Larry Loeb
 Larry has been a Consulting Editor for the late,lamented BYTE; written for most of the Macintosh press; and wrote the industry-standard text on Secure Electronic Transactions over the Internet. A note from his bio online: Larry Loeb has also been Senior Editor for WebWeek, Medical Editor for MacGuide, Online Editor for the Macintosh Exchange on BIX, and is a founding member of the Internet Press Guild. |
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| How did you personally get into using the Macintosh family of computers? | I bought a 128K Mac in Feb,1984. | |
| Status: | Gadfly. | |
First Mac:
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128K | |
Current Mac:
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Powerbook 520 | |
| When did you get your first modem? | 1984 | |
| Who did you call first? | Fred Davis (editor of A+) to find out why the MacTEP program (MacBasic terminal emulation program) they published wouldn't work. Turns out there was an error in the listing. | |
| Present Occupation: | Uncertain. | |
| Claim to Fame: | I'm still standing. | |
| Dream Job: | Taste tester in a candy factory. |
| 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? | |||
| I grokked the net before it became huge, and joined the staff of Internet World just ahead of the wave. | |||
| How has using the Macintosh computer changed your life? | |||
| I met Ilene. | |||
| What is the weirdest thing in your office right now? | |||
| Paper holder shaped like a monitor. | |||
| My Passions are: | |||
| Elegant solutions. | |||
| If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would that person be and what would you ask them? | |||
| Ilene: "Would you get your hand off my thigh?" | |||
| Do you play a musical instrument and/or are you in a band? | |||
| Guitar. | |||
| When I grow up I want to be: | |||
| Impervious to a hard vacuum. | |||
| The question never asked: | |||
| "Is that just a cold sore?" |
| Just The Facts, Please... | ||||
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| Biographical Tidbits: | He has lived his entire life so far. | Education: | Too much. | |
| Location at Birth: | Ohio | Current Location: | Connecticut | |
| Where you've been in between: |
NY | Astrological Sign: | Leo | |
| Available? | Depends on the night. | Chat Nick: | DooDahKnight | |
| Favorite Books: | Robert Henilein. | Favorite Music or Band: | Jazz. | |
| Favorite Food: | Sushi. | Cat or Dog Person: | Dog. | |
| Larry's Personal Web Site | |
| Larry's Professional Web Site | |
| Favorite Web Site: | The Drudge Retort |
| "You want fries with that?" |
Created 10/23/98; Edited: 1/30/99