About

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About Lyosha Blinnikov: A Short Autobiography

My name is Lyosha, usually known online as Nookkin. I'm a self-taught programmer, web designer, system administrator, and computer repair guy.

I received my first working computer, a Thinkpad 560 with a 133mhz Pentium processor, when I was 13 years old. Having been interested in electronics since age 7, I soon began to experiment with Windows. This led to me "hacking" my video driver to allow new modes, changing my "start" button into a "stop" button, and learning more about how Windows worked. I also began learning Visual Basic 6 through a book my dad had given me as a gift.

Now, 4 years later, I know HTML, CSS, VB6, VB.NET, PHP,MySQL, C++, and JavaScript. I've written Windows applications and have created websites. I've set up various operating systems, including multi-boot configurations and every version of Windows from 3.1 to Server 2008. I've built and repaired computers and set up networks. I've tweaked and hacked every one of my computers in some way. And I enjoy doing all of this.

My website

I made this site in order to express myself online, to give the world some of my knowledge, and to have a place to put the software I made. On this site, you will find my blog, various tutorials and articles, my software, and more.

I designed, developed, and coded this site all by myself, from the ground up. This includes the visual design and layout, blogging platform, content management system, and other code that makes the site work. All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS level 2.1.

I try to keep this site updated regularly, but school and my job do take time away from working on my site. I will still try to post something new at least once every few weeks. If you'd like to stay updated when something new is posted, you may subscribe to my RSS feed. Please contact me if you have any questions.