I got my B.A. in English literature from Grinnell College-- eminent qualification for a reverse engineer, wouldn't you say?
...and have a B.A. in psychology from the University of Southern Maine, supplemented by extensive reading in neuroanatomy and physiology. All of this arose from my interest in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poetic philosophy and practice, stemming originally from an assignment at Grinnell. (There should be more on this some time, linked from my home page, with a little luck and time).
Electronics has been one of my favorite hobbies since I was a kid, though I've only recently started doing it again.
I've programmed a little in PASCAL, BASIC, and MOO. Thanks to the unreliable consumer-grade quality of IBM p.c. compatible computer equipment, I've gotten some experience rebuilding and configuring computer hardware.
Pet electronic projects? Some very exotic microphone experiments using novel principles, and, if there is time, a telepresence device based on my Cybermaxx 180k, using a remotely controlled camera.
Plans for the LCDs? Maybe a Dick Tracy-style watch, or a 'tricorder'!-- a home-built oscilloscope in a tiny box.
I have a 50kHz and a 75kHz oscilloscope (UPDATE: I'm now the proud owner of a vintage 150-MHz Tektronix 454 dual-trace o-scope! I love it!), a BK Precision Model 1805 80MHZ frequency counter, a cheap DVM/ohmeter (and now a nifty old analog VOM, which helps a lot on the ranges the DVM doesn't seem to hack too well), and a growing parts box-- not much else as yet. I'm wading into the Microsim PSpice A/D demo as I find time.
My stock of LCD-related stuff: 10 of the MCL0712A03 LCDs with backlights to match; 10 of BG Micro's 'Virtual Lenses' (presumably from the Cybermaxx 120k), three MN83803AL I.C.s, two 74ACT715 sync generators (one missing, one built into a simple NTSC master sync board); 35 FPC plugs for the MCL0712A03 (the ones from Halted Specialties-- non-ZIF and compact)(not a large enough quantity to make me comfortable, since soldering will probably roast a few of them); and, as you can see, several camcorder manuals.