====== Rob Swindell (digital man) ======

//Synchronet BBS Software Author, Sysop of [[bbs:Vertrauen]], Husband, Father, Programmer, Drummer//

{{:person:rob.jpg|Rob beating his cans}}

===== Trivia =====
  * First computer: [[wp>vic20|Commodore VIC-20]]((Christmas gift from Dad)), no modem or disk drive, 1981
  * First BBS experience: Delightful Dialer on an [[wp>Apple_II_Plus|Apple II+]]((Mike's computer)) connecting to mostly [[wp>GBBS]]((e.g. The Beast's Domain)), 1982 
  * First Sysop experiences: [[wp>Telix]] Host script, then [[wp>WWIV]] on a 10MHz PC-XT clone, 1988
  * Alias was inspired by the [[http://www.rush.com/|Rush]] [[http://p.rhap.com/Tra.1754474|song]] of the same name from the [[wp>Signals_(album)|Signals]] album of 1982
    * In-use on public Bulletin Board Systems by me since 1982
    * Lower-case spelling inspired by the [[http://vt100.net/dec/logo|DEC logo]]
  * Running Synchronet BBS software since July 17, 1991
  * Played drums on rock album (Weedpuller) for sale on [[http://www.amazon.com/Weedpuller-Explicit/dp/B01AKIA68M/|Amazon]], [[https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/weedpuller/id1066094336?mt=1&app=music|iTunes]], also streaming on [[https://open.spotify.com/artist/6952uz0sZATGScRMlJvLEt|Spotify]]
  * Patent author (4 times)
  * Internet draft author (https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-swindell-ptsc-hdr-00)
===== Other Pages =====
  * [[wiki:user:digital_man|Blog]]
  * [[http://www.facebook.com/rrswindell|Facebook Profile]]
  * [[http://www.youtube.com/user/rswindell|YouTube Channel]]
  * [[http://soundcloud.com/rob-swindell|SoundCloud page]]
  * [[http://weedpuller.us/html/rob.html|Weedpuller Personal Page]] (from the 90s) 

===== Hobbies =====
  * Playing, teaching, recording/mixing/producing [[http://weedpuller.us/html/rob's_drums.html|drums]] and other instruments
  * Computer programming (mostly in C/C++ and JavaScript)
  * Karaoke (performing and jockeying)
  * Listening to [[#favorite_bands|music]] and going to concerts
  * Watching [[http://www.netflix.com/|Netflix]], [[http://plex.tv|Plex]], [[http://angelsbaseball.com|Angels Baseball]]  
  * Making [[http://www.youtube.com/user/rswindell|videos]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/c/Synchronet|For Synchronet Sysops]])
  * [[http://techdorks.net|Podcasting]]
  * [[http://www.xbox.com/live/|Xbox-Live]] (gamertag: digitlman)
  * HAM operator: [[http://www.qrz.com/db/wx6yyz|WX6YYZ]]
  * Weather [[http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KCANORCO2|station]] operator
 
===== Bands Played-In / Recorded-With =====
  * [[http://weedpuller.us/|Weedpuller]]
  * [[http://myspace.com/loonsmusic/|The Loons]]
  * [[http://web.synchro.net/?page=002-files.xjs&dir=dresden|Dresden (a.k.a. Threshold, a.k.a. Vertrauen)]]

===== Favorite Bands =====
  * [[http://www.rush.com/|Rush]]
  * [[http://www.queensryche.com/|Queensryche]] 
  * [[http://www.ironmaiden.com|Iron Maiden]]
  * [[http://www.blacksabbath.com/|Black Sabbath]]
  * [[http://www.foofighters.com|Foo Fighters]] 
  * [[http://greenday.com/|Green Day]]
  * [[http://nofxofficialwebsite.com/|NOFX]] 
  * [[http://pinkfloyd.com|Pink Floyd]] 

==== Neil Peart and I at least have *something* in common ====

[[http://neilpeart.net|{{http://www.neilpeart.net/news/feb_2010/nep_cup_drums_th.jpg|Neil Peart}}]] {{http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4402357997_8f96b39007.jpg|Rob Swindell}} [[http://neilpeart.net|{{http://www.neilpeart.net/news/feb_2010/craig_nep_cup_th.jpg|Neil Peart}}]]
 
{{tag>Sysop Developer Drummer}}