Introduce Yourself!!!

Hi everyone! I have been here for a few years, I think it is time that I do this!

Name: Brian Karrick
Location: Rowland Heights, CA
Age: 32
Occupation: IT Technician; PacSun
Hobbies: Lasers, Lights, High Voltage, acutally, anything that has electricity running though it.

Other: I got into lasers when I was 13 right after going to Laserium at the Griffith Observatory. That was the start. Got my first laser when I was 15. It was a $350 4mW 670nm diode laser. It had the worst beam characteristics EVER!! After graduating high school, I got a job working at MWK Industries. Only the old school laser dudes here will know what MWK is :p. After that, I have been acquiring lasers and junk and I have just recently (within the last 2 years) gotten back into lasers. Everything is so cheap now. I remember saving up $1500 for 143mW argon system, just the laser, no glavos or anything. I just built a 400mW RGB for less than that! Anyway, that is my story. I am glad to be here.

Name: Frank
Location: Miami, FL
Age: 25
Occupation: IT
Hobbies: LASERS!!! DUH!!! photography, audio
Other: I work in the porn industry... no, seriously, its awesome

I am addicted to photons, I always NEED MOAR PHOTONS!!! MOAR!!! :D

Name: Anders
Location: Karlstad, Sweden
Age: 31
Occupation: Studying electronic engineering at the moment. Been working primarily with IT.
Hobbies: Photons, computers and random geeky stuff
Other: maybe later, I'm not quite awake yet :p

Name: Jim Burrill
Location: Surfleet, South Lincs, UK
Age: 43
Occupation: Industrial Electrician, Panel Designer Builder.
Hobbies: Lasers, RC stuff, Power kiting, Jet Turbines.
Other: I have a 3yr old Daughter and a 2 Month old Son. Live with my Partner, Dawn.
Tv & Audio Repairs, Film industry, Jet Ski Mechanic, Auto Electrician, Domestic Electrician, Industrial Electrician, Machinery fitter, Electrical panel designer/builder.

Name: Jason Collins
Location: Hackney, London
Age:41
Occupation: Facilities Manager
Hobbies: Clay/Game Shooting, RC Planes & Helicopters, Coherent Light.
Other: I have had a dream to own a decent laser projector for 20 Years, I will live that dream in 2010-2011!

Name: Marc Arotsky
Location: New Haven, CT. (USA)
Age:33
Occupation: CT. Lasers
Other: Nightclub DJ (since I was 15). Audio production. Not real professional with it. do remixing mostly for fun and to just make boring music fun!
Hobbies: Shooting (not a gun pro, but enjoy going to the range). Old cars- Built (2) 1957 Chevy Bel-airs and a 1956 Chevy Bel air with my dad. Looking for a nice GTO to restore in the next year or 2.

Getting married in about a month (May 6). then will work on adding some kids to our family.

-Marc

Name:Ian Woodworth
Location:Black forest
Age:33
Occupation:Yeah don't you see the red indicator,when it turns green enter at your own risk.
Hobbies:Conversations of obscure reference and Corpuscular Philosophy,Free energy,Pretending like I have what it takes to unplug the modem,Forced induction,LOVE,30HZ-120HZ,Making the "MAN" feel like a child,Helping a child feel....,Pondering balderdash,Muppets,wondering,Finding the sweet spot,Slipping on banana peels(BANANAS)
Other: Devoted lover of one woman,Children will come when I figure out how to not have my cynic out look on social behavior effect innocence. I spend much time on developing my character because I believe that the worth of one reflects on many.

Name: Daniel Sisson
Location: Redlynch, FNQ, Australia
Age: 16
Occupation: School (Ugh :p )
Other: Lighting and sound technician for school and local theatres sometimes
Hobbies: All the expensive stuff (Computers, lasers, high voltage, lighting, sound, electronics etc :p )
Time spent on internet: Stopped counting a while ago :D

name is Emory.
they call me beeman.
live in Phoenix, Arizona.
I work pt as a truck driver and as helicopter pilot. my side line is light shows.
my hobbies are, vacationing around the world, electronis, holography, beekeeping (ex commercial bee keeper) , chickens, ducks, dogs, and pet plants.
I've been doing laser shows since the mid 80 s and looking to do them as a proffestion, been stug on some software for shows bought from hong kong called mamba elements, it was a hacked illigal reproduction and caused me all kinds of computer problems and of corse won't save any shows, found that out the hard way, 32 hours of hard way. learnd my lesson, going to get mamba black or mb2 version soon.
please fell free to hackel me, advise me, mentor me or any thing else related to this forum or light shows, I welcome any input, I'am a open minded pesonality.

Just found this thread whilst searching for MWK!
Mike Gunn
Riverside,CA.
44,single,NEVER married,Harley Davidson tech./custom bike builder,still can see with both eyes!
First laser was .9mw from Mike Kinney at,you guessed it,MWK in Anaheim,CA. 20 yrs. ago,way before most people had ever even heard of such a thing. Back then we had to either plug it into the wall,or carry a 12v alarm panel battery with us to be portable! But it got all the attention when you had the tube hidden up your sleeve and made someones cocktail sparkle in the lounge! Good times!
Nowadays,any 5yr. old with 99 cents can outdo that!
Mike

And I recently dug out my lissajous pattern generator I built from an MWK kit like 20 years ago! And back then only had the laserdisc player x-y "galvos/scanners" to use. Then comes Ebay and that awesome little box does some cool stuff hooked up to GSI Z2229's,and others.