What is the Preface all about?
Well, I just thought that this was as good a way as any, to explain the ideas behind this site.
www.rendrag.net has been online, in many different forms, for over 12 years now. When I first linked up with Telstra Internet (kinda the wholesale/backbone arm of Telstra Bigpond) and got all my funky Static IP’s, and all the guff, I went and registered rendrag.net. At the time, having your own domain name was something special, and I had some neato ideas about what to put up.
My first thought was to put a whole bucketload of source code online – during my teenage years, I was an avid electronics/microcomputer nut, and had developed software for a multitude of processor architectures (x86, z80, m68k, 8051, c751, 6501, etc), and was going to put the lot online.. Somehow the site never quite got that far, as I never really quite had a look or a backend that I was happy with.
However the site is now fully database-driven, so I can add new articles/pages by just shoving the text in, and everything else is taken care of by templates, etc, so we’re ready to burl..
(The disclaimer-type bit)
This site is basically a collection of my thoughts, ramblings, source code, projects, schematic diagrams, etc, from throughout the ages. If you don’t like something I’ve written, feel free to not view that page again. 
If you really disagree with me (heaven knows there’s plenty of nit-pickers out there), feel free to shoot me an email saying so…
All Projects/Source code on this site are mine, unless otherwise attributed (i.e. a class project for which I’ve obtained permission of the other people involved, to publish it online) – Feel free to link across, save a local copy if you’re going to try a project/program, but if you want to distribute it to friends, please make it clear where the marterial is from, or even easier – just give them the url.. – It’s not very often that I delete anything from this site.. – and if you do get a 404 on a URL, try swapping the ‘www’ in the address for ‘archive’ – I archive things after a year or so, so you’ll no doubt find it there if it’s not in the main site anymore..
Anyway, enjoy the site, and let me know if you think I could add anything else.
Cheers,
Damien