You can call me a fan (or a fanboy), a follower, a fanatic or even a stalker dammit... I really don't care. Over this past year I have noticed far too many creepy commonalities between us and so, in my own little way, I would also like to pay homage (albeit a bit late) to Tom Merritt's departure from CNET to TWiT with my own Top 5:
1. Tom's also an Anglophile: Most of my friends and family know me as a hopeless, incorrigible and relentlessly annoying Anglophile. UK TV (BritComs, SciFi/Fantasy and Mysteries), UK ales, pubs, UK (especially Scottish) culture, Irish culture, REAL football, New Wave music & Art Punk. Doctor Who and Robin of Sherwood are tied as my favourite TV programmes of all time. The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Highlander are my favourite films of all time. Stanley Kubrick is my favourite director. Oh... and as you can see I often spell using PROPER English! I also say "aluminium".
2. Tom's also a Tech Nerd: Technology is something that I've only fallen head over heels in love with the last decade or so, but it has consumed me in a manner that no other science or art ever has growing up. He is also cross-platform and a HUGE open source advocate, which I respect in anyone!
3. Tom's also a Geek: For my entire life I have been into comics, science fiction, fantasy, Douglas Adams (HHG2G series), LOTR, RPGs (mostly D&D) and quite awhile back console gaming (currently only PC gaming). Tom is both into and knowledgeable of all of that! He also appears to share my interests in sociology, history and cultures! This man has also been to Dragon*Con more than once, while I never have!!! *jealous*
4. Tom also appears to be a bit of a Socialist (or at least politically moderate): I have been a life long Libertarian Socialist and an Agnostic. I could be wrong but it seems like he may the same?!? Sadly, I have no evidence of this.
5. Tom is freaking funny: His mastery of segues and geek/nerd-laden puns is second to none other!
Now this doesn't even include the fact that we appear to be the same age, which I'm not even sure about (I'm not going THAT far to investigate... lol). Sadly, the only reason I might be accused of being just another creepy fanboy rather than an actual friend is simply because I never had the pleasure of meeting him or spending time with him.... so basically he doesn't know me and I don't know him from Adam.... and that always changes the whole interpretation and perspective. :-/
All I can say is that if YOU are a friend of mine or follow my blogs or profiles then you would be doing yourself a great disservice by not also following Tom Merritt's work (mostly in tech podcasting it seems):
http://www.twit.tv/tnt
http://www.tommerritt.com/
http://www.subbrilliant.co
http://www.subbrilliant.co
http://currentgeek.com/
http://www.fourcastpodcast
http://swordandlaser.squar
http://www.cnet.com/profil
http://twitter.com/acedtec
http://www.facebook.com/ac
1. Tom's also an Anglophile: Most of my friends and family know me as a hopeless, incorrigible and relentlessly annoying Anglophile. UK TV (BritComs, SciFi/Fantasy and Mysteries), UK ales, pubs, UK (especially Scottish) culture, Irish culture, REAL football, New Wave music & Art Punk. Doctor Who and Robin of Sherwood are tied as my favourite TV programmes of all time. The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Highlander are my favourite films of all time. Stanley Kubrick is my favourite director. Oh... and as you can see I often spell using PROPER English! I also say "aluminium".
2. Tom's also a Tech Nerd: Technology is something that I've only fallen head over heels in love with the last decade or so, but it has consumed me in a manner that no other science or art ever has growing up. He is also cross-platform and a HUGE open source advocate, which I respect in anyone!
3. Tom's also a Geek: For my entire life I have been into comics, science fiction, fantasy, Douglas Adams (HHG2G series), LOTR, RPGs (mostly D&D) and quite awhile back console gaming (currently only PC gaming). Tom is both into and knowledgeable of all of that! He also appears to share my interests in sociology, history and cultures! This man has also been to Dragon*Con more than once, while I never have!!! *jealous*
4. Tom also appears to be a bit of a Socialist (or at least politically moderate): I have been a life long Libertarian Socialist and an Agnostic. I could be wrong but it seems like he may the same?!? Sadly, I have no evidence of this.
5. Tom is freaking funny: His mastery of segues and geek/nerd-laden puns is second to none other!
Now this doesn't even include the fact that we appear to be the same age, which I'm not even sure about (I'm not going THAT far to investigate... lol). Sadly, the only reason I might be accused of being just another creepy fanboy rather than an actual friend is simply because I never had the pleasure of meeting him or spending time with him.... so basically he doesn't know me and I don't know him from Adam.... and that always changes the whole interpretation and perspective. :-/
All I can say is that if YOU are a friend of mine or follow my blogs or profiles then you would be doing yourself a great disservice by not also following Tom Merritt's work (mostly in tech podcasting it seems):
http://www.twit.tv/tnt
http://www.tommerritt.com/
http://www.subbrilliant.co
http://www.subbrilliant.co
http://currentgeek.com/
http://www.fourcastpodcast
http://swordandlaser.squar
http://www.cnet.com/profil
http://twitter.com/acedtec
http://www.facebook.com/ac
