Batronyx™

Who am I?

My name is Barrett L. Bowen but most people just call me ‘Barry’. Online, I frequently use the name ‘Batronyx’. I am a Software Developer, and a former Systems Engineer. I’ve been paid to solve problems professionally for over 10 years. Feel free to have a look at my resumé on Google Docs.

I am also a hobbyist 3D artist, and own a variety of render engines, modelling, animation, and graphic tools from the free to low-end hobby market. ( POV, Wings3D, Poser, Bryce, Hexagon, PaintShopPro, etc. ) and enjoy the challenges of creating art with technology. And when it comes to graphics, I’m a tutorial-aholic!. I’ve learned how to adapt tutorials from high-end software to create solutions for myself in low-end software.

Sometimes I play games. When I do — online or off — I prefer those with a puzzle aspect to them like many of these great games from Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection ( Yes, the creator of that awesome ssh/telnet client PuTTY). So you can see, problem solving is just what I do, for pay, and for fun.

Why this Blog?

One reason is I just think it is time to give back to the community. I’ve been on the internet since 1994 or so. I’ve had this domain name since ‘96. It briefly had life as a general links page a few years ago. More recently, it has been a sorely neglected TypePad blog, while I explored this whole blogging medium. During that time, I’ve read countless tutorials, educated myself in various aspects of my profession, and downloaded tons of free content and software, with little more than a ‘Thank You’ ( and most of the time, not even that ). So, here I hope to return the favor, or rather pay it forward once in awhile by sharing some of what I’ve learned as my own laziness A.D.D.-like tendencies afford.

Thank you.

Barrett L. Bowen, a.k.a. Batronyx, or, just “Barry”