i am haliphax, and my bio begins thusly...
to basically sum up my humble beginnings and avoid a drawn-out introduction, i
will say that i originated from and still represent a very strange areacode.
we were home to phrack and the metalshop bbs, as well as a diverse array of
people who appeared in the mag and participated in the bbs. a crackdown ensued
over an att document, and, needless to say, the areacode has since been a
desolate wasteland of the public domain.
i grew up with ascii and ansi art as something of a part of my life, i suppose.
i am a terrible nerd, and i proudly admit so. i started doodling my first
embarassingly ugly bullshit ansis in thedraw with the aid of its often-despised
and taboo font-system, and quickly gave up when i realized i had absolutely no
talent for the art form. it was then that i discovered several bbses that were
entirely decorated with ascii, supplying me with sick amounts of 0-day warez
for the absolute lamer that i was and am... heheh.
these boards then broadened my horizons from the ascii scene i had known as
hand-in-hand with the ansi and ansi-bbs scene such as s0ap RIP and odelay
RIP. the amiga scene and 80x50 pc scene quickly became an obsession of mine,
and i churned out ugly fonts that i thought were original and artistically
conducive to growth haha with attempts to constantly alter my style.
then, the last board in my area finally died out. the sysop left it up for a
long time afterwards, but there simply were no more callers but the boring
hardcores. many of the ld boards i tried to frequent with my minimum-wage job
and jr. high/high school schedule died out, as well. the internet pretty much
took over, and i could not afford high-speed access in order to continue my
own bbs at the time. so, i disappeared from the scene entirely.
i did lots of drugs. drank excessively for years. was dropped from college.
had several interesting episodes of my life occur that have molded me in to
the strapping young lad i am today.
now, im back... im supposedly better than ever, and im in remorse. if my
areacode could see me now.
look, ma! no hands!
--haliphax // 573
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* formerly of rebellion, punc, vinyl, simple, fuckyou, ruckus, thclick, grape..