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<BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#7DB1F9" LINK="#0000BC" VLINK="#800040" ALINK="#FF0000" BACKGROUND="Images/denim.jpg"> <MAP NAME=WHATNOWMAP> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="11,9,75,90" HREF="http://www.promisekeepers.org/manual/sitg/index-sitg.htm"> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="90,9,167,90" HREF="http://www.angeltree.org"> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="176,9,262,90" HREF="http://www.ci.org"> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="266,9,355,90" HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com./homepages/Reconciliation/home.htm"> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="11,95,121,172" HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/desert_stream/LIVINGWA.HTM"> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="126,95,282,172" HREF="http://www.habitat.org"> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="287,95,355,172" HREF="http://www.pfm.org"> </MAP> <CENTER><TABLE BORDER=1 WIDTH="90%" > <TR> <TD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="36%"> <CENTER><B>Introduction</B></CENTER> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="28%"> <CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=+3> Glenn's Page </FONT></B></CENTER> </TD> <TD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="36%"> <CENTER><B>Table of Contents</B></CENTER> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="36%">Welcome to my home page. If I were famous, you'd probably want to know everything about me. Of course, I'm not famous, so you probably don't care, but just in case I become famous later, I've included some useful information....</TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="28%"><IMG WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=114 ALT=ME SRC="Images/etch2.gif" VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=CENTER> <P>Send comments to <A HREF="mailto:glenn@wichman.org">glenn@wichman.org</A>. </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="36%"> <LI><A HREF="#aboutme" TARGET="_self">About Me </A></LI> <LI><A HREF="shareware.html">My shareware</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#sixdegrees">Six Degrees of Separation</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#rogue" TARGET="_self">A brief history of Rogue</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="Peterson/index.html">My Family Tree (Peterson Central)</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#javaapplets" TARGET="_self">My Java applets</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="poems.html" TARGET="_self">Some poems and drawings</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#NowWhat" TARGET="_self">Now What?</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="index.html">Wichmans on the Web</A></LI> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=3 ALIGN=CENTER> All material at this site copyright © 1996-1998 Glenn R. Wichman </TD></TR> </TABLE></CENTER> <BLOCKQUOTE> <H4><FONT SIZE=+1>About Me</FONT><A NAME="aboutme"></A></H4> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>The Early Years</FONT></B></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>My ancestry is <A HREF="http://www.smorgasbord.se/sweden/">Swedish</A> & <A HREF="http://www.norway.org">Norwegian</A> (on my Mother's side) and German & Scottish (on my Father's). I was born in 1960 in <A HREF="http://www.BayCityOnline.com">Bay City</A>, Michigan. In 1965, the family moved to <A HREF="http://www.cyberg8t.com/clmchmbr/">Claremont, California</A>. After a stint in Rialto, California, I moved back to Claremont, where I went to <A HREF="http://www.cusd.claremont.edu/www/CHS.html">High School</A>. In 1978 I left for college at <A HREF="http://www.ucsc.edu/">University of California, Santa Cruz</A>. If you knew me back in High School or college, get in touch with me! I'd love to hear from you.</FONT></P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Beliefs <><</FONT></B></P> <P> <A HREF="http://www.thecoo.edu/~jrausch/"> <IMG WIDTH=73 HEIGHT=83 ALT=OCIH SRC="Images/ocih5.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=LEFT ALT="Organization of Christians with Internet Homepages"></A> <FONT SIZE=+1>I converted from atheism to Christianity in November of 1974. For the whole story, see my testimony (coming soon). I'm a non-denominational, charismatic, born-again evangelical type of Christian. Since 1989, I've been a member of the <A HREF="http://www.vcfp.org/">Vineyard Christian Fellowship of the Peninsula</A>. I am also a progressive/liberal Democrat. If you think this is contradictory, perhaps you need to get out more ;). My church has midweek homegroup meetings. Our homegroup is called <A HREF="ihopppp">ihopppp</A>. </FONT> </P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Marriage and Family</FONT></B></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>My lovely wife Nina & I were married in 1985. We have 2 sons, <A HREF="caleb.html">Caleb</A> and <A HREF="jacob.html">Jacob</A>. Here is the requisite <A HREF="gallery.html">photo gallery</A>.</FONT></P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Interests and Hobbies</FONT></B></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>I've always had way too many interests than is good for me, and not enough time to pursue them. Right now one of my main interests is the web, working with HTML, Java and JavaScript. One of my life-long interests has been games, of the board, role-playing or computer variety. Long term, I'd like to write some multi-player Java games for the web. If you are a venture capitalist and you want to give me a bunch of money so I can dedicate my life to this pursuit, let me know.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>Another one of my life-long interests has been cartoons. The greatest cartoon strip of all time is, of course, <A HREF="http://www.nauticom.net/www/chuckm/">Pogo</A>. A number of years ago I tried without success to launch my own comic strip. I may try again one of these years...</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>I have no musical talent, but I love to listen to music. My favorite bands are <A HREF="http://www.execpc.com/~king_ray/danielamos.html">DÄ</A>/<A HREF="http://www.execpc.com/~king_ray/danielamos.html">Swirling Eddies</A> and <A HREF="http://home.earthlink.net/~nxmx/valuepac.html">Value Pac</A>.</FONT><BR> <CENTER><TABLE BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=0><TR> <TD><A HREF="http://www.execpc.com/~king_ray/danielamos.html"><IMG ALT="Forgive us, Outdoor Elvis!" WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 SRC="Images/cam.gif" BORDER=0></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="http://www.uni.edu/~pirill44/weirdal/albums.html"><IMG ALT="I'll break your arm if you ask me what's my sign" WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 SRC="Images/al.gif" BORDER=0></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="http://www.tmbg.com"><IMG ALT="In darkness you make out a spiraling shape" WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 SRC="Images/tmbg.gif" BORDER=0></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="http://www.execpc.com/~king_ray/danielamos.html"><IMG ALT="Irgendeiner stempeln mich!" WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 SRC="Images/kal.gif" BORDER=0></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="http://www.becrecordings.com/bands/valuepac.html"><IMG ALT="Your next breath just may be your last." WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 SRC="Images/ryantoon.gif" BORDER=0></A></TD> </TR></TABLE> </CENTER> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>I am interested in foreign languages and other cultures. Anything Swedish or German is interesting to me. I used to speak German reasonaly well, aber jetzt bin ich sehr röstig. I've been trying to learn Swedish in my spare time, of which I have none... Someday I plan to visit these places in person, for now I just surf there on the web...</FONT></P> <FONT SIZE=+1></FONT> <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Work History</FONT></B></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>In the summer of 1979, I worked at <A HREF="http://www.disney.com/Disneyland/">Disneyland</A>. If you get an opportunity to do the same, I highly recommend it!<BR> My first major software endeavor was Rogue, which I worked on in college and used in lieu of a degree to get my first job. Other programs I've worked on that you may be familiar with are Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing and Quicken.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>For 5 years, I worked at <A HREF="http://www.intuit.com/">Intuit, Inc. </A>as a software designer and project manager. Now I'm working at a cool new start-up called <A HREF="http://www.upshot.com">UpShot</A>. I can't tell you what I'm working on, but if you want to help us build it, we are definitely looking for more people! Send <A HREF="mailto:glenn@wichman.org">me</A> your resume if you want to join us.</FONT></P> <P><BR> </P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Java Applets</FONT></B><A NAME="javaapplets"></A></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>I dont yet have any full-fledged Java games, but hopefully they'll be coming when I get more time to work on them. In the meantime, I do have a couple of fun Java "Toys" that you can play with. <A HREF="JavaGame/GameApplet1.html">Pre-game</A> is basically a demonstration of the game architecture I've built, dealing with rules for player movement, collisions, etc. <A HREF="JavaGame/FlagMaker.html">FlagMaker</A> is a fun little toy that just allows you to design your own flag. Flagmaker would work better if it weren't for a bug in Netscape Java. (Details available for propeller-heads [coming soon]).</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Rogue</FONT></B><A NAME="rogue"></A></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>In the early 1980's on UNIX computers on college campuses all over planet earth, thousands of students wasted hundreds of thousands of hours playing a computer game called "Rogue". Recently, Digital Entertainment magazine in Tokyo asked me to recount for them how the whole thing came about, since I have firsthand knowledge. To find out how we came up with the game, read my <A HREF="roguehistory.html" TARGET="_self">Brief History of Rogue</A>. If you want to know more about the game, check out the semi-official <A HREF="http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/rogue/">Rogue Home Page</A>. </FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <A NAME="sixdegrees"><P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Six Degrees of Separation</FONT></B></P></A> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>It has been demonstrated that you can get from yourself to anybody else in the world in 6 steps or fewer by going through people you know (The "six handshakes" or "six degrees of separation" theory). Here are links to the web pages of everyone I know personally who has a web page (as far as I know). If everybody did this, you should be able to get to anyone in the world in 6 clicks or less. </FONT></P> <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=90%> <TR> <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=33%>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.he.net/~snelson">Scott Nelson</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/rcwichman">Russell C. Wichman</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.mckenna.edu/faculty/profiles/hwichman.htm">Harvey Wichman</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.meer.net/~mtoy">The Michael Toy</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://kcd.com/dj/">David Jones</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.theschulmans.com">Bob Schulman</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3591">Matthew Kortenhoven</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.blueneptune.com/~maznliz">Marius & Liz Milner</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.slip.net/~phild">Phil Derrick</A></LI><BR> </TD> <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=33%>   <LI><A HREF="http://acm.org/~leighc/">Leigh Chapman</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/annmjensen">Daniel & Ann Jensen</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/CatsLair2/">Richard Hartman & Antoinette Aubert</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.sagarmatha.com/james/">James Armstrong</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.clanprescott.com/">Allen Prescott</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.austinhill.com/">George Hill III</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://home.earthlink.net/~jimmck/">Jim & Clara McKenzie</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1792/">Sue Overholser</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.netcentives.com/abab.html">Eric Tilenius</A></LI><BR> </TD> <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=33%>   <LI><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/hatamari">Mari Ivener</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.willrice45.com">Ramer</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/jvahsholtz">Jon Vahsholtz</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.codedogs.com/">Jon Lane</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.marie.org/">Marie Hughes</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.he.net/~clnelson">Corey Nelson</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://www.goodnewsnet.org">Faith Gibson</A></LI><BR>   <LI><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/palahnuk/sam.html">Sam Palahnuk</A></LI><BR> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Web Rings</FONT></B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><FONT SIZE=+1>No matter what else may divide us, the Holy Spirit unites all who have accepted Jesus into their hearts. A few of us followers of Jesus are united by this Web Ring on the internet. </FONT></P>  <MAP NAME=JESUSFREAKMAP> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="0,70,90,90" HREF="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=eltrcchih&id=84&prev"> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="100,70,150,90" HREF="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=eltrcchih&id=84&next"> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="160,70,230,90" HREF="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=eltrcchih&id=84&random"> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="240,70,275,90" HREF="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=eltrcchih&id=84&list"> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="285,70,340,90" HREF="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=eltrcchih&id=84&next5"> <AREA SHAPE=RECT COORDS="350,70,399,90" HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/7289/index.html"> </MAP> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR="#D0D0D0"> <IMG ALT="I don't care if you call me a JESUS FREAK!" USEMAP="#JESUSFREAKMAP" WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=92 SRC="jfr3.jpg" BORDER=0></TD> </TR></TABLE> </CENTER>  </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1><A NAME="NowWhat">Now What?</A></FONT></B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE=+1> So at this point, you're probably thinking, "Okay, Glenn, this web page is a thing of beauty, and it is inspiring me to make the world a better place. But what can I, as an individual, possibly do that will make a difference?" Not to worry! Opportunities abound, and I will list a few of them here to get you started: <TABLE BORDER = 0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0> <TR><TD> <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://www.vistapnt.com/~markm/netscape20/bible/41.mark.html">Read some GOOD NEWS</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/desert_stream/LIVINGWA.HTM" >Deal with your relational brokenness</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="http://www.promisekeepers.org/manual/sitg/index-sitg.htm">Stand in the Gap</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="http://www.ci.org" >Sponsor a child</A></LI> </UL> </TD><TD> <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://www.habitat.org" >Help build a house</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="http://www.pfm.org" >Visit someone in prison</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="http://www.angeltree.org">Give a Christmas present to a prisoner's child</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com./homepages/Reconciliation/home.htm">Apologize for the Crusades</A></LI> </UL> </TD></TR><TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER> <CENTER> <IMG ALT="Good Works Cabinet" USEMAP="#WHATNOWMAP" WIDTH=360 HEIGHT=180 SRC="Images/shelf7.jpg" BORDER=0> </CENTER> </TD></TR></TABLE> </FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>  <P><B>Awards</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P> Experts estimate that fewer than 87% of all personal web sites win an award. Believe it or not, THIS is one of those lucky sites! Check out my amazing <A HREF=glennawards.html TARGET="_self">Awards Page</A>! </P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Last Updated</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>This page was last updated around March 10th, 1998</P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR> <CENTER> <TABLE ALIGN=CENTER BORDER=0><TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=3><IMG WIDTH=180 HEIGHT=45 SRC="Images/withvi.gif" alt="Designed using vi" border=0></TD> </TR><TR> <TD><A HREF="http://cdnow.com/from=sr-281705"><IMG WIDTH=180 HEIGHT=45 SRC="Images/cdnow.gif" BORDER=0 alt="cdnow"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="http://www.excite.com"><IMG WIDTH=180 HEIGHT=45 SRC="Images/neg_logo.gif" BORDER=0 alt="excite"></A></TD> </TD> <TD><A HREF="index.html"><IMG WIDTH=180 HEIGHT=45 SRC="Images/wichmansonweb.gif" alt="Wichmans on the Web" border=0></A></TD> </TR><TR> <TD><A HREF="http://www.sfbay.yahoo.com"><IMG WIDTH=180 HEIGHT=45 SRC="http://www.sfbay.yahoo.com/images/recip/recip.gif" alt="Yahoo S.F. 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