Good morning boys and girls. I got my first computer back in October of 1997. I signed up for free internet with NetZero, loaded up Netscape Navigator, and through a sequence of events, now lost to the mists of memory, stumbled upon the exi list,... and found a home in the transhumanist tribe. I had a wonderful time with youse guys. For 16 years I came to the clubhouse every day until, in June of 2013, I bid you farewell and ventured out into the world to seek my fortune. "And what have you seen, my blue eyed boy?" Now, I return with tales to tell of the wonders I have seen and the adventures I have had,... and am having. So settle in, and be amazed. I was once a man of modest means, wont to describe myself as "independently austere". A late-night denizen of the undergraduate library at UC Berkeley -- it's open till 3 in the morning! A person of no importance. A wise ass underachiever, lazy, opinionated, self-indulgent and self-absorbe...