About Me

Here's a little bit about me:

I grew up loving computers. Years ago I went to my local public library (I must have been about 10 years old?) and got a book on computers. I quickly devoured the college text on bits, bytes, and even nibbles. A lot of it went over my head, but a lot of what I learned I still remember today.

I went in with some friends to purchase my first computer, a Commodore Vic20, and three of us shared it in a garage. I started playing games and programming that Vic20 until it ran out of the 5K of RAM it had. We saved and loaded programs on a tape drive. I moved on to a Commodore 64, and then to an IBM in high school.

While in high school I had a short 'career' writing articles for a local computer user group. I remember well the thrill of writing my first article and transmitting it across town to the computer store using a blazing fast 300 baud modem! Those were the days. I worked in college with PCs and a Mac on rare occasion and eventually graduated with a degree in Information Systems. Nowadays I earn a living in the technology field as a programmer supporting automation for software test engineers.

I have always had an interest in technology. I like hardware and newer, faster machines and hardware. I've built systems from scratch and know the basics of what's out there today in the market. Maybe not the latest or the coolest gaming system (I'm not a gamer) but I do seem to know what gets the job done for home use.

I also have an interest in digital photography and video making. I enjoy making home movies and preserving memories for my family. It takes a long time to produce a good-quality home movie DVD, I have not done as much of this lately.

That's about it about me. I think you'll agree it qualifies me to write about a variety of basic technological items and again my purpose is to inform you and answer your questions and to make you smarter about technology.