Hi, I am Jacques,
I like computers but don't know programming except for HTML. (Built 2 websites for my ex-employer) I am now 63 and retired with Marie who was a high school director.
I like to try new programs and manage to almost crash approx. once a week . I have done 2 recoveries so far on my new HP purchased in september 2006 (superbundled computer with dual core processor.) Of course it takes a few days to debundle and reset the software the way it was before the almost crash. (It actually totally crashed: no winsock= no desktop).
This site is interesting and I hope it stays that way.
I am available for translation from english to french if you need it for programs or help files.
Salutations to all.
Jacques.
Oh ye,
I am from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Hi, I'm Greg, I'm a 29yr old Aussie working for a large Industrial Controls company. I work in the Technical Support department which at times can be quite busy. At the moment I'm on my last night of a 2 week business trip in China and leaving for a week trip to Sth Korea, then will be back home by end of first week of december...

My programming experience is long, but shallow...I learnt VB5 (i think) in TAFE (a bit like college) about 7 years ago, from there I really just learnt things the hard way. Recently I have been writing a few apps for work to automate simple procedures. I wouldnt say my programming skills are good, but my fault finding and information seeking skills are excellent. So with google, I can do most anything...lol.

I have recently taken a liking to c# and dont find it that hard to understand, I'm just struggling to find the time to practice.

Anyway, I'll see if i can contribute to the coding snack for ideas or solutions...please be gentle...lol

Hello All,
I can't remember how I came across this site...could've been surfing, might've been googling, maybe even Stumbled upon it. However I got here, I'm glad it happended. This is an incredible place. I'm a software junkie and have found Nirvana.

My name's Kevin Anderson, I'm 42, married, and I live in Memphis, Tennessee, home of Elvis, Pork BBQ, Blues and not much else worth mentioning.

I know virtually nothing about writing code except for a course in BASIC I took in college back in '84 to fulfill my language requirement, and a half-a**ed attempt at learning VB.Net about 6 months ago. (I did manage a successful "Hello World" web app, thank you)

Actually I spend much of my time in mortal combat with application developers. See...I'm a Systems/Network Admin. and am often blamed for unexpected errors when applications make their way to my test environment. And I must admit, it is foolish of me to design the test systems based on the specs of our end users and not the hardware used by the developers. Such is life.

However, you all seem like a convivial lot, and not at all insane, so I thought I'd introduce myself.

My real name is Chaim Krause and I live in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. I am a computer professional currently, but I have dabbled in many professions. I spend almost all my time in front of a computer, both at work and at home. I live by myself with my American Eskimo Dog named Washington (short for General George Washington) and my cat Pudems. I am interested in just about anything having to do with computers and with the hobby of wargaming.

I guess i never made a decent presentation about myself in this thread, so here it is:

Hi! My real name is João G Paiva.
I live in Portugal and i'm a student.
I study computer engeneering at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.
I live with 2 friends of mine, who also study at the same university and, as we live very near to our university, we have lots of free time, which i translate into heavily frequenting DC.
I don't have any hobbys other than trying to constantly improve my computer experience. I do like to occasionally play squash, the only sport that i really enjoy playing.

Hello, I'm Chris Larcombe and I'm 60.
My expertise is in communications research.  I acted as an adviser to national and regional governments and also to most major companies in Canada (where I now live) and many others in the U.S. and the U.K.  These days I have fewer clients; that's because about 10 years ago I decided to begin a move towards retirement.
Programming was never more than a hobby for me.  When I first owned a personal computer it was a case of program what you need or use this lump of hardware as a quirky ornament.  Today, so much 'off-the-shelf' material is available that it's often better for me to use that.  Computers are an abiding interest of mine.
My wife is an artist.  She and I live in rural Ontario, some distance east of Toronto.  We have two dogs, a black German shepherd (Mars) and a wire-haired fox terrier (Ripley).  Having already enjoyed life in some major cities we now like the peace and space of country living.
Donation Coder provides some relaxation for me, and without the need to leave home. 
I'm delighted to make your acquaintance. 

Free burger king to all DC members in PA ! 

Good to see you posting y0himba, set your avatar image when you get a chance!
Hi also to carl and chris - glad to see you on this thread 

Ok...here it goes I am Carroll from the Oldest Town in Tennessee, USA.  There is a little research for some of you...I am an amateur radio operator and have been a licensed one since 1998.  I also like programming simple stuff, website graphics/designing, and a few other things. 

My name is Bradley. I hail from the city of Kent, Washington on the Easthill above the fertile Green River Valley in the beautiful and incomparable Pacific Northwest. USA out of the Pacific Northwest! (Whew) I am 44yo and am a native of King County where I live.

I am a lazy end user that likes ease of use and pretty colors. I am a rookie Rugby player and I like to thrift shop. I ♡ Pop Culture in its many manifestations, including art, music and books. I sing and play piano somewhat; and garden and cook.

Hi everybody,

My name is Arjen (pronounced "AR-yen"), I'm 33 and I live in Utrecht, a city in The Netherlands known for its canals, Dom church tower and university. I currently work for an environmental consulting company, where I develop software for the environmental field. Our software is mainly used by governmental organisations for managing their environmental data (e.g. soil data, but also environmental permits).

I learned to program on the venerable Commodore 64 and have been doing it (on and off) ever since. I program under Windows at work, but I am using Linux for my daily computing tasks at home. Unfortunately I haven't gotten around to programming under Linux yet - hopefully in the future.

I enjoy hiking in the "great outdoors" to compensate for my inactive time behind the screen.

Hi... I *swear* that I posted in this thread long ago but can find no evidence to support this so...

I love this site. I discovered it (can't remember how) two years ago and donated the same day. Like others posting in this thread, I wouldn't want to be without it.

As to myself, I am a PhD candidate (Neanderthal evolutionary ecology and morphology) and a college instructor (University Transfer - Anthropology) but my favourite job is father to two boys, Jack and Thomas. Along with their mother, we live in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Before we had our boys, Younhee and I lived in England (four years) and in South Korea (four years).

What I know about programming could be written on the head of a pin and I know just enough about Windows to SERIOUSLY disable any machine running any flavour of it!

My user name is Darwin but my friends call me Mike

You + Computer = Darwin Award?  Just kidding, had to though...

Good one - very apt, unfortunately Actually, I've learned from my mistakes but do spend far, far too much time tinkering with a tool that is supposed to be enabling me to work more efficiently on other things (PhD data analysis, dissertation write up, balancing my chequebook, etc.).

As for education... I've met high school dropouts that make Rhodes Scholars look like special ed students... Education is a fine thing, but it is not the only thing and it shouldn't define us. I only wish that that insight had come more cheaply - in both time served and money spent!