Tinker Internet Services is a division of Shrier and Deihl. Shrier and Deihl has been providing software consulting and development services since 1984. Tinker provides web site hosting and administration, email hosting, DNS services, and other Internet application hosting. Check out our services.

Like many consultancies, many of our current clients are asking for web site and web application development. Once we've created these wonderful Internet application systems, our clients require top-notch hosting services. We couldn't find any place that met our high standards, so we decided to do it ourselves.

The principals of Shrier and Deihl are Kim Shrier (resume) and Carol Deihl (resume). We each have over 25 years' experience in software development, network design, and system administration. We've been running public servers since 1993, and we've programmed in so many languages that we've lost track. We've been doing Unix since V6. Now we concentrate on FreeBSD, an open source BSD-style Unix that offers superior reliability, security, and performance.

When we first got on the Internet (actually, when we first got connected to the UUCP network), we had to choose a name for our network node. We wanted a name that reflected our approach to our work. Since we like to tinker with things to understand them, that became the name of our node. When we graduated to having our own domain name, of course we chose tinker.com.

We tinker with computers, networks, and software because we really love doing it! This has the delightful side-effect that we really care about doing a good job. We want you to be happy with your service.

Since we have spent so much time tinkering around with software and networks, we truly understand how they work. When we run into something new, we tinker with it until we understand not just the basics, but as many ins and outs as we can figure out. Some people think we're obsessive about learning new things, but we think that's the only way to remain technically competent. Besides, it's fun.

Our Internet clients are mostly medium-sized businesses and organizations in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. We've also done work for many folks around the country and around the world, some of whom we've never met in person - we've coordinated work across the net.

For samples of our web site design and programming work, check out our Online Portfolio.