Peter Richardson grew up in Alaska, huddling around computers for warmth. A freelance 3D animator for many years, he now makes unusual maps.

Tom Mudd is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh. Tom Mudd is also the name of the power station, of the hamlet within the location, and of an important ecological site at the same location.

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano enjoys imagining and building things, fixing them when they don't work, and improving them even if they seem to work just fine. The scope of the word "things" is very wide, and includes computer hardware and software, controllers, music composition, performance and sound.

Paul DeMarinis has been making noises with wires, batteries and household appliances since the age of four. His works combine interactive software, synthetic speech and noise with obsolete or impossible media.

Pauline Oliveros is a two legged human being, female, lesbian, musician, and composer among other things which contribute to her identity. She is herself and lives with her partner…along with assorted poultry, dogs, cats, rabbits and tropical hermit crabs.

[John Muir is a] poetico-trampo-geologist-botanist and ornithologist-naturalist etc. etc.