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This Site Defined What this is! Yes, that's right, folks, this is yet another home page that details the boring thoughts of yet another would-be author, and follows the life of yet another boring techno-geek on the Internet. On the left is a photo of me in 1990 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. On the right is a photo of me in 1999 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. On the left, I am young, dark haired and small of body. On the right, I am middle-aged, grey-haired and porky. The photos have been purposefully made too small to show much detail. Such vanity! What you do and don't get! What you don't get What you do get Fancy graphics A few home-made photos Artistic design Text Vibrant, exciting Web Page construction Text Fancy background Grey Philosophical discourse Low humour Exciting information Boredom as an art form Who I am! I'm 44 (see the grey hair and obesity) that's middle-aged, folks in my fifth decade 60% of my allotted span gone I'm married with two cats Anne (see the photos) togetherness (see the photos) Himalayan cats Redrum Ruffian read the story see the photos I make my living from programming computers I've been programming since 1975 ... ... and making a living from it since 1977 I use Linux at home I prefer to work with Unix I program in C, C++ and Perl I have done SGML and XML conversions I have done communications I have done systems programming and despite what I have done, I am doing penance for my sins and working with Windows NT (hawk, spit) and developing and installing Oracle and Oracle Financial Applications I temporarily live in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA but I lived in Sydney, Australia for 10 years and Townsville, North Queensland for 17 years and started life in Ayr, North Queensland, and lived there for 17 years. I ride a motorbike by preference, and have been riding since 1985, which means I get told that I am mad that I am a temporary citizen that I have a deathwish I'm very fond of food and alcohol ... which means I'm porky see the photos ... and music ... 20th century classical experimental music early music percussion Zappa and Stravinsky ... and collecting things, like LPs and CDs stamps books Norman Lindsay Sir Richard Burton H. Rider Haggard a few select magazines National Lampoon a few select comics Cerebus the Aardvark Ranxerox BoJeffries Saga Slaine Topics discussed These are the topics that I rant and rave about. My opinions, my prejudices, my bigotry. It's mostly text, and there's no fancy stuff. Well, it started out that way, but colourful bits and photos have crept in here and there. The section on our cats has lots of photos. General Our Himalayan cats Some memories of North Queensland My motorbiking experiences My musical prejudices Snoring The Turkey Trip Computers/Internet Internet Spelling Annoyances Internet Email Annoyances Computers Computer Games Lists I have collected some data that may be of interest to others. However it is mostly data about things I collect. Frank Zappa discography Very detailed Frank Zappa discography Philip Glass discography Jim Thirlwell (Foetus) discography - very unfinished Meredith Monk discography - unfinished Cerebus the Aardvark comics - out of date