Resident of Denver, CO

I work as a senior software engineer for Jabber.com Inc., a subsidiary of Webb Interactive Services, Inc.. I work on the Jabber open source instant messaging system; I wrote the Jabber transport for ICQ, as well as some Java client library work. At Jabber.com, I work with Jeremie Miller and the other open-source Jabber developers. (Yes, I used to program for MS Windows, but I haven't touched a Windows compiler in over a year.) I do most of my working and living in Linux these days, and I also carry a Palm VII.

I enjoy SF television series like Star Trek and Babylon 5, as well as cartoon shows like South Park and Daria.

Online, I read comics like User Friendly and After Y2K, and news sites such as that site you all know, Linux Today, and Linux Weekly News. Naturally, I have JabberIM and Gabber running as well; my Jabber ID is erbo@jabber.com or erbo@jabber.org.

My wife is Silverwrist; we were married in October 1999 and moved to Denver from Santa Barbara, CA a month later.

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