Eli_382
Sorry folks I was just being literal and sarcastic here..
Now seriously,
A brief bio:
I am a 25 year old guy originally from North-Leb but been living in beirut for over 4 years now. I received a BS in Economics from Balamand University; gathered a two-year-experience packaged from working at the operations department of one of Lebanon's poor banks (they all are); and now I'm doing my Masters in Financial Economics at AUB.
My Geeky origins:
I remember it all started, when I was like 5, with an Atari 2600 console brought to me as a gift on b-day. After months of online gaming on it—plz ignore the sarcasm from time to time—I took it apart and tried to invent a device that would, instead of controlling digital characters, would control reality.
Then on, my love affair with every single device containing a circuit board began.
What am I interested in the most (tech stuff):
Of course like most of you here, what made me realize I am a tech junkie was the arrival of the desktop computer. I taught myself how to use it; I f**cked up a couple of them; bricked others; but only through doing that I was able to learn so much on the DOS and WINDOWS OS.
(I'm not going to bore anymore with the detail, I'll to be quick)
In 1994, we installed our first internet modem reaching speeds of 10 up/10 down (Mbps of course) . I had my share of chatting and porn browsing (don't judge me! you know you all did it). Actually I wouldn't call it porn; it was naked women with words like "JOIN NOW" hiding the parts I went in to see in the first place.
Then came the Internet Relay Chat (IRC). That was when I fell in love with the internet.
Hacking:
I learned the concept of hacking via IRC. At first it was mainly messing around with other people's nicknames and accounts via planting a backdoor and controlling it via /CTCP commands. Then I upgraded to trojans and other backdoors such as SubSeven (don't give me the ethical crap, it is the most slightly harmless fun you could get). Of course LINUX was the next big step ;)
Today:
With all the new responsibilities I have today, it is becoming harder and harder to keep up with the superfast advances in the tech world. However, I still get my daily tech fix.
Mobile technology is what I follow most these days. Also, I'm always and forever trying to increase my coding knowledge by reading books and online references.
I hope I haven't been too boring. This is was my geeky bio in brief. I'm glad I stumbled upon this forum. I hope to contribute my share to it; I'm sure it'd be heaps of fun :)