Brinke’s favorite toys include his Samsung Galaxy Tab S, Toshiba Chromebook 2, Motorola Moto G4, and two Kindles. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music Broadcast Division, he's an avid old-school James Bond fan who favors the Fleming novels over the movies, and finally replaced his tattered paperbacks with Kindle downloads. Brinke and his wife live in the SF Bay Area.