- Can you tell us about your background?
When I started working on computers it was on DEC 10 and DEC 20 machines, which had core memory so you could actually look inside the backplane of the computer and see the little donuts that, you know, that stored the bits and the bytes. - What's the greatest invention in the last fifty years?
I'd have to say its ARPANET. I remember when we brought one of our very first VAX 780s online at DEC in Maynard and connected it to ARPANET and what an absolutely unique thing that was. Of course, not really having the foresight to think of millions and millions of machines, all connected to such a network... It's really amazing. - What's your favorite feature of the new Cambridge campus?
I think the location is the number one feature. Being here in Cambridge, where I live in Boston it's really perfect for my lifestyle. I can walk to work most days and when that doesn't work the Red Line makes it very accessible. - What is the strangest thing you've ever eaten?
That's easy. The strangest thing I've ever eaten is Century Egg. An egg that's preserved in a particular way that produces a very, very pungent, sulphury... You'd have to eat it to understand it.