Silicon Valley native Dutch-American, former computer whiz kid, degreed (BSCS, BBA, 5 AAs), pilot, radio operator (HAM), active CAP & IEEE Senior member; past: Atari, IBM ARC, Sony, game dev (mostly NES-PS3), Texan, adjunct prof, and some stuff with robots, railway equipment, and rockets; online since 1985, Unix/Linux user since ~1990

Likes science, music, social dancing, cats, privacy rights, people (E Pluribus Unum), democracy, equality, "good trouble"; dislikes religious hypocrisy and hate