One of the best ways to find out anecdotal information about anyone is to ask their parents. While covering Gnomedex 6, Alex Williams of Podcast Hotel turned his microphone on Chris’s parents to get a virtual highlight reel of events from the Pirillo Past. Joe and Judy Pirillo offer interesting bits about Chris learning to read at an early age, his breakfast table dream sequence and his introduction to a variety of computers as he was growing up.