Name: Bob Buskirk

Position:  Founder, Webmaster, Editor-in-Chief

E-mail:  bbuskirk@thinkcomputers.org

Age:  24

Location:  Pittsburgh, PA

Background: About 10 years of computer experience. Been messing around with electronics since I was 5, got into computers when I was in highschool, been modding them ever since then. Very interested in how things work and their design.

Hobbies:  Computers, gaming, modding, movies, anime, hockey, music

Personal Site:  Blog | Facebook

Name: Colin Dean

Position:  Staff Writer - PSU's, Networking, Storage

E-mail:  cdean@thinkcomputers.org

Age:  23

Location:  New Wilmington, PA

Background:  I started out on a Commodore 64 my mother brought home from school and eventually moved up to an Apple IIe, then a Mac Performa 600, then 6320, then a Compaq 5000T, then a Sager 5680, then a few custom-built high-performance rigs. I hold a B.S. in computer science from Westminster College (PA) and minor in writing with a focus on journalism, as well as a M.S. in business education from Robert Morris University.

Hobbies:  Programming, punditry, languages (computer--PHP, Scheme, and Smalltalk are my favorites--and spoken--I speak English fluently and know enough Esperanto, German, and Spanish to get me in trouble), journalism, web design, cooking

Personal Site:  Cad.cx

Name: Frank Stroupe

Position:  Staff Writer - Motherboards, Memory, Video Cards

E-mail:  fstroupe@thinkcomputers.org

Age:  49

Location:  NE Mississippi

Background:  I first operated a computer during a basic programming course I took in college in the mid-1970s. The computer used IBM punch cards (do not spindle, fold, or mutilate). After owning a couple of early console games, in 1986 I purchased my first PC, sporting an 8088 processor, 256K of memory, and no hard drive. Around that time I first saw Windows 1.0...I thought it was silly and would never fly.

For the next 16 years I was a software kind of guy, but in early 2002 I decided to do my first build, a Socket A with an Abit NF7-S mobo...and never looked back. About a year later I became a reviewer for The Overclock Intelligence Agency. I joined the ThinkComputers staff in May 2007, and am currently the motherboard/memory reviewer...though I help Bob out wherever I can.

Though my first computer experience was programming, I don't do any, I'm mostly into hardware, Photoshop, digital multitrack recording, and I dabble in HTML and CSS.

Hobbies:  music (listening and creating), history, genealogy, vacuum tube electronics

Personal Site:  Blog

Name: Jack Wager

Position:  Staff Writer - Peripherals

E-mail:  jack@thinkcomputers.org

Age:  24

Location:  San Diego, CA

Background:  Got my first computer when I was 8 and have been addicted ever since. Persuing a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an avid gamer, tech nerd and internet addict.

Hobbies:  Wasting time on the internet, playing games (XBOX360), programming, DJ'ing, learning new technology and anything to do with really fast cars.