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Geek Of The Day: Haldor E-mail

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Haldor

Real Name:  Haldor
Age:  30ish

Resides:  Hamilton, New Zealand
Occupation:  Meth Lab Technician


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Favourite websites:
I-am-bored.com

Favourite application, game, or program of all time:
Ubuntu Linux
 
What are you playing and working on  right now:
Quake 3

What is your current screensaver, background, or wallpaper:
It's a custom screensaver.

What's so special about your computer room:
The missus has threatened to leave me if I don't start selling off my spare parts. The CPU room is full of parts.

How many computers do you have:
16. Ranging 350mhz PII -> AMD 3.0Ghz, 2x laptops, an old Amiga 500 plus a working zx81 with the 16Kb ram upgrade!

What was your first computer:
Sinclair ZX81 with 16kb ram upgrade and tape drive!

Do you remember the first program you ran on it:
Frogger!

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Geekiest moment of your life:
When I paid $10.50 an hour plus $5 a megabyte for Internet access in 1995!
 
When did you first realize you were a geek:
When I sat 45 minutes waiting for the tapedrive to load frogger on my zx81.

Have you ever said anything geeky that someone else did not understand:
All the time! stupid noobs I hang with, including my G/F.

What is the funniest/most bizarre computer/Internet/geeky experience you have ever had:
Bumping into a guy I used to chat to on IRC through his son that worked for me at an office party he had invited hos dad too and happened to talk about IRC and who we know. Freaky! Nice guy but...

If I was a program I'd be:
Google...because I would know everything or where to get it!

What is your favourite quote:
"Google it for f*cks sake!"

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):
1965; My fully stocked up ipod and a charger to score big on record contracts.
 

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(*creative liberties may have been taken for the benefit of the reading audience)

Haldor, who could code html when it first came out, usually wakes up realizing that his sleep pattern has been following an algorithm. On more than one occasion Haldo has been asked if he has more than one hard drive, to which he has responded:  "In which computer?"



 
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