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My real name is David Johle, which everyone seems to have trouble pronouncing. It's really easy if you just say Joe and Lee together -- it's simple once you hear it. Having an uncommon, difficult to pronounce last name does have its advantages though, making it easy to identify those annoying tele-marketers when they call at the worst possible times. Of course, caller ID helps even more -- technological advances have even made my last name obsolete!

Since late 1997 I have been operating a Web Hosting business in my spare time, and continue to do this along side of my full-time job. I offer some very reasonable rates for Web Hosting in case you have a site that needs a place to stay. If you already know how to create web pages, but need a place to put them, just head on over to the Dr. Cheap Web Hosting site. If you are a designer, ask about the reseller's program!

I got my start with the Internet back in 1994 by connecting through a local BBS -- my first UNIX account was soon to follow. The Internet was not much to get overly excited about, even when I used Netscape 1.1N and saw graphics on a web page for the first time (this was way back before blinking text was outlawed). Since then I have been keeping up with all the advances with Internet related technology, and helped run an Internet Service Provider in Dallas, TX for about a year. I did a little bit of everything there: Tech Support, System Administration, Networking, Web Page Design, Hardware & Software Installation, etc...

In May of 2000 I graduated from the University of Houston with a BS degree in Computer Science & minor in Math. I started a job as a Unix System Administrator with Industrial Information Resources, Inc, which upgraded me from computer nerd to full- time geek status. I have since been promoted to Computer Operations Manager, VP of Information Technology, and then Cheif Technology Officer. At IIR I do just about everything related to computers -- system design, networking, system administration, programming in a variety of languages, database administration, project management, even some phone system configuration every now and then.

I am currently living in Houston, TX, inside the loop. I can't be more specific that that because you might come hunt me down or something. Okay, maybe I'm just being paranoid. Hey, why are you asking me this anyway? Stop stalking me!

Oh, sorry, got a little carried away there. Really I was just trying to fill up this segment with more text.

If you haven't figured it out already, my favorite hobby is using computers for everything possible. I have been using them for over 20 years--ever since my father bought an IBM PCjr in 1982. I try to do anything and everything I can on the computer and/or try to incorporate computers into anything and everything that I already do without them. As soon as they come down in price, I'll probably own a wearable computer and be surfing the 'net as I walk down the street, and run into things as the HUD distracts me. Help support my existence on this planet as a geek by sending me something from my ThinkGeek Wishlist.