I don"t get asked this too often, but I'll make a bet that most of you don't know who the hell "Homer" is, or what the hell Homer Engineering Corp is, or why I threw together this rag-tag excuse for a site. Here's an explanation/a bit about myself
I felt compelled to build this site around early February. I had completed my MythBox a little over a month ago, but I felt the need to write some decent documentation. I was especially inspired by this site and the real lack of a guide to installing MythTV on SuSE 9.2. I saw guides all over the net for various distros - Slackware, Mandrake, Fedora, etc - but no real guide for SuSE linux. Seeing as I had already built my MythBox a little under two months ago, I remembered (most) of how to install and get everything working. I got to work, typing part of it out on my failing Dell laptop. I posted it on the free webspace that the University of Arizona provided me.
To be honest, I didn't expect the initial popularity it recieved. For one, I hadn't gotten around to completing the whole thing, so it ended after the kernel upgrade/install. So it was weird to open my email and find quite a few people asking where the rest of the guide went. On a whim, I googled for my page....It turned out it was link number 1. After a wild yell, I soon realized I had a responsibility. I needed to finish it off and get that information up there as there were people looking for it and only finding half of what they needed. I completed it and there were still a few kinks (LIRC support, which I had trouble with and I hadn't completed the parts about the modules), but for the most part, all of the necessary stuff was there.
Around Super Bowl Sunday, I felt further compelled by the Go Daddy commericals during the second quarter. When I first saw the commerical, I was in the middle of eating, and not really paying much attention. The commerical got my attention, and I tracked down their site and signed up for a domain and hosting. I got to work on a redirect, and furthered the Myth guide a bit, writing about the modules and updating some other information after some feedback I recieved from Jarod Wilson. I recently (4.5.05) completed yet another update, bringing the guide up to speed with Myth-0.17 and made sure the kernel guide was relatively generic. To date (4.8.05), I've had approximately 5800 people visit the guide, and I've gotten a lot of positive feedback.
A bit about me - I'm a sophomore computer science major here in Tucson, Arizona. I used to be an electrical engineer, but the coursework was a big hassle and I started to hate with a passion what I was doing. I realized I was a better programmer/linux jockey. I'm originally from Yuma (semi-small city on the Arizona/Mexico border), but I do have family here (a beta fish named Samantha - ask my sister :) ) Homer was a high school nickname that I picked up while I played in the band at Yuma High, courtesy of a certain Jose Garcia.
I've thought about running my own engineering firm for a long time. Homer Engineering Corp seemed unique enough - I believe I found a few Robbins' owned engineering firms when I first googled for a site name. While that dream is still quite a ways away, I still like to think about it.