Nickname: MaxsecReal Name: Martin Age: 38 Resides: Oxford, UK Occupation: Getting paid to play...so thats working then ;-)
Favourite websites: Slashdot, Technocrat
Favourite programs of all time: vi
What are you working on right now: New groupware implementation.
Current wallpaper/screensaver: corporate background
What does your mousepad look like: don't have one.
How many pieces of vendorware do you own: lots.
What's so special about your computer room: nothing.
How many computers do you have: 1 Dell.
What was your first computer: Sinclair ZX-81
Do you remember the first program you ran on it: the BASIC interpretor.
What was the geekiest moment of your life: Diagnosing issues without actually logging into it or touching the hardware (experience!)
When did you first realize you were a geek: Very early, probably around age 3, when I put together my first Airfix kit.
If I was a program I'd be: google.com
Favourite quote: "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by Me"
What do you do when you're not at your computer: Deacon at Church, helping bring up the children.
You have a time machine that can only be used once. If you use it you won't come back. What date would you set it to, and what ONE thing would you take with you (not a computer): I'm happy in this time.
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The Truth Behind The Geek (*creative liberties taken for the benefit of the reading audience)
Martin, who believes that "God is good", was worried the time he read about IBM's idea of selling salvation through technical services: "Got Calvinist,
Pentecostalism, and Lutheran operating systems? We can supply the
platform to make 'em all work -- until you can get all your data
transferred to our new, improved universal system."
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