Tom Geller
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Hey, Ilene. Sorry I don't have the time to be my usual, wordy self these days. So the answers will be a bit telegraphic. Hope it helps! |
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| How did you personally get into using the Macintosh family of computers? |
I was in high school, taking print shop, and the teacher had a Mac Plus for us to use for design. At night, he moonlighted as a professional printer, and he offered to output our work on a (rare!) laser printer at work when no-one was looking. I made up a resume... I still have it somewhere. This must have been 1985 or so. | ||
| Status: | I'd say I'm an expert user, although God knows I discover new ways to be clueless every day. | ||
First Mac:
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That Mac Plus was the first Mac I ever used, although I didn't own one myself until 1993. It was an LCIII (the pizza box!). | ||
Current Mac:
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Power Mac 9500/120 | ||
| When did you get your first modem? | 1988ish | ||
| Who did you call first? | Some local BBSes in Cincinnati (at 300 baud!). I was most active on "Law Talk:" Not because I cared that much about law, but because community members seemed truly engaged in the discussions. | ||
| Present Occupation: | Macintosh Writer and Consultant | ||
| Claim to Fame: | Produced and directed plays in high school and college. Edited Bisexuality: A Reader and Sourcebook (1990). Appeared naked at my senior recital.
It's been pretty much downhill since then. |
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| Dream Job: | Queen of the universe. Or is that thinking too small? | ||
| 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? | ||||
| We re-invent ourselves every day, and no single event can top that. | ||||
| How has using the Macintosh computer changed your life? | ||||
| No answer yet. | ||||
| What is the weirdest thing in your office right now? | ||||
| Wow... there are so many. Probably a small mobile made of laquered blowfishes: One big one and three small ones, each wearing a tiny sombrero. I inherited it when I moved into an office years ago, and those who remained begged me to take it with me when I left. It's unspeakably weard, ugly... and fascinating. A real conversation piece. | ||||
| My Passions are: | ||||
| See "Marital Status" | ||||
| If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would that person be and what would you ask them? | ||||
| God. And I expect we'd have the usual dinner chat: "What're you up to these days," you know, that sort of thing. I expect s/he gets too much of that "Why is there so much suffering in the world" noise as it is -- who needs it? | ||||
| When I grow up I want to be: | ||||
| Younger. | ||||
| The question never asked: | ||||
| ...is worth two in the bush. (This *is* a word-association test, isn't it?) | ||||
| Just The Facts, Please... | ||||
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| Biographical Tidbits: | See my personal page or (if you're daring) | Education: | No thanks, my brain is full. (Bachelor of Music in Composition) (He also plays the trombone.) | |
| Location at Birth: | Mount Kisco, New York. (About 40 miles north of NYC.) | Current Location: | San Francisco, California. | |
| Where you've been in between: |
London; Ohio (Oberlin and Cincinnati); summers in Michigan, Maine, Florida; six months in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; a few other places. I've been to Paradise, but I've never been to me. | Astrological Sign: | Taurus | |
| Available?: | Who's asking? ;) | Chat Nick: | TGeller or Tom_Geller when I don't mind if people know it's me. I'm not telling you what name I use for secret flirting. ;) | |
| Favorite Books: | I tend toward non-fiction, especially humor and trivia books. I've been rereading some favorites lately: The Chronicles of Narnia, Microserfs, Flowers for Algernon .... | Favorite Music or Band: | I have pretty Catholic tastes. Locally, though, the crowns go to The Marginal Prophets (hip hop) and Amy X Neuberg (arty stuff). | |
| Favorite Food: | Quite a few. I'm quite proud of being a trencherman: I consume something like 5,000 calories per day. So whatever it is, there'd better be a lot of it! | Cat or Dog Person: | Both. I grew up with cats, and recently had my first dog. See The Story of Chiq'nbone for details. | |
| Tom's Personal Web Site | |
| Tom's Professional Web Site | |
| Favorite Web Site: | The Dysfunctional Family Circus and The Onion. Until I started subscribing to the paper edition of The Onion, I checked 'em both every day. |
| Thanks on behalf of the group and myself and I hope we passed the audition. | |
Created Tuesday, August 25, 1998, 7:00 AM; Edited: 1/17/99, 1/30/99
