Hi, I'm Eric. I'm a lifelong technologist, architect, and hands-on builder. My journey started in the early days of personal computing, programming simple things on a TRS-80 in BASIC, and later falling in love with playing games and programming on a Commodore 128. I’ve been immersed in tech ever since, from the command-line days of DOS 3.3 to the modern landscape of Windows 11. I remember reading Linus' message to Usenet introducing Linux to the world, and have been running distributions like Slackware, Red Hat, Arch, Gentoo, and Ubuntu over the past 30 years.

I earned my Computer Science degree from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1999, and have spent the decades since designing and optimizing infrastructure, writing software across various languages and platforms, and solving real-world problems with creative solutions. My programming journey spans BASIC, C, C++, Pascal, ML, Python, and Java, but I now primarily use C# and .NET for my projects.

Whether I’m building a game, migrating virtualization stacks, or automating workflows across my own servers, I bring a methodical, safety-first mindset and a deep respect for clean code. I love the intersection of systems thinking and creative problem-solving, especially when it means making tech more usable, reliable, and enjoyable.

This site is my digital workshop: a place to share insights, experiments, and lessons learned from decades in the trenches. From sysadmin stories to software development deep dives, I hope what I share here helps others build better, think deeper, and enjoy the process.