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Mostly a “hobby programmer” (for 21+ years), using lots of languages, including ASM, BAS, (V)C(++), PAS, and PHP. Done some graphics and game programming, but more of a “support programmer”, in that I write libraries as well as tools, utilities, and smaller purpose-driven programs.

Somewhat into hardware and electronics as well (though I prefer messing with software instead because it’s much cheaper to experiment with and fix). I’ve designed and built a couple of pieces of hardware (computer peripheral “toys”) and written drivers and software for them.

Very much into computer security, especially from programming and software perspectives. Regularly making my way through texts on secure programming and always researching the latest threats and ways to run security software and make configurations to really harden Windows.

I often enjoy fixing computers (particularly software). However I do not like taking the lazy, easy way out. I prefer to roll up my sleeves and dig in to find a way to fix it instead. I actually repair broken things, I don’t just paint over them.

You’ll also notice that my accepted rate is somewhat low. That’s because I don’t ask a question if I can fix it myself. If I absolutely cannot fix it on my own, I resort to asking others, but the nature of the questions I ask are such that other people usually have not seen, heard of, thought of, or often even considered it.