Matthew Mairs
Derrière Garde Composer and Performer in Chicago, Illinois
www.mairs.net
Born in Boston
at 3 moved to Tucson
at 6 started composing music
at 8 started playing wih computers
at 11 took first college-level computer science class
at 12 decided these pursuits were incompatible and concentrated on music
at 13 went to UHS
at 14 left UHS and went to CHS
at 15 left CHS and went to THMS
at 16 played bass for a band that got on MTV and opened for GNR
at 17 left CHS and went to THMS
at 18 left THMS and finished at AHS
at 19 went to PCC
at 21 graduated PCC with honors in Music Theory and Composition and decided perhaps computers and music weren't entirely incompatible
at 22 was licensed to develop for the SoundBlaster
at 23 went to work running Unix systems for the National Lightning Detection Network
at 24 bought some SUNs and began mairs.net
at 26 went to work for MicroAge ASG designing IP networks, Unix systems and security
at 29 co-founded a consultancy
at 30 started working on first wearable PC
at 31 moved to New York to join the Mount Sinai Hospital and NYU Medical Center Unix systems
at 32 witnessed the security failure that was September 11, 2001 and helped with system recovery
at 33 outsourced to IBM to take these systems apart again
at 34 co-founded another consultancy
at 35 retired to Thailand
at 36 married a Thai lady
at 37 realized retirement was evaporating and got a TEFL
at 38 went to work as an English teacher
at 39 began producing short animations and live videos
at 40 moved to China
at 42 went to University of Liverpool
at 43 went back to full-time systems engineering
at 44 received MSc from the UofL and married a Chinese lady
at 45 joined about.me
at 46 went to work for UIUC
at 47 resumed work on first dissertation idea (EEG auth)
at 48 left UIUC for BAH
at 49 left BAH for SCRGT
at 50 got assimilated (became a Fed)
at 51 dove deeper into ERB (from 6 to 7)
at 52 committed to M3 for ERGs >7
at 54 embarked upon pirate solar
at 55 went ERB ridonkulous (9, 10, 11…)