About Me

I’ve been active on the Internet since 1992, and since then I’ve been privileged to work with some of the brightest people in the industry. Every day is a learning experience, I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Hobbies

Bookbinding

I bind books. By that I mean that I fold paper, sew the folded sections together, glue them up, make cases or lace on boards, and cover with paper or cloth or leather. I’m also a somewhat decent calligrapher, and I’ve got a bit of experience pulling letterpress prints from a Vandercook proofing press. Book arts and lettering arts are as much of a passion for me as software. You can see my woefully out of date portfolio here.

Banjo

I play the banjo. Specifically, an older style called “clawhammer” or “frailing”, played on the open-back banjo. It's a more melodic and old-timey sound than that new-fangled Bluegrass the kids are into these days.

Retrocomputing

I enjoy tinkering both with old computer hardware and software. Since space is a premium, a lot of my interest lately focuses on simulation and emulation, using tools like Bob Supnik's SIMH.

HP Calculators

I received my first HP calculator, an HP 48SX, as a gift in 1990. Since then, I've become so addicted to RPN and RPL that I'm almost completely non-functional on a “normal” algebraic calculator.

As a result of my interest in HP calculators, I've started quite a little collection of their scientific and graphing models.

Weblogs

Projects and Software

Publications

Contact

Email

ess ee tee aitch at ell oh oh emm see oh emm dot see oh emm

IRC

I'm not on IRC very frequently these days, but when I am I use the nick Twylo, and can generally be found on the Freeword network.