User:Robinr78

I am 83-year-old male living in San Jose (the San Francisco Bay Area), California.

I am very, VERY eclectic - I often holding two to four jobs at any given time, usually in different fields of endeavor.

During my eight years in the Navy, I served at CinCLantFlt, aboard the USS Robert L. Wilson, and the Duncan (DD-874). I was part of the pre-commissioning crew of the USS Chicago (CG-11), and when the Chicago went to WestPac, I transferred to FAAWTC/FASWTC, San Diego. (Click here to read stories about my "Navy Days")

Since getting out of the Navy, I have been serving aboard the the USS Iowa (BB-61) museum ship

As an Educator

• Basic Electronics (at Evergreen College, San Jose, CA);
• "Mountain Rescue" and "Swift Water Rescue" (as Operations Officer for San Jose Search and Rescue)
• "How to become a Professional Dominatrix" (various venues including The Learning Annex in San Francisco)
• "Use and Maintenance of Amino-acid analyzers" (for Durrum Instruments)
• "Photographic Techniques and Technology" (City College)
• "Sports Car Rallying" (Sports Club of America)
• "Japanese as a Second Language" (US Navy)
• "Non-verbal Communication Skills" (for COGES)

As an Inventor

• Earthquake switch for TRIGA Nuclear Reactors
• Methodology for measuring the speed of a frontal shock wave of an underground nuclear blast (at Gulf General Atomics)
• Emergency, power loss sensor for IBM 360 series computers (Sigma Systems)
• Methodology for recovering petrochemicals from oil shale using binary explosives
• Worked on team to develop amino-acid analysis and testing for Phenylketonuria at Durrum
• "The Infinity Dress" (made of a jersey fabric) which can be worn in an "infinite number of ways" (Infinity dress link)
• "Cadre One" - one of the first commercially viable products using "Automatic Number Identification" (Caller ID) at Dial Log Corporation
• Build Master for Falcon 4.0 at MicroProse

I have worked as a software Build Master, web designer, bonded locksmith, Private Detective, AKC Show Dog Handler, bondage rigger for the film industry (Femmes de Sade), magazine publisher (and editor), and professional bondage photographer. I have worked as an Expert Witness in Patent Infringement cases in telecommunications, and as Amicus Curae is cases involving sexual abuse and murder cases involving sado-masochism.

I have often attended CES (Consumer Electronics Show) as an exhibitor and AVN (Adult Video Network) as a member of the Press in the same weekend.

I am recognized as the "Father of the "relatively heterosexual" SM (Sadism & Masochism) scene in the SFO Bay Area, and have taught over a thousand men and women how to become professional Masters and Dominatrices, and "Rape Prevention" at the YWCA.

In 1966, I founded what was to become The BackDrop Club, which is basically, "the scenery and props behind peoples fantasies." Over the years, BackDrop has come to be known as "The Sado-Industrial Complex". During this past sixty years, I have also maintained concurrent, active careers in Academia, the Arts, Electronics, Real Estate and Professional BDSM.

My professional resume {if you're curious} is available on the Sigma Systems website.

My personal history can be viewed at Early Days

Personal Stories can be viewed in the Library

I started writing "my book" in 1974 and have printed (and have had printed) many articles on BDSM. My friends say that my writing style is "techno-erotica" because everything I write about, I have usually try first. I have also been told by people around me that I am all those things that describe a first born, Leo male <grin>. When I started putting this project together, I asked several of my friends (and now you) to pass on your knowledge to the next generation.

If you have questions, comments, answers (and maybe kudos?)

• I am the author and webmaster for SM-201.org
• I can be reached through 'The BackDrop Club' offices or 'All Things Notary' at 650-465-0700
• I am often available for chat as Robinr57 on Yahoo Messenger or Robinr57 at Yahoo.com