Welcome to my virtual home which is not quite the same as the real place but it sure is much easier to redecorate whenever I get the urge.  I wish changing the wallpaper in my home was this easy not to mention changing the colour of a favourite room.  I was going to simulate my desk by scattering a few CD's around in here but I decided it might be better if my room appears neat and tidy all the time. *smile*

About Me

I guess my interest in computers first started in early 1980 when I got hold of a Sinclair 16K ZX81. It was very unstable and pretty much pot luck if you ever got a chance to code anything onto tape without crashing. Eventually I did get to write my first program. It was some income verses expenses thing that was totally useless but it was enough for me to become hooked. Then came the Apple II's, this was luxury plus, a floppy disk drive and 64K of ram, what more could a red blooded male get excited about. By 1984 my home computer was a English designed Amstrad although still a Z80 based CPU it had good graphic capabilities and sound chip built in. It was early 86 when I acquired my first PC. I remember it well, a XT clone with 30MB hard disk I thought I'd died and gone to heaven even though everything in heaven looked amber. By then software was heading strongly towards the PC and hardware was making quantum leaps. Meanwhile back in the 90's and six PC's later I still get amazed by some of the things that are coming out on the market today.  For me, having seen all this technology advance over a few short years still brings on "I have to have one of those" type craving when something new comes out.

The boring details

NAME: Greg Bourke_______________OCCUPATION : Senior Officer (Technical)
HEIGHT: 188cm (6' 2")________________________________AGE: 40 something
BIRTHDAY: July 29 ______________________________________EYES: Hazel
STATUS: married, 2 boys________________LIVE IN : Canberra Australia's Capital
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Things I Like

Basketball (coaching), Bike riding, Movies, Australian Rules football, All Music (except rap), Politics,  Anything celestial (including Star Trek), Technology (OK, so I like playing with gadgets), Golf, Coastal getaways, Photography (don't get much time for it these days but still the gear is in the shed when I get the urge), Reading, and people with a weird sense of humour I also like to use sarcasm a lot when making a point. ____________________________________________________________

Things I'm not so keen about

Large crowds, People who give up principles for personal gain, Peak hour traffic, Standing in line to pay a bill, Anyone that finds it hard to say "Please" & "Thankyou", and having to put up with people being Politically Correct only when it suits a cause.

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