Welcome to my page!

I live in Everett (near Seattle), Washington.

I wrote software for a living for over 40 years.

I'm addicted to picture tubes. When not sitting in front of a computer or phone, I sometimes find the time to watch movies and shows.

Music has always been part of my life, I used to play keyboards & some guitar and was involved in a couple garage bands in my younger years. My music tastes are pretty diversified.

I also like to read comics, especially Marvel's X-Men.

オタク です Otaku desu.

I'm a big fan too.

Computers are my life, and have been since I was 12 years old. I started programming on a Tandy Model III. The first real program I wrote was a horse race handicap analyzer, which really sounds better than it was. I can program, script and hack in about 20 different languages, although I'm basically a C-kinda guy with a Pascal heart who constantly drinks some Java.

Cooking is another passion of mine. Being raised in Paris (France, not Texas), I tend to pride myself into being somewhat of a culinary expert.

On March 23, 1999, I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. So far, I've been able to successfully control it by dieting and exercising alone.

On February 14, 2000, Vicki (my partner of close to 9 years) and I finally tied the knot. We were married on Valentine's Day by Minister Robb Hickey at the Royal Chapel of A Special Memory Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.

On June 30, 2000, I ended a 3 years stint as Director of Technology for Blue World Communications.

From May 2003 to May 2007, I authored a Java-related weekly column, known as Erik's Pulse, published in the Java Developer's Journal.

In December 2004, I resigned from my Director of Technology position at Imacination Software.

In May/June 2005, we moved from Bellevue to a new condo in Everett.

On May 15, 2007, I closed down my popular Linkblog after 7 years of continuous operation.

In February 2016, I was diagnosed with Stage IVA Colon Cancer, now restaged as IVC.

In December 2021, I completed a 2-years clinical trial at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

In February 2022, I celebrated 6 years with cancer.

In March 2023, I started on a new clinical trial at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.

In August 2024, for the first time in 8 year; I am officially no longer in active cancer treatment.

In November 2024, two metastatic lesions were found in my spine. I will be undergoing radiation therapy in late December.

My Public Key can be found here.

If you're interested in the technology and hardware used to power this weblog, please read this story.