The Knightwise.Com website is a collaboration of talent and expertise. All good things come in small packages so perhaps its time to open up some of the presents that are under your tree. Meet the crew behind the Knightwise.com website.

• Knightwise.

Born in November of 1974 in a small town called Rijkhoven in the east of Belgium , Jo Hendriks was the youngest of three sons of a local beer salesman and his wife. A vivid imagination and a love for all things space and sci-fi where already present in his childhood years. Either roaming the fields playing out imaginary space adventures or cramming his nose into a science book.. the stars where never far of.

An interest in writing was stimulated at the age of ten when, after writing articles for the local school paper, Knightwise was presented with a small award for one of his essays. The love for journalism grew and at the age of eleven, along with a friend from school, Knightwise published a small town gazette featuring local news, games and his own column.

At the age of 18 came the first big encounter with music in general. After tinkering around with an old radio-shack mixing board and a record player and a brainstorming session with two friends  DYNAMIC SOUND CONTROL was born. This mobile sound-and-light club system offered them the chance to explore their musical creativity and take to the stage. Playing parties in local town halls, private venues or even at the Castle of Alden Biesen.. DYNAMIC SOUND CONTROL had 8 glorious years where it grew from humble beginnings to a full blown time-consuming hobby. 

The first steps in broadcasting were taken at VRD in nearby Diepenbeek where Knightwise produced several shows like 'Knightmoves' and together with his fellow DJ collegue Stefan "Party-NamX". A strong interest in computers and Cyberspace prompted the proposal to the station to start a radio program about IT-related topics. Since the time was far from ripe for a concept of this matter the idea was shelved and about a year later Knightwise left VRD altogether.

In 2000 the first version of the Knighwise.com podcast came on line .. Just a few pictures, lots of text and an insight into the everyday life of Knightwise, nothing more , nothing less. A more dynamic version came in December of 2000 when along with Swift a website-war ensued throwing content back and forth between the maisonswift website and the knightwise.com website. In 2002 the knightwise.com domain was claimed and the rest is .. as they say " History"

In October of 2004 Knightwise discovered podcasting. While accidently listening to the webtalkguys Knightwise overheard an interview with  Adam Curry and not much later subscribed to 'The Daily Sourcecode' . Being a good cyber-citizen he spent allmost six months listening and learning all he could about podcasting before taking to the podosphere-stage in june 2005 with the first episode of 'the knightcast'.

Together with the knightwise.com website, the Knightcast podcast is the perfect synergy between Knightwises various interest. Music, Technology, Broadcasting and Journalism are combined into the flaming ball of content you see before you.

• Nyana.

Born in 1977 as a daughter of a Math Proffessor, Nyana has been surrounded by computers for the better part of her life. Having the first Pentium computer in the country setup on her Dad's office marked the first step in a long technology - infested lifestyle. After meeting Knightwise in 1996 it only got better as she dailed into the net for the first time. Long known as Whamy on Icq, Ms Comic chat and later ICQ. As a big Fan of DJ Tiësto the adapted the nickname Nyana in 2002 and has been known as such ever since. Nyana is an avid surfer and can found online quite a lot. Examplary Google skills and the patience to read through a entire blob of text on website has made her score several golden clicks. The Knightscastle  ( where we live )  ? Found online by Nyana, The cars we drive ? Found by Nyana. A true master of the web. Most if not all clicks are made from her beloved Ibook, ( or "Beasty" as she calls it) and she has been a devoted Apple user ever since. Nyana can been regularly heared on the Knightcast podcast.