Welcome to:
Parts of my OLD Home Page for
The Starman's Realm

(Let me be your guide to some wonderful Information
on the World Wide Web and elsewhere)

" I'm still just as curious about some things
now, as I was at this age! " -- The Starman

I would appreciate any comments or suggestions you may wish to send me by way of my Online Feedback Form or signing my guest book. Thank you for your input.

I'd like to encourage you to continue following your dreams!

Free Programs and Information:

• Free Software Tools for Windows™95/98/NT!



• How To Make a Boot Disk   and   What Files/Programs should be on it?





• What To Do About Virus Warnings In Your E-Mail - This is a step-by-step procedure which everyone should follow when someone sends them a warning... Includes valuable links to major 'anti-virus' research centers!
  
  
• What Are Viruses, and How To Protect Against Them? - Tries to answer the question, "What is a Virus?," in a simple but complete manner; links to other helpful sites. Includes everything you need to know about the EICAR Standard AV Test File for testing your anti-virus software safely and links to courses about viruses (from Symantec)!
  
  
• The Back Orifice Trojan. Trojans are programs which you are usually unaware of having installed on your computer that can give another person a great deal of control over it!
  You will also learn a lot about the details of your own computer and secrets of the Internet by studying these pages.
  
  
• What is an Obscured IP Address? You'll learn how to convert between an IP address like   http://209.1.224.17/   and the strange looking   http://3506561041/ .
  
  
• Programming
  
  
  • The Starman's PERL pages: "How to download and install PERL 5 for Windows™ 95 and NT." Includes links to online courses in Perl and books about Perl you can download.
  
  
  
  • Perl Icons. Includes all the information necessary to associate your .pl files and icons with the perl executable in Windows™ 95.
  
  
  
  • Is that old Perl script y2k compatible? How to check the CGI scripts you download for use on on your website for y2k problems.

Here are some of my interests and hobbies:

Computers and Communications

• The CPU (Central Processing Unit) as an Integrated Circuit, or "chip" has already passed its 25th birthday (back in November of 1996)!
  View and read about this first microprocessor : The Intel^® 4004.
  
  
  

Take a look at my very OLD Windows™95 Desktop screen! Still has some useful links on it...

 

• Cycling... usually in Santa Monica, CA.
  Here's a color map of the area I frequent the most, and where I often begin my cycling trips.
  
  

Hiking/Backpacking -- I've finally added a picture here from my trip to the top of Mt. Whitney. I hope to add pictures from other peaks I've bagged as well!
So, look for some other pictures here soon!

• Mount Whitney in color!
  
  

Astronomy ('Stargazing' from a mountaintop; and observing planets, clusters, nebulae, galaxies, etc.) It's not just a coincidence that I refer to myself as The Starman. (To see why, take this link: Why I refer to myself as "The Starman").

Mathematics
Primarily now in what is called the 'recreational' variety, but some very important work in mathematics has started out this way.

Chemistry
Yes, I was training to be a chemist (or possibly a teacher of science) at one time in my life. Have you ever heard of Linus Pauling or Glen Seaborg?

History

• Check out a brief article in which I've summarized from an historical viewpoint:
  Why did Pontius Pilate allow Yeshua of Nazareth to be executed?
  (Now in HTML form!)

Literature and Books I Recommend

• An HTML version of John Bunyan's, Pilgrim's Progress.
  This is a work in progress  :-)   Your comments are appreciated...
  
  • A public domain text only version of Pilgrim's Progress:
    Zipped' for download pilgrim.zip. (110 Kb)

Old B&W Photos: Nostalgic B&W pictures -- including a classic car and my Mom.

Pics and comments about where I worked before the 1994 (Northridge) earthquake:
XYTRON, Ltd. in Sylmar, CA.

Other webpages: See the sites listed below. But note that many other SITES can be found in the "linked" topical pages listed above.

Living for Christ in all aspects of our lives

I hope you'll stay here long enough to see that Christians are quite different than the often bizzare characters portrayed on TV and in films! Apart from having to make a living like almost everyone else, some Believers also have varied hobbies and interests as well.

Among other things, what separates a Christian from those who do not believe, is that Jesus is our closest and best friend! That's because we also believe that He died and rose from the dead, to save us from our sin, and I love Him for doing this. If you're interested in knowing more about this, then follow the link below to, "How I Became a Christian," or send your questions to me via my Online Form page.

"Who Do You Think I am?" Explains The Gospel simply, using colorful roadsigns.

More of my interests (and beliefs; see my Table of Bible Book Abbreviations
to help you find the references in the following text files):

• Theology -- Read about my beliefs:
  1. Concerning The Nature of God in the text file: What I Believe 1
  2. Concerning The Scriptures in the text file: What I Believe 2
  3. On: The meaning of the Word "Inspiration". (Revised, June 16, 1997.)

So:

• Why do I call myself "The Starman"?
  
• How did a common sense average guy in college decide to make Jesus the center of his life?
  Read: How I Became A Christian.

Back to my List of Interests.

This page was first activated in August of 1997.

Back to my List of hobbies.

Remember, you can always write to me using: The Online reply form ! (Your msg. will be sent directly to an address which the SPAM robots cannot access.)

For those of you who do not have your own e-mail program, here's a Link to an Online Feedback Form that you can use right now to send me a message!

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