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Geek Of The Day: Richard E-mail

Nickname:
"Richard"

Real Name:  Richard
Age:  47
Resides:  Marshall, Texas
Occupation:  disabled Navy Veteran, trying Internet business too.

Favourite websites:  Slashdot, Freshmeat, Sourceforge, Richardsnow.ws

Favourite application, game, and program of all time: OpenOffice.org

What are you playing and working on  right now: Selling internet domains and hosting.

What is your current Wallpaper/Screensaver:  Line segments.

 What's so special about your computer room: I have all my equipment wired to a DJ mixer and the computer.

How many computers do you have: a P4 and a PIII.

What was your first computer: Kim-1

Do you remember the first program you ran on it: Tiny Basic and the assembler I wrote.

Geekiest moment of your life: Compiling NetBSD from source?

When did you first realize you were a geek:  When I first heard the word.

If I was a program I'd be: Umm...do you need to ask?

What is your favourite quote: "The impossible takes longer."

What do you do when you're not at your computer(s): sleep ;)

What is the funniest/most bizarre computer/Internet experience you have ever had:  Writing a bootstrap loader for a Nova 820 embedded into a military system.

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The Truth Behind The Geek (*creative liberties taken for the benefit of the reading audience)

Richard, who once sold an assembler to Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, has been programming since 1975. Richard was the first person in the neighborhood to get himself a color monitor, unfortunately, it was amber, and really only meant that he was able to work with light yellow and dark yellow.
 
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