I'm 26 and recently finished grad school at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. I currently live in Saint Paul, MN with my fiancée Ashley. I got my BS in Computer Science from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and am interested in computer security, digital forensics, Geographic Information Systems, and related fields. 

    For much of my life I lived in a small bush community in Southeast Alaska. My family fishes for a living, and my sister and I were homeschooled through 8th grade. My hometown, Funter Bay, is about 20 miles from Juneau. There used to be around ten permanent residents, with the population increasing in the summer. Currently it's more of a ghost town, with more activity in the summer from vacationers and tourists, but less in the winter. You can see some pictures here.

    I went to High School at Mt. Edgecumbe High School, in Sitka, Alaska. MEHS is a state run boarding school and used to be pretty good. 

    Non-academic interests include climbing, hiking, piracy, caving, electronic projects, amatuer radio, and industrial archeology. I'm some kind of redneck hippie and love saving or fixing useful things that others would throw out, hence the name of this site (more details below).