This is Alexander Gilbert, a follower of technology, games & culture on the internet.

Alex is currently part of both P'unk Avenue (a web software company) and Screaming Rattler (a band).

From Philadelphia.

Then at last his gaze was held: wall upon wall,
battlement upon battlement, black, immeasurably strong,
mountain of iron, gate of steel,
tower of adamant, he saw it:
Barad-dûr, Fortress of Sauron.
All hope left him.
(from: The Fellowship of the Ring, page 521)

Then at last his gaze was held: wall upon wall, battlement upon battlement, black, immeasurably strong, mountain of iron, gate of steel, tower of adamant, he saw it: Barad-dûr, Fortress of Sauron. All hope left him. (from: The Fellowship of the Ring, page 521)