I'm not going to put a lot of information in here for the time being but I will give you a bit of history.  Most of you know that my first name is George and probably assume that the "handle" GEOSoft has something to do with that fact. Not so!  Although I do use it as a handle on several forums and some newsgroups, there is actually a history behind the name.  It stems from a business I owned for over 20 years,  We had a control program written originally in Pascal called Grain Elevator Management System or GEMS.  The name was later changed to Grain Elevator Operating System or GEOS and the software development department was split into a separate entity, GEOSoft, which actually stood for Grain Elevator Operations Software. The systems were also used in several feed mills. Our systems were all top of the line for the era. We used Apple II, Apple II+ and the famous (infamous?) Apple 2C's finally migrating to various PC's when we changed our programs to being Delphi based. By then we had several programs including flow control systems that were used in locations other than grain elevators and feed mills. By the way, our Apples all used Bubble Memory, Google it. Eventually the business was sold but without the trade name.  I still own the copyrights to the name GEOSoft but as you can see it is now used primarily as a handle in newsgroups and forums.

At one time I was also a Microsoft MVP (Windows) and was known as Bindar Dundat^© in the MS newsgroups which eventually was shortened by a friend to Dundat.  I got into using simple scripting to solve some of the issues that people had with Microsoft software.  As most of you know it can get tiring answering the same questions over and over again with explicit instructions of "do this, do that and now do this other thing using this method" and it became easier to just write a script that they run to do it or to give them a link to a web page with all the instructions and warnings. That in turn led to the creation of my primary web (Dundats) which is aimed mainly at help and support. It is still up and running although that is one of the sites which will be undergoing a complete rebuild in the very near future to make it's look consistent with the page you are viewing now.  Other than working on the web pages I am pretty much out of writing code of any flavor except than what I may put together to help someone in a forum. I'm now into my 60's so it's time to give the grey matter a rest but I can't do that without saying a big thank you to all of the people who have helped me out with code over the years. You people know who you are and you all get my vote for the "Best of People" (BoP) awards.

I hope you enjoy your visits to the site.
If you want more personal info then click "Read More" at the bottom.

Just because you got to this part I will assume that you are a bit demented or at the very least unbalanced and actually want to know more about me so lets start with vital statistics.

Name?

George Gedye. This was my parents choice, not mine. I really would have preferred something like Thor or Zeus. Perhaps even Jupiter. They just didn't get the message so George it is.

Born?

According to my mother "Yes" and I had many occasions to apologize to her for this fact. She also said that it was sometime around 4 o'clock on what was to be her best Thursday morning of August 1944 (until I came along and ruined it).

Deceased?

Not yet. But I'm working on it.  See the Outlook on Life entry.

Married?

That depends on why you're asking.

Family?

See the answer to Married above. Ok, if I have to I admit it. I have 2 girls and 3 boys along with 5 grand-children and 3 great-grand-children.
 Please don't tell my wife. The very fact that I have them at all is because of something in my jeans.

Where is home?

They tell me it's where the heart is.  Okay since there is not much chance that I will have one of those then I'll tell you it's in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Or as I often put it, "The West Coast of Canada or the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The choice is yours."  Either way, it's a chunk of rock in the Pacific Ocean. If I haven't scared you off already you can find out more about Nanaimo right here on my Nanaimo page.

Sense of humor?

Good, as long as it there is no malicious intent.  Sometimes it's hard to tell and in that situation I don't really like it.  Not because I'm worried about someone having a joke at my expense. Rather because figuring it out builds up pressure in the space between my ears and that hurts. No pain...Good!!

Pet peeve?

Newsgroup and forum trolls (look it up).  My favorite site relating to trolls in general is this one by Mike Reed. If you plan on spending a lot of time in forums then you should check out this page, (the newest model is awesome).

Outlook on life?

Your first breath of life is also your first step along the path to your ultimate destiny. Since we all share the same destiny then life must be about the journey itself. It does not make sense to reach your end in a well preserved body and feeling like you missed something along the way. You might as well take a few detours and slide in sideways with no usable parts left but knowing with great satisfaction that you have sure enjoyed the trip. If you mistakenly leave usable parts then you should donate them, preferably to science so they can figure out what went wrong on the trip. Personally I'm going to make sure someone burns the evidence.

Ambitions?

None. Unless you count living until tomorrow.  If I make it to then, I'll change my ambition to living until the day after tomorrow.

Hobbies and other interests?

Variable on a daily basis. But among those you can include photography, mainly of wildlife. And the wilder she is the better I am likely to enjoy it.  I'm also considered to be quite skilled at the art of verbosity. I'm the one that turned it into an art form.

Photos:

If you expect any of me then you are one of life's greatest dreamers. I'm just not photogenetic (sic). Since photography is one of my hobbies then sooner or later I will upload some of my work.