Footscray. Council estate. Fancy grammar school. Parents divorce. First in class. Run away to sea. Engineering apprenticeship. Girlfriend. Falklands patrol. Girlfriend. Sonar engineer. Scotland. Polaris submarine.  Patrol North Atlantic. Midshipman. BRNC. Quit. Backpack (California, Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Huahine, Raitaia, hitchhike Sydney->Cairns->Darwin, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Komodo, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand). East End of London. Poor. Girlfriend. The C Programming Language. City of London. Girlfriend dies. Malta. Girlfriend. Marry in Jamaica. Malta (again). Plymouth Hoe. Manhattan. Child. Wall Street. Silicon Valley. Startup (failed). Child. Startup (failed). Startup (failed). Portland (and back). Startup. Dog. Now.

Future. Success. Riches. South of France. Happy ever after. The end.