I repair computers, untangle tech problems, and look out for people getting scammed online.
Mark hates computer scammers with a quiet passion. He actively warns people about phishing emails, tech support scams, and anything that looks fishy. If you've ever received a suspicious message and aren't sure whether to click, ask Mark first. He'll tell you the truth.
Always vigilantThe Naked Gun and Airplane! comedy series. The kind of movies where every background gag gets a laugh even if you're only watching for the main plot.
Slapstick connoisseurMark still owns his original Commodore 64. He plugs it in sometimes. It still boots. It still works. That's more than you can say for most of his laptops.
Mark attended the University of Waterloo, one of Canada's top universities for computer science and engineering. Formal education helped, but the real schooling came from years of fixing other people's broken machines.
Cedar campusMark has been active on EFNet IRC almost every single day since 1995. That's roughly 30 years of showing up in the same channels, helping strangers with their problems, and never really logging off. Some people have hobbies. Mark has been on the internet since before the internet was something you used to browse — it was something you lived in.
Since '95Mark repairs computers in Brantford. He diagnoses hardware failures, replaces broken components, recovers data, installs operating systems, and walks people through tech problems in plain English. He doesn't use jargon to sound impressive. He fixes things. He also helps people understand what went wrong so it doesn't happen again.
Brantford, ONWhether your machine is acting up or you just want a second opinion on a tech decision, reach out.