User:Tamfang/people I have known

I'll never be famous, but have had some noted acquaintances – if that term is not too strong for a few of these.


 * Dan Alderson
 * Andrew Appel, schoolmate
 * Kenneth Appel
 * John C. Baez
 * Donald Bitzer
 * Dorothea Blostein, schoolmate
 * David Bratman
 * Damien Broderick
 * Victoria Brynner, schoolmate
 * Kevin Carson
 * Ruth Chabay
 * Gregory Cochran
 * Lee Daniel Crocker
 * Hugh Daniel
 * Tony DeBlase
 * John DeChancie
 * Greg Egan
 * Fred Foldvary
 * Richard Foss
 * David D. Friedman
 * Mike Glyer
 * Ben Goertzel
 * Lee Gold
 * Mike Gunderloy
 * Robin Hanson
 * Don Harlow
 * George W. Hart
 * Sean Haugh and Sean Hastings are Twitter mutuals of mine who, to my childish amusement, appear not to know each other.
 * Keith Henson
 * John Hertz (fan)
 * Eric Hughes (cypherpunk)
 * Norman Johnson (mathematician) – the cover of his last book uses a design of mine.
 * Brendan Kehoe
 * Samuel Edward Konkin III
 * Jenny Lawson follows me on Twitter; I have forgotten why.
 * Mike Linksvayer
 * Prince Edouard-Xavier de Lobkowicz, briefly a schoolmate
 * Keith Lofstrom
 * Michael Longcor
 * Ken MacLeod – I guess we first "met" on Usenet.
 * Rex F. May
 * Timothy C. May
 * Ralph Merkle
 * Mark S. Miller
 * Vince Miller was my flatmate for two years, and taught me to shoot.
 * Max More
 * Kevin O'Donnell Jr.
 * Sameer Parekh
 * Fred Patten
 * Diana L. Paxson officiated my wedding in 1985, signing the certificate as a "Priestess of Eris".
 * Bruce Pelz
 * Charles Platt (author)
 * William Thomas Quick, friend of a friend
 * Eric Rasmusen, schoolmate
 * Eric S. Raymond
 * Jeff Riggenbach
 * Bill Roper (filker)
 * Anders Sandberg
 * Jack Sarfatti follows me on Twitter. I have no idea why.
 * Lawrence M. Schoen
 * Henry Segerman
 * Bruce Sherwood
 * George H. Smith
 * L. Neil Smith
 * Linda and Jon Sohus, presumed murdered by Christian Gerhartsreiter
 * Jason Sorens
 * Starchild (activist)
 * Vin Suprynowicz
 * Jack Vance once said to me, "You are a man of great dimensions!" I had to laugh; I do take up a lot of space.
 * Natasha Vita-More
 * Bill Warren (film historian and critic)
 * David Weinberger
 * Richard Winger
 * Gregory Yob, when he went by "Hara Ra"
 * Cathy Young
 * Zeno Rogue, creator of HyperRogue


 * the founders of The Other Change of Hobbit