Rinkjustice Real Name:  Jason Age:  A spry and youngish 34 Resides:  In the sprwling metropolis of Brantford, Ontario Occupation:  I work in the automotive industry

Favorite website(s):
Slashdot, allofmp3.com, scholar.google.com

Favorite book, movie, or TV show:
I abhore television, my favorite book off all-time is actually a tie between Underground Bodyopus (Militant Weight Loss & Recomposition) by Dan Duchaine and Miracle of Forgiveness by Spencer W. Kimball, and my fave movie is likely Gladiator of Rocky (the first one).

Favorite game, application, or program of all time:
Man, tough question! Off the top of my head I'd say either WordWeb or Open Office.

What are you playing and working on right now:
A book (that's actually what I'm supposed to be doing right now)! It's burning up pretty well all the time I have trying to get the sucker done.

What is your current screensaver, background, or wallpaper:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/jcomely/great-white-shark-picture-014.jpg
(I get such a rush just looking at this picture)!

What's so special about your computer room:
Nothing. It's what's on the hardrive and in my brain that matters. 

How many computers do you have:
A very cheap 1.3 Ghz system i cobbled together after I overclocked to oblivion my previous one. I also have a PII 350 which my daughter owns.

What was your first computer:
Pentium I with a very cheap cpu whose name I can't recall at this early hour ;)

Do you remember the first program you ran on it:
Yeah, Quake. And it looked like crap but I loved it.

Geekiest moment of your life:
I think it was posting on Slashdot during a New Years Eve social. Pathetic when I think about it now.

When did you first realize you were a geek:
I guess when people started calling me one.

Have you ever said anything geeky that someone else did not understand:
Yup, but it's a failing on my part to communicate effectively to this person.

What is the funniest/most bizarre computer/Internet/geeky experience you have ever had:
I used to have an at-home pc repair service I ran at the side. I often went into the homes of some pretty weird people. Once I went to the home of a family of bikers. The daughter was into Marilyn Manson and the son was a punk rocker. They were all a rather stoic lot. But I ended up getting to know them and they always called me when they had a problem.

What is your favourite quote:
"Wisdom is intensely practical, not theoretical... wisdom is the art of being successful, of forming the correct plan to gain the desired results" -- J.D. Douglas

If you were a computer program, you would be: why:
A linux distribution, because I would evolve and improve rapidly because of the good will and collaboration of many good people.

What do you do when you are (heaven forbid) not at your computer(s):
Work out, eat, read, pray.

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):
I would take the Bible with me, and I would go to a time Jesus walked the earth.

Jason, who still uses "Ye Olde HTML", loves tweaking operating systems. Although not what you would call an Update-aholic, Jason enjoys squeezing out a much speed and power as he can via kernel compiling, file configuring, registry hacks, bios modifications.