An independent web developer and consultant hailing from Austin, Texas, Sam Clayton has been programming since age 5. A former CCNA, he has a background in PHP, Perl, C/C++, JavaScript, ActionScript, and MySQL. He is an open source software advocate and longtime Linux user -- formerly a Slackware guy, but now an Ubuntu convert. He is fascinated by the Drupal community spirit and interested in contributing new and interesting modules. Other interests include music composition and production, gardening, tropical fish, bicycling, cooking, radio control aircraft, and literature.