This is a time capsule – written in 2003 to describe how my online life had evolved up to that point. Looking back in 2026, it all feels like ancient history.
Tag: #bio
The Tupperware Guy
Yes, you didn’t misread that – I used to sell Tupperware. I was “The Tupperware Guy.”
My Commodore History
When I was in 4th grade (1980-81; age 9), our elementary school got its very first computer – a Commodore PET with 32K of RAM, named Rudy (for the salesperson who sold it to our school). It was a PET 2001 computer, but it had a “real” keyboard, rather than the so-called “chicklet” keyboard. It ran BASIC 2.0 and used an external cassette drive to load software. But I wasn’t in that class.
A Life of Sailing
I’ve sailed all my life. My parents owned a sailboat since before I was born. When I was a kid we would take cruises to Monterey or Moss Landing (really the only one-day destinations from Santa Cruz) for a weekend, and occasional day-sails. I’ve always dreamed of sailing off into the sunset, but I don’t think I have the guts to do it…