The Hot Iron

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

8 Random Things About Mike Maddaloni

I got tagged by David Dalka on a topic that has been going around the blog world – to post 8 random things about myself. So here goes:

1. I used to collect business cards. I passed along most of them to other collectors, but I still have cards from Bill Gates and Steve Case.

2. I was once in the studio watching a live broadcast of NFL Sunday Countdown at the ESPN Studios in Bristol, CT.

3. I was the general manager of my college radio station, WNEK-FM, which is why I still have records.

4. I used to own a Penny-Farthing bicycle – I won it in a raffle. As I could never ride the thing, I sold it to a bike shop that had the old-style English cycle as its logo.

5. I am 100% Italian-American.

6. I have been a New England Patriots season ticket holder since 1993.

7. I still own the TRS-80 Model 4 computer I owned in high school.

8. I have been to 12 countries.

Now to return the favor, I am tagging the following 8 people:

Mark Ashley
Mike Carruth
Justin Chen
Jason Jacobsohn
Clay Parker Jones
Matt Maldre
Drew Myler
Wendy Piersall

Of course there is no obligation to post, but it's more for fun and to share a little about ourselves. And so it continues.

Only eight?

Thanks Mike. I was waiting for someone to tag me!

Man, you picked a good time to have Pats season tickets.

Hi Daniel - I was lucky to get them before they became the team they are today.  In the early days, I couldn’t give away tickets!

mp/m

Does your Model 4 still work? I pretty much became a programmer because of getting a TRS-80 Color Computer when I was 9. That was back when Radio Shack wasn’t just a cellular phone reseller.

I believe it still works Pete - I haven’t booted it up in a while, and I don’t know how rapidly 5.25” floppy disks disintegrate…

mp/m

Thanks for the tag Mike!  It’s on my list of to dos!

Thanks for tagging me, Mike.  Gotta get the eight random things on my 2Do list.

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