Author - Smitty

Smitty is a computer programmer for an intermediate school district in Michigan, where he runs several blog servers serving the education needs of the district. Smitty enjoys photography, walking his dogs, traveling, collecting wine, iMac 20inch, MacBookPro 15inch, and playing his Yamaha S 90 ES keyboard.

Authors - Chalupa

Chalupa discovered his love of computers in the 4th grade. Mr. Lensing would let him play Oregon Trail, Number Munchers and various other games on the Apple IIe computers if he finished his classwork ahead of time. Chalupa loved Number Munchers so much he had the top 3 scores on every machine in the lab. Eventually he started building PCs and playing with hardware a couple years later and even dabbled in programming starting in high school through college. After graduating with his BS in Computer Science Systems, Chalupa was hired to do IT work and teach professors how to use technology. He enjoys movies, 48 oz fountain drinks and chicken strips from the local BP gas station. Some of his other projects include Chalupa’s Movies and the Lebowski Podcast.

Authors - Liz

Liz is a freelance writer and editor who has been blogging regularly since 2003. She teaches Creative Writing at a community arts center in Muncie, Indiana, where she also enjoys trying new creative endeavors like scrapbooking and ceramics. Her writing has been featured at Infuze Magazine, the World Can’t Wait, and the Lebowski Podcast. She has also been published in several literary journals and newspapers. In 2008, she will be traveling back to the Tour de France to research Don’t Call Me in July, a book about cycling fanatics and her family. Her freelance editing company, J. Claus Enterprises, also provides various creative services, including handmade wedding invitations.

Tara is an Instructional Designer for a hospital group in Indianapolis, creating interactive web training for physicians. She collects “on the side” projects like nobody’s business - often to the dismay of her husband and dog. Tara likes playing with new things - software, hardware, cameras, computers, musical instruments - and loves blogging.  Oh yeah, and telling people what to do.  Hence her participation here.