Poly-p man Real Name:  Matthew Age:  Well, that would be telling!, but actually 12 now! Resides:  Allenwood, New Jersey Occupation:  Student, but I build computers for my community.

Favourite websites:
www.kernel.org

Favourite application, game, and program of all time:
Linux!!!
 
What are you playing and working on  right now:
my own linux distro, "Kernux".

What is your current Wallpaper/Screensaver:
"Ladybugs" from FC4, ss=random on all.

What's so special about your computer:
NO WINDOWS ALLOWED (except when dialing the i-net. My dad's a huge idiot who thinks dial-up is better!)

How many computers do you have:
15 (maybe more!) A few for my clients, an IBM pc/XT 370, a powermac 7100/66av, a Dell Dimension 2400, a terribly old compaq presario, two ancient gateways, a younger compaq presario, a homebuilt, two toshiba laptops, a AMD 386 no-brand, a compaq laptop, and another 386.

What was your first computer:
A NEC 386/16mhz Powermate SX

Do you remember the first program you ran on it:
QFG 2

Geekiest moment of your life:
When I officially wrote an e-mail to the tech. director at my school. 

When did you first realize you were a geek:
Since I submitted a patch anonymously to Linux

If I was a program I'd be:
Tuxracer. It was made well, and has a certain element of competition with oneself

What is your favourite quote:
"This may not have been a rule in the handbook, but you still are not allowed to do things that the administators and the classlink attendants have never heard of!"

What do you do when you're not at your computer(s):
Mostly think about things to do while biking.

What is the funniest/most bizarre computer/Internet experience you have ever had:
When I got to the 15 trillionth way to destroy windows 2003 server, pinging it ( it displays many messages until it overworks and dies!)

You have a time machine that can only be used once. If you use it you will not come back. What date would you set it to, and what ONE thing would you take with you (not a computer):
September 1991, a linux book. to show Linus Torvalds.

Matthew, who is Registered Linux user #386711 at counter.li.org, says he may have changed the entire world by increasing the popularity of linux (maybe!). When Matthew isn't promoting Linux, he builds computers, and he reads the Bible According To Scott (upgrading and repairing pcs, 16ed).