Who is Tolwyn, anyway? Well, contrary to popular belief, the nickname has nothing to do with Wing Commander. I get that a lot. I've had the nickname for a very long time. I wanted something that was unique sounding and definately not some goofy leet speak name.

At the time I'm writing this, I'm 31 years old. I've been using computers and have been on-line since 300 baud modems were all the rage. I've used everything from accessing networks through VAX to FIDONET, QMail, BBS, and have used computers such as the Commodore 64, Atari ST, Macintosh Classic, Intel (90, 150, 400, 933), to an AMD Athlon 2.1GHz machine.

I used to work for America Online back in 1994 to 1995 in their Industry Connection. Shortly thereafter, I started designing HTML pages. Aside from having very little graphical design skills, I'm fairly good with HTML and ASP, but I have a real job and a real life with real hobbies and responsibilities that prevent me from spending too many hours behind a PC.

Things I like:
Being a dad, napping with my daughter, technology, MP3s, computer flight simulation, military aircraft, computers, listening to and composing music, scrapbooking, graphic design, HTML design, first person shooters, freedom of speech, reading, Star Wars, Star Trek, Isaac Asimov, Stephen Hawking, MC Hawking, on-line comics (Penny Arcade, Player Vs. Player, Angst Technology) Blambot Fonts, IL2 Sturmovik, Janes FA 18, id Software games (Doom series, Quake series), healthy women, women that are confident about themselves, drawing even though I suck at it, paying off bills.

Things that really bug me:
Cowardly people, people that say one thing but mean another, answering questions with questions, the inability to give a yes/no answer to a yes/no question, advertisement disclaimers on the radio, frivilous lawsuits, people with no accountability, using a child against as a barganing chip, people that hide behind attorneys, holier than thou attitudes, people that can't see their own faults, the tender years clause, people that portray themselves as victims, the licensing agreements that no one ever reads on software installations, CD copy protection, the word "whatever," ambiguous answers to specific questions, people that screen their calls, unappreciative people, entitlistic attitudes, people that confuse the difference between the right to happiness and the right to pursue happiness, government making decisions that are best left to the people, game companies that confuse multiplayer with deathmatch, game companies that see no value in cooperative gameplay, people that expect everything for free, politicians that aren't brave enough to declare that you can't please 100% of the people 100% of the time.