Will Hettchen
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| How did you personally get into using the Macintosh family of computers? |
I first saw a Mac in use at my friend's apartment - an SE30. It had two screens, which was the coolest thing I had seen on a computer. He could do so much more with his computer than I could on our PC's at work. | |
| Status: | Clearly in the geek category. | |
First Mac:
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LC III. 300MB hard drive, started with 8MB RAM, I think. B & W scanner, HP 500C printer. 2400 baud modem. Syquest 88MB for backup. | |
Current Mac:
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Power Mac 7500. Upgraded with 180 mHz 604e. 105 MB RAM, 500K cache, 9GB + 1 GB hard drives. Epson 600 printer, color scanner. Tape and the old syquest for backup. Geoport and cable modem for connection. | |
| When did you get your first modem? | Bought the modem with the computer. I guess around 1990. | |
| Who did you call first? | The Howard County library, of course. | |
| Present Occupation: | I work for the Army Corps of Engineers as a Resident Engineer at Aberdeen MD. I manage construction on a post where they blow things up. | |
| Claim to Fame: | NOT famous. Don't wanna be. | |
| Dream Job: | There's lots of jobs that would be fun. The trick is to enjoy the present. If I can come home at night and say I earned my pay, I'm happy. |
| Not So Random Thoughts... | |||
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| Was there ever a time in your life that you had to "Think Different?" What was the situation and what did you do? | |||
| Based on the mass media, I must be "Thinking Differently" every day. Half the stuff I hear I have to reject. I thought the issue was "Think Different," though. Unfortunately, I don't get to use a Mac at work. In the field like my Resident Office, we are still stuck using 486's and early Pentiums. I try not to take much work home, even though my computer is much faster & nicer. I would bore you silly with all the "Different" thoughts I have about customer service at the Corps of Engineers. Just take my word for it when I say that I'm trying to be different. | |||
| How has using the Macintosh computer changed your life? | |||
| Until I got a Mac, computers were something to work on, not play with. Now, I actually enjoy using the computer at home. Even if I sat in front of a screen all day at work. Even if I'm not playing a game or surfing the net. Just using the computer is actually fun. | |||
| What is the weirdest thing in your office right now? | |||
| Besides the hole in the roof or the gopher under the floor? Probably my two momentoes - a brick and a piece of broken concrete. The brick came from a project where we removed PCB laden oil-soaked dirt and sent it to a kiln to make brick. The broken concrete came from the roof of a building. I walked all over that roof in the morning. Later that day the roof collapsed when my contractor walked across it. He broke an arm and a leg. | |||
| My Passions are: | |||
| Logical thinking. Enjoying life. | |||
| If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would that person be and what would you ask them? | |||
| If I only had one dinner, it would probably be Jesus. I'd ask him to explain the little imperfections in the world. The second dinner I would have with my Mom, who passed away. No further questions. | |||
| Do you play a musical instrument and/or are you in a band? | |||
| I've played a drum and a guitar in a band, and have sung in a choral group. For some reason, they always forget to ask me back the next night. I like listening to hard rock. | |||
| When I grow up I want to be: | |||
| Younger. | |||
| The question never asked: | |||
| I did not have sex with *that woman.* |
| Just The Facts, Please... | ||||
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| Biographical Tidbits: | I've been involved in managing $1B in construction. Lots of neat projects like building a structure in the backyard of the President of American University to excavate for a bomb (it was a rusted gate instead), to a microchip lab. Inspected houses after the Northridge earthquake in L.A. On the car front, I built my own car. I raced it (technically autocrossed it, but not everyone knows what that is). Won some season trophies. Also won Best of Interior for it once. I've also won a few times in autocrosses in a street car. | Education: | Bachelor's at UMCP. Registered Professional Engineer in the state of MD. | |
| Location at Birth: | Baltimore, MD. | Current Location: | Ellicott City, MD. | |
| Where you've been in between: |
Believe it or not, I have actually been outside of the state of MD. Always have lived and worked here, though. | Astrological Sign: | Saggitarius. | |
| Available? | Single. Still looking. Who knows? | Chat Nick: | Wilkelmark@aol.com but don't bother with mail unless you are on AOL. I'm sick of spam, so I auto screen out everything outside of AOL. I have another e-mail address set up for friends only. | |
| Favorite Books: | Right now, David Drake's Hammer's Slammers series. Also Clarke and A.E. Van Vogt. | Favorite Music or Band: | KIX. No question, I'm into hard rock. | |
| Favorite Food: | Tacos or pizza. It's a tough choice. | Cat or Dog Person: | I have a boxer named Bart. Weighs 65 lbs. However, I get along just fine with cats. | |
| No personal Web Site at this time. Check back later. | |
| Will's Professional Web Site (I didn't create it.) | |
| Favorite Web Site: | Excite |
| "Kelmark - Low, fast, & loud." "Cowabunga, dude." |
Created Tuesday, October 6, 1998, 2:49 AM; Edited: 1/30/99