Welcome to the home of Geochelonian!

What kind of geek are you?

Old, experienced techno/herpto-geek

Why do you consider yourself a geek?

I know how to program an 8088 chip, and used to save programs on rolls of punched tape

How did you find out about our Geek community?

Comment on http://www.the-gadgeteer.com

What are your "geeky equipment" specs?

Fujitsu T-Series Lifebook
Palm Centro smart phone
iPod 3rd generation (Video), 30Gb
Pockets and bags full of gadgets, flashlights, multi-tools, cables, thumb drives, accessories, etc.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Smarter

What makes you laugh?

Most things

What is the thing in life you treasure most?

My family... although in a fire, I figure theyb can run on their own, so I would have to save my laptop

What's the geekiest thing you've ever done?

The assignment was to program a chip and bank of LEDs (using hexadecimal) to display a selected number. Mine walked you through a magic trick and displayed the number you were thinking of.

What do you do to entertain yourself?

Surf the net and watch my herd of 5 tortoises

Favorite music, movies, books, shows, artists, games, people, events, hobbies, etc.?

Da Vinci's Notebook (band)
Firefly (TV)
Jeff Hawkins (Palm inventor, genius)
"Parasite Rex" (book)
"Freakonomics" (book)
dice and word games
"Lord of the Rings" books and movies (first read it in the early 70's) Really hated the animated versions.