Meet Chard's friends


I thought it would be nice if you could meet some of my friends. Some of them have home pages, so that seems like a good way. Of course, home pages change, so this gets a bit dated at times.

Steve Blechman Steve and I go all the way back to elementary school (summer school, actually). We both lived on the East Coast for a while before moving back home to CA. Now he has moved back to the East again. I hope this doesn't mean I have to do that, too! <grin>.
Rod Bartlett I met Rod through the aforementioned Holy Grail BBS, and we became fast friends. I was even best man at his wedding! His home page is even sillier than mine, but that's fine by me.
Martin Walser I've known Martin since he was a teenager who used to call my BBS. Now he's finally graduated from college and has a job. He's a Deadhead, a SCUBA diver, and just a mellow dude. He plays in a band now, called Fishtank Diver, which at least has a cool name.
David Schuetz Another of my old BBS friends. His home page is seriously frame-enhanced, but for some reason it looks strange on my system.
Skippy the Kilt-Lifter Yet another fine fellow I've known since, oh, about the late Pleistocene period, I think. How can one explain him? I believe he has memorized every word Monty Python ever uttered. Of course, now he fancies himself a musician and composer, but we all know better. But he does have a web site for his music.
Denny Rodgers Yet another of the fine folks I've met through the old BBS crowd. Now he has a very humorous home page.
Kristina Baumler Kristina was another of the frequent visitors to my old BBS. Now she does web pages for a living. Dangerous stuff, this.... She also does great fundraising for the American Cancer Society, through their Relay For Life, which is a great thing!
Craig Allen It's actually a home page now, not just an FTP site. And you can still get the instructions for building your own yurt. Beware the Celtic Mongols!
Laura Goodin Yet another of my old D.C. crowd, now living Down Under and teaching self-defense!
Jon Shemitz I met Jon because we were both running BBSes in Santa Cruz, CA, a few years back. And we played poker with a group of other computer geeks every month. Jon's OK, because he likes Pascal. And his book on Kylix is really good. Highly recommended.
Sue Hobbs Friend? Well, sure. She also happens to be my sister. Sue's only recently gotten hooked on the 'Net. It's nice to not be the only computer nerd in the family anymore!
Kevin Driscoll Kevin and I met at Borland International, and later he was my boss at Netscape. Good guy, a drummer, and a fan of Tower of Power.
Terry Ridgway and Kelly Harrison Kelly and I also met when we worked at Borland, and she was instrumental in getting me to follow her to Netscape. She and her husband are among our dive buddies.
boB Arnson Yes, yet another of my old Borland coworkers. He's sort of gone over to the Dark Side (i.e., marketing) now, but he's still a great guy.
Bob Simpson Another Bob and another ex-Borlander. He's got some really hilarious stuff on his site.
Danny Thorpe I worked with Danny at Borland, and now he's got a sideline going with his photography. Some of it's just incredible!
Linda and Dana Jeffries Linda and Dana and I all worked at Borland. Linda and I worked closely for many years. Dana finally gave up the tech business to pursue his love of geology, and now they've both jumped in with both feet (and a camera)!
Darren Hardy In a variation on the theme, Darren and I worked together at Netscape, but he, too, is doing cool things with photography.
David Gallagher and Brady Lea They sit right in front of me at San Francisco Giants games, so we've become friends.


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