Tom Syroid is a contract writer for
Studio B Productions, a literary agency based in Indianapolis, IN, specializing in computer-oriented publications. His specialties include *NIX system security, Samba, Apache, and Web database applications based on PHP and MySQL. He has experience administering and maintaining a diverse range of operating systems including Linux (Red Hat, OpenLinux, Mandrake, Slackware, Gentoo), Windows (95, 98, NT, 2000, and XP), and AIX (4.3.3 and 5.1). He is also the co-author of
Outlook 2000 in a Nutshell (O'Reilly & Associates) and
OpenLinux Secrets (Hungry Minds). Tom lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with his wife and two children. Hobbies include breaking perfectly good computer installations and then figuring out how to fix them, along with gardening, reading, and building complex structures out of Legos with his kids. Contact Tom at
dwcomments@syroidmanor.com.