About the Author

Who's responsible for this madness?

Winn L. Rosch has written about personal computers since 1981 and has penned over 1,000 published articles about them—a mixture of reviews, how-to guides, and background pieces explaining new technologies. One of these was selected by The Computer Press Association as the best feature article of the year for 1987; another was runner-up for the same award in 1990. He has written other books about computers, the most recent of which are The Winn L. Rosch Multimedia Bible PC and The Winn L. Rosch Printer Bible. Rosch has been a contributing editor to PC Magazine, PC Week, PC Sources, Computer Shopper, and other computer publications. His books and articles have been reprinted in several languages (French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish).

From June 2000 to March 2001, Rosch assumed the regular gig reporting on personal technology for the Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper, in addition to his other activities. After he left the newspaper's staff, he continued writing his weekly technology column until January 2005. In the intervening period, he formed Firelands Media Group LLC, now publishers of Early American Life magazine. In November 2005, a story he wrote for the magazine earned a "best feature" award from West Virginia.

Besides writing, Rosch is an attorney licensed to practice in Ohio and holds a Juris Doctor degree. A member of the Ohio State Bar Association, he has served on the association's computer law committee.

In other lifetimes, Rosch has worked as a photojournalist, electronic journalist, and broadcast engineer. For 10 years, he wrote regular columns about stereo and video equipment for The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest daily newspaper, and regularly contributed lifestyle features and photographs. In Cleveland, where he still holds out, he has served as a chief engineer for several radio stations. He also has worked on electronic journalism projects for the NBC and CBS networks.

Although Rosch has abandoned his efforts at creating a perpetual motion machine (it kept him up at night), he is now putting the finishing touches on his latest creation, the world's first perpetual stillness machine.