Dennis Real Name:  Dennis Age:  54 Resides:  Dallas, Texas Occupation:  writer, lecturer, consultant, trainer, database specialist, graphic designer

Favorite website(s):
spamarrest.com

Favorite book, movie, or TV show:
Critical Path, by Buckminster Fuller.   movie:  Tootsie   TV show:  This Week.

Favorite game, application, or program of all time:
Quark Xpress 3.22

What are you playing and working on right now:
A new database application.

What is your current screensaver, background, or wallpaper:
Saturn Sky.

What's so special about your computer (room):
Everything plugged in is working properly.

How many computers do you have:
2 Windows laptops, 5 Mac laptops, 1 Mac Mini, 4 G3 iMac servers, 1 PowerMac G4 server,  8 Windows servers, various brands, a bunch of other legacy equipment.

What was your first computer:
Sony SMC-70, a CP/M machine.

Do you remember the first program you ran on it (or the first game you played):
MicroPro Infostar.

Geekiest moment of your life:
When I got a stuck Radio Shack hard drive going again by spinning it on the axle of a bicycle wheel and hitting the brake.
 
When did you first realize you were a geek:
I am not a geek; this is your survey, not mine.

Have you ever said anything geeky that someone else did not understand:
Never!

What is the funniest/most bizarre computer/Internet/geeky experience you have ever had:
Making computers respond by talking to them.

What is your favourite quote:
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” --Helen Keller

If you were a computer program, you would be: why:
A screen saver because sleep is a good thing.

What do you do when you are (heaven forbid) not at your computer(s):
Sleep, read, watch TV, tinker, putter, meddle.

You have a time machine that can only be used once. If you use it you will not come back. What date would you set it to, and what ONE thing would you take with you (not a computer):
Los Angeles, CA  June 4, 1968.  I would take with me whatever would have prevented Robert Kennedy’s shooting.

Dennis, who knows a bit more than the people who think he's a geek, would like to take this opportunity to promote his book "YOUR IMPRINT HERE: A Graphic Arts Handbook for the Promotional Products Industry." Dennis will also make the book available in binary, after the copy editor finishes proofreading all the 1's and 0's.