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About Jack Cook |
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Fifty-Three years young, Born in Canada. Citizen of: · the United States of America; · Canada; · New Zealand. Lived in various
locations of citizenship countries as well as: · Thailand; · Japan; · India. Have a very rough
working knowledge of the languages: Japanese & French. Attended: · Simon Fraser University; · British Columbia Institute of
Technology; · University of British Columbia. Instrumental in a
number of High-Tech Firsts: · Imported the first computer into
Canada; · Wrote many software games: Chess,
Checkers and Hockey Pools; · Produced most of the Computer Trade
and Consumer shows in Western Canada · Manufactured generic inkjet
cartridges in China & imported them into North America for sale via the
Internet; · Designed Internet software that
integrated a website shopping cart with a credit card merchant account, Initiated a number
of firsts in Marketing: · Promotional DVD to homes · Flash Drives to professionals · Television ads for website · Internet Promotions Built & operated
a Childcare Centre. Obtained Pilot’s
License by 18th birthday & Scuba License a year later. Still Single, still
drive a ’74 TR6 and still writing the greatest Screenplay ever. Enjoy travelling for
business & pleasure, Retired in 2003
& then un-retired three months later to Introduce the Segway to: · Australia; · New Zealand; · FIJI; · Canada. Favourite movies: · Shakespeare in Love; · Amadeus; · the Bourne Supremacy. Favourite books: · A Prayer for Owen Meany; · Possession; · The English Patient. Favourite
Mini-Series: · Cosmos · Pride & Prejudice · Smiley’s People Enjoyed the
musicals: · Phantom of the Opera; · Les Misérables Believe that: · FIJI has the potential to be the
Aviation Hub of the south pacific; · Jean Chrétien should have offered
Fidel Castro the opportunity for Cuba to become a Province of Canada; · There will eventually be only one
currency in North America; · Nano-Technology will be the next
great economic engine, it could also be society's demise; · North America will experience unrest
not unlike the 60’s due to the suffocating rules it’s imposing on its
citizens. · Another winning Super Bowl
quarterback will go to Disneyland! |