douchrti's profile

Eons member since

June 09, 2007

Age, Gender

52, Male

Location

Winton, CA

Relationship

Married. Interested in meeting people for networking

Hometown

Winton

Places I've been

Yosemite, Texas(Hot,Muggy!), Colorado, San Fran, Seattle, Vegas, Painted Desert, Edwards AFB, Victorville, Santa Cruz, Mexico, Georgia, Nevada(ET Highway), Sacramento, Gerber, Redding, Shasta, Portland.

More about me

Hello all,

Ever since I first got online back in the 80’s, Ive been hooked on the nuances of securing data as it travels back and forth.

I know, you’re saying “Geek”. Its ok, I can take it.

I started out with a Commodore 64 with a 300 baud modem. Being online meant posting to BBS’es.

So, as I approach retirement from my Civil Service job in California, I asked myself what I could do to supplement my meager retirement check.

Why not use what I know about computer security to make a little extra money I thought. So SpywareBiz was born.

It amazed me, becoming a businessperson online. I quickly found I needed to change the way I participated, as a online user. My view was always that the Internet exists for sharing information, and it does that quite well.

In some cases, too well.

But Online business is its own ecosystem.

I quickly realised that to sell something online, you have to give something back. There are millions of websites, some with pics of who a person is, or even video of a person, out there for us to view. But what we crave is the writing, the sharing of words, thats the reason for deciding if we want to have a relationship of any kind with other users.

So I began participating in chats and forums and other help sites. Its made me a better person. The satisfaction of helping is just as good, if not better in some cases than making the all important sale.

So here I am, a Father of 3 sons. One is in Afghanistan as a Air Force Medic. One is Mentally Disabled and who in many ways, keeps me young. Diane, my wife of 25 years, died unexpectedly in her sleep at the age of 44. I was given another chance to participate in the joys of life when I met Wendy in a grief chat room, and she and I later married.

Take care,

Doug

Activities

Defeating threats to our online safety, running my online business, helping others stay safe online,

Favorite Charities

Kiva.org

Favorite Music

Doobies, Eagles, Mellencamp, Jimmy Buffett,

Favorite TV Shows

SG-1, Heroes

Favorite Movies

The Net, Independence Day, How the west was won

Favorite Books

Anything by Dale Brown

Favorite Quotes

What? Me Worry?

Favorite People

Annette Funichello, Kevin Mitnik, Ann Margeret, Salma Hayek, Lynda Carter

Favorite Places

Yosemite, Seattle

Favorite Animals

Any animal that is smarter than us, which is most of em.

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