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I Do Not Steal Children

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Daniel Andrlik
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Daniel Andrlik lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia. By day he manages product teams. The rest of the time he is a podcast host and producer, writer of speculative fiction, a rabid reader, and a programmer.

Okay, I have a confession. Please do not hold it against me, but I am a Data Gypsy. I have no computer of my own due to a long series of unfortunate mishaps so I must travel and use what computing resources are available to me. This is somewhat frustrating, but I have adapted. I store my personal files on a USB mini-drive and on various bits of server space I have secured. It is quite bizarre. Perhaps I should start telling fortunes to make money towards getting a computer. I could read Palm Pilots!

sigh I can’t believe I made that joke either…

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