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Who Am I?

Who is anyone really? My dad worked at IBM in the days of punch cards, and was always bringing home parts from the recycling bin to see if we could make something that worked. His love of technology and system administration passed to me at a young age. I was only 8 when I learned that replacing the fuse in a computer power supply with a paper clip was not a valid solution. I started programming in BASIC at 10. Microsoft included a couple of games with the standard Windows install, one of which was call Gorillas (you can play a JS version of it here:  http://theraccoonshare.com/GORILLAS.BAS/  ) I figured out that I could modify the game by changing values in the file, my favorite being making the explosion so big that it decimated the entire screen. Next I moved on to trying my hand at C and Bash. I didn't immediately get very far with C, the book I had borrowed from my father was old, and more of a reference text than a learn to code book. Bash on the other hand was fun. I