He has lived in technology's embrace ever since, always curious to try the latest gadgets. It helps, Page concedes, that he can put many of those electronic toys on his expense account. Even then, he is often displeased with the quality of his technology devices and keeps the number of them he uses regularly to a minimum.
Page is more than just an armchair critic, though.
He built many of Google's early computers himself to save money and once created an inkjet printer out of Legos while a student at the University of Michigan. I have my browser on one screen, my schedule on another and my e-mail on another. I can drag things to different screens. I also have a projector. So if I'm talking with everyone in my office, I can move stuff onto a big screen.