This is the site of Erick Tejkowski, a computer programmer, a writer, a teacher, a husband and father, a synthesizer enthusiast, an amateur radio licensee, a speaker of German, a New Order, Kraftwerk, and DEVO devotee, a cycling fan, an armchair linguist, a poesybeat.org board member, an occasional saxophonist, a trivia nut, a Mac man, a dictionary freak, an Eagle scout, a beneficiary of braces, a reluctant Illinoisan, a gizmo collector, a registered voter, an eager traveler, a proponent of motorcycle helmets, an opponent of mandatory seatbelt laws, a Galaga maven, a narcoleptic moviegoer, and a damn good solderer.