p e r s o n a l


The Naked Truth

born june 21st 1975
gemini
dark brown hair with bits of gray
blue eyes
favourite colour green
together with the wonderful Becky since Sept. 2005 :-)
software engineer
composer
writer of essays
producer of free software
photographer
occasional hiker

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Randomness

1997 upper second class bachelor of science with honours
in Computer Science
from Staffordshire University

GCE Advenced Level Physics, Computing, Music (First Study: Orchestral Percussion)

has trinity college of music (London) Grade VI Orchestral Percussion

was principal percussionist for Scunthorpe & District Youth Orchestra
Youth Concert Band, John Leggott College Orchestra

was principal percussionist for Barnetby Silver Band
and
2nd percussionist for Rossington Colliery Band

plays keyboard and piano, bass guitar (not wonderfully), tuba, euphonium

software engineer for
Intergral Internet Business Applications GmbH

reader of science fiction

professional interests: database design and optimization,
object-oriented system design, network technology and administration,
Unix and Unix administration

likes computer driving games and flight simulation

etymologically interested (particularly Germanic roots)

knows a lot about film projection and sound reproduction
and loves going to the pictures

was on the internet in 1993 when we had to do PAD CALL to get there;
when mosaic and gopher ruled;
when my email address was CM3BCJH2@UK.AC.STAFFS;
and ran a pirate proxy server at staffordshire university for 2 years
and maintained a pirate copy of Mosaic and Netscape for Unix
(which used to change name daily so IT Services couldn't find it)

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