<p><a href="https://www.mitzenmacher.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/Hals-Pofile-Photo.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-1585 size-full" src="https://www.mitzenmacher.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/Hals-Pofile-Photo.jpg" alt="Hal Mitzenmacher" width="696" height="696" /></a></p>
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<p>Hal is aÂ former businessman who, along withÂ his wife Retta,Â are enjoying their retirement in the beautiful Ozarks of northern Arkansas.Â HobbyÂ ranching, computer activities,Â conservation and land management occupy Hal&#8217;s time,Â while equestrian activities and animal (and husband) care account for Retta&#8217;s time.</p>
<p>Both of us share an interest in photography, both underwater and terrestrial.</p>
<p>Hal has a keen interest in personal computing, as well as most things in the high-tech world, although he is perpetually a few years behind the cutting-edge.Â  He thinks of himself as a jack-of-some-trades, and a master of none.</p>
<p>For whatever it&#8217;s worth, prior to retirement,Â Hal would have usedÂ the followingÂ image to represent himself:</p>
<p><img id="image22" src="https://www.mitzenmacher.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/yellman.gif" alt="yellman.gif" width="450" /></p>

<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54494/367/AE2CC0E3D382A57BB57424B22F0E1A7A.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a><p><a href="https://www.mitzenmacher.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/Hals-Pofile-Photo.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-1585 size-full" src="https://www.mitzenmacher.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/Hals-Pofile-Photo.jpg" alt="Hal Mitzenmacher" width="696" height="696" /></a></p>
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<p>Hal is aÂ former businessman who, along withÂ his wife Retta,Â are enjoying their retirement in the beautiful Ozarks of northern Arkansas.Â HobbyÂ ranching, computer activities,Â conservation and land management occupy Hal&#8217;s time,Â while equestrian activities and animal (and husband) care account for Retta&#8217;s time.</p>
<p>Both of us share an interest in photography, both underwater and terrestrial.</p>
<p>Hal has a keen interest in personal computing, as well as most things in the high-tech world, although he is perpetually a few years behind the cutting-edge.Â  He thinks of himself as a jack-of-some-trades, and a master of none.</p>
<p>For whatever it&#8217;s worth, prior to retirement,Â Hal would have usedÂ the followingÂ image to represent himself:</p>
<p><img id="image22" src="https://www.mitzenmacher.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/yellman.gif" alt="yellman.gif" width="450" /></p>

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