Open-reel tape.
Tape decks and analogue audio sit alongside the music itself. Mechanical engineering is part of the appeal.
About
A place of my own.
I'm Shannon Smith, in Mooroopna, Victoria. Software, cars and an interest in how things work have kept this corner of the internet busy since the 1990s.
Beyond the keyboard.
The same interest in engineering, on a different scale.
On the wrist.
A Cosmograph Daytona 126500LN in Oystersteel. Another way to enjoy a precisely made machine.
Off the clock.
Music, films and games have their place here too. The garage has its own collection of stories.
ssmithnet.net
Before the feed,
there was a home page.
An address that stayed while the interests grew.
The Infiltrator 6.9 page
A Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 was the original subject. The page became the seed of ssmithnet.net and its Mercedes-Benz history.
Windows, Solaris & games
Voluntary beta testing included Microsoft Windows ME, the Solaris beta team and EA game projects. Windows ME testing included a Beta Tester of the Month award.
The software workshop
System Monitor, Calendar, Defragmenter, InfiltratorFS and Calculator began as personal after-hours and weekend projects.
The work continues
Cars now share the domain with InfiltratorFS, native software and the Link diagnostic family. It remains a personal website.
A personal principle
“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”— Robert A. Heinlein