Darryl is a Programmer/Analyst for the Department of Computing Services at the University of Saskatchewan. He is currently on contract to the Information Technology Services (ITS) Department of the University Libraries, doing a variety of cool things like Unix and NT systems administration, web and database server administration, and lots of Java and Perl.

He has a vivid imagination, the attention span of a six year-old, and is the life of the party (or would be if he had a life and went to parties). Oh, and if you hadn't noticed already, he rarely takes life (or much of anything else) very seriously.

On May 11, 1996 he got married. Some co-workers were kind enough to capture the festivities on digital camera. Sorry, the server with the pictures has died.

In April 1997, he and his wife Shannon celebrated an addition to the family; an overly excitable Shepherd/Lab cross named Sophie.

On March 12, 2000, the family grew by one again. This time it was a human addition. Noah William Friesen. Despite his diminutive stature he's put together his own web site.

August 12, 2002 saw another addition arrive to the Friesen family; a little girl. Emma Grace. Hopefully I'll get some pictures of her up soon as well.

I've had a few speaking engagements over the last few years...

	Access 2001 [Winnipeg, MB, Canada; September 27, 2001]   · Electronic Journals from an IT Perspective
	Access '99 [October 26, 1999]   · XML Database Delivery
	Computers In Libraries '99 [Washington DC; March 7, 1999]   · Intranets for Newbies and Bargain Hunters, and   · Web Authoring - Beyond the Basics
	Access '98 [Saskatoon, SK, Canada; October 2, 1998]   · Library Intranets   · I also programmed the conference's online registration system

Here are a few things I've created or had a hand in creating...

	One Ring: The Complete Guide to Tolkien Resources
	The Tolkien Timeline
	I did most of the programming work on the Native Law Project, a goodly amount of data clean-up and manipulation on the Saskatchewan News Index project, as well as the search engine for the HERstory project.
	I was responsible for most of the initial site design, database design, and programming for the Economic Policy Institute Library's 1995, 1996, & 1997 publications, Library Union Catalog,, and their newly added Library Catalog]