happyt3hman Real Name:  Chris Age:  32 Resides:  Kamloops, British Columbia Occupation:  Student, Videographer

Favorite website(s):
boards.ign.com :  the IGN Community Board in particular. Unfortunately I am permanently banned, much uproar ensues. GO INTERNETS!!

Favorite book, movie, or TV show:
Bladerunner

Favorite game, application, or program of all time:
Photoshop

What are you playing and working on right now:
Editing a bunch of local dance studio recital videos... 40 mini-dv tapes left to go, ugh. Playing: Lumines on my PSP, and Warcraft 3 still, it’s still fun. Xplorers, a java game that is like the Settlers of Catan board game.

What is your current screensaver, background, or wallpaper:
Something from Mandolux.com’s dual monitor desktops.

What's so special about your computer (room):
I have a few computers, a few flat panel displays, and a bunch of IKEA office furniture. Throw in a boatload of camera equipment (digital and film)  and some audio gear and you have my messy basement office.

How many computers do you have:
A Dual 2.3 Powermac G5 which serves as my main computer, a 3.0 GHZ AlienWare Area 51 PC which sometimes encodes WMV content, I don’t even have it connected to the net. And a 15” aluminum Powerbook that gets lost in my basement sometimes. I haven’t used it much this summer, I take it to school for word and email, and my wife uses it for the same.

What was your first computer:
First home computer (parents owned it) was a TRS 80 from Radio Shack. My first computer that I ever bought was a K6/2 400.

Do you remember the first program you ran on it (or the first game you played):
Games = either Axis & Allies or Age of Empires. Programs = Winamp probably. Of course it had to be Internet Explorer or Netscape, but those are boring choices.

Geekiest moment of your life:
Probably attending a local sci-fi convention, being pulled aside and asked to ‘run’ a D&D game for the tournament and winning BEST DM prizes. Yeah, the glory... The day was mine.
 
When did you first realize you were a geek:
When I started reading Steve Jackson’s ‘Fighting Fantasy’ books, and I was the only person on the block who had parents that owned the shiny new Tandy 1000. GO LODERUNNER and DESKMATE!!!

Have you ever said anything geeky that someone else did not understand:
Everyday. I am surprised I still have a wonderful wife who is attractive and not ordered from Russia. She just nods and says, “That’s nice, honey...” whenever I get excited about stuff like leaked PSP firmware updates not yet available to NORTH AMERICA OH GOD I HAVE TO INSTALL IT NOW IT COMES WITH A WEB BROWSER!!1 Aside from that, I often say lame chat acronyms IRL. IE: “ROFL, you are such a NEWB at (insert activity here)” or “STFU, idiot” I need help.

What is the funniest/most bizarre computer/Internet/geeky experience you have ever had:
Worst experience was working with other computer ‘savvy’ individuals for high-speed internet tech support. Some of these folks lacked basic social skills/hygiene. It was sickening, one guy was sent home because he didn’t shower and was so smelly, a girl that worked near him had to go home sick to her stomach. It’s true.

What is your favourite quote:
“The day is mine!” - Sean Connery, or maybe not, but it is said in his voice.

If you were a computer program, you would be: why:
WINDOWS ME, it’s bloated, useless, and wait....

What do you do when you are (heaven forbid) not at your computer(s):
Try to remember how to skateboard, hang out with wife and kids, sleep, eat... Wonder when ‘dammitsteve’ will be posting on the IGN Community Board forums.

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):
1984, I would go back with a garbage bag to put all those Fighting Fantasy novels in, and beat the hell out of myself.

Chris, whose answers were easier to translate into English because they were in English, invites you to visit his video blog: http://chriskoehn.blogspot.com Chris admits that he has no idea why, but people subscribe to the feed. Some people....

Chris, self deprecates his geekiness by saying he's fat, lazy, and knows too much about esoteric crap no one else cares about. Chris was once a Dungeon Master, but he can barely HACK his way out of weblink let alone code a webpage.