Team Hamster Hat is the brainchild of Dave Schwantes and Jeff Abell. Back in college they ran a website called The Voice of Reason that was full of amusing (though probably not as amusing as we thought) commentary and articles about weird topics like Dutch ovens and Tony Little. As time went on The Voice faded out of existance but their spark for letting people know what they think was never extinguished. Spurred by an excuse to buy things off TV and play with them, the seeds for Team Hamster Hat were sown. After months of periodic discussion the site began to take shape and was launched in 2008 with the goal of being informative, yet stupid.
Dave Schwantes founder/website geek - 30 articles
Hey! I'm Dave, one of the founding fathers of this great site (as well as the lord and ruler of the great Dinosaurs Eat Everybody empire). Outside of writing for the ol' Team Hamster Hat I'm a grad student, a geek, a musician, a connoisseur of condiments, and a firm proponent of corndogs. I am a machine that turns coffee into geeky ideas.
Jeff Abellfounder - 34 articles
Howdy! I'm Jeff, the other founding father of the illegitimate child that is THH (though Dave does all the real "work"). When I'm not doing my THH thing, I am busy with video games, nerdy fantasy books, movies, and thinking my car is cooler than yours. I'm a slightly different breed of geek and a firm believer that you always need a Plan B.
Bryan Dunksenior editor - 23 articles
Hiya, Bryan here; web developer, drummer, video gamer extraordinaire. I love me some fantasy novels/games, good scrabble competition, and a healthy dose of beef jerky. I have a cat named Turkey who has a rooster hat. I drink about 6 cups of tea a day because I sweat like a pig in a sauna when I drink coffee.
Josh Marcanticontributer - 4 articles
Hey! I'm Josh, also known as Jash. I'm a student, a musician, a nintendo-nerd, tattoo enthusiast, consumer of candy/ice cream, aspiring superhero, and apparently a writer. I have things to say about things so I figured I might as well tell people about it.
Juli Sherrycontributer - 6 articles
Juli is a girl of many talents. These talents include (but are not limited to) music, design, and guinea pigs. Sometimes Juli and Dave build websites together because they are friends and she is really good at making things look awesome or better.
Chris Marcanticontributer - 2 articles
So, ummm... despite how this picture looks, nobody has cut Chris's neck. Yet. In addition to being alive, Chris enjoys guitars, beer, and hating things.
Dane Erbachcontributer - 1 article
If there's one thing you should know about Dane, it's that he owns a sweet dog. It's a pug and its name is Bug. Seriously, this dog is awesome and spends most of his time running in circles. Dane, on the other hand, spends most of his time teaching English to the unwashed many of the public high school system, playing music, and waxing intellectual as a writer for several music related magazines. He is allergic to poultry.
