Sl1pm0de began his interest in technology with a pinball machine that his family had since his birth. The fascination of the lights, sounds, and the game gave him an understanding of some of the wonderful things technology could create. Like most typical old school geeks, sl1pm0de graduated to a Commodore 64 and later to an Apple IIE. Since then he has dabbled in many aspects of technology including electronics, ham radio, graphics, multimedia, systems administration, networking, and computer security. He has been involved in the 2600 meetings in Arizona since 1995 and has been an avid reader of the current state of technology and the politics surrounding the technical world. He has also done a hacker radio show called In The Now hosted at http://slipnet.org since 2001.