Brian

is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (BS Bioengineering, MS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) and has been a consultant and developer for over 25 years. Among other projects, he developed the Windows version of TagWrite® for Zandar Corporation, the TUBES control program for Pneumatic Tube Products and the software which made Clarke Home Nursing Service a completely paperless health care organization. Current professional interests include embedded control, legacy mainframe hardware interfacing, and document conversion systems for IBM DCF, Bookmaster, Word Perfect, Microsoft Word, Interleaf and XML. He is the author of Windows 7 and Vista Guide to Scripting, Automation and Command Line Tools, and is coauthor and contributor to several computer books including the following:

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Microsoft Windows 8
In Depth 		Windows 7 and Vista Guide to Scripting, Automation and
Command Line Tools 		Special Edition Using Windows Vista,
Second Edition 		Special Edition Using
Windows XP Home,
3rd Edition 		Platinum Edition Using
Windows XP
(Out of print)
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Microsoft Windows 7
In Depth 		Windows XP
Under the Hood 		Upgrading and Repairing Microsoft Windows,
Second Edition 		Special Edition Using
Windows XP Professional,
3rd Edition 		Special Edition Using
Windows 2000 Professional

His personal interests include snowboarding, mountain biking, hiking, camping and backpacking, and vintage computers, e.g. the IBM 1130. A backyard wood-fired brick oven was built.