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8 Random Things About Mike Maddaloni

By Mike Maddaloni on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 04:54 PM with 8 comments

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.

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Only eight?

Comment by Drew
on 08/15/07 at 09:27 PM

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

Comment by Jason Jacobsohn
on 08/15/07 at 10:44 PM

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

Comment by Daniel B. Honigman
on 08/16/07 at 10:09 AM

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

Comment by Mike Maddaloni
on 08/16/07 at 10:18 AM

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.