Beginning with the Atari Commodore 64 my thirst for technology and computers hasn’t been quenched since. In grade school the platform of choice was the Apple platform and I remember long days playing the latest and greatest of Word Muncher and The Oregon Trail. My first notable experience with computer security took place in the 5th grade when I disabled the sound on a teachers Macintosh after another student was playing a video game on the computer that I wanted to play.

During middle school my tech craze continued as I spent as much time as I could in the school computer labs and at home on my 286, 386 and finally 486DX PC’s playing the memorable DOOM series and surfing the Web. In 1999 I was introduced to AnandTech by AnandTech writer Ryan Smith and have been an active participant in the AnandTech Distributed Computing team since then learning and reading about the advances in technology every chance I get.

Over the years I have run my own technology site writing reviews. In March of 2006 I was brought on to the DailyTech writing staff as a contributing writer. When not reading and writing about technology I enjoy hiking and snowboarding when I can. I’m also in school studying medicine, journalism and advanced networking.