Cool Beans

Hi, I'm Dennis Mojado. I'm currently a Web Applications Manager working for the Residential and Student Service Programs of the University of California, Berkeley. I develop Internet applications and build networked systems and have been doing so for over 10 years. I am also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

As you can tell from many of my website topics, I have a keen interest in Internet security (and the lack of it). Fascinated by computer science topics and software and mobile development trends. I also find cryptography really cool, think Macs rule, and have difficulty resisting gadgetry.

Outside of work, I really enjoy motorcycling, reading non-fiction, sea-faring, hiking, camping, travel, and photography. Occasional World of Warcraft binges. (WoW in moderation is possible!). I'm hoping some of the insights I gained from WoW play, my work (which I actually love), and my continued research can be of some use to fellow caffeinated coders.

If your cell phone has a scanner, here's my QR Code vCard. You can also send me secure email using GPG-key: 0xF64D065F or my personal key 0x2AE8F455. 

I like Flickr. I also μblog as @denmojo. Thanks for your visit.

Caffeinatedcode.com started out in 2000 as a custom-built router/server hosted at home on a CyberMax beige tower over a static DSL line. It was pre-wiki, but was intended to hold info I seemed to always forget: Solaris x86 configuration notes, some reference Oracle admin SQL scripts, unix shell scripts, java snippets; and also had some disaster recovery software utilities for easy accessibility.

This site's original About page said:

Sipping my coffee, I thought, "Man, this is some intense caffeinated code!". The idea stuck and within a day, caffeinatedcode.com was registered.

That was back when I was a contractor helping code up former SF-based Guru.com in ATG Dynamo. Dotcoms... fun times.

Caffeinated Code now resides on a fairly buff system in a high-availability colocation facility. It is a server in The RealSoonNow.net Colo Cooperative, an equal-share co-op run by a group of amazingly smart IT people whom I feel privileged to know.

The Cool Beans blog aims to keep coders and Internet server geeks informed about application development challenges and security issues.