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<H1 ALIGN="center"><FONT COLOR="maroon">Thomas Adam</FONT></H1>
<STRONG>E-mail:</STRONG> <A HREF="mailto:thomas_adam16@yahoo.com">thomas_adam16@yahoo.com</A><BR>
<STRONG>Updated:</STRONG> 2002-06-25<BR>
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<LI> [issue 81] <A HREF="../issue81/adam.html">
The Weekend Mechanic</A></LI>
<LI> [issue 81] <A HREF="../issue81/adam2.html">
Introduction to Programming Ada</A></LI>
<LI> [issue 78] <A HREF="../issue78/adam.html">
The Weekend Mechanic</A></LI>
<LI> [issue 70] <A HREF="../issue70/adam.html">
The Weekend Mechanic</A></LI>
<LI> [issue 67] <A HREF="../issue67/adam.html">
The Weekend Mechanic</A></LI>
<LI> [issue 66] <A HREF="../issue66/adam.html">
The Weekend Mechanic</A></LI>
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I write the recently-revived series "The Linux Weekend Mechanic", which was
started by John Fisk (the founder of Linux Gazette) in 1996 and continued
until 1998. I'm also a member of The Answer Gang.
<P> I was born in Hammersmith (London UK) in 1983. When I was 13, I moved to
the sleepy, thatched roofed, village of East Chaldon in the county of Dorset.
I am very near the coast (at Lulworth Cove) which is where I used to work.
<P> I first got interested in Linux in 1996 having seen a review of it in a
magazine (Slackware 2.0). I was fed up with the instability that the then-new
operating system Win95 had and so I decided to give it a go.
Slackware 2.0 was great. I have been a massive Linux enthusiast ever
since. I ended up with running SuSE on both my desktop and laptop computers.
<P> While at school (<A HREF="www.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk">The Purbeck
School</A>, Wareham in Dorset), I was actively involved in setting up two
Linux proxy servers (each running Squid and SquidGuard). I also set up
numerous BASH scripts which allowed web-based filtering to be done via
e-mail, so that when an e-mail was received, the contents of it were added to
the filter file. (Good old BASH -- I love it)
<P> I am now 18 and studying at University (Southampton Institute, UK), on a
course called HND Buisness Information Technology (BIT). So far, it's great.
<P> Other hobbies include reading. I especially enjoy reading plays (Henrik
Ibsen, Chekov, George Bernard Shaw), and I also enjoy literature (Edgar Allan
Poe, Charles Dickens, Jane Austin to name but a few).
<P> I enjoy walking, and often go on holiday to the Lake District, to a place
called Keswick. There are numerous "mountains", of which "Great Gable" is my
most favourite.
<P> I am also a keen musician. I play the piano in my spare time.
<P> I listen to a variety of music. I enjoy listening to
Rock (My favourite band is "Pavement" (lead singer:
Stephen Malkmus). I also have a passion for 1960's
psychedelic music (I hope to purchase a copy of
"Nuggets" reeeeaaall soon).
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