Ted Coombs is a computer forensic scientist and has written many computer books, including Google Power Tools Bible, ICQ FYI and Setting Up an Internet Site for Dummies, programming books like Programming with Visual Basic.NET, Programming with C#.NET, dBASE 5 for Windows Programming for Dummies, PowerBuilder 4 Programming for Dummies, and networking books such as Basic Home Networking. His early training in anthropology has led him to develop projects such as Wikihistory.org, and his book, Banyan Drive: The Stories of Incredible People. Another of his projects, OpenRecordBook.com stems from his early inclusion in the Guinness Book of World Records for roller skating across the United States and back in 1979.