Bob Buskirk

Position: Founder, Webmaster, Editor-in-Chief
Concentration: Displays, SSD’s, Laptops & Full Systems
E-mail: bbuskirk@thinkcomputers.org
Age: 25
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
Links: Blog | Facebook | View Posts

Colin Dean

Position: Staff Writer
Concentration: Networking, Power Supplies, Linux
E-mail: cdean@thinkcomputers.org
Age: 23
Location: Pittsburgh, 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
Links: CAD.cx | View Posts

Frank Stroupe

Position: Staff Writer
Concentration: Motherboards, Memory, Video Cards
E-mail: fstroupe@thinkcomputers.org
Age: 49
Location: NE Mississippi
Background: 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
Links: Blog | View Posts

Greg Baden

Position: Staff Writer
Concentration: Cases, Storage, Cooling
E-mail: gbaden@thinkcomputers.org
Age: 22
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Background: I’ve been building and tinkering around computers ever since I was about 10. At age 16 I started a local LAN party group which went to go on to eight small size LAN parties. I then picked up volunteering on the staff for a larger Pittsburgh LAN party organization, Pittco. I’m also working towards my Bachelors in IST with a minor in SRA at Penn State.
Hobbies: Gaming, building computers, hanging with my girlfriend, hockey, football.
Links: LoLLeRLAN.com | View Posts

Jack Wager

Position: Staff Writer
Concentration: Peripherals, Gaming, Consoles
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.
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