wrote comics[1] (http://numerus.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/creators/branko-collin) (he refuses to apologize for any stereotypes of scientists he may have worsened);
edited the Dutch translation of one of the few good consumer computer magazines, c't [2] (http://www.heise.de/ct/);
currently works as a client-side web developer slash interface designer, which is fancinese for 'he builds web pages';
is glad that apparently persistent cookies are no longer needed to be a Wikipedia user.
... October 4 - Frédéric Bartholdi, sculptor
Nobel Prizes
Physics - Lord John William Strutt Rayleigh[?]
Chemistry - Sir William Ramsay
Medicine - Ivan ...