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Kibo ("). His exploits have earned him a multitude of enthusiasts, who celebrate him as the head deity of the Parody Religion Kibology , centered on the humor Newsgroup alt.religion.kibology. James Parry grew up and lived in Scotia, New York . He showed early computing skills, such as being able to open up and reprogram ROM video game cartridges such as those for the Atari 2600 , but was more interested in graphics and artistic pursuits. In this vein, he initially was a Computer Engineering major at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York , but moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1990 and attended Emerson College , where he studied videography and graphic design. At that time, he also worked as a Typeface designer and for the World.std.com Internet Service Provider . He has an artistic eye for Typeface and developed several Fonts in use today. Many assume his nickname is derived from the acronym KIBO , although Parry himself has repeatedly denied this. Another rumor has it being short for King Body, a pseudonym he very briefly used on Computer forums as a freshman at RPI in the mid-1980's. In the early 1990s, as public awareness grew of the Internet and Usenet, Parry received a great deal of national publicity, including a cover story in Wired magazine, and mentions in Playboy and Time magazine. In 1992, he launched a spoof campaign for President Of The United States (though only 25 then, 10 years younger than the Constitutional minimum age for election). For a short time the official White House website listed "Kibo" as a candidate, with links to statements by him, because it had mirrored a university candidate speech archive including him with George Bush , Bill Clinton , and Ross Perot . This led the Libertarian Party to complain that its candidate was not included, though a joke candidate was. Kibo has publicly stated that he has Prosopagnosia and is a Supertaster . He frequently dyes his hair, which as of late 2005 is bright red. For reasons unknown, after constant daily changes for over a decade, the website stayed stagnant from late March, 2004 until late December, 2005. Some net historians could argue that many aspects of his site make him the first Blogger , as he gave regular updates on himself on his site (albeit Tongue-in-cheek most of the time) since the early 1990's. EXTERNAL LINKS
His other Google Groups Profile
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