Introduce Yourself
 

I created this threat because I taught it would be 'fun' for people to get to know each other better. So I'm going to start first.

Im Felix, I'm 14, and live in Virginia, US. I was born and lived most of my life in Romania. Two years ago, my dad got a job for the US government and moved here, bringing the whole family.
My bday is on dec 31, the last day of the year.
I'm in 8th grade, and Im in mostly honors classes (except English, lol). I get pretty much only A's and B's, though I could do better, if I spent less time on the computer and more time studying and doing homework.
I got my first Mac less then an year ago, last november, as an early Xmas present. Its a second hand 2001 eMac. It works pretty well, I never had problems with it.
I spend most of my time on the computer, I never turn it off, unless I have to leave somewhere for more then a day.
On the comp, I spend my time blogging, 'foruming' (not sure if it's the right word), chatting with my friends, developing (Im still a rookie, I only know how to work with apple script and Quartz Composer- my favorite), and playing online games such as Rune Scape, Zelderex, Legacy, and stuff like that. I also got my own website (it's more the Company's website, I made it with iWeb and uploaded it to a ip2.com FTP server), here
That's pretty much all about me, if you would like to know anything else, feel free to ask me.
I can't wait to read about you guys! :D

Wow, Felix :) I'll give your thread some thought and decide what I'd like to reveal about myself before posting, but since I'm curious about others, I suppose I'll have to say something. At 70 years old, retired from a long career, 3 kids and 7 grandkids, it's hard to know what aspect of all that would be of any interest.

My first kiss was at a bus stop with a girl who didn't know how to kiss....I didn't either.

I've never been east of the Mississippi....but have been to over 21,000 feet without oxygen in Tibet.

I attended art school....now work full-time in IT for a large Bay Area retail company.

I enjoy tea more than coffee....mustard more than catsup....overcast more than sunny....and..........more then proper punctuation

Please allow me to introduce myself, I am a man of wealth and taste...

born December 9th 1980 a mere 12 hours or so before my own mother's birthday. I grew up fast, and kept to myself except for those I keep close to me. I used to skateboard a lot when I was growing up in the 80s and early 90s. I have plenty of permanent scars from it. Along with soccer, baseball and basket ball.

In my teens I quickly became a rebel with out a cause so to speak. I always caused havoc and was a punk rocker but never got caught for anything I did, and I will plead the 5th until my death bed, so you must use your imagination. I have almost been arrested on several occasions, but like always some how I manage to slip out of it. I spent most of my time in high school going to see live bands and partying, along with most of my early twenties. I probably had a lot of potential at one point in many people's views. I was several years ahead in advanced math, taking college math my Jr year in high school, but in all honesty education failed me. I never liked it, and I was never motived or enthusiastic about it. I don't regret it. I would hate being an engineer or some kind of suit and tie. I like what I do.

I went to art school and hated it, landed an IT job at the age of 18 and have kept doing that ever since. No plans as of yet to ever go back to school, I would just be accruing more debt.

I am not religious and do not practice any religion but I love to study religion and the myth and legend and the practitioners. I take the salad bar approach, practicing and studying the philosophies I find interesting from each religion I study, and leaving the rest behind. Fundamentalist tend to turn me off to any religious discussions.

I have always had a passion for music, all types of music. Everything from hard core punk rock, to grind core metal, to Etta James and Motown, to Kansas city jazz, to hip hop, old country, not that new country pop music they try to pass as country - YUCK! - and of course the blues. Been to tobacco road.

I like to read, mostly fiction. Douglas Adams, Vonnegut, Tolkien, clive barker, max brooks, etc to name a few. I also do like some non fiction, like Al Franken, Howard Zinn, and the like. I also still read comic books when I get a chance. 30 days of night and Marvel zombies are two really cool books. guess, I am still a kid at heart sometimes.

I love to drink and chase women, mostly whiskey (Irish Catholic whiskey to be exact!) and various beers, ales and stouts, and the women, well I am not too picky. Actually, that is a lie, I am pretty picky but I tend to give most women at least a chance. I actually like being single for the most part. I also occasionally enjoy a nice cigar. The cheaper the bar the better in my opinion. Dive bars are where I prefer to congregate.

[QUOTE]..My first kiss was at a bus stop with a girl who didn't know how to kiss....I didn't either..[QUOTE]
My first kiss was with a girl that apparently doesn't brush her teeth in the morning.. The principal caught us I got suspended for two weeks. On the suspension form it said "Public Display of Physical Affection'

I'm not much of a drinker (Im under 21, so I'm not even supposed too), but every time I go to Romania, I do drink a glass or two of my grandfather's wine. He owns a lot of land where he grows grapes on, and every fall he makes wine. Besides, in Romania, the drinking age is 18.

Well, I do that too. I tend to say yes to any girl, when they ask me out, because sometimes less pretty girls, have hot friends, and you always want to look like the nice guy, lol
Somehow, every time I do 'something' with a girl, i get caught... and get in trouble
Every time I kiss a girl in school, a teacher or principal catches me and I get detention, or parents phone call, or suspension.. Life sux sometimes...

I listen to all kinds of music too. I like Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Avril Lavigne, All American Rejects, Maroon 5, Kingston, Hot action cop, nelly f.,.. adn I could go forever listing singers and bands from my iTunes..
My iTunes, stays pretty much opened 24/7 like the computer..

I love fiction books, they are my favorite.. My favorite author is James Rollins (I think thats how you spell his last name). He's thrillers are really thrilling. Tlarkin, you should read his books 'Map of Bones', 'Black Order' and 'Juda's Strain'. I think you'll find them interesting, as they combine, action, science, religion, mythology, romance, and history.

My dad is a electrical & nuclear engineer, and I think Ima follow in his foot steps. I like quantum physics and genetical engineering, so I might choose a career in those areas. Then again, Im only 14, any little thing could change my decisions right now.

Anything you would tell us about you, would be interesting, as we are all unique. You can look at other people's posts and copy them, as Im doing right now, lol
Btw, my grandfather from my dad's side is 70 too. Well, he has 9 kids, and almost two dozen grandkids.:D

Yeah, really I like the social aspect more than the drinking, but have developed a pallet for whiskey. I will have to check out those books when I get a chance. I just finished Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut, I liked it. Right now I am reading Cabal by Clive Barker, because as a kid I watch the movie it was based on and loved it and have meant to always read the book but am now just getting around to it.

Greetings to all from Sherwood, Arkansas, USA. Just to our South, Little Rock is our largest suburb.

I was born into a military family and then into the military myself 22 years later, one step ahead of the draft. Now retired, I've had a military ID in my back pocket since birth. Dad's first assignment was with the US Calvary, riding a horse in Oklahoma.... my first assignment was on a launch crew for an intercontinental ballistic missile. Technology does change things quickly. (The Army maintained an active horse Calvary until after WWII started.)

Got married in college... 42 years later the old woman is still around here some place. We have two grown children and one grandchild.

Got our first home computer in 1982, a Commodore Vic 20 with a whopping 5k of memory. Honestly had more fun on the Vic 20 than any of the computers I've owned since. It was a whole new world where main frames and punch cards were traded for games, word processing, and user controls. Built in basic (ROM) made control easier than anything since.... easily write one's own little programs in a world where this was previously not possible. Using the built in graphic set, the boy and I spent many, many hours learning how to float birds or planes across the screen, then shooting at them, then adding sound effects, and scores and timers and on and on. All this was possible with nothing to guide us but the short manual that came with the Vic. A simpler time. Of course, an Apple][ and my first Mac followed closely behind.

Have you ever tried to produce an error free (no erasures or strike over) 40 page document with nothing but a manual typewriter? Have you ever tried to track a large inventory with nothing but a pencil and index cards? Or, tried to keep the books on even a small business with nothing but a manual adding machine? If not, then you will never appreciate the computer in the same way that my generation does.

Really enjoy the forum, and I learn something new on a regular basis. I do appreciate the "pro's" being willing to weigh in and help the common users. Helping others is addictive, you know, and a very good addiction to have.

Born 25 years and one day earlier than tlarkin, I have taken a bit of the opposite track than he.

I was without any kind of religion for most of my years and I felt very empty going through Junior High School. I wanted God, but could not find Him. Then, my friend Steve asked me if I had ever been "saved". What was that? He told me that it was asking Jesus into your heart as Lord and Savior. I could have Jesus come in to my heart?!? So on Thanksgiving night of 1970, I asked Jesus into my heart as Lord and Savior. A few months later, I asked the Holy Spirit to fill me and from that point on, I knew that God was real, God was personal and that the Bible was indeed His very eternal Word.

I became one of those born-again Jesus Freaks of the 1970s. This was the Calvary Chapel movement that started in Costa Mesa, California USA.

I got my first introduction to the Macintosh circa 1986 from the founder of Artbeats. He sat me down with a small tutorial and I was hooked. I eventually threw out my Hewlett Packard PC, bought a Mac+ and never looked back.

I am coming up on 53 years of age, live in Southern California in a historic town called Redlands. It is very famous for its naval oranges. See more of me and my family here... http://www.schneblin.com The chateaus in background is the Kimberly Crest mansion in Redlands. It was built by the family that owned Kimberly-Shirk (of Kleenex fame). My wife and I were married there 18 years this coming month.

hey congrats on your anniversary, 18 years is insane sounding to me.

I am certain no one cares about this, but my life, summarized:

* child of the 80s (born in 1974)
* lived in the best city in the world
* got hooked on music in high school (played clarinet and tenor sax). I still play in a stage band, playing my tenor with my wife.
* university was really when my life got more fun
* graduated with a Computer Science degree
* got myself a good woman (just had our 7th wedding anniversary and our 11th year together)
* saw a whole bunch of concerts, usually rock, blues, jazz
* did a whole bunch of travel; 3 month safari in Africa, Peru, France, UK, US
* got myself two of the cutest kids (and wife) on the entire planet
* got my first computer in 1981 and my first Mac in 1992
* am a Scotch snob
* I play Ultimate, tennis, squash, poker
* I read a ton, no real particular genre....if it has words, I will read it.
* fav books are Atlas Shrugged, Noble House, The Source, It
* I cheer for Steve Nash and the Vancouver Canucks
* I can make a joke out of any situation and am rarely serious


That's enough boring info for y'all

I might as well join in....

Born 1977 in a small village in Lincolnshire, UK.
Not a lot happened for the first 14 years... then one day I discovered Skating, Girls, Drugs, Music, smoking and Alcohol. (no I am not proud of it) and kinda lost about 4 years of my life until I got myself back on track..... I was a nice kid... but easily corruptible.

Did badly at school, fluked my GCSE's and went on to further education, again... did badly... but fluked my exam results and decided to go to Uni..... this time did well at the course.. but bad in my final results...... as it turns out it didn't matter... as NO ONE has EVER asked me for the results!

Got a job as junior designer and over the past 7 years have worked my way around the UK in various jobs to the position of Senior Designer. Got a nice house, a car, a great girlfriend, good friends and a lunatic cat.... life is good.

I got my first computer (an iMac 2.33) at Uni... and have been a Mac fan ever since.

Tlarkin.... I still have a few of my old boards.... remember the Jason Jesse board by Santa Cruz... shaped like triangle... That was my Second board... I think my first was a John A Griggly, by Vision..... and I still have an old Deathbox board that is shaped like a bath.... I think its a Bodd Boyle....... ahhh.. happy days

Its all about old school imo. I still have a powell perelta franky hill board, and i think my sergie ventura board somewhere. I remember getting a new pair of vision street wear shoes like once every two months when I was skating every day. I tore those shoes up, but they were so cheap my parents didn't mind buying 6 pairs every year.

I am sure I still have a Powell Peralta 'RatBones' T-shirt somewhere hidden away...

skate graphics are such an artform....

http://www.vaskateboards.com/powellperaltaboards.htm

haha there goes my old Franky Hill bulldog board. I loved that skateboard it was so awesome.

Im jealous of you guys, as I can't skateboard...

Seems like Im the youngest one here so far.. :/
Most of you guys are old enough to be my parents or grandparents...

HEY! I am not that old. I was born in 1980 (year of the MONKEY!). Skateboarding is easy as long as you can handle repeated failure and injuries

I said 'most' of you guys, not all of you guys.
And I've tried skateboarding couple of time, but I broke my arm once, so afterwards, I just kinda gave up..

My first board was Christian Hosoi Hammer Head. Yellow with black grip tape. I thought it was the shite.

Anyone remember that movie "The Search for Animal Chin"? I used to spend all summer on my skateboard. Man, those were the days...

Wasn't that the longer old school board? Was he on H-Street? I think I remember. I just remember the Franky Hill video from Propaganda where he ollies down like a 75 foot drop off, and I was like (jaw dropped of course) I am buying that dudes deck!

Felix-

sucks about your arm man. Getting injured is just part of skating. I ate it so many times but always fell right where I never got seriously hurt. I remember when I was 9 years old my friends and I would dare each other to skate down death hill. Which was a huge hill in my neighborhood growing up. Realistically it was probably about 200 feet or so long, going down hill at about a 35ish degree angle. We all went down it, but then I got cocky and tried to power slide. I ate it and slid down the assphalt on my side a good 20 feet or so and was covered from head to toe with road rash on the right side of my body. I went to this girl's house who was in my class that year and asked her if I could get a towel or some bandaids. She slammed the door in my face and told me she didn't like me because I stink (remember I was about 9 at the time). So I had to walk a few blocks down to my other friends house and his mom patched me up. That christmas I got a full set of pads from my parents for skating.

Hi, I'm Stephen. I'm the stp in fazstp. Comes from when you could only put three chars in high score tables. Just turned forty. Married 6 years tomorrow. Have a 3 1/2 and a 1 1/2 year old ( they're the smiley link in my sig ) who keep me cronically sleep deprived but wouldn't have it any other way. Music is probably my main passion. My collection sounds a bit like tlarkin's. Eclectic is a word I hear a lot when people browse my cds. I love jazz, soul, funk, punk, alternative, metal, reggae... If I had to pick a favourite album I'd say Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" but it really depends on my mood. If I need to burn off some frustration maybe something like Smashing Pumpkins. Lying around on a 40 degree summer day maybe John Coltrane.

Ah... the memories come flooding back.... that was around the time time I attempted a hand plant on a huge spine ramp and ended up with concussion..

this always amazes me.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnNwR...elated&search=

and Felix... I am 30 in a few weeks... and I think I may be having a midlife crisis.

Excellent albums. I have blue train on viynl as well as "whats going on". You mean 40 degree Celsius? I love having a few drinks on the porch in very nice weather with some friends and some music. I typically like old school country or blues when hanging on the porch, but anything will do. I tend to play the motown stuff when I am cleaning house, or chilling out with friends, or when women come over to my place;)

Yeah celcius. I forget 40 degrees means something else in the states. Not quite as summery. Probably the closest I get to country is Neil Young, Johnny Cash or Lucinda Williams. Aussie country always seems a bit wannabe, like they've watched one too many cowboy movies. I think country combines well with punk when it gets a bit more subversive.

word, that thing was a tank compared to the boards today. I think the deck I had was from his Powell Peralta days...the brief stint he had with them. My memory is pretty faded.

Thankfully I have a dad that took a boat load of pictures, of everything. I need to go raid the album and scan some of those.

Yup that is country. I don't count that crap they try to pass off as Country these days but is really just a form of POP music. Cash, Waylon, Coe, Patsy Cline, Hank (all 3 o them), the outlaws, June Carter, Tammy Wynette, Willie Nelson, etc. - that is what I call country.

Are you saying that skateboarding is a lot like chasing women? :eek: :D

Not really; skateboarders wear padding on the spots most likely to be injured.

For me, its way easier to get a girl, then to skateboard.. :D

Hehe, Im also a long time skater (over 15yrs)...seems like a lot of skaters use macs, at least all my friends do.

Wow, just read the rest of the thread, lots of skaters in this mac forum....must have something to do with being different and creative :)

I have a giant toy box full of old boards that I saved. My favorite relic is an old school Mike Mcgill graphic with the snake in the skulls mouth. I'll try to snap a pic when I get home.

Currently Im riding a Girl Rick Howard, Indy trucks and 54mm wheels.

Perhaps, but as you get older, I think you'll find that it is FAR cheaper to skateboard.

That should be FAR, FAR, FAR, FAR....

I kinda already figured that out. Each day at lunch I have to (well not really have, but I get 'rewarded' if I do) buy my gf soda and cookies and what else... Since the beginning of school this year I already spent half the money my Simple Tech external hard drive costed me...
Why is love so expensive? Lucky I get money from Google Adsense, otherwise, with the allowance my dad gives me, I'd be bankrupt..

lol... made me laugh out loud..

maybe someone should make a thread on skateboarding, and to photek, i think at the moment the jose parody is funniest :D

yes and yes.

'Joooooo oooose... I'd marry myself if I was gay'... ...... genius :D

lol did you hear when they made carrie cry, i think its on the podcast

Have you boarders come across something called a rip-stick? My 19 year old got one, and my 16 year old was actually using it more, and became pretty proficient on it until fracturing his tibia in a football (US soccer) match.

Now he's relegated to crutches and wheelchair for a couple months.

This year I turned 56, and can still relate so well to fazstp's smiley. Although many my age have granchildren, starting a family when 37 hasn't been bad.

As in my User CP public profile, I make my living as a physical therapist here in the Albuquerque area. Next year makes thirty that I've been doing this, and it's still a gas. I can't imagine doing anything else for a living. As I tell my patients, it sure beats working for a living!

I had stumbled into the mac when I was trying to put together educational CDs that would be cross platform. I was using a hp pavilion running win98, using Adobe Acrobat. When my parents passed on, and there had been some extra money, I figured I'd try the mac, as it had the reputation for graphics.

Given my interests in movement, anatomy, martial arts, and drawing, I still think it's odd that I spend so much time in front of the computer. Photography has much to do with that I suppose.

I had felt I was losing touch with the mac's directions in late 06, and decided to try out os x, by getting a G4 mini. That in turn led to finding this forum. I'm very glad, as I find the folks here very congenial and knowledgeable. It's a very nice community.

I often click on poster's User CP to see what they've written for their public profile, and often wish that more had been written there. It's nice to see folks posting here.

Best wishes to all.

A brief summary...
I live in Moscow, Russia. I speak English and Persian fluently, a bit of Italian also (but it escapes from my memory day by day). My profession is interpreter and currently I'm searching for a suitable job.
My main hobby is music - heavy metal and hard rock as well as classical operas. Russian opera is very good, I assure you:)
I also like reading a lot. I'm fond of classical literature, written in English. I read a lot now to better my language skills and vocabulary.

LOL. Do they teach that at school these days? I get the impression that even quantum physicists don't understand quantum physics.

Who says you have to understand something to like it? For example, I like women.

:D:D:D

Not really, at least not in middle school, but hey, the internet was invented a while ago, and the books way back. Who needs school to learn stuff? School is more like for meeting girls and making friends :D

Totally agree. Who even understands women after all? I don't think even women understand women... Are there women on this forum that could verify this :D

He means me... by cracky. Now you kids, get off my lawn!

I hadn't thought about it before your post, but "Hey you kids, get off the lawn," was a frequent refrain in our neighborhood growing up. This was pre-skateboard era.

Our parents would probably have been ecstatic that skaters tend to stay off lawns!

Still freaks me out that people born after I finished school are driving around already.

I still have to wait 8 months before I can even take the test to get the driver's license. In Virginia you can get your license at 15 and 1/2, but you have to be accompanied by an adult, can't drive during the night and you need your parents to sign a paper saying that they let you take the test and that you have driven accompanied by an adult at least 40 hours before..
My dad is going to let me his car (a 1994 Chrysler New-Yorker, i think I spelled that right), and get a new one.

I didn't mean you personally, I meant the close to large majority of people on this forum.

I get, or rather used to get that all the time. Of course it wasn't always lawn, sometimes it was fence, beach blanket (or wtv you americans call it), or even roof... don't ask... Plenty of places. After all I grew up for 2 years in the Romanian country side, the next 4 years in a city on the shores of the Black Sea, 6 years in a city in the Heart of Romania, and 2 years in USA (Im still there :)).


Do you guys think I quote people too much? :D

Nah. :D:cool::eek::)

'Lo, I'm Anti, or Chris.

My computer background started with Macs, actually, when I got to play word munchers on an apple IIe, I believe it was. I loved playing that game so much, I'd spend all my spare time on it.

Then I moved up into some Power Macs, which had this side-scrolling game on them. Very nice, and I REALLY wanted one. Unfortunately, I was stuck in an age of PCs because my mother was a DOS-nerd, until 2001 or so, when a friend of mine gave me an old Mac LC. I was in heaven again. From there on, I continued through a PM 8100, then a 9500/G3, an 8500, Powerbook 1400, 3400, 5300, and ended on a Power Mac G4 Sawtooth, when I got my first new, store-bought Mac, a MacBook Pro. Unfortunately, it got stolen a couple months back, so I'm back in a world of PCs.

My personal life is a bit different. I'm an 18 year old male, fresh out of High school, and in a relationship. I have just started a job.

I was born August 19th, 1989, so I totally missed the 80's.

As far as Music goes, I listen to Techno/EBM/Electronic, Alternative and rock, and I have my roots in classic rock, like the Eagles, Scorpions, Guns N' Roses, Bon Jova, Lynard Skynard, etc.

Greetings and salutations from Las Vegas. I am 31 years old, formerly a chef, currently disabled due to a work acquired burn that refuses to heal, and a newbie to the wonderful world of Macs. I have been a PC nerd for a bit over 20 years. I started on the IBM XT, and had one of basically every generation of PC since. I recently got a used G4 Mini as a gift, and fell in love. My setup at present is of course the Mini, and a dual core P4. Set up Synergy to control both with one keyboard and mouse, so I guess I have the best of both worlds. The XP install is pretty much as tweaked out as you can get it, and the Mini is on its way there.

Pleasure to be here, and I hope to be able to make a valuable contribution to the community.

Hello Everyone,

I am Edward. I am old enough born in 1950's. I am happy to be a part of this discussion. good luck. god bless

Wow. I'd totally forgotten about this thread!

Edward, thanks for posting. I went back and read everyone's post from the first. It was great revisiting. Hard to believe another year has gone.

Best wishes to all.

Hello Edward & welcome aboard ;) I too am a '50's child :p

I'm Batman.

pics or gtfo...

Hi - i'm Ric . What a great idea for a thread. Having been born in the late 40's and muddled through the 50's - found school very difficult /60's - loved london & all the music /70's - travelled all over /80's worked to survive /90's - realised life passes quickly -and all that without coming to too much grief !!! - i now find myself in a fairly remote part of southern india - teaching folks how to get started on macs & then helping out when they get it all messed up. It sure teaches one patience. i also do a bit of voiceover work for a local radio station. i arrived here 12 years ago on a spiritual quest & decided to stay on cause i really like the people - the climate & the general laidback air. I started late with computers ( in my 40's ) happily i went straight into macs - my first was one of the blue 'Shell' type ibooks & i was instantly hooked. i now have a 17" macbookpro which is such a beautiful machine. There was one time i had to spend 6 months film editing on a dell Pc, cause my mac broke & money was really tight, and it damned near drove me mad. At this later stage of my life, I am now single & enjoying every minute of it. I read when i can get the time & also love watching good movies. I watched 'Wall-E' today - what a brilliant piece of computer animation - there's maybe hope for us yet ! I really enjoy macosxhints - keeps me well uptodate with whats goin on. Blessings to you all out there.

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samastha loka sukhino bhavantu

That's a great story ricede :) I smiled at the concept of the spiritual quest leading you to India and Macs ;)

Hello to all - just read this thread and its great to hear about peoples real-life selves. Hey Felix_MC: hope you got your driving license, I remember what amazing freedom it gives you.

So, to me: 30 yrs old, living near Nottingham (UK). Got my first proper job (technical sales) after 10 years at uni, got married and became a father all in the last 18 months. Still reeling from the shock! Life seems to be moving along now and it keeps me very busy (and now thanks to Rowan, surviving on v little sleep!).

My first Macs were at my Mum's house in the late 90's - Performa, then iMac then PowermacG3. My first was the Quicksilver G4 released in 2002 - which served me well until it was sold last year. 2005 was my first laptop purchase - iBookG4 12" and I am convinced that all my Macs will be laptops from now on. Modern hardware is so fast and capacious I dont see the need to be tied to a desk anymore. (Caveat: I do have a 24" monitor and USB keyboard/mouse for when I am sat at the desk). This year's bonus is due in a week or so and I feel a huge compulsion to buy a new Macbook or MBP....

I am a big Mac fan these days - particularly after having to use a Sony VAIO running Vista for work. My god M$ doesnt know how to produce a polished final product, feels like running 10.1 all over: shows promise, but full of holes ;-)

My interests are walking the countryside, playing guitar, photography (modern, ie blogging it and stuff) and cycling. When my wife first met me, she didnt realise what a geek I was as I didnt have my own computer. 6 months later the G4 arrived and that all changed! She now appreciates my skills as 'man about the house'!

I've been around a bit already, as a formal introduction:
I'm a long-time Mac fan and software developer. Most all of the work I do now though is on Windows platform; the factories I make software for don't use Macs.
I once worked for Apple in the late 90's doing warranty repair work, and then later as a contractor fixing older Macs in schools and businesses.
Due to the nature of my current work I haven't had much opportunity or need to use Macs for a few years, and even though I currently own an 8-core Mac Pro, I spend the majority of my time in Vista64.
Whatever software or OS you choose to use on it, I'll always appreciate the quality of the hardware Apple produces.
I'm a 35 yr old father of two, happily married. My wife is both a salon owner and DJ specializing in industrial/powernoise/goth music. We both love dark electronic music. If anyone's been to Dragon*Con you may have seen us running around. Designing and making masks and costumes is another hobby.