Sam's Profile - Geek member #161

What kind of geek are you?

All rounder really, but definately more Software and programming than Hardware.

Why do you consider yourself a geek?

I am a Stereotype, Sits at a ton of computers every spare moment (Usually two or three at a time), always tries Beta software rather than the last stable version, obsses about things other people find boring (mainly beta software again) and rather than watching TV I am either playing a computer game or watching Chris Pirillo Live/TWiT Live/Datalore.TV.

How did you find out about our Geek community?

By Reading Chris Pirillo's Blog and Watching his live stream of course... Remember, Some Chris A Day Keeps The Malware Away.

What are your "geeky equipment" specs?

Main Desktop (The Beast):
-AMD Phenom x4 Quad Core 2.6ghz Processor
-4GB RAM
-2x 500GB HDD
-512mb ATI Radeon Overclocked GPU (Runs Crysis on high :-) )
-Windows Vista Ultimate

Mac (Everbody Needs One):
-Mac mini
-1.67ghz Intel Core Duo
-512mb RAM
-64mb Graphics Memory
-Mac OS X 1.5.4 (Too scared to upgrade to 10.5.5 incase of crash, again) Mac OS X 10.4.x, Safer and quicker than Leopard for a mini.

Big Mac (Not Litterally)
-Macbook
2.4ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
-4GB RAM
-144mb Intel GMA X3100
-Mac OS X 10.5.6 (Yep, this one I keep up to date, it can handle it)

Laptop (Old Faithful):
-Intel Celeron M 1.4ghz
-512mb RAM
-64MB Graphics Card
-Microsoft Windows XP Home

The Server (My Geeky Project):
-2.5ghz Intel Pentium 4 CPU
-700-ish mb of RAM
-ATI Radeon 9250 (My Old GPU) 256mb
-20GB Hard Drive
-Apache 2.2
-PHP 5.1
-MySQL 4.x

What do you want to be when you grow up?

A Bigger Geek

What makes you laugh?

Good Comedy, especailly Big Bang Theory/The IT Crowd/Red Dwarf. Also, things that others find totally unfunny!

What is the thing in life you treasure most?

Next to my family, my computers. I spend most of my time working on them, and I've spent quite a bit of money on them over the years.

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

Set up a web server in the hallway, It runs suprisingly well.
I also do lost of PHP and Javascript Programming, I'd like to think I'm good. Well, good enough.

Also, I installed ubuntu Linux on Dual Boot...Why you ask? Because I was bored and I felt like it. :D

What do you do to entertain yourself?

I have a blog I write to regularly on Lockergnome.com, twitter also proves for a lot of entertainment.

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

Music - Queen, Pink Floyd, Status Quo, Barenaked Ladies and Many More...

Movies - Back To The Future Trilogy, Star Trek Films (Mainly TNG cast)

TV shows - Star Trek (All series, especially The Next Generation, Voyager and Enterprise), Red Dwarf, Big Bang Theory, Open All Hours, Mythbusters, Top Gear and include pretty much all other british comedies from 80s/90s.

Games - Grand Theft Auto Series, Half Life Series, Crysis, Bioshock and Loads of other games.

What's your Web site / blog address?

http://www.lockergnome.com/smorrell