I am a simple man and I have a simple plan: I carry a camera with me everywhere and intend to live long enough to capture all the wonders of the world and learn the sum of all knowledge. So far, so good. ☺
My first word as a baby was "f-stop" and I built a pinhole camera almost before I could walk. My earliest extant photo is a shot I took of my mother on my eighth birthday. Seven decades and several intervening hobbies later, I am now enjoying it more than ever.
Other interests include astronomy (I build my own telescopes, including the optics), offshore sailing, dancing, biking, downhill skiing. I am lucky to share my life with a fabulous wife who tolerates my passion and loves to dance.
I took an early retirement package from IBM in 1993, did some consulting for a few years, and ran a tech startup for a few more. I retired completely (and irrevocably) in January of 2000. I haven't had a free minute since.