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...world of technology has never been short of eccentrics and obsessives, of rich, brilliant oddballs with strange habits and stranger hobbies. But even in this crowd, Dean Kamen stands out. The 50-year-old son of a comic-book artist, he is a college dropout, a self-taught physicist and mechanical engineer with a handful of honorary doctorates, a multimillionaire who wears the same outfit for every occasion: blue jeans, a blue work shirt and a pair of Timberland boots. With the accent of his native Long Island, he speaks slowly, passionately--and endlessly. "If you ask Dean the time...
...less bravado, a lot less hype, and some indication that if you get past the bullshit, David is an intelligent, creative artist looking to express himself through his work. Though he confesses to needing the motivation deadlines provide, David doesn’t mind engaging a perfect stranger in conversation about this or that creative project. For instance he is currently preparing for an upcoming performance of Brecht’s Baal, performing with IGP—one of the student improv groups on campus—and writing a creative dramatic thesis whose explanation warrants more space than this...
...Today a stranger knocked on my door and asked to walk through our bathroom in order to get into his room. Yes, that is right, he was a stranger. Today I realized that I don’t know the people I have been sharing a bathroom with for the past four months. Then I realized the situation was worse last year, as I could not even remember anything about our previous bathroom-mates other than the fact that one of them used Pert Plus...
...Fred and Ginger The world of technology has never been short of eccentrics and obsessives, of rich, brilliant oddballs with strange habits and stranger hobbies. But even in this crowd, Dean Kamen stands out. The 50-year-old son of a comic-book artist, he is a college dropout, a self-taught physicist and mechanical engineer with a handful of honorary doctorates, a multimillionaire who wears the same outfit for every occasion: blue jeans, a blue work shirt and a pair of Timberland boots. With the accent of his native Long Island, he speaks slowly, passionately--and endlessly...
Like Balestracci, senior defensive end Marc Laborsky is no stranger to the big plays. But he, too, found himself in an unusual role at the Yale Bowl...