[SunRescue] Geeks in Photos (was RE: Bill and Amy in Baltimore)

[Mike Hebel]

>>Um.  Interesting to find out just how few pictures
>>I've bothered to upload recently.  The most recent
>>one of any quality looks like our engagement picture:

That's not so atypical - I have three web sites I'm not doing anything with
at the moment.  I have plans to finish them when I have DSL (whenever _that_
happens) and activate my domain name.

And as for the pictures of my wife and child - I can't get my wife to take
another picture for me, and have you ever tried to get a 3 year old to sit
still for a picture without crying? ;-)

Here's the pictures:

http://www.crosswinds.net/~drone8of9/wife_small.jpg

http://www.crosswinds.net/~drone8of9/daughter_small.jpg

http://www.crosswinds.net/~drone8of9/Mike_at_work.jpg

Sorry about the picture clarity people - old 640x480 Mavica camera and
scanned photos.

Note: The box in front of me is my LX mp3 player which I have to look at
today - it popped the
inverter overload circuit in my car.

The bumper sticker on the monitor says

C:\COFFEE.COM NOT FOUND  REBOOT USER? Y/N

and the paper on the side of the other monitor is the classic "nicht fur
gerfingerpoken" sign.

As for the "short form" of data on me and mine:

I was born a poor white boy...no really - I was. ;-)
Anyway, I'm 32, have been married to my wife for 7 years this August.  My
daughter is 3 going on 4 and supposedly mildly autistic because she doesn't
speak in sentences yet - I don't believe it.  I think she just has not found
something that she "needs" words for - she manages to convey her needs quite
well without them.  She does _love_ typing on the computer and is fascinated
by Xscreensaver.  Building a system for her currently.  Because of
ease-of-use I may just buy her an iMac to start her out.  Still debating.

I've worked several places in my life including but not limited to:
Domino's, an auto parts store, a (literally) home basement computer
business, an "alternative" religious establishment (please don't ask), a
staple/nailer manufacturer (www.duo-fast.com), and currently an Aerospace
manufacturing firm (http://www.methode.com/netbus/index.html) that
manufactures power distribution systems.

Hobbies, when I have time for them, include reading Sci-Fi, woodworking -
making large walking staffs, making any old obsolyte computer/electronic
hardware work and be useful, a light Anime addiction - it hasn't flared up
into the full force yet, and last but not least writing in my journal
daily - although that happens to be more of a stress reliever.

I've a got a whole list of things I'd like to try/learn, music among those,
but until I get some other things out of the way those are currently getting
shelved.

One more thing - my wife has recently gone up a notch in releasing her inner
geek.  She has started to check her e-mail when she first wakes up in the
morning and she spent several hours on the net the night before last.
*sniff* I'm soo proud!  She's even asked me not to remove her wireless IR
keyboard/pointer combo so she can work her computer from the bed. *grin*

Mike Hebel