any more...

Contact info

The easiest way to reach me is via e-mail to hemi@puresimplicity.net. The quickest way to reach me is via ICQ (50489581) or YIM (josh_tolbert_1977). My PGP key is available.

Where did the nick "HEMI" come from?

I'm a car numbers freak, particularly Mopar (Dodge, Chrysler, Plymouth, Jeep, Eagle, Fargo, DeSoto, etc.) vehicles. The infamous Hemi was (and still is, in a lot of ways) just about the wildest production engine ever put in a classic American car, so...Why not use it for a nickname? :)

So why do I use "Hemi" in all capital letters? Look at any original 426 Hemi air cleaner.

Comments? Suggestions? Hate mail? Send them to hemi@puresimplicity.net.