Why this site?
Answer, what goes around comes around! Started collecting in the 80's from that time I've acquired many
pieces of what's now referred to as "Old School". Anything produced after 1990 I just aren't
interested in, it's just not the same. A large amount of my collection has been purchased from old stock
sales and second hand. Bizarre magazine (Nov/Dec '97 edition) summed the situation up well:-
"One day everything is fine, you've got a nice hobby, a girlfriend and a life. Then one morning you wake
up and find that you're a drooling obsessive with no friends, all because of the day you said, "Oh, that's
a nice pencil sharpener, I think I'll hold onto that..." Three years later you're surrounded by thousands
of the things, and sleep knee-deep in pencil shavings."
Who am I?
30 something. Living near Harrogate, I.T. Engineer and currently single (now there's a surprise I hear
you cry). You'll be correct in guessing that this is just about the only type of thing I ever wear. Whether
I'm at work or home, you'll find me in a tracksuit. Unless I'm doing something liable to wreck an old-school
trackie like doing an oil change on my car!
Interests
Electronics and reliving my 80's teenage years. Oh my God, it's a sign of getting
old.
I guess these days I'm starting to suffer from I.T. burnout. Even when I'm not
at work, I spend so much time thinking about or researching new I.T. technologies
and software. From storing the very early DEC PDP 11 programming details in my
head to the latest M$ Windows 2003 server schema. There is so much appeal to
live in the isle of nowhere, surviving under the rules of "The good life"
-
(BBC 1976). In reality, the next step is to sell sportswear. Finally, I'd
bloody BURN ALL FORMAL CLOTHES!
shirt, tie, shoes, old man's trousers anything
black
etc..
etc.. I'd even dance round the flames with a grin that would make a Cheshire
Cat proud. Huh, naturally, making sure none of the contaminant smoke landed on
my
Trackie
of course.
Dislikes
M$ Windows! (or any other OS) that takes in Electronics terms, years to shut down.
I don't want to have to wait 1 conscious moment for my PC to turn off. I understand
fully the science behind why it takes so long (if at all) BUT I find that science
unacceptable. I overrule it anyway and often yank the power off - never fallen
foul in years to this yet. (make sure you understand you're O/S. fully before
you adopt this "I am in command" approach to your PC though). Oh and Microsoft
Certified Engineers that know little about Electronics, Logic, Linux and Open Source Philosophy.
Formal clothes of any kind (you kind of guessed this one).
Contacting me
Phone (new number to be posted soon)
Or you can IM me in Second Life. My Avatar name is Linux Raymaker.
Or, send a message here:
Why this site?