Biography
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Titles I Have Had:
> Lead Consultant,
BBN Communications > Director of Marketing, Case Communications > Customer Support Manager, ITT Data Systems (UK) > Product Planner, IBM > Senior Associate Programmer, IBM > Senior Product Manager, Wang > Chief Bottle Washer, MacDurgin Business Systems The 2 Degrees:
> M. Sc. (with Distinction)
in Computer Science from the University of London, 1979 > B. Sc. (Hons.) in Computer Technology from the University of Wales (Swansea), 1974 |
Now that I am semi-retired, at least in my mind, I am not sure why or whether I should try to even maintain a 'bio' that reads like a resume. I did all of that for long enough -- and that is why I had this domain going back to c. 2001. These days I try to keep it simple. So this, below, is what it says on the back cover of my latest book. I think that more or less says all that is germane.
Anura Gurugé was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1953. He, however, came of age in Britain, after yearlong stays in Buffalo (U.S.) and Paris. Though he has lived in the U.S., the second time around since 1985, mainly in New Hampshire, he is very much a ‘Brit’ at heart, cricket an abiding passion. He started computer programming in 1969, and went to work for IBM when he was twenty. Over the years he also worked for the likes of ITT, Wang and BBN, and was, for two decades, a leading authority on IBM networking. Writing, however, has been a consuming pastime since the early 1980s. His first book was published in 1984. Four further books on technology as well as over 350 technical publications followed. Around 2006, with IBM networking an oxymoron, he turned his attention to papal history, art and astronomy. This is his twenty-second book as a sole-author. (26 since then.) He has a Master’s in computer science, three daughters, one son, one Golden, one Beagle and a beat up old British sports car. www.guruge.com and nhlife.wordpress.com.
IF you are really that interested here is a copy of my old
'Bio' page, c. 2006, from the old Website. I recreated it, even with the original images, so that you can get a kick. 
I in a cattle crush at Sandwich Fair, October 12, 2014. During my working career, or even now, many would have loved to have been able to have me thus. Click to ENLARGE.
My books, as displayed, at home. Yes, one of my, hopefully few, affectations. If nothing else it gives me a visual impression of what I have managed to get done so far -- but more importantly, what I have yet to do.
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My Books
September 2014
Web Presence
click to access 
Main blog: NH Life
WOWNH (LLC) Family Website
Lapsed 'Windows 7 Professional' blog
Now eclipsed 'Comet ISON' blog
Sporadic 'Fun & Trivia blog'
Papal elections blog -- now rarely updated
There are MORE blogs and Websites but this is a good start.
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