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== About Me ==
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Hello!  My name is Nic Jansma and I run [http://sarna.net sarna.net] in my spare time.  I'm currently living in Seattle, and working at [http://www.microsoft.com Microsoft] on the Windows Client Performance Team.
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I run Sarna.net and a few other websites in my spare time.  If you have any ideas or suggestions, or want to help out, please let me know!
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Sadly, these days, I don't play BattleTech much any more -- I haven't played the board game in a couple years. I've played most of the video games, a bit of [http://www.neveron.com Neveron], but BattleTech is still in my heart. I sold most of the non-rule books a while ago, something that I now regret, but you never know at the time. I hope others are out there still playing. It's great to see sites like [http://www.classicbattletech.com Classic BattleTech] still going strong, and several projects still being developed for BattleTech.
  
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''January 22nd, 2006'': (previous front page text)
 
: It's been quite a while, huh? <br /><br />
 
: I started Sarna.net all the way back in 1994 -- I had just bought BattleTech 3rd Edition and was getting into computers at the same time. Basic HTML and a few links later, the site was born. Eventually, I began searching far and wide for every BattleTech file and tidbit I could get my hands on, and compiled it into the site. I've put a lot of time and energy into this project, but it is all for love of the game.<br /><br />
 
: Sadly, these days, I don't play BattleTech much any more -- I haven't played the board game in a couple years. I've played most of the video games, a bit of [http://www.neveron.com Neveron] (still the 8th oldest surviving empire, run by a friend of mine), but BattleTech is still in my heart. I sold most of the non-rule books a while ago, something that I now regret, but you never know at the time. I hope others are out there still playing. It's great to see sites like Classic BattleTech still going strong, and several projects still being developed for BattleTech.<br /><br />
 
: As far as the site goes, I spent a little time and fixed most of the broken links. They should point to their proper file archive locations now. I had spent last summer reorganizing the entire archive, and there's a wealth of great information in there. I'll try to add a search engire for it at some point. The submissions section was taken out, and some of the Background information has a bit of work to do before I put it back up. There won't be much more active work on the site, now that I have everything in a decent state. I will gladly take any new file submissions for the archive (email me). The site doesn't make any money, but thanks to [http://www.neveron.com Neveron] sponsoring ads, some of the hosting costs are paid for. Thanks, guys.<br /><br />
 
: In the meantime, feel free to say hi on the [http://sarna.net/forums Forums]. I'm around. And I'll make sure this site stays up as long as I can.<br /><br />
 
: - Nic
 
  
  
== About Me ==
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== History of Sarna.net ==
Hello!  My name is Nic Jansma and I run [http://sarna.net sarna.net] in my spare time.  I'm currently living in Seattle, and working at Microsoft on the Windows Client Performance Team.
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I started Sarna.net back in 1994. I had just bought BattleTech 3rd Edition and was getting into computers at the same time.  Basic HTML and a few links later, and this site was born. Eventually, I began searching far and wide for every BattleTech file and tidbit I could get my hands on, and compiled it into the site. I've put in a lot of time and energy here, but it's all been worth it and I love the BattleTech community.
  
I run Sarna.net and other websites in my spare time. If you have any ideas or suggestions, or want to help out, please let me know!
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As of October 2006 I've converted all of Sarna.net into a wiki with hopes that the site will morph to what the community needs.
  
Feel free to [[User_talk:Nicjansma | leave a note]]!
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Thanks to everyone who helps out!
  
  

Revision as of 23:43, 19 October 2006

About Me

User Nicjansma.jpg

Hello! My name is Nic Jansma and I run sarna.net in my spare time. I'm currently living in Seattle, and working at Microsoft on the Windows Client Performance Team.

I run Sarna.net and a few other websites in my spare time. If you have any ideas or suggestions, or want to help out, please let me know!

Sadly, these days, I don't play BattleTech much any more -- I haven't played the board game in a couple years. I've played most of the video games, a bit of Neveron, but BattleTech is still in my heart. I sold most of the non-rule books a while ago, something that I now regret, but you never know at the time. I hope others are out there still playing. It's great to see sites like Classic BattleTech still going strong, and several projects still being developed for BattleTech.

Feel free to leave a note!


History of Sarna.net

I started Sarna.net back in 1994. I had just bought BattleTech 3rd Edition and was getting into computers at the same time. Basic HTML and a few links later, and this site was born. Eventually, I began searching far and wide for every BattleTech file and tidbit I could get my hands on, and compiled it into the site. I've put in a lot of time and energy here, but it's all been worth it and I love the BattleTech community.

As of October 2006 I've converted all of Sarna.net into a wiki with hopes that the site will morph to what the community needs.

Thanks to everyone who helps out!


To Do

My current to-do list:

  • Integrate with MechWikia folks
  • (done) Create timeline articles for each year in Timeline
  • Write Privacy Policy, About and Disclaimer pages
  • (done) Move 'Search' box in sidebar to below 'Classic BattleTech Wiki'
  • Investigate using Captcha for anonymous comments that contain URLs (to compat spam)
  • Add SysOps for MechWikia folks
  • (done) Fill out more '#About Me' on this page
  • Create Forums for the Wiki on Sarna.net Forums
  • (in progress) Game Systems
    • Move 'Downloads' sections to floating box
    • Add box images, etc
    • Add fluff
  • (done) Create an image for the top-left area relating
  • (done) Convert Main_Page to look more like a wiki, moving the news to a right pane
  • Convert old mech files to wiki
  • Using Manuf data, generate text for all components (ER Small Laser, etc) for what planets they're produced on.
  • BattleTechWiki:ToDo
  • (done) Convert old CCG cards
    • Create artist lists for CCG cards
  • Clan Remembrances
  • Dictionary
  • Clan Bloodnames
  • Fan-submissions section