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My Favourite Subject (Me)
I was born and raised in Sydney,
Australia. The attractions of electronics and, later, computers (I
never really recovered from seeing my first computer at the tender age
of eighteen) resulted in me being transferred to various parts of
Australia, notably Moree (New South Wales) and Carnarvon (Western
Australia) with Australia's then-international-communications entity,
the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC). Some time in 1984 I
decided I'd had enough of small country towns, so I quit my job and
moved to Perth, Western Australia, and spent several years studying
with no visible result. Running out of money fast, I finally found a
job at Curtin University of
Technology in Perth as a Senior Technical Officer in the School of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, where I spent most of my time
peering blearily at computers and trying to stay out of the
sunlight.
There matters stood until May, 1997, when I met (on-line, of
course!), my future wife Carol. The only problem with our
relationship was that she lived in Massachusetts, USA (almost the
antipodes of Perth, Western Australia)! We began to write regularly
to each other, and, as the relationship deepened, began to advise
each other on problems we were experiencing with the characters we
were trying to date at the time. I think it was some time in late
June or early July that we both realised we were far more suited to
each other than to the people we were dating.
Yes, the distance was a problem, but there was something about Carol
that I couldn't resist. I knew I had to meet her in person, so I
managed to arrange a three-month visit to her, arriving on November
10, 1997. Sigh. The next three months were hectic but unforgettable;
and before I had to return to Australia, and realising that we needed
to be together, we decided that we would marry and that I would move
to America.
Arriving back in Australia in early February, 1998, we began the
arduous task of arranging my US visa. I have never had to fill
in so much paperwork in my entire life! I had to collect a
bewildering array of certificates, police clearances and so on. This
took quite a while, as you can imagine, and coupled with the fact
that it takes longer to wind up one's affairs than you probably
think, it wasn't until the evening of October 6, 1998 that I arrived
at Logan Airport in Boston, and Carol and I were reunited at
last.
We were married on Halloween (October 31), and you can find some
wedding photos here. If you're
interested in migrating to the USA to marry a US citizen, it might be
a good idea to try the newsgroup alt.visa.us.marriage-based
and its FAQ.
There's a really neat Australians
in America website which gives heaps of useful information.
Here's a picture of Carol:
Aims:
To survive life.
To stay at least one step ahead of my creditors.
Interests:
Computers
Guitars
Computers
Caving
Computers
Sleeping a lot
Computers
Me
Again
Oh, all right. This is a somewhat older photograph of me (wearing a
fat T-shirt).
Programs I've
written:
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