Some history. I was born in England in 1951. I survived life at a British public school and then Oxford University. In 1977 Celia and I married and moved to the U.S. after I completed my PhD in experimental high energy particle physics. After a draining year living in Boston, where I was on the faculty at Tufts, we moved to Vermont. During the next five years I became a co-owner of Solar Alternative, a Brattleboro solar energy company that manufactured and sold solar hot water systems around New England, while Celia went back to school and became an occupational therapist. In 1983 I split up with my business partner and started teaching computer science at Marlboro College. About the same time, I started doing computer consulting. Celia, meanwhile, had started to work as a pediatric occupational therapist in the public schools. We bought some land and built a house, and two years later, Lianne and Elliot arrived. In 1993 it became too crazy to both teach and consult, and I reluctantly resigned my teaching position to become a full-time consultant. Celia has now retired from occupational therapy, and is a Guardian Ad Litem, working with families and children in the Vermont Courts.
These days I try to not spend too much time in front of my computers. I am fairly, but not completely, successful at this. I am the founder and/or treasurer and/or board member of several school, local, and computer related non-profit organizations, meditate frequently and try to exercise regularly. .
Adrian J. Segar
Revised: October 15, 2003