I came to Alaska with my parents and siblings in 1945. I grew up in Anchorage, but left there in 1962.

From 1962 to 1965 I was in the U. S. Army, most of the time with an Army band in France. This was a great experience, giving me the chance to meet many people as we helped various towns celebrate the 20th Anniversary of their liberation during WWII.

After returning to Alaska in 1965 I spent 2 years working for the Highway Department on the Kenai Peninsula before moving to Fairbanks in the fall of 1967. I continued to work for the Highway Department during the summer and attend classes during the winter. During the fall semester of 1969 I took an audio production course which introduced me to KUAC . I took a part time position there in the spring of 1970. For the next couple of years I alternated working between KUAC in the winter and the highway department during the summer. In 1972 I quit the highway department and devoted all of my time to KUAC, working part time in radio and part time for the new public TV station. I was KUAC's first news director and set up the first true news department. I also spent time as the Operations manager, being responsible for training of all on-air staff.

Then in 1974 I married Marlys Ross and moved to Sitka for a year to spend some time working for a commercial radio station.

We returned to Fairbanks in 1975 when KUAC converted from all volunteer to full-time professional staff. I continued working for KUAC until I retired in June of 1999. During my years at KUAC I held every possible position, but most of that time was spent as Operations Director and mid-day on-air host. I designed and built the first web site for KUAC. I was also the stations computer guru.

My first computer was an Apple II plus. I stayed with Apples until they pulled the rug out from under the Apple II users. That made me so mad that I won't have anything to do with MACs. Over the years I've dealt with a variety of operating systems including CP/M, OS/2, various flavors of DOS, Linux, and Windows (through XP).

Even though I'm retired I still want to keep those computer skills sharp and useful.

My aim is to help you establish a presence on the World Wide Web or find solutions to those nagging computer problems that keep you from getting the most out of your computer.

In addition to basic web page design I also work with digital imaging, both video and still, as well as audio work. Among my current personal projects are digitizing old family photographs to create a CD-ROM photo album and digitizing old records and LPs, cleaning up the sound and making the records into CDs.


For more information you can call me at: (907) 322-7618.

Here are some of the resources I draw on for troubleshooting and that I recommend as a first step in solving your computer problems. If none of these help you, then contact me.
Everything Computers Troubleshooting Guide
Welcome to The PC Guide!
Webopædia (an on-line encyclopedia of computer terms)

I despise SPAM!!! Here's a list of spammers for your enjoyment.