I grew up in Chambersburg, PA -- tiny town, very poor overall -- but was lucky enough to have an uncle that built PCs (so we always had one in the house) and an

I grew up in Chambersburg, PA -- tiny town, very poor overall -- but was lucky enough to have an uncle that built PCs (so we always had one in the house) and an Apple II in my classroom. I can't remember a time when my dream wasn't to "go to MIT to be a programmer"; thankfully, I happened to start gaming at a local computer shop, and they turned me onto Perl and PHP. Started doing contract work around 14 or 15, and then got a job in the field at 17, out in San Diego. Bounced around from place to place since then, never landing in the valley for more than a couple days. Now residing in suburban CT, and splitting my time between here and Barcelona in a few months.