Redwood Asylum (emeritus)
   
...by the inmates...for the inmates...
Updated version in the "100 Things" format that some folks enjoy:

1. Husband
2. Father
3. Son
4. Brother
5. Geek
6. Probably rank no better than average in any of the above
7. Born in the early 50s
8. As a child, remember flying a kite with my father
9. Spent formative years in the Empire State (New York)
10. Graduated high school in New York in the early 70s
11. Graduated from college in Michigan in the early 70s
12. Married high school sweetheart in the mid 70s
13. After getting married, moved to Southern California
14. First new car: Datsun B210
15. Favorite son was born in the early 80s
16. Favorite daughter was born in the early 80s
17. Moved to Northern California in the early 90s
18. Currently live in a redwood forest, hence the blog name
19. After college, showed my father the Popular Electronics issue with MITS Altair 8800 on the cover. The revolution goes mainstream!
20. Old enough to know better
21. Too old to care
22. My oldest surviving web pages date back to 1995
23. The last time I looked, Redwood Asylum was still the #1 Google return for 'retro pr0n'
24. Wife and I are now empty nesters
25. Worked in aerospace industry in the mid to late 70s
26. Worked in retail computing in the late 70s to early 80s. Ever heard of The Byte Shop?
27. Worked in semiconductor industry in the early 80s
28. Worked in aerospace industry in the mid 80s to early 90s
29. Worked in semiconductor industry from the early 90s to the present. Many cool projects. Maybe, when I add more detail to this list, I'll mention a few. 
30. Owned many pets over the years; currently tending to daughter's long-haired Chihuahua
31. Some authors I enjoy: Asimov
32. Clancy
33. Heinlein
34. Koontz
35. Pournelle
36. Some musicians I enjoy: Beatles
37. Currently connect to Internet, at home, via Comcast cable modem
38. Ran my own moonlighting programming business for about 18 years. No longer; not enough hours in the day.
39. Built Imsai S-100 computer
40. Accessed the first BBS, created by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess in Chicago
41. Accessed Trevor Marshall's legendary BBS in Thousand Oaks, CA
42. Among many other system, owned two Apple ][s
43. One had an 8" floppy drive and Microsoft Z80 coprocessor
44. Still own Processor Technology SOL terminal computer
45. Have owned too many other computers to detail
46. Before children, commuted 100 miles/day in Los Angeles area on a 4-cylinder 450cc Honda motorcycle
47. Learned to program in APL during high school in the late 60s
48. Programmed in xBase languages for about 20 years
49. Learned basic SQL in 2001
50. Switched from DOS to Windows around 1986/1987
51. Have loaded Redhat Linux on a laptop, but never played with it
52. Fascinated by natural blondes
53. Like the first Boston album
54. First IBM clone PC I owned was 4 MHz
55. First PC I used at my present company was a 386/25
56. <rant> Reality TV shows suck. Don't tell me that "reality" means "unscripted". Maybe you also think that "pro wrestling" is a sport  and is "unscripted"? </rant>
57. <rant> Rap is not music. If all you can do is recite words to a beat, you're not a musician. I don't care if you're rich because millions of mindless drones, who also know nothing about music, purchase your records. William Shatner can recite words to a beat. Get over yourself. </rant>
58. Explored steam tunnels under my college campus
59. Shot my first gun, a .22 caliber rifle, in summer camp as a child
60. Can pick a lock. Not providing any details here. Duh.
61. Have been involved in information security on and off for over 25 years
62. Had gas-powered model airplane as a child; so noisy it scared me. I only flew it once or twice
63. Like to ski
64. Have not skied in many years
65. Still married to first wife   ;-)
66. Drove 1965 Mustang 289 high-performance fastback during high school in late 60s. Still own it.
67. Don't play computer games any more; never played much; enjoy the Myst series
68. Designating some crimes as "hate crimes" is stupid. Are we to believe that beatings or murders which are not "hate crimes" are somehow less serious? Having feelings of love, hate, or indifference towards someone as you violate their rights makes no difference. If you think the penalities for a crime are not harsh enough, then change the basic penalty instead of tagging on cutsie little politically-correct enhancements.
69. Favorite food: pizza. God's food. All the basic food groups. Hmmmmmm
70. Second favorite food: Chinese
71. Favorite mixed drink: Long Island Iced Tea
72. Favorite wine color: red
73. First 35mm SLR camera: Hanimex Praktica in the early 70s
74. Second 35mm SLR camera: Pentax Spotmatic II in the early 70s. Big step up. Accumulated multiple lenses over the years.
75. Third 35mm SLR camera: Konica. It was cheap and had both standard and the 28mm wide-angle I wanted.
76. Fourth 35mm SLR camera: Minota Maxxum 7000. Standard lens and 100-200mm zoom. I loved how that rig felt in my hands!
77. First digital camera used: Canon S20
78. Second digital camera used: Nikon Coolpix 990
79. Third digital camera used: HP Photosmart 850
80. Owned some Novatron portable studio lighting equipment in the 80s
81. Sold my studio lighting equipment in the 80s
82. Started using email in 1991; first VAX-based, then PC-based
83. Started using PGP in early 90s
84. Not good at staying in touch with anyone
85. Flying a kite was very soothing at several points in my life
86. Have not flown a kite in several years
87. Want to rent a jet ski
88. Flew, once, in a hot-air balloon
89. Had one mud bath as an adult. Uncounted are the less formal baths of mud as a child.
90. Flew, once, in a three-person glider
91. Flew, once, in a two-seat airplane
92. Think Microsoft produces great software
93. Think Microsoft produces terrible software
94. Can be very detail-oriented (pronounced 'anal')
95. My antics are still cheap entertainment for my wife
96. Currently write web log with Radio UserLand
97. Neither a prolific nor articulate blogger
98. RSS news aggregator freak
99. Found generating this list more interesting than expected
100. Have better things to do than come up with item #100

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Here, for historical purposes, is the original content of this page:

I was born in the early years of the 1950's decade. Living with my wife in northern California in the United States. Previously lived in the southern part of the state. Spent our formative years in New York.

We became empty-nesters in September 2002. Not sure how I feel about that yet.

I was going to write more here, but suddenly don't feel like it. Maybe another time...

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This site was prepared as a test of Radio UserLand 8, an inexpensive,  capable, and configurable content management system (CMS).

Why? After all, it isn't that hard to blog by hand. A few things spring immediately to mind:

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• News aggregator with convenient two-click subscription to many web logs.
• Local copy for off-line editing and easy backup
• I get lazier every day
• Cool extensible tool
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