Computers - I took my first computer class in 1962 while studying Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho at Moscow, Idaho.  I studied analog computer programming in this class.  Analog computers are very different from modern digital PC's.

Amateur Radio - I earned my Novice license (WN7IDM) in 1957 while a Junior in High School.  After moving to El Paso, Texas I was assigned the call sign of W5PAG.  After I passing the Amateur Extra exam in 1972 I applied for and received that call sign N5RG.  After moving back to Idaho, I applied for and got my Idaho call sign back---W7IDM.  Over the years I have been interested in DXing, repeaters, Amateur Radio communications satellites, and packet radio.

Genealogy - Several years ago I became interested in the genealogy of my family.  I learned quite a bit about my fathers family from my father and his brothers, John and Lester.  My Aunt Lucille Randolph had spent many years researching my mother's family and she shared her information with me.

Music - I took piano lessons while I was in High School.  I am not an accomplished pianist by any means, but I like to experiment with electronic music by combining a keyboard with a computer.

Writing - I like to write technical articles and over the years have had several articles published in various magazines.

Electronics - Beginning in High School I have enjoyed experimenting with various electronic circuits and the like.

Creationism - In my early years I went along with the Theory of Evolution.  But later on I began to see some serious scientific problems with it.  I eventually concluded that from a scientific point of view evolution could not have happened and that the creation story in Genesis makes more sense.