I may be a retired programmer, but I’m still writing programs.  I wrote my first program for an IBM 650, a small (for that time) computer with tubes not transistors.  It had a 4,000 ten digit word memory.  Since then, most of my programming has been on small systems.

My interests include:

• Books–I have ~10,000 books in my house.  Most of them are science fiction, fantasy or young adult books.  A lot of very good fantasy has been published as young adult fiction.  Can you say “Harry Potter”? Nearly all cataloged with Koha an integrated library system.
• Trains–The railroad runs through the middle of my house out into the garden in back.
• Garden–I got a Duchess du Brabant rose bush some years ago.  It has been flattened by a number of hurricanes and was under the tent when I had the house tented for termites.  It’s still going strong.  That inspired me to add a number of miniature roses to the garden for my railroad.
• Photography–Mostly I record events.  Once in a long while, I get something worth putting up on a wall.   My cameras include:
  • Nikon D80
  • Canon SD-1000
  • Sony Cybershot DSC-HX5V
  • Leica IIIb (It’s as old as I am)
  • “Baby” Speed Graphic (Remember the old press cameras from the 40’s?)
  • A number of other old ones I haven’t wanted to part with.
• Computers–Naturally. I currently have a bunch including:
  • IPFire firewall between me and the internet
  • server which stores files and runs Koha, to keep track of all those books
  • work station
  • Mythbuntu machine–I set it up and haven’t used it much
  • Bedroom machine–only used when I’m sick which isn’t often
  • Guest machine
  • 2 or 3 Test machines
  • ASUS eeepc 1201n netbook, very handy for testing networks
  • Motorola XY-Board tablet.
• Vehicles
  • 2012 Hyundai Sonata
  • 1950 Studebaker ½ ton pickup truck