Welcome to Matt Cornell's Support About page.
[No it's not a pretty page, and Yes, I am a webmaster for my day job]

Not all pages have to be pretty - unless you're trying to convince investors into paying for stock that's not worth anything so you can sell your company to someone who doesn't know better. Then you need a very pretty page with lots of music, and flashy graphics, and a monkey somewhere.

I first got a taste for the darker (read as technical) side of computer use back in the late 80's when I would get the latest computer game, and I wouldn't be able to play it because of the base memory constraints of MS DOS. Basically, you had to learn how use a text editor, and rewrite the boot scripts for dos until you managed to squeak out enough memory to play the latest King's Quest or RoboSport.

Or maybe it was the BASIC program with nothing more then print's, pauses, and screen color changes that I wrote for the PCjr years before the games started.

What/Whenever it was that I got a taste for it, playing with DFA's to get the response that you want can be rewarding. You make a change, watch the results, rinse and repeat as necessary until you compile enough experience to the see the zen of the solution quicker.

This is how to fix computers.

I use the word zen, because in the pass, even at pinnacle of my computer knowledge there were still all sorts of problems I ran into that defied my understanding and required me to relax and look at the problem as a beginner.

I've worked in support departments and freelanced consulted for a while, and the jobs aren't especially intellectually challenging, varied, or prosperous, but there is a quick turn around of effort to solution.

So for every 10 hours I spend at work rebuilding and reinstalling a server, or buidling a custom fan speed regulator and switch for my machine at home, I should try and make some money from that knowledge and help people out.