Forenoon watch, 4 bells (10:07 am)
For an explanation of what started me on this page, see this post.
People I've Met Directly
- Dr. Richard Bartle, co-creator of MUD in 1978. Flew to England with my copy of Designing Virtual Worlds to get it signed. We saw the Doctor Who Exhibition. He introduced me to the "gospel of mushy peas."
- Zeev Suraski, co-creator of PHP and CTO of Zend
- Marc Singer. I have a picture with him somewhere. Met him in Seattle at a martial arts exhibition. He is really tall.
- I met Jon "maddog" Hall at ApacheCon 2001. We talked about the Chinese language and he brought me a root beer.
- I met Wil Wheaton at PAX 2009 in Seattle. He was super nice and spent a lot of time with each fan he met.
- I also met Steve Jackson at PAX, he's unbelievably cool, and loves the fact that people play his games.
- I met Jonathan Coulton, the ex-programmer singer/songwriter. Another very nice guy with cool hair.
- I met Jhonen Vasquez at PAX and got a signed print from him. He looks like a normal guy…
- I met Kevin Burke, the Irish fiddler, after his concert in Spokane in late 2009. Got a signed CD, too.
- I met Richard Horvitz, Rikki Simons, Eric Trueheart, Melissa Fahn, and Andy Berman at InvaderCON 2011 in Atlanta GA
People I'm one away from (two handshakes)
- Patty Duke, via my mother.
- Jon Voight. Read about this here
- Gary Gygax
- Dave Arneson
- Alan Cox
- Richard Garriott (Ultima's Lord British)
- Neil Armstrong via Wil Wheaton
People I'm two away from (three handshakes)
- Einstein. Yes, that Einstein.
- Alan Turing
- Sean Astin
- Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Via Richard Bartle
- Francois Fillon, Prime Minister of France. Also via Richard Bartle
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