Glen Sanford |
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| How did you personally
get into using the Macintosh family of computers? | My parents got me an Apple IIc when I was 6. I used Macs in middle and High School, and got my first Mac when I went to college. | |
| Status: | Evangelist/geek. | |
First Mac:
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Power Mac 6100/66 (Apple IIc) | |
Current Mac: |
PowerComputing PowerCurve 604e/200 | |
| When did you get your first modem? | 1988 (for the Apple IIc)/1995 (for my 6100). | |
| Who did you call first? | My Step-Dad (to transfer GIF from his PC to my Apple IIc)/My ISP (6100). | |
| Present Occupation: | Computer Teacher. | |
| Claim to Fame: | www.apple-history.com. | |
| Dream Job: | Head of high profile Web Design Shop. |
| 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? | |||
| *ANSWER | |||
| How has using the Macintosh computer changed your life? | |||
| I never knew how much time I could waste until I got my first Mac. | |||
| What is the weirdest thing in your office right now? | |||
| A mutated toy car remote control, recently dubbed "The Techno Assault Box (TAB)." | |||
| My Passions are: | |||
| Guitar, Drum'n'Bass, Popular Science (geek stuff). | |||
| If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would that person be and what would you ask them? | |||
| Einstein. "What's it like to be the most brilliant scientist since Newton?" | |||
| Do you play a musical instrument and/or are you in a band? | |||
| Yes, yes. | |||
| When I grow up I want to be: | |||
| Financially endowed enough to buy lots of toys. (and give to charity). | |||
| The question never asked: | |||
| Are you the keymaster? |
| Just The Facts, Please... | ||||
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| Biographical Tidbits: | Having had several bouts of reconstructive surgery on my left hand, one of the two tendons in my left ring finger now inhabits my thumb. | Education: | BA, Brown University. | |
| Location at Birth: | Houston, TX (but not for long). | Current Location: | Brooklyn, NY. | |
| Where you've been in between: |
Providence, RI, Cleveland, OH. | Astrological Sign: | Cancer. | |
| Available? | No. | Chat Nick: | spaceboy. | |
| Favorite Books: | Orsen Scott Card, Ender's Game Isaac Asimov, The Positronic Man | Favorite Music or Band: | Electronica, Drum'n'Bass, Four-way Tie between Orbital, LTJ Bukem, Photek, and Boymerang. | |
| Favorite Food: | Chicken Tikka Masala at a good Indian Restaurant. | Cat or Dog Person: | Cat. | |
| Glen's Personal Web Site | |
| Glen's Professional Web Site - Apple History | |
| Favorite Web Site: | Mac OS Rumors |
| Favorite Color imac: |  Purple. |
| "You can lead a yak to water, but you can't teach an old dog to make a silk purse out of a pig in a poke." -- Opus, Bloom County | |
Created Saturday, March 27, 1999;; Edited: 4/12/99