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mikehacker.com is the personal website of michael hacker, an eagle scout, husband, camper, hacker, backpacker, woodworker, snowboarder, salesman, mechanic, marksman, businessman, artisan, pet owner, shoe repairman, and terrible bartender.

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The best way to contact me is via email at the address listed below. I use instant messenger rarely, but if you know where to look you can find me on irc always. If your email message experiences a delay, please feel free to send another message.

no website about hackers is complete without the definition. Taken directly from "The Jargon File".

hacker n. [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] 1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. 2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming. 3. A person capable of appreciating hack value. 4. A person who is good at programming quickly. 5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in `a Unix hacker'. (Definitions 1-5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.) 6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example. 7. One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations. 8. [deprecated] A malicious meddler who tries to discover sensitive information by poking around. Hence `password hacker', `network hacker'. **The correct term for this sense is cracker.**