Five things meme

Stephen tagged the universe, and its a good opportunity to post again on my favourite topic ;-), so here are five things you probably didn't know about me:

1. At age 9ish I was on Japanese TV (if you don't remember seeing me its probably because I was the one in the snowman outfit).

2. My parents went to a Royal Garden party with the Queen (of Australia (curses)) and Prince Phillip, and all I got was this lousy story...

3. I have a life sized cardboard replica of 7 of 9 looking at me in my study (and my wife, Sue, gave it to me!)

4. My first computer was a DEC LSI-11/23 with a hard drive about 2.5 foot cubed which shook the whole house as it ran up to speed.

5. I arranged for Sue and myself to have dinner with Christian writer Adrian Plass and his wife Bridget as my 10th anniversary gift to Sue.

Have a glorious Christmas, New Year and any other relevant holiday!