About Me
A long time ago (1974) in a land far, far away (California), a young couple gave birth to their first child -- a son. This son would be their pride and joy for the next three-and-a-half years (when his sister was born).
Apparently, there was some debate regarding what to name me; they finally gave me a name, though. They decided to name me Bryan. However, presumably in an effort to confuse their poor child, and everyone around me, they opted to call me by my middle name, Scott.
Somewhere along the way, I found an interest in computers. It all started with an old Commodore64 computer and its native BASIC interpreter. Regardless of when or where, I've developed (pun intended) into a geek, and now someone has even agreed to give me a small amount of money for being one.
I have my hands in many projects, ranging from running a small web hosting company to developing security-focused RFID products with a high tech firm to volunteering my time as the President of the local .NET community.
Through some process of events, I've found myself over 2,000 miles from my home state of California in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. Normally, at this point, the next question is "Why on earth would you move from sunny California to the frozen tundra of Wisconsin?"
That's a good question. No one really knows the answer.
Two days after I arrived in Wisconsin, though, I met a girl. Kelly and I started dating almost immediately, and have been happily married since May 2001. Kelly and I recently had our first child, Charlize McKenna, who is her Daddy's pride and joy. We also have two dogs named Abby and Eleanor Rigby. We just finished construction on a new home in a Milwaukee suburb, and moved in the day after we got home from the hospital with our new daughter.
I'm definitely a geek, but not necesarily your cookie-cutter geek. I only own one video game, but don't know where it or my XBox controller are! I think I'm a pretty well-rounded guy. I played varsity basketball in high school, and have hiked several places including the Grand Canyon and Half Dome at Yosemite. I've always had a love for baseball (my first word was "ball") and, even though I now live in Wisconsin, I am still a San Francisco Giants fan.
My interests are really quite varied, but no other interest or hobby seems to excite me as much as technology does. In a nutshell, I am A Professional Geek, and this site is a place to Tap My Mind.