My name is Obiora Embry and I am a self-taught developer with a B.S. degree in engineering and 1 year of undergraduate coursework in Computer Science.  Even though I am primarily self-taught, I have been mentored by my brother-in-law and have utilized books, Web sites, and articles to expand my knowledge.

My love and passion for programming began in October 2001, when I was asked to develop a family Web site for recipes.  Since 2000, I have been a user and promoter of open source technologies, which include Linux OS (and its many distributions), Perl, Apache Web server, Mozilla Firefox, Scribus, The GIMP, OpenOffice.org, FileZilla, 7Zip, to name a few.

I had been thinking for a years about releasing some of my personal work into the open source world, since so much of what I have been able to accomplish has come from the above technologies and others, so this is what I have created for this purpose.