Stefano's World

Should you want to do such a thing, here are some ways to do it. Email is the most reliable way to get me, although I might read it in a few days time. I regularly have a Pidgin open for Jabber.

Personal Preferences:

Even before school, my future interests were clear: I tied-up the house with wires and made “electrical gadgets” out of old electrical junk. I remember being given my first battery, light bulbs, and wires. From there it was downhill.

The first PC:

My first computer was a [HP 9816][]. It was a year older than me, had a 6800 Processor, 128k RAM, and an (external) pair of single sided 3.5” floppy drives.

It had a ROM BASIC board, and a set of [VisiCalc][] floppies (with manual shutters), so I spent my time

Stefano Rivera (tumbleweed) is a thoroughbred [Debian][]-using Linux geek.

He was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa as an almost-only-child (don’t ask, complicated family). He went to [Michael Oak Waldorf School][michael oak], and matriculated with distinction at [Constantia Waldorf][] in 2003.

After a year out, teaching B&W photography to girls in America, curbing virus outbreaks, and writing code for [GetReel Digital Services][getreel] in London, he returned to Cape Town to study at [UCT][]. He graduated with a BSc in IT (Computer Engineering) in 2007.