(I moved all of my e-mails to Gmail via Thunderbird years ago which is why the sender address is different.)
I found him after Bill Bryner mentioned in an e-mail that Mel "was trying to become an expert (Master?) at Bridge and also played flute with the UCLA pep band for basketball games".
I figured he hadn't moved far from where he was working in LA at the time and I was right! His e-mail address was listed among the members of the Thousand Oaks, CA ACBL Unit 532 Bridge club/league.
> Find out how he looks back on that era? Did he keep programming?
I couldn't find any of this out because I scared him away. My guess is that he just wasn't the nostalgic type.
> What scared him away?
My guess is that he was spooked because I contacted his son a few days prior.
… and the webmaster responsible for running his son's business' website.
… and several other people. I must have seemed like a genuine creeper.
That's too bad he wasn't interested in talking about it all. I can imagine if he was aware of it, having random people pop-up wanting to discuss could become annoying.
Yes. Here's the e-mail exchange: http://acuozzo.sdf.org/Mel.pdf
(I moved all of my e-mails to Gmail via Thunderbird years ago which is why the sender address is different.)
I found him after Bill Bryner mentioned in an e-mail that Mel "was trying to become an expert (Master?) at Bridge and also played flute with the UCLA pep band for basketball games".
I figured he hadn't moved far from where he was working in LA at the time and I was right! His e-mail address was listed among the members of the Thousand Oaks, CA ACBL Unit 532 Bridge club/league.
> Find out how he looks back on that era? Did he keep programming?
I couldn't find any of this out because I scared him away. My guess is that he just wasn't the nostalgic type.
> What scared him away?
My guess is that he was spooked because I contacted his son a few days prior.
… and the webmaster responsible for running his son's business' website.
… and several other people. I must have seemed like a genuine creeper.