eidolon Real Name:  Dave Age:  40 Resides:  Boston, Mass. Occupation:  Independent programmer / systems architect

Favourite websites:
Boingboing

Favourite application, game, and program of all time:
Starcraft
 
What are you playing and working on  right now:
JBoss + Hibernate migration from a VIsual Foxpro application (I didn't write it!)

What is your current screensaver, background, or wallpaper:
A picture I took in the BVI's.

What's so special about your computer:
It's my home office where I spend 12-14 hours a day.  It has a couch.

How many computers do you have:
Gazillions.  My T40 laptop is my primary machine, but I have a swarm of others managing websites, firewalls, db servers, etc.

Geekiest moment of your life:
Installing all the equipment in my car (Ham radios, GPS), and adding an easy connect for my laptop so I can listen to my MP3 collection on road trips., It's not just a label, it's a way of life!  Why do you think I have a blog called Planet Geek?
 
When did you first realize you were a geek:
When I was taking apart electronics as a kid just to see how they worked.

If I was a program I'd be:
Wikipedia.

What is your favourite quote:
"Don't anthropomorphize computers.  They hate that."
 

Dave, who once built a trebuchet out of Tinkertoys,  always says: "If there's a geeky way to do it, I'll find it!"

Dave spends so much time on the Internet, that whenever he reads a print magazine and sees an underlined passage, he feels compelled to click on it.