Ivan's Illusions

Ivan Markov

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About Me

Hello! The name’s Iván, though you might know me by other names. I’m just a simple guy whose maybe a bit too passionate about a few things.

I originate from Spain, I’m fluent in English and Spanish, I speak a bit of Valencian and know some Esperanto.

You might find me messing with computers, opening computers, working on my social life (with computers) and salvaging computers. See, I do a lot of things with computers!

Other than computers there are plenty of things I like to do. I have a wonderful family of cool computers who I love like my children. Some of the more remarkable ones are:

A drawing of the Macintosh SE

A pretty Macintosh SE! I managed to restore it, but I still haven’t been able to find a proper SCSI drive for it… or an install floppy for Mac OS.

This is by far one of my favorites, so I can’t wait to figure out a way to get it working!

A drawing of the eMac G4

An elegant eMac, the cheap cousin of the Mac. For a very long time, he was my favorite! I remember thinking that the design was extremely ugly the first time I saw it, but now I see it as possibly one of the best computer designs I’m graced to have.

Love the guy!

A drawing of the iMac G3's
Three iMac G3’s. These dumbasses are ALL broken, irrepairable too! Their CRTs are borked and the replacements are scarce (even if they weren’t I’m not touching a CRT even with a seven foot pole).
A drawing of the iMac G5
An iMac G5. She’s just a bit shy, okay.

Stuff I like

Let’s see if we have any interest in common! Below is a non-exhaustive list of some of my interests:

  • Computers
  • Rock music
  • Metal Family
  • Junk collecting
  • Reverse engineering
  • Not being in a coma
  • Irony
  • Urban exploration
  • Old Apple Mac computers
  • Programming
  • Parrots (I have three!)
  • CRTs
  • Tally Hall
  • Lemon Demon
  • Miracle Musical
  • The Mind Electric

Published on 2025-07-27

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