Looking up, An interview with Ishtim. GETTING TO KNOW YOU... What's your full name? Andrew "Ishtim" Your age? 36 Where do you live? Huntsville, Alabama, USA Hair color? Brown. If you could dye your hair any color, what would you choose? Blue, just like the ARP mascot. Can I get the little pointy things too? Eye color? Do you wear contacts/glasses? Nope. Occupation? 1. Physicist (hated by most P4's at my work), mostly data generation and analysis for aerospace industry. 2. Owner, Hair Salon, http://www.salonallurehuntsville.com Duties include, accounting(payroll, taxes, etc.),I.T.(only 2 machines, 1 network) plus building maintenance. Can you touch your nose with your tongue? No, I can only stick it in my ear. Curl your tongue? Yup, use curled tounge for eating pasta. Do you drive fast? Yes, but only in my wife's car (2000 Nissan Maxima) I had it to over 200km/h before. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? Yes, my wife can sometimes be considered stuffed after large dinner, and as far as the "animal" part goes How many different cities have you lived in? 3, Houston, Tx., and 2 little cities in Alabama. What's under your bed? Hardwood floors What's on your mouse pad? Company logo (home), picture of friends cat (work) What book are you reading now? None, got burned out on reading after 6 years of college. Last book was "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks. There is a movie out for this book. Excellent book and movie! What a tear jerker!!! Your most prized possession? I don't really have a single prized "possession", but just to name some things, telescope, house, Cannon 300D, 4 cars. The next event/acquisition you're looking forward to? event: Total lunar eclipse October 24th. acquisition: Just ordered an Onkyo-M282 175Watt booster/amplifier for my home theater/stereo. FAVORITE THINGS... Favorite food? Crab Rangoons (Yum! cream cheese & crab meat packed in a wonton and deep fried) Favorite drink? I have 2 actually, Dr. Pepper, but cannot live without coffee! Favorite alcoholic drink? Maker's Mark Bourbon, but it's expensive. Favorite car? Man, this is a tough one! I'd have to say, 1969 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 Favorite sports? Ice Hockey, Baseball, Ping-pong (table tennis) Favorite time of the year? Fall (autumn) Favorite relaxation spot? Basement, TV, stereo, PC's, ping-pong table is all down there. Favorite music? Mostly rock, but I have lots of classical & 80's punk too! Favorite board game? Scrabble Favorite book? Don't read much, I use them mostly for reference. Favorite cartoon growing up? Wow, another tough one! Speed Racer or Johnny Quest. Favorite movie so far? Saving Private Ryan ON ARP... Member since: May 2003. Discovered it through? Looking for BIOS help using Google Most frequently visit? (i.e. BOG, which forum, news, reviews, etc) I frequent all, but mobile devices. I HATE CELL PHONES! Fondest memory/Best thing about ARP? Several things about ARP I really enjoy: -FREE PC & tech advice for all levels of experience. -International and multicultural feel of forums. Person you would most like to meet from the community? (whom you've not met!) I would really like to join everyone at an ARP barbecue! Trin, are you ready for 20+ hour plane ride? One thing you'd like to see on the site? An indepth test using the whole array of BIOS settings and how each effects on system stability/performance. LIFE AS A BIG PICTURE... What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? I usually analyze activies for the day and then try and balance work load and funtime. Having a list an busy days really helps. If I had a lot of money, I would... Hmmmmm, organize an ARP party and provide everyone transportation and lodging to eat some of Trin's pizza! If I had the time, I would... Use my camera more often, seems like time is going faster and faster! What inspires you? My wife, my parents, and the vastness of our universe. Lifetime goals? Retire and still be young enough to do all the things I am too busy to do now! Here are some additional questions :- 1. Can we have a picture of you and your family? from left to right, me, wife (Paula) and step-son Jake. 2. Can you tell us about your family? Met my future wife in 1994, My sister, whom I was living with while finishing my 2nd Uni degree suggested that I go to get a haircut from this girl. We dated for 5½ years, we married in September 1999, and last January we bought the salon building where I met her over 10 years ago. 3. Do you have a pet? Please tell us about your pet(s). My heart is into saltwater aquariums, but due to busy schedule, I had to give it up. We had a dog, but it ran away (didn't like to stay outside in backyard) Now, I only have a guinea pig. His name is Felix. 4. Where do you intend to go for your NEXT holiday? The next series of journeys will probably be to several larger cities in the US. About 6 years ago we started going to major league baseball stadiums in USA and Canada. Of the 30 ballparks, we only have 7 left. Denver, Kansas City, Seattle, Baltimore, Philly, Washington and Boston. If it's just the wife and I, we go to someplace remote in the mountains. 5. When did you start stargazing? I started as a kid (maybe 8-10 years old). Just looking up at the night sky thinking... WOW! We are just a tiny rock floating through space and there is soooo much other stuff out there. My father bought my first telescope (60mm refractor) when I was 15 or 16. 6. What initiated your interest in stargazing? I really got serious about it after my first year in college. A professor in Physics 101, would allow students to borrow his 20cm scope over weekends. In 1990, after many years of saving $$$, I bought the scope I still use today (25.4cm reflector). At the time I paid about $1100 USD for it. Of course now I want a bigger scope, but they get really expensive larger than 25cm. 7. How often do you stargaze? Without telescope... 2-3 times/week . With telescope... 10-20 times per year, usually a weekend at a time. 8. What does stargazing mean to you? Relax, relax and sleep in really late the next day.... Actually, I get to spend alot of time with my father this way. He enjoys it almost as much as I do. I guess I am pretty crazy about it, after all, I had to buy a DSLR to share pictures with ARP! 9. What is your favorite constellation? That is a tough one.... I like Orion during the winter, Saggitarius for summer time, basically anything that is full of suprises and deep sky objects. 10. What does CS5 really mean to you? This is odd... When I first met CS5 in the forums I tried hard to help him out with answering questions. He has become known in the forums as a, well... CS5! I think he likes to be thought of as the "William Hung" of the forums. Who are you going to interview? As much as I would like to interview CS5 I think I would rather interview someone like PsYkHoTiK or Falcone. If someone will volunteer to translate all that jibberish I will interview CS5.
Hey what are some of the old punk bands you like? Mine, Dead kennedys Black flag Desendents Just to start.
Sweet home Alabama...where the skies are so blue... Anyway, I've been saying that if someone is willing to interview CS5 then I'll do the translation.
PaperCut, I really don't think that the ARP community is ready for a CS5 interview. Did you see the POLL I posted in the lounge? Not may people had cared enough to vote. I think there was only around 20 or so. I really had someone else in mind if I ever had the chance, now if I could just remember who that was...
Typically, I've encountered numerous life time goals that involves attaining superior financial stability but after the interview with Ishtim, I've learned to look at the world from a different perspective. Kudos to Trinity for the extremely good interview and Ishtim for being kind enough to let us in on the minor details of his personal life. Cheerz! (Me Hides @ A Corner And Think)
Woah!! That was a superb interview! Many thanks for making us part of your "extended" family, Ishtim. It's really good to be able to get to know you and your family better. Ahh.. Here is one question we missed, I think. Why do you call yourself "Ishtim"? Also, what do your parents do? Were you originally from Huntsville, Alabama?
Nice Interview! My favorite constellation is Orion too! I need a haircut too! What baseball game did you go to in the pic?
I don't think you would want me to cut your hair! The picture was taken at PAC Bell park in San Francisco last summer. At the time I was actually trying to find PY222 in the bay area , but ended up taking the family to see Barry Bonds hit one of his 395,758,330 home runs at a baseball game. (See interview question about "next holiday"). The name "Ishtim" is from a Fortran program that I use. All it does is display standard output on monitor. When the program fails or writes bad data, people ask "Have you checked your Ishtim???" Only a n00b at my work would not know that the parameter does next to nothing! My parents are retired! They live out in the countryside about an hour drive from my house. My dad used to work in the space program designing and building navigation systems for outer space. I am originally from Houston, Texas. I spent the first 25 years of my life there. Very hot, humid and tropical weather there. Moved to Alabama in December of 1993 to go back to school. Worked part-time through Uni and now am "happy" to be working here where 34.3% percent of people 25yrs+ have higher education, that's compared to the US average of 19.0%. Sorry ZuePhOk, no Forrest Gumps here.
