TECH REVIEW

DivX Has a Posse: Meet Moonie
Saturday, March 29, 2008

In this newsletter feature, we introduce you to some of the smart, funny and devastatingly attractive people who bring you DivX video. Next up, meet Moonie.
Welcome Moonie, and thanks for taking the time to talk to us.
DivX News: Let's start at the beginning, where were you born?
Moonie: In Tucson, Arizona ... under a baaad, baaad moon!
DN: When did you start working for DivX?
M: April 20, 2005. It's always easy to remember when one's start date is "4-20."
DN: What is your official title at DivX?
M: Title? We have titles? How come I didn't get a title?!? If it's up to me, I'd like a mysterious one like, "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope". That befits a geeky engineer, right?
DN: Who are you wearing?
M: Hmm ... I suppose that'd be "Steve Jobs." Sneakers, blue jeans and a collarless, black long-sleeve shirt ... I always knew he was my hero but didn't realize just how far I had taken it.
DN: What's your favorite DivX memory (so far)?
M: I would have to say that sexy 2gig DIMM card I got for my Mac last year. How's that for a geeky response? Seriously, I look back on the opportunity that DivX gave me to design, build and manage the original DivX Player and DivX Converter for Mac and I'm amazed. I was given free rein.
DN: What do you have set as your desktop background image?
M: As a rule I, never use the default background image. However, on my Mac right now, I happen to be using the Leopard default image. But that's only because I'm developing (on my own time, hear that DivX HR?) little apps (called Maclings) some of which animate on the desktop and I want to test them with the default image to make sure that when a pet skeleton meanders across your desktop while chasing your mouse, it looks ok with the default desktop image.
DN: If there were 25 hours in the day, how would you spend the extra hour?
M: Turning up my amplifier to 11.
DN: What gadget could you absolutely not live without?
M: I seem to be missing the gadget gene (which explains my still having a 15 year-old TV and not some uber-thin, mega-huge flat-panel HDTV). However, I'd be even more seriously out of touch and less happy if I were forced to live without my iPhone.
DN: What's your most embarrassing story that you would never ever tell anyone, especially while being interviewed for the DivX newsletter?
M: That would have to be the boasting-to-my-
friends-at-a-Hollywood-movie-premiere-that-
I'm-a-friend-of-Steven-Spielberg's-so-loudly-
that-Steven-heard-me-and-gave-me-the-evil-
eye-in-response incident. Now, let us never speak of it again.
DN: Why is the X in "DivX" capitalized?
M: Why? Because X marks the spot of course!
DN: Would you like to put in a plug for a personal website?
M: www.maclings.com
DN: Mac, Windows or Linux?
M: If it isn't obvious by now ... I suggest you brush up on your reading comprehension.
Thanks for your time Moonie. Now get back to work, slacker. ;-)

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