Charles Moore has been a freelance journalist since 1987, began writing for Mac websites in May 1998, and has been writing Miscellaneous Ramblings for Low End Mac since September 1999. His Road Warrior column is a regular feature on Mac Opinion, he writes The 'Book Mystique for PowerBook Central, and he is a news editor and columnist at Applelinks.com.

Moore lives and works in Port Hilford, Nova Scotia, on the shore of Indian Harbour Lake and in sight of the Atlantic Ocean. His newspaper columns are syndicated across Canada, and he writes regularly for several magazines, as well as doing Mac website journalism. Moore has also contributed to MacToday magazine.

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