King John (then not the King and not even yet a knight), a friend of mine since 1990 or so, twisted my arm to make a new Website for the Kingdom of Talossa (some oddball thing he was fascinated by), because the main Website had been changed into the Website for the Talossan Republic. He'd talk and talk and talk to me about this weird thing and I couldn't shut him up. After rolling my eyes and putting him off as long as I could, I relented, made the Website, and -- damn him! -- fell in love with Talossa while doing so. The rest is history.
I am a software architect/developer/lead, with interests in history and gaming. I am well-known in the Diplomacy game-play community, and responsible for www.diplom.org and its online game-play engine, the DPjudge. My wife and I wed in 1991 and we are proud parents of two (a daughter and a son) and grandparents of one.