elixx first got access to the Internet at the ripe age of 10, through a local library’s Gopher freenet just before the thing called the World Wide Web changed the Internet forever. Three years later, a kind stranger at a bookstore introduced him to 2600. He remained with console net access until the millennium teleported him into the world of broadband. After graduating high school, he used his graduation money to buy a used laptop, a train ticket, and a pass to H2K2. He has been involved in the scene, off-and-on, ever since.