Meet the Team
Aside from a shared enthusiasm for technology and Japanese food, our key team members also enjoy music, movies, and DRM-free entertainment.
Stephen (aka Stennie)
glorious leader, bender of spoons, heir presumptive to the Guitar Hero throne
Stennie is originally from the left coast of Canadia (aka the Northern America). He has a refined sense of humour which often baffles as much as it amuses. His first "real" home computer (for at least some definition of the term) was an Atari 400 which had the dubious honour of a "touch type" keyboard, cartridge slot, and eventually a high speed tape drive which could load new software to memory in mere minutes !
He normally orders Set D, isn't a huge fan of C, but is definitely an equal opportunity speller.
Mike (aka MikeB)
metal messiah, aspiring pirate, legendary motorcyle courier
Mike is an avid pastafarian and dreams that one day he will father a midget. His version of "extreme programming" includes extreme metal, extremely free/opensource software, and occasionally an extremely late start to the day. When not coding he is either playing video games, drinking fine ales, dressing as a pirate, or practising bass guitar.
Mike is currently single and looking for female friends as well as potential band mates. He normally orders set D, but sometimes he gets set D instead. His first computer was an Amstrad CPC 464.Paul (aka Paulos, Pedro, ...)
grinder of beans, maestro of ceremonies, mortal foe of navigation
Paul has the amazing ability to eat three times his own weight in food -- then complain of stomach upsets whilst eating a follow-up happy meal. He loves to code on his Ubuntu laptop accompanied only by his pyjamas and a meticulously prepared cup of coffee. He listens to The Wiggles (the old stuff not the daggy new stuff) and dabbles in the metal genre with Mike and Stennie's encouragement. When not coding he is either wrangling children, getting smashed at jujitsu, drinking or playing wii tennis. He plans to have at least 10 children and is currently on schedule for the 15 year plan.
Paul normally orders the Katsu lunch special (though has been know to get a Set B). His first computer was a Commodore 64.Andy (aka Ank)
bends software with his mind
Andy is a high-functioning technology addict with the unique talent of being able to both draw and code elegantly. He dreams in 3-D and is often heard muttering "the goggles do nothing" during review sessions. He may actually be referring to "googles", but we're too scared to ask.
Andy breeds iPhone applications from the safety of his mountain bunker, and someday hopes to earn his own Wikipedia page.Mick (aka m8nkey)
slices designs with adamantium-clawed precision
Mick's radar tracks the latest trends in digital design and multiplayer gaming. As a recovering Counterstrike addict, he follows a strict 12 step action plan which includes designing his own maps, textures, models, sounds, and other game accessories. Some day Mick hopes to stumble upon one of his maps being played on a crowded public server which isn't run by anyone he knows.Phil (aka Phil)
eater of apples, user of Apples, student of Magicks
Phil is a code ninja who also happens to be trained in the fine arts of video and mind manipulation. In his copious spare time he goes to the gym, watches Arnie movies, goes to the gym, watches Ronnie Coleman videos, and also goes to the gym.
He happens to be in the market for a new sports car if you have a spare one to donate to his uber-green dream of catalytic conversion.
Phil is also new to the world of Japanese cuisine so is yet to choose a stable letter; he currently alternates between Set D and the Katsu lunch special.
His first computer was a Pentium III. Seriously!Tim
someday he'll get that laptop from the Trading Post
Despite being the youngest member of the team, Tim is a code commando wielding a +6 mace of coding devastation. He has yet to meet a programming language he cannot reduce to a whimpering heap of syntactic slag, and has braved the darkest wastelands of coding horror in search of new foes to challenge.
In contrast to his prowess on the coding battlefield, Tim is a novice on the exotic culinary front. Apparently we've been able to introduce him to many First Encounters of the Takeaway Kind. He definitely prefers items that are cooked and identifiable .. Teriyaki Chicken is the running favourite so far.
His first Mac laptop has yet to be delivered. Sad story.Shaun (aka Shaunith)
sends more SMS than Greater Sydney
That chatter of keys you hear in the background is Shaun madly aiming for his monthly high score for quota usage of SMS / IM / Web / {your service here}. One of his key contributions to the Greater Good is pushing up the "average" usage of geek services so that mere mortal users may be safely hidden in his consumer shadow.
In his spare time, he revises his plan for global domination and practices his maniacal overlord laugh. Shaun has a vast collection of computers in his garage, and many of them even have working parts. We suspect his secret plan is to build a supercomputer that eats bandwidth and spews out random messages to his contact lists.
Shaun still mourns the loss of Bluebird .. his first love (and vehicle).Eff (aka GoonkZilla)
payer of bills, biller of payers, the anti-metal goddess
Eff keeps the machinery humming and the gears greased. She has refined the art of beta testing so that it looks effortless, and often is. We couldn't do without her, although she can certainly do without some of our music choices. Honestly, we're not vampires.. but the light, it burrrrns!
Her first computer was a VIC-20, and amazingly the TV she originally used as a monitor lasted almost 20 years before being put to pasture.
Her standing order is the teriyaki chicken and don't you forget it!Suzanne (aka Zannie)
Suzanne works in the engine room, providing vital nutrients and recipes for website backends.Agent J (aka Agent J)
caster of spells, breaker of wind, master builder
Known only as Agent J, this shadowy figure attacks our hallowed code base with his Fingers of Doom and Testing Mace of Might (+4 damage / +2 hit / -1 defense).
Agent J cannot reveal his Set favourites without potentially compromising his true identity. His first computer was an iMac brought back from the edge of death and cursed to live forever more as an undead minion.
