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BIO
    My background in computers began in high school in 1981.  It was there that I learned basic programming (on a 16k Radio Shack TRS-80 with a cassette-tape drive).  I did my first color graphics on an Apple II shortly there after.  Throughout high school and into college, I watched as personal computers became more and more powerful.  I dabbled with several different types of computers including: Commodore, Amiga, TI, Mac and eventually the modern day PC.

    The first PC I owned was an IBM XT (a 12 mhz 186 !) that I purchased for $2k in 1988.  I learned MS-dos and an early version of Windows and used it to write songs (midi), keep up my band's mailing list, make fliers and create simple graphics.  As time went on I got more and more involved with what a computer can do and was eager to learn everything that I could.  It wasn't long before I learned about upgrades and soon came the color monitor, laser printer, modem, etc.  I watched as the 286, 386 and 486 came out, but I was waiting until there was a computer that could do everything that I was imagining.  In 1991 I was getting into some cool uses for my modem and I discovered Prodigy.  Before the days of the Internet as we know it, I was online every day checking the weather, the news, chatting with strangers (none of my friends were online) and shopping with my state-of-the-art 2600 baud modem.  It wasn't until 1994 that I discoverd AOL and the joys of e-mail, chatrooms, downloading, etc.  Quickly the Internet started to consume me with possibilities.  Enter Windows 95, the Pentium processor and the CD recorder!  Finally I could create all of the things that I wanted to right in my living room.  I purchased my first powerful PC in 1996 and quickly began recording my first CD, scanning images, using Photoshop and the rest is history.

    When I purchased my first Pentium in 1996, I was online for hours a day learning all that I could about the Internet.  I received an e-mail from a stranger on AOL (he found me using the advanced member search) that asked me to play the drums on his record.  I was very eager to learn more about this prospect and began trading e-mails with him.  After a few weeks, we decided to meet and I was in awe of him when I saw his dual PC networked computer workstation.  He was building Websites, recording music, burning CDs, creating animations and doing all of the things that I wanted to learn.  I proceeded to ask him to be my mentor and teach me all that I could possibly absorb.  It wasn't long before I built my first personal site and one for my band (Urban Dread).  Shortly after that, everybody I knew wanted me to help them with their sites and I decided that I found a new niche in the wonderful world of the Web Development.

    Today I see the Internet as a tool that can be useful for everyone in any way that they see fit.  I personally can't function without it.  Whether you are into gaming, music, art, graphics, education or research, the tools are out there so learn how to use them.  Anybody with a pc can do what I can do.  With the right skills the possibilities are endless.