I, Ben Gray, was born in 1979 in Chicago Illinois and spent most of my early life growing up in suburbia. I moved to Georgia to attend Toccoa Falls College in 1997 where I majored in Family Ministries, minored in Outdoor Leadership Education and was a cheerleader for two years (man, that was fun!) Currently I’m living in the Atlanta area serving at a small town church as Minister to Students.
I’m a prolific writer and cultural commentator. I designed a WordPress theme called unsleepable. I’m a minister by day and a talented web developer by night. On any given day I can be found riding my motorcycle through the streets of metro Atlanta.
The Blog:
I get questions about this blog so here are some answers to the common ones.
1. If you do a little Googling for “open switch” you’ll find that it originated in the Jargon File and means, “[IBM: prob.: from railroading] An unresolved question, issue, or problem.” I thought this was as good a name as any for a blog. Besides, aren’t our lives a bit like an open switch?
2. openswitch is built on the powerhouse called WordPress, a truly excellent CMS.
My Screen Name:
If you see me on the Net you’ll notice that I sometimes go by the screen name, “frotzed.” This name, again, was gleaned from the Jargon file and basically means, “To be down because of hardware problems. Compare to fried. A machine that is merely frotzed may be fixable without replacing parts, but a fried machine is more seriously damaged.” Take the meaning for whatever you want, but that’s the name you’ll see me using on teh internets.
My reasoning for using a screen name is that “Ben” is a very common name and in forums and IRC rooms it is usually being used already. I wanted a name which would always be available and would be easily associated with me.
