Profile: TikiTom

Personal background
Amateur astronomer, photographer, avid motorcycle rider, computer programmer and telecom engineer.

Became active w/ SETI@Home in May 1999 and have had at least 2 dozen computer running the software, one was server from Jan 2000, that ran non-stop for 10 years.


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In August 2017, I got my 15 (actually 27 minutes) of fame for my work (and back-story) regarding the great American Solar Eclipse:
Most of the following articles mentioned my participation in the Google Eclipse Mega-Movie project too:

Carbondale Times:
http://www.carbondaletimes.com/0628wisconsinphotog

Space.com:
https://www.space.com/37871-solar-eclipse-2017-thrills-millions.html

Sun Prairie Star (before):
http://www.hngnews.com/sun_prairie_star/news/article_ded0e6e6-84dd-11e7-a429-773551a5db3f.html

Sun Prairie Star (after):
http://www.hngnews.com/sun_prairie_star/news/collection_d50281d2-8911-11e7-b5cb-678058ab7504.html

Racine Journal-Times:
http://journaltimes.com/news/state-and-regional/after-years-sun-prairie-photographer-gets-second-chance-to-shoot/article_6152e2d5-d38a-58d8-89d5-4a0c39c81899.html

The Chippewa Herald:
http://chippewa.com/news/state-and-regional/after-years-sun-prairie-photographer-gets-second-chance-to-shoot/article_c72127d6-806c-577e-b281-3e5f63c2f82f.html

Wisconsin State Journal:
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/after-years-sun-prairie-photographer-gets-second-chance-to-shoot/article_0b50d2a4-d8a2-5075-bd2e-05a3b0cd7e4b.html

WISC- TV ch3 Channel3000.com:
http://www.channel3000.com/news/photographer-plans-to-capture-eclipse-he-lost-38-years-ago/605672076

SIU- Southern Illinois University website:
http://eclipse.siu.edu/wisconsin-photographer-gets-second-shot-eclipse/

WJPF AM1020 Radio Southern IL:
http://www.wjpf.com/episode/newsradio-wjpf-interview-with-tom-seaton/

MSNBC (live):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-vfgA0Hw5kYdHpwVUQ0clIyMUk/view?usp=drive_web
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