Me

(Being one to avoid re-inventing the wheel the following bio info is edited from other sites of mine – ml)

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Vitals
Name: Mark William Law
Birthdate: 12 / 12 / 1957
Age: See Above
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4 – Daughter 25, Sons 23, 14, 6
Spirituality: Unique but you can ask if you like…
Sign: Sagittarius with Aries Ascendant and Virgo Moon (does it show?)

Professional Life
Mark Law has been involved in computer technology and applications for more than 30 years, programming, maintaining and general tinkering with every imaginable computer from Burroughs mainframes to laptops. From his first Computer Science class at the University of Victoria in 1976 to developing his own content management system (OsoBlues), Mark has been most interested in how computers can be harnessed as tools to increase productivity.
Originally from the wee hamlet of Campbell River, BC, Mark has worked in many parts of the world, including many Canadian provinces, the United States, Europe and even a sand-filled radio station in North Africa.
Since 1994 Mark has concentrated on web based applications and development, along the way creating more than 300 business and personal websites as well as consulting on close to 500 others. For two years he taught adult education courses in computer science and web design at a community college in northern Canada at a time when the field of Internet development was so new he had to design and create his own teaching manuals!
Since 2006 Mark has resided in southwestern Ontario, where he publishes Teeswater.Ca, a local online newspaper as well as being house-daddy to a rather rambunctious five year old (aka The Junior General or Mini-Bear).

Creative Life
Mark W. Law has been a writing and journalism fanatic since he was first tagged to write a 3 act ’shadow play’ – in Grade 2!
A compulsive wordsmith (his wife calls him 'just a bit OCD') Mark has written for military and local newspapers, served as editor for a number of online magazines and for several years published his own popular ezine for new writers and artists – The ThinWire Journal. Mark has also penned more than 100 poems and essays. Marks current projects are the never ending opus 'Matane Summer', 2 plays, a gothic thriller and a series concept.
Mark began creating 'visual art' in the late 1970's while stationed in the Middle East (by painting murals on the walls of his barracks!) Since then his expression journey has included sculpting, cabinetry, knotwork, oil, acrylics and especially pen and ink. In 1990 he made a conscious effort to move all his work into the digital world, putting away his palette for a mouse. In the past 20 years he has produced more than 5000 images – creative and business graphics – as well as creating more than 500 advertisements for various media.

Tools of Choice
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04 (so far)
Writing: Bluefish, GEdit, Openoffice, Geany, Scribus
Art: GIMP, Photoshop, Terragen, Inkscape, Landserf

From Family shots, posted by Mark W. Law on 7/30/2008 (21 items)