In other lives I've been some sort of materials scientist, obtaining my PhD for a thesis on the optical properties of noble metal alloys; a lecturer in computer science, and senior tutor in this department; and a hacker of compilers/, operating systems & latterly of genealogy software for the Macintosh.
When I really, really want to forget about computers and computing I do voluntary work for the Friends of Barnes Common, which, for my sins, I chair.
I found out about the WWW early, and wrote a web page which was last updated in 1994, at which point I got bored with it.