Michael Bevilacqua-Linn has been programming computers ever since he dragged an Apple IIGS that his parents got for opening a bank account into his fifth grade class to explain loops and variables to a bunch of pre-teenagers. He currently works for Comcast, where he builds distributed systems that power infrastructure for their next generation services, and is writing ‘Functional Programming Patterns’ for the Pragmatic Press. In his spare time he likes rock climbing and good beer, though not at the same time.