The
Wizard started with computers in the punched cards era. Wizard has been
with MS Windows since version 3.1; has been a bulletin board sysop, LAN
administrator, email administrator, and worked on help desks for network
workstations, oracle databases, office suites, and routers.
The Wizard is also a lifelong athlete. A handball player in high school, he
went on to tournament play, placing first or second in the following turnaments:
Copley YMCA, San Diego State University, 2nd Armored Division (Texas), and
7th Infantry Division (Korea). He became a runner after the Army. After
college he became a hiker and backpacker. After retirement he began swimming, hiking, and
weight training. He maintains a resting heart rate of 48 bpm.
Timeline
1960 graduate high school, 1965 graduate San Diego State U., B.A. in
Mathematics. 1967-69 US Army Artillery Officer. 1969 Tae Kwon Do Black Belt. 1969-72
graduate studies. 1972-77 Classifier. 1977-80 High Grade Classifier.
1980-85 Personnel Management Specialist. Personnel Management Evaluation.
1985-1998 Novell Network Administrator. 1999-2000 Computer Specialist.
2000 Microsoft certified. 2001 Linux certified. 2002 Cisco certified.
2005 starts this website and Computer Wizard business.
The Wizard is now way beyond certification and programmes his own Windows
speedups and tools. The Wizard grows stronger and smarter weekly.
This site
was first published in July 2005. This site will always be under
development. Please report any errors, omissions or broken links. Browse
and enjoy.
The Wizard is a mathematical logician who studies C++, batch files, set theory, and foundations of mathematics as a hobby.