Born in Edinburgh in 1944, always lived here. Married to Jane, 13 years younger than me. Offspring - Linda and Barry (by previous marriage) - and grandson Jack (Linda's son)
Our home is at Holy Corner, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh.
I built my first computer in 1980, soldering every component into one of the first single-board microcomputers.
I first got plugged into the planet with Compuserve on July 6 1994, although I had used bulletin boards with the BBC Micro before that. Not much Internet back then...
Religion: none. IMHO life isn't a dress-rehearsal; this is it! Better make the most of it!
Hobbies: Apart from photography and my web-site, there's: hill-walking, reading, nature, science, collecting art by Robert Crumb. I started ice skating again after a 40 year gap.
Favourite TV: Have I Got News For You, The Simpsons, Horizon, The Outer Limits, Equinox, Nature programmes with David Attenborough.
Current Musical Favourites - (on my mp3 player)
Musical favourites: Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, JJ Cale, Neil Young, Nils Lofgren, Ry Cooder, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Eagles, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Stones, Bo Diddley, Bonzo Dog Band, Frank Zappa, Bob Marley, Bob Seger, Eric Clapton, Eurythmics, Fats Waller, Jackson Browne, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kevin Ayers, Loudon Wainwright III, Peter Gabriel, Steve Winwood, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Rimsky Korsakov, Sheryl Crow, Moby.
Musical un-favourites: Rap Music. Country & Western music sung with a nasal whine. Pounding, mindless, repetitive dance music played through some crap bass-reflex sub-woofer effort so loud you can't hear yourself think.
Pet dislikes: aggressive alcohol-users, racist bigots, sexism, antisocial tenants who can't even put their rubbish out on the right day and who never clean the stair. I don't much like the state that Spaceship Earth is in these days.
Gave up smoking on 4th July 1997. I still don't really miss it any more now in 2006.
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A brief browse at what's on my mp3 player:
I Can't Forget - Leonard Cohen
