Nick Winlund is a once and future student of physics, geology and Electrical Engineering at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. He was born in 1977 in Corvallis to Jon Mark and Marlene Winlund and has lived in the Willamette Valley most of his life. Nick is an open source and ubuntu linux enthusiast.

Winlund roughly translates to vineyard and is from Scandinavia.