Favourite Visual Artist
Pick anyone from the National Geographic "Our Universe" book by Roy Gallant (old book)
Favourite Movies
Star Wars & Star Trek (even the bad of both), Inception, Snatch, Fight Club, Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings
Favourite TV Shows
Eureka, Battlestar Galactica (new), Farscape, Star Trek(s)
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Audioslave, Metallica, Candy Dulfer, Mindy Abair, John Williams, Danny Elfman
Favourite Books
Neuromancer, Snow Crash, Dresden Files Series, First Law Trilogy, et al.
Favourite Writers
Jim Butcher, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, George Effinger, Pat Rothfus, et al.
Favourite Games
Too many. Suffice to say CRPGs, MMOs, and things I'm quitting to write.
Favourite Gaming Platform
Xbox 360 and my PC
Tools of the Trade
My PC, a pen and some paper, and occasionally a 3d cad program or two.
Other Interests
Role-playing games. I run a kick-ass D&D game, if I say so myself.