How did you acquire your nick? 
I was just thinking one day... Tonik sounded cool.. then Gin sounded cool.. put one and one together.. and ya got
TonikGin 

What is your technical background? (Platforms, networking, programming) 
C programming, basic perl, html, electronics, mechanics. 

Estimate how much time your spend online a day. During that time what activities do you perform? 
Depends on the day. I spend about 8 hours a day on the internet during the weekend. Weekdays cut it low cause of limitations. 

Are you employed? If so what do you do for a living? 
Just got back from applying for a job ;) 

Are you in a stable relationship? 
No 

What kind of thrill do you get out of hacking? 
Knowing i out smarted something that someone made. 

What is the incentive that keeps you doing it? 
The e-mails from admins thanking me for defacing their site, before a cracker got it and stole credit card numbers, or
destroyed the server. 

Is that really worth staying up all night for? 
Hell yeah! 

What are you going to be doing in ten years? 
I am going to college to study programming, and network administration. 

What is it about the computer that makes it become such an obsession? 
It doesn't bitch at you... it does what you want it to.. when you want it to.. and exac