WWW.RREINI.ORG - Roger Reini's Website

This is the same site that used to be at www.rreini.com and eventually may be there again, if things work out. Some links may not be fully functional yet; those will be corrected in due course.

New (October 16, 2011): nothing really new except some new travelogues

Who am I? I'm Roger Reini, a man who's spent some 40-odd years on this Earth, mostly in Texas (where I grew up) and Michigan (where I currently live).

Where I grew up: League City, Texas -- not far from NASA's Johnson Space Center
Where I live: Westland, Michigan -- a city named for a shopping mall
Where I blog: right here

Westland Weather Forecast, MI (48185)

THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH

The Bahá'í Faith has been an important part of my life since mid-1993, when I first began to study it. I've been a Bahá'í since March 1994. There are many things that attracted me to the Faith. For one thing, it makes so much sense. It speaks so eloquently to the needs of today. For another... well, perhaps you should read about it yourself. After all, independent investigation of the truth is a key principle of the Faith. Feel free to check out the links listed on the upper left of the page. Be sure to look at my pilgrimage journal as well; I visited the Holy Land in December 2007 and prayed at the sacred Shrines of Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb.

MUSIC

I took piano lessons when I was young, but my main musical instrument, and my true love, is the guitar. I started playing in 1976, right around the time I discovered the group that Paul McCartney belonged to before Wings, a somewhat obscure group from Liverpool known as the Beatles :) . I have several guitars -- an acoustic 12-string, an acoustic bass, a Les Paul Jr. clone (the first electric guitar I ever owned, a birthday present from Mom & Dad) -- but the guitars I like the most are my Rickenbackers.

Some of my musical interests:

The Beatles (check out the rec.music.beatles or rec.music.beatles.moderated newsgroups)
The Byrds (check out the alt.music.byrds newsgroup and a real cool Byrds home page
The British Invasion in general
Classic Rock in general
The Bangles (check out their website, their discussion forum, and their album Doll Revolution)
Modern rock that's been influenced by all of the above

OTHER ENTERTAINMENT INTERESTS

I've been an admirer of Tracey Ullman and her work for many years -- since March 24, 1984, to be exact. To see why, take a look at my site TTO: Totally Tracey Online.

I also enjoy The Simpsons (which spun out of The Tracey Ullman Show) and Star Trek in all its forms, as well as Doctor Who and its spinoffs (Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures).

AMATEUR RADIO

I have been licensed as a radio amateur since January 2006 (my callsign is KD8CSE) and am a member of the Ford Amateur Radio League. Here's the start of my page devoted to my radio activities.

CYCLING

I had ridden bikes during my childhood and throughout college but stopped as soon as I got my car. I got back into it in 2006. I now have one regular bike and one recumbent trike. Here's the start of my page devoted to my cycling activities.

ABUSE OF COPYRIGHT

I recently came across an article that chilled me. It commented on the ever-extending durations of copyrights and on how this is leading to some very ominous trends regarding creativity, free expression and the control of content. I'll be composing my own thoughts on the subject and posting them here soon.

TRAVEL

I've done a bit of traveling in my life -- 47 of the 50 states, plus Canada, Mexico, the UK, France, Finland, Uganda, the Bahamas and Israel. I've posted some travelogues and pictures from my journeys on the Travel page.

WHEN I WAS YOUNG

Here's a page on my memories of League City when I was a young boy. How the area has grown since then!

SPACE

I've had an interest in the space program from my youngest days. No doubt, it was fueled by my father's working for NASA for over 30 years until his death. He helped put man on the moon, and that's something I'm very proud of.

ALUMNI

If you knew me in high school (Clear Creek H.S. in League City), you can read my profiles on some of the sites dedicated to bringing together former classmates -- they're listed on the left. If you didn't know me, you can still read my profiles! Or better yet, check this page dedicated to the CCHS class of 1981.

GAMES

Game shows have become the in thing; to the left, you can see a few of my favorite links. Not all of them are TV shows; when I was in Southern California in June 1998, I discovered an addictive radio quiz program called Hooked On Trivia airing on KFMB in San Diego (it's no longer on the air, though).

RADIO

Here are a few links to stations that I listen to, either over the air or via the Net. I especially recommend the Janice Long show on BBC Radio 2 (Sunday-Thursday, 7 PM-10 PM Detroit time; Monday-Friday, midnight-3 AM, London time). I'm also a big fan of satellite radio, both XM Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.

HDTV

High-definition television (HDTV) is the wave of the future. And I was one of the early surfers in Detroit. I'll describe my experiences with receiving and watching HDTV in Detroit; check back here for updates.

FOLDING@HOME

I'm participating in a distributed computing experiment called Folding@Home, which studies how proteins fold and rearrange themselves. The results might lead to breakthroughs in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, mad cow disease, Parkinson's disease and other disorders. I'm using my iMac computer's spare computing cycles to do the calculations. I sure hope it finds something useful.

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Last updated October 16, 2011