Hmm, never knew Alan Cox (probably the second most important person in the Linux kernel world after Linux himself) was running a model trains company.
http://www.etchedpixels.co.uk/
In my previous life, I have exchanged mails with this gentleman on technical stuff.
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/alan-cox-leaves-intel-linux-105279
anwar sir you work in computer doman..
Yep... did some small driver patches in the kernel for fun during those days, like this mail thread shows.
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0101.0/0360.html
I think I had 3 or 4 small patches accepted into the kernel during that year, then I had to stop tinkering with those fun stuff due to my day job taking up all my time.