About Alwanza.net

Alwanza.net is a technical portfolio.  All the code and images on this site (with the exception of the two validation images, the Linked-in image, and the Apache image on this page) were created by Meryll Larkin.  Alwanza.net contains my résumés, scripts, applications; including viewable code samples.  This site contains work that I have provided for my personal site, Alwanza.com and projects that I created for others. 

Alwanza.net is hosted on a computer in my home (on my home network) which I built by assembling components a decade ago.  I installed all the software and maintain it.  I configured the network, including firewalls.  I upgrade the hardware and software as needed.  I patch and update regularly. 

About Meryll Larkin

I am a Linux System Administrator and Perl programmer, located near Seattle, Washingon, USA.  I deploy computer hardware (photos of hardware I have built).  I install and document software installations (documentation of installations).  I write web applications in Perl (two of my web programs are here).  I write shell scripts and perl scripts (perl and shell script library). 

I aim towards "best practices" .

I am currently seeking employment in the greater Seattle area, including the Eastside, or as far north as Lynnwood.  I do especially well in start-ups because I like doing a wide range of technical tasks, creating protocols, disseminating information.  I am an excellent solo, a good team lead and a good second-in-charge.  I prefer working for innovative and techologically advanced companies.  I understand business priorities because of my many years of accounting experience. I especially enjoy writing documentation, programming applications, and automating procedures with scripts, because that allows me to exercise my creative side.