name: David Nelson email: url: privateEmail: tag: updated: David manages scientific research at the U.S. Department of Energy. Before that he earned his living as a theoretical plasma physicist. He started programming on the IBM 650 using absolute machine language and later graduated to CDC, DEC and Cray machines for his research. But Linux is the most fun. He and his wife, Kathy, enjoy tennis, skiing, sailing, music, theater, and good food.