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Greetings - You've either stumbled upon or been craftily guided here. Either way you might like to know where you have landed. My name is Poul Petersen and I created this website largely to share some stuff I've worked on. If the design looks familiar, it might be because you have followed a certain mythtv howto at one time or another - that's where I found a reference to the original design on OSWD.
What is Here
You might be interested in my rsync backup solution called wombat that I've been working on. Really, there isn't much else just yet...
What is "alleft"
It's a play on words. If you check dictionary.com you'll see that alright is a nonstandard form of "All Right". Since I am mostly left handed, I find this just another example of how lefties are slighted, the implication being that things are ok when they are "all right". So, I prefer "all left".
Now the amazing thing is that I had been trying to come up with my own domain name for years. I eventually got to the point where I was running whois queries on ridiculous acronyms that were not even pronouncable. And they were all registered. Then one day I thought of "alleft.com" and to my surprise it was not registered! What are the odds?
I've tried googling "alleft" and most of the hits are related to the programming acronym for "Align Left". Curious indeed. The other reference I have discovered is the lyrics of an Alanis Morisette song titled "Hand in my Pocket" Not one of my favorite songs, to be sure, but it was interesting to finally see someone else use "alleft" as a satirical play on "alright".