 Born on June 19, 1954 as Ronald Alvin Schlemeyer, he was adopted on July 11, 1956 as Theodore James Coombs.He was an early author of the "...for Dummies" series as well as over a dozen computer books, and a portrait artist.He is a futurist for the web site Futuristyx (formerly known as Future News Network) and information security expert at Risk Mitigate.