SOME OF SCOTT LUNSFORD’S
MAJOR
INFLUENCES... HUNTER S. THOMPSON
Author and creator of “Gonzo Journalism.” wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson
HENRY D. THOREAU
Author of natural history and philosophy, early environmentalist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau
RICHARD STALLMAN
“Remotely mentored me in the early ’90s. Launched the Free Software Foundation.” Creator of GNU (Opensource) software. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
JOHN DRAPER
“Essentially the first hacker that created the Blue Box, aka Captain Crunch. Mentored me through the ’90s and continues to inspire and advise me.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper
STEVE WOZNIAK
Cofounder of Apple Computer. “I was introduced through John Draper.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak
DR. STEVEN COOK
“My neighbor and doctor who mentored and inspired me working with Apple computers and the computer underground in the 1980s.”
JOSHUA
Fictional artificial intelligence (AI) from the 1980s movie “War Games.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames
IDA LEE ELLIS
“My grandmother, who grew up in the Depression and inspired me regarding conservation, love of life, and respect for the people around me.”
MARVIN “POPCORN” SUTTON
Legendary mountain man from the Appalachian Mountains. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Sutton
BOB MARLEY
Poet, philosopher and musician en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley 24 | WWW.NEWNANCOWETAMAG.COM
...ACCORDING TO HIS DAD, “COMPUTERS WERE FOR SECRETARIES.”