I'll never get interviewed for a personality slot in the Sunday Times supplement, but if I was it might go like this:
5 Minutes with Malcolm Gunn - IT professional, recreational cyclist, occasional writer and photographer.
Q: How many bikes do you own?
A: Right now there are sixteen in our house, although only four are mine.
Q: Tea of Coffee?
A: Coffee
Q: What is your favourite overseas destination?
A: Alaska. There is something edgy about sharing a campsite with bears.
Q: What's on your iPod?
A: Pink Floyd, Manu Chau, Gotan Project
Q: Road or off-road?
A: Both - I've heard it said that if your mountain bike is your buddy, your road bike is your lover. Riding on and off road are such different experiences that I cannot see them as alternatives - it's a bit like saying "coffee or beer" Neither works as a substitute for the other.
Q: Digital or film?
A: Digital. Even my old 35mm slides are scanned to digital files.
Q: PC or Mac?
A: For home use, Mac - definitely. At home I need a laptop that works. I'm not interested in fiddling with computers when I get home. I morph from IT person to the user from hell on my commute home so I have zero tolerance for anything inefficient or counter intuitive from a home use computer. It has to be Mac for that.
Q:What is your favourite application?
A: Mac's iPhoto
Q: Who would you invite to a dinner party?
A: Michael Palin, Stephen Fry, David Quammen, David Attenborough.
Q: What is your idea of a perfect night out?
A: Camping without mosquitoes and sandflies, moreporks in full cry. A full moon and bottle of Marlborough Savignon Blanc chilling in the river.
Q: What books are beside the bed?
A: Ann Fadiman's Ex Libris, several editions of "Best American Science and Nature Writing" and Lonely Planet's "Best Travel Writing"